The phantom menace games

The result was the expected enjoyable 15 hours or so in front of my computer -- but not without a little disappointment. Overall, The Phantom Menace is a game that should entertain any fan of the film. I've had few gaming moments more exhilarating than those as Obi-Wan Kenobi, slicing my way through Battle Droids as I jumped about with moves reminiscent of Ewan McGregor's in the movie.

At times I would even give the mechanical soldiers a good Force push to disable them for a while. The ability to play as four different characters was also nice, though the double jumps and lightsabers of the Jedi are missed when you're Queen Amidala or Captain Panaka. And I was especially impressed with the voice acting that, when it wasn't performed by an actual actor i.

While the game is primarily action-oriented, adventure aspects such as puzzles and interacting with others offer a sense of variety. The main adventure-based levels are those with Qui-Gon on Tatooine. He must find parts for Anakin's Podracer and then somehow gather some money to bet with Watto for the hyperdrive generator and the boy's freedom. Along the way, rogues will attack you and you'll even confront a couple of very powerful enemies one for Jabba the Hutt's "entertainment".

In a sadistic way, it's a blast to kill those you know you shouldn't. Does the "whoop-tee-dee" of Jawas get on your nerves? Do you ever wish you could go on a Gungan killing spree? The internal logic of this is, more often than not, broken The low level of interactivity with your environment doesn't outright aid you. The game-play is very cool when at its best. This was seemingly rushed, to get them out at the same time, and there is some feel of it being an unfinished project.

And if I, or anyone else, really, for that matter, said "buggy" in reference to this, you can be almost percent sure that they do not mean the mode of transportation. This has several cut-scenes, in-game scripted without errors, more or less and fully rendered alike, and the last-mentioned are purdy. All are directed just fine. I don't believe there are any clips of TPM itself in this, I, myself, did not miss them with what we had instead bearing in mind that I like it more than the other two PT entries.

The score is marvelous, save for the remarkably abrupt shifts that there can be. The sound is done well almost invariably, including in the menus, which are concise. The boss fights vary, not all are imaginative, but none are downright poor. The enemies are somewhat well-done and diverse. All in all I'd conclude that if you dig the flick, you are set for having a solid playing experience, with hours of running around the SW universe with this, provided you can accept blemishes.

This is not a flawless masterpiece, but it by no means deserves being branded an utter failure. I recommend this to fans of Episode 1, and the franchise in general. Details Edit. Release date Germany. United States. Lucasarts United States. LucasArts Entertainment Company. Qui-Gon bought the hyperdrive and they flew off. They arrived in Naboo as Coruscant wasn't seen in this part of the game. In the Naboo Plains, the Gungans prepared for battle as an MTT fired at the forcefield and unloaded thousands of battle droids.

Anakin went into a Naboo Starfighter with Artoo. Anakin managed to destroy 2 Droidekas with the ships blasters before flying into space. The Jedi encountered Darth Maul.

This is where complete and utter Star Wars -Geek-Immersion comes in. Turn out your lights, crank up the rear speakers, and choose the 'driver's seat'?

It left me speechless. The only oddity for me was the garish low-resolution map overlay that appears on your Heads Up Display. Everything else in Racer 's podracing sequences is so beautiful that this fluorescent green eyesore really stands out. Thankfully, LucasArts allows you to change this to a more suitable progress-bar view that is more helpful in the long run. Oh, and get this: The game has the ever-so-popular "lens flare. I am just happy that Racer allows you to turn it off.

One thing that Racer does right is to immerse you in an audible world so convincing that you'd swear you are either in the theater all over again or actually racing down a canyon. It's hard to describe how sweet this game sounds when you have properly set up surround sound on your PC. From Doppler effects to the thump-thump-thump of Sebulba's engines My wife will sit and watch me play just because "it's like watching the movie.

It's not only a perfect example of how to use surround sound a decidedly new technology for PC gaming to enhance the gaming experience, but LucasArts does the right thing and makes it highly configurable. And if you can still fit into those Underoos The documentation is quite good. In reality, the documentation becomes a lifesaver since a lot of the between-race interface can be quite infuriating without some additional guidance.

There is even a good attempt to suck you into the storyline like that would be hard. Each of the eight planets is given a back story along with a small blurb about each of the podracers you are allowed to drive.

I would have liked the manual to include a little more information on the various upgrades that you have available for your podracer. The interface limits most of the information to performance bar graphs without really understanding the impact of what you are adding.

I really, really wanted to score Racer much higher. In some parts of the game I would lose my sense of reality and become that young kid again who dreamed that one day Stormtroopers would invade a little town in Idaho and I would be the hero of the At first, the lack of Internet play really bugged me.

