Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
released on May 05, 2005
Third-person action/adventure game, Star Wars: Episode III, delivers the ultimate Jedi action experience as Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi join forces in fierce battles and heroic lightsaber duels until one's lust for power and the other's devotion to duty leads to a final confrontation between good and evil. In Star Wars: Episode III, players control all the Jedi abilities of both Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, including devastating Force powers and advanced lightsaber techniques involving robust combo attacks and defensive maneuvers. As Anakin, unleash the power of the dark side in ruthless lightsaber and Force attacks. As Obi-Wan, struggle to save the galaxy from darkness by focusing the power of the light side into swift and precise lightsaber attacks and using the Force to control enemy actions.
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Y'know these licensed games that have a bit more budget than others but still end up doing the thing where it's okayish when it starts but it gradually gets worse and more frustrating, that's one of them.
First of all, if any of you aren't aware, this game was released 10 days before the release of the movie, could you imagine getting to know the story of this movie via the game that only showcases the action part of the movie and uses completely different voice actors? (which would later end up being the Clone Wars cartoon voice actors)
Outside of this fun fact, this game is extremely forgettable, it's a generic hack-and-slash game that feels like a shittier Force Unleashed. It goes over most parts of the movie where either Anakin or Obi-Wan kills robots or clones but not the younglings obviously, sometimes like most video game adaptations of a movie it starts being a little whacky and creative by adding original content to pad out the game because this game is only 4 hours long, it's almost as long as the movie itself I can't imagine paying this 60$ at launch just to get some Revenge of the Sith movie clips on my Xbox.
Yeah, this was a big selling point for the game it uses clips from the movie which was not out yet at that point, though it uses different voices so it feels wrong.
There's really not much to say about this game, the combat is just mashing buttons over and over fighting the same enemies over and over, the only different missions are the boss missions which focus on Jedi fights like the Count Dooku boss and they suck, like really most of them are just "Mash the button and hope that the boss isn't blocking your attacks".
I just described the whole game, that's it, it's just that for 4 hours but it does have a secret ending where you play as Anakin during the final boss (it's the exact same shitty final boss) but you get a special cutscene where Anakin kills Obi-Wan AND Palpatine and it just makes me wish we'd get a Star Wars "What If".
It also has a secret Darth Vader vs Obi-Wan from Episode 4 using clips from the movie and it's really neat but short too.
Is there any reason to play this game now? Not really unless you feel like being in 2005 again.
First of all, if any of you aren't aware, this game was released 10 days before the release of the movie, could you imagine getting to know the story of this movie via the game that only showcases the action part of the movie and uses completely different voice actors? (which would later end up being the Clone Wars cartoon voice actors)
Outside of this fun fact, this game is extremely forgettable, it's a generic hack-and-slash game that feels like a shittier Force Unleashed. It goes over most parts of the movie where either Anakin or Obi-Wan kills robots or clones but not the younglings obviously, sometimes like most video game adaptations of a movie it starts being a little whacky and creative by adding original content to pad out the game because this game is only 4 hours long, it's almost as long as the movie itself I can't imagine paying this 60$ at launch just to get some Revenge of the Sith movie clips on my Xbox.
Yeah, this was a big selling point for the game it uses clips from the movie which was not out yet at that point, though it uses different voices so it feels wrong.
There's really not much to say about this game, the combat is just mashing buttons over and over fighting the same enemies over and over, the only different missions are the boss missions which focus on Jedi fights like the Count Dooku boss and they suck, like really most of them are just "Mash the button and hope that the boss isn't blocking your attacks".
I just described the whole game, that's it, it's just that for 4 hours but it does have a secret ending where you play as Anakin during the final boss (it's the exact same shitty final boss) but you get a special cutscene where Anakin kills Obi-Wan AND Palpatine and it just makes me wish we'd get a Star Wars "What If".
It also has a secret Darth Vader vs Obi-Wan from Episode 4 using clips from the movie and it's really neat but short too.
Is there any reason to play this game now? Not really unless you feel like being in 2005 again.
great gameplay aspects, everything else is so bad it's funny
"Just because there are two of you, don't assume you have the advantage."
I'm sorry, what? What did you just say?
There are few things as satisfying as just slicing through battle droids. Except maybe Jedi. Just plowing through the Jedi temple is the best. I need more Star Wars games where you fight through hordes of lightsaber wielders.
I love how intricate the combat system is. Especially for a movie game. The different characters even have somewhat different combos. It takes a while to get used to, but once you get there, and once you get some upgraded skills, it's a hoot. I love how the characters will sometimes, almost instinctively, just block some blaster bolts without you doing anything.
I love how the developers made some very cool imagery themselves in the non-movie cutscenes, like when Anakin's and Dooku's lightsabers clash in front of Palpatine like Luke's and Vader's in Return of the Jedi.
And I love how the main menu music is the music that plays when Anakin finds out about Shmi being kidnapped in Attack of the Clones. The first real turning point towards Vader. These people cared about this game.
They really went above and beyond.
They incorporated a—now pretty well known—multiplayer duel mode that kept me entertained for hours as a kid, and is still pretty fun today. Serra Keto is awesome.
Not only did they (for obvious movie–game reasons) create a bunch of segments of Anakin fighting through the Jedi temple that aren't in the film (probably my favorite part of the game)—they inserted segments a lot throughout the game, obviously, but it's never not warranted, and it's always based on either earlier concept art or architecture from the movie, or (as is with the Jedi temple) based on locations and characters you see in earlier films—but they also have bonus missions that don't specifically follow the movie at all which are few and short, but pretty awesome. Especially the New Hope duel.
They clearly had a blast making this game, and it rubs off on the player.
I'm sorry, what? What did you just say?
There are few things as satisfying as just slicing through battle droids. Except maybe Jedi. Just plowing through the Jedi temple is the best. I need more Star Wars games where you fight through hordes of lightsaber wielders.
I love how intricate the combat system is. Especially for a movie game. The different characters even have somewhat different combos. It takes a while to get used to, but once you get there, and once you get some upgraded skills, it's a hoot. I love how the characters will sometimes, almost instinctively, just block some blaster bolts without you doing anything.
I love how the developers made some very cool imagery themselves in the non-movie cutscenes, like when Anakin's and Dooku's lightsabers clash in front of Palpatine like Luke's and Vader's in Return of the Jedi.
And I love how the main menu music is the music that plays when Anakin finds out about Shmi being kidnapped in Attack of the Clones. The first real turning point towards Vader. These people cared about this game.
They really went above and beyond.
They incorporated a—now pretty well known—multiplayer duel mode that kept me entertained for hours as a kid, and is still pretty fun today. Serra Keto is awesome.
Not only did they (for obvious movie–game reasons) create a bunch of segments of Anakin fighting through the Jedi temple that aren't in the film (probably my favorite part of the game)—they inserted segments a lot throughout the game, obviously, but it's never not warranted, and it's always based on either earlier concept art or architecture from the movie, or (as is with the Jedi temple) based on locations and characters you see in earlier films—but they also have bonus missions that don't specifically follow the movie at all which are few and short, but pretty awesome. Especially the New Hope duel.
They clearly had a blast making this game, and it rubs off on the player.
Jank as hell controls but you could see the ending to the film months before the film came out.
I played this at a friend's house on his PS2, and although he finished most of it by himself I can't deny myself the pleasure of logging this as complete, because I beat the final stage for him!
Really good for a movie tie-in game. Campaign was good but the 1v1 mode where you unlocked characters from the campaign? That was awesome