Forma parte de los cuatro juegos de Star Wars lanzados para la gran N64 y siendo el primero de ellos, aun contando con un limitado aparatado gráfico y unos controles que sin duda alguna pudieron haber sido mejor desarrollados, es un cartucho con mucha calidad, que nos cuenta una historia digna de ser escuchada y nos presenta unos enemigos dignos de ser derrotados. Contando con una banda sonora orquestada completamente nueva e implementada en el gameplay, con una dificultad que raya lo absurdo en algunas ocasiones y presentando a un personaje bastante peculiar, Shadows of the Empire es uno de esos juegos que se consideran de culto y al cual muy pocas personas le dan la importancia que se merece.

Boba Fett made me give up.
Edit: tried again on easy and made it.

Boba Fett me fez desistir.
Edit: tentei de novo no easy e consegui.

Shadows of the Empire manages to throw out most modern