As far as the first game goes i didn't really enjoy it that much i played it on both the xbox and the ps2 and neither really struck me as a great game, it was fun for a few hours play on-line but it was nothing revolutionary, in this update the ground and mechanised based combat is pretty much the same but with one major difference, now you can choose famous characters from the films and use jedi powers, first impressions are that this isn't that great.
The first map i played i got cut down twice before i could even work out what was going on i finally worked out that i needed to look down as this little yoda character was hacking at my legs, i smacked him aside and got a few messy kills with `Darth Mal by running into people and hammering the attack button it didn't strike me as very subtle or skillfull it was more a case of who could get the most lightsaber blows in, so not good so far.
The on-line space based combat is fantastic though and the closest thing i can compare it too is rouge leader on the game cube albeit not quite as polished , but with the added bonus that your fighting real people now.
The idea of this mode is to take down more ships than your enemy or to completely destroy there space stations/star destroyers/medical frigates while protecting your own, and i have to say i think this mode has a lot going for it the balance of watching for incoming bombers and fighters while protecting your space stations/star destroyers/medical frigates really adds a level of team work to the proceedings that seem to be lacking from the ground based combat.
Here are my impressions of the fist night of play on-line
The map starts im stood in a hanger on a star destroyer i run over to a tie interceptor and i jump in, how do i fly this thing im thinking? A quick look at the instructions tells me that i press x to lift it off the ground the left stick controls movement the right controls speed and its quite nice and simple to get the hang of.
So I'm off and ships are flying everywhere blasting the crap out of each other i get killed a lot! i pick up the instructions and have a check to see what weapons i have at my disposal "ah a lock on and a secondary fire button now lets see if i can do any better."
I jump back in to a tie and get back into the thick of it with my first kill then another then another i travel across the map and fly my tie straight through the hanger doors and just manage to land it with the tiniest bit of energy left, i run on-board and am met with heavy fire i get to the reactor and after a few trys i lob a few thermal detonators down and knock out there life support then i get shot by an auto turret defence mechanism and its back to the re spawn for another go.
Space fights seem balanced and lag free and run at a pretty good speed, the ships are varied and the maps swap between original and new star wars so one round your fighting with tie fighters and xwings, and the next your taking on droid fighters and its safe to say there all pretty fun to use, Each maps ships tend to be split into classes that have certain types of weapons and different levels of armour too, so before long you will be instictivley heading for the ship that most suits your play style.
this mode turns this game from a might buy to must buy for me and I've been playing it non-stop since i picked it up at the weekend a great sequel which actual dose improve on the original and some great on-line modes that play quite well too.
The first map i played i got cut down twice before i could even work out what was going on i finally worked out that i needed to look down as this little yoda character was hacking at my legs, i smacked him aside and got a few messy kills with `Darth Mal by running into people and hammering the attack button it didn't strike me as very subtle or skillfull it was more a case of who could get the most lightsaber blows in, so not good so far.
The on-line space based combat is fantastic though and the closest thing i can compare it too is rouge leader on the game cube albeit not quite as polished , but with the added bonus that your fighting real people now.
The idea of this mode is to take down more ships than your enemy or to completely destroy there space stations/star destroyers/medical frigates while protecting your own, and i have to say i think this mode has a lot going for it the balance of watching for incoming bombers and fighters while protecting your space stations/star destroyers/medical frigates really adds a level of team work to the proceedings that seem to be lacking from the ground based combat.
Here are my impressions of the fist night of play on-line
The map starts im stood in a hanger on a star destroyer i run over to a tie interceptor and i jump in, how do i fly this thing im thinking? A quick look at the instructions tells me that i press x to lift it off the ground the left stick controls movement the right controls speed and its quite nice and simple to get the hang of.
So I'm off and ships are flying everywhere blasting the crap out of each other i get killed a lot! i pick up the instructions and have a check to see what weapons i have at my disposal "ah a lock on and a secondary fire button now lets see if i can do any better."
I jump back in to a tie and get back into the thick of it with my first kill then another then another i travel across the map and fly my tie straight through the hanger doors and just manage to land it with the tiniest bit of energy left, i run on-board and am met with heavy fire i get to the reactor and after a few trys i lob a few thermal detonators down and knock out there life support then i get shot by an auto turret defence mechanism and its back to the re spawn for another go.
Space fights seem balanced and lag free and run at a pretty good speed, the ships are varied and the maps swap between original and new star wars so one round your fighting with tie fighters and xwings, and the next your taking on droid fighters and its safe to say there all pretty fun to use, Each maps ships tend to be split into classes that have certain types of weapons and different levels of armour too, so before long you will be instictivley heading for the ship that most suits your play style.
this mode turns this game from a might buy to must buy for me and I've been playing it non-stop since i picked it up at the weekend a great sequel which actual dose improve on the original and some great on-line modes that play quite well too.
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