How can a company release a title that screams 'net play'? Then it made sense to me. We often spend a lot of time cursing at companies for doing Internet play badly such as Unreal , so it's almost refreshing to see a company say, 'We can't do it Regardless of the technical reasons, though, a successful implementation of Internet play would have gone a long way in increasing the "it's still on my hard drive" life of this title. What it boils down to is this Be prepared, though, to be confused in almost every aspect of the game except for the actual racing.

Since racing is where Racer shines, enjoy yourself and scream like a Wookiee as Sebulba knocks you onto the service-ramp The Trade Federation has planned an attack on the peaceful planet of Naboo. Upon arriving on the Trade Federation ship, the Jedi sense that something is afoul. The Neimoidians have planned a trap for them and are proceeding with their plans of taking over the planet.

Meanwhile, on the planet's surface, the Queen and her faithful aide, Captain Panaka, are in a desperate battle of their own to try to escape from the planet and proceed to Coruscant to speak with the galactic government about their situation.

But I will tell you that you will meet up with a slave boy named Anakin Skywalker and that there is a new villain named Darth Maul. But of course, you already knew that. The Phantom Menace is a new top-down shooter based on the movie. It requires a quick hand and a little bit of luck to get through the game. While I am the type of person who likes the first-person perspective, it was kind of nice to play a game from the top-down angle, although I would have liked to be able to change the camera view to make it easier to see things in front of me.

I had very little trouble setting the game up to play. After changing all my options for my joystick I was ready to begin mowing down some droids. Upon starting the game you are Obi-Wan and all you have to defend yourself is your trusty lightsaber. While this weapon is very good at close range it has something to be desired at a distance. But the programmers knew this would be a problem so they gave you the power to redirect the laser fire from your enemies back at them. Now that is where the game is really fun!

There is nothing like standing in a crowded hallway just flailing your lightsaber around and seeing laser fire shoot in every direction. It takes a little bit of timing to "hit" the laser with your lightsaber but once you "master" it get it?

Jedi Master? One area that could be improved is the artificial intelligence for some of the characters. There is a level in the game where you have to escort the Queen to her ship. I wish I had a quarter for every time I had to go back and guide the Queen around a corner because she got stuck somewhere. And you have to be careful because if you get too far ahead of her, she will be killed and you will then, of course, die also.

The Phantom Menace is very pleasing to the eyes, as it should be when you consider that it requires a 3D accelerator card to play. The backgrounds and cutscenes were stunning. I was impressed by the perception of depth throughout the game. There is a level in the game where you Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are fighting Darth Maul on these round platforms that are floating in this big tube-like structure. I never really liked heights very much as it is, so when I had to jump from platform to platform it kind of made my stomach queasy.

Performance wise, the game never once bogged down on my system and there was plenty of action on the screen at all times. My hat goes off to the folks who did the score for this game.

Here is where the game truly shines. The music for The Phantom Menace sounded like it came straight from the movie itself.

LucasArts game soundtracks always seem to impress me. The crackling of a lightsaber, screeching blaster fire, and mechanical droids all made the game more realistic and enjoyable. It brought me back to the glory days of the original trilogy. The book that is enclosed with the game is more than sufficient to get you up and running as fast as possible. It gives a brief storyline and the usual descriptions of some of the people you will encounter in the game. Of course, like everyone else, I had already seen the movie, so the guide was put to the side and buried under a pile of new action figures and empty Mountain Dew cans.

Some people are going to love it and others are going to walk away from it with mixed reviews. I, personally, thought the game was enjoyable to play and was excited when I had a chance to write a review for it. As with any game that is based on a movie, there were inconsistencies in the storyline that a few Star Wars freaks might find irritating.

Maybe, if enough of us write suggestions to the "master" programmers at LucasArts, they will see the light saber and we can "force" them to make an add-on pack for it. Browse games Game Portals.

Install Game. Click the "Install Game" button to initiate the file download and get compact download launcher. Locate the executable file in your local folder and begin the launcher to install your desired game. Game review Downloads Screenshots People say: 6. Overall rating: 5. It's Raining Menace What the Phantom Menace adventure game does for true fans is re-create the movie experience, making it completely interactive.

Guilty as Cin ema Beginning on the Trade Federation ship, the game progresses much as the movie does. Bringing Balance to the Force? Thv Force and Sith, er The Fourth and Fifth Phantom Menace leaves you exactly where the movie did. Sound Minus a half-point for Jar Jar Binks who is annoying on his own merits and for the few times when Qui-Gons voice sounds like a tired Sean Connery.