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Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance  (Jewel Case)

Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (Jewel Case)

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good visual/sounding quality, but hard to play plus...
Review: plus good story line!But...besides that I think this game is difficult to play even though i reccomend it to any star wars gamer!!!:)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Most Underrated Game Ever!
Review: Really.This is one of the best games I have ever played,but there are few who have played it.

Anyway,here's my review.

The game starts off in between The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi.You are Ace Azzameen.You are the son of a succesful family who runs a trading buisiness (that is being hassled by the vicious Viraxo). Later,your father is killed,and you become a pilot for the Republic (like pretty much every other Star Wars game). I'm not going to spoil the plot any more.

The game plays like most other combat flight simulators.You assume a first-person view inside the cockpit of a ship,and you fly around and shoot stuff.Sometimes you have missions where you have to deliver certain cargo,ect.

The graphics in this game are excellent (assuming that you have a good video card).If you have a outdated video card,the graphics can get kind of ugly.
The sound and voice acting in this game is excellent,too.LucasArts really picked the perfect actors for their roles.The sound is crisp and clear,but the music is just the same generic Star Wars music we've all heard about a million times by now.

PROS:
Great graphics
Good sound (and voice acting)
Nice controls
It's Star Wars!
Very cinematic

CONS:
You should have a good video card
Need joystick

? Why is it so underrated ?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great plot and the Millinium Falcon
Review: The best part of the game(of course) is the Millinium Falcon. The only game in the X-wing trilogy to allow flying Millinium Falcon/ corrilian missions. My whole reason for my liking Star Wars in the first place was the Falcon an awsome ship with turrets, corridors, and starship environment stuffed into a fighter thats manuverable plus hyperspace capability. And, of course, Han Solo and Chewie at the helm. In this game you can fly the Falcon(as Ace Asameen) but also an assortment of other ships including a redesigned version of the corrilian transport(that's more semetrical) and the classic X-wings, Y-wings and Tie-fighters(in simulatoions). If you like flying space ships this is the game to get and probably the ONLY game that supports nearly all of the SW ships complete with cocpits and interior detail. Like other Lucas arts simulations most missions deal with "the transport MUST survive" "You MUST fight off 20 Asault gunboats" or "You MUST meet with such and such at a given time frame" but it is a challenge even on medium difficulty. A dual stick game controller is the only way I have been able to survive any mission. Joysticks blow, long live dual controllers! Force Feedback IS supported, despite the age of this game. WOW!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great plot and the Millinium Falcon
Review: The best part of the game(of course) is the Millinium Falcon. The only game in the X-wing trilogy to allow flying Millinium Falcon/ corrilian missions. My whole reason for my liking Star Wars in the first place was the Falcon an awsome ship with turrets, corridors, and starship environment stuffed into a fighter thats manuverable plus hyperspace capability. And, of course, Han Solo and Chewie at the helm. In this game you can fly the Falcon(as Ace Asameen) but also an assortment of other ships including a redesigned version of the corrilian transport(that's more semetrical) and the classic X-wings, Y-wings and Tie-fighters(in simulatoions). If you like flying space ships this is the game to get and probably the ONLY game that supports nearly all of the SW ships complete with cocpits and interior detail. Like other Lucas arts simulations most missions deal with "the transport MUST survive" "You MUST fight off 20 Asault gunboats" or "You MUST meet with such and such at a given time frame" but it is a challenge even on medium difficulty. A dual stick game controller is the only way I have been able to survive any mission. Joysticks blow, long live dual controllers! Force Feedback IS supported, despite the age of this game. WOW!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Older game, but still very fun!
Review: The graphics were a pleasant surprise...they look very clean and detailed. The story is neat, and there are a ton of different ships to pilot in single and multiplayer modes.

If you enjoyed the other XW series games (except XW vs. TF, because that was just horrible), you should seriously consider picking this one up. It barely costs anything now, and it's an entertaining title.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Better than X-Wing, Tie Fighter, and XW vs. TF combined!
Review: This game is one of LucasArt's best. It is possibly the last in the X-Wing series, because of the new SW movies, but it is great. First off, there is a good plot. I was a little dissapointed with the other games in that you seemed so much like a mindless drone. In this game, you start off as the youngest in a family shipping company. You are "Ace" Azzameen. You start off with basic missions for your family's business, with a few feuds with your rival company, Imperial partnered Viraxo. A few of these might be a little dull, but there are only a few, and the last couple before you join the alliance are definantly the opposite of boring. Next in the plot, you end up joining the rebellion (explainied in game), and eventually get to participate in the destruction of the second Death Star. The game has alot better graphics than the other games, and the sound is superb. The only complaint I have is that they used different actor voices in the Battle of Endor to be those of characters like Lando and Ackbar. They should have just taken the voices from the movies. The music is also great. The music will change as different events take place. For instance, when a Star Destroyer hypers in, you will likely hear the Imperial March. Some of the missions are tough, but you have the option to skip up to 3 missions. Now, I actually got this game when it first released in 1999 for [price]. I thought it was definantly worth it. And now look at it here, for [price]! You have nothing to lose! Buy it!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Great game
Review: This is one of the best games I have ever played. You start out with some family missons, and later get to do missons for the rebels. After each family misson you get a cool souvenir. There is also a combat simulator where you can replay missons you've already won. You can also create your own missons! The best part of the game is the end, where you get to attack the second death star while piloting th Millenium Falcon! This is a great game. You should buy it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: x-wing aliance
Review: X-wing alliance is a great game.The grafics are good and 3d is optional.There are missions from the movie and stuff thrown in for fun.The first 8 missions you are a son of a family buisnes man.I found it frustrating that if your firing at an imperial and an x-wing flies past the front of your ship while your firing the x-wing pilot gets mad and fires at you and when that happens too me it's harder too shake him off than blowing up a star destroyer.But over all it's a good game.


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