Review: "Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" (PS2)

Information

Title

Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Published by

LucasArts

Developed by

The Collective

Platform

Playstation 2

Rating

T for Violence

Genre

Action Platformer

Plot

Play as Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi during the events portrayed in the movie of the same name.

High Point

The alternate ending where Anakin defeats Obi-Wan and the Emperor and takes control of the galaxy.

Low Point

A little mechanical and obvious in it's nature as a game.

Context

I am a huge Star Wars fan and will buy most any game thus branded, especially if it offers a sneak peak at the new movie. I played, and beat this game before "Revenge of the Sith" came out in theaters.

Scores

Story — Medium (5/10)

The story mostly consists of those parts of the film that segue from one battle scene to another.

Originality — Fair (5/10)

This is a video game based on a prequel movie in a long-running, ad much beloved, series. Considering all that, the game does take several liberties with the plot of said movie in order to further the purpose of the game, fighting off numerous waves of enemies.

Graphics — Shiny (8/10)

The graphics are on par with the current generation of games. The lightsabers are very nice looking and the characters look like their movie counterparts.

Music — Excellent (9/10)

The music is the same as that in the movies and really help s to create the authentic Star Wars feel.

Audio — Fair (6/10)

The voice-acting is good, but the voices are those from the Clone Wars cartoon rather than the movies, so the characters are slighly off. The dialog get a little repetitive during combat as it's evident that there is only a limited set of phrases to pull from.

Production — Good (8/10)

The game is well assembled and doesn't show any rough edges and the inclusion of footage from the film is a nice touch for some of the cutscenes.

Difficulty — Medium (5/10)

I only really had trouble at two points in the game, fairly early where I haden't upped my characters stats enough, and at the end of the game for the same reason.

Violence — Heavy (7/10)

While there is a lot of violence, it is all bloodless and mostly aimed towards robots and faceless clone troopers.

Overall — Fun (8/10)

I highly recommend this for any Star Wars fan, especially if you like fighting games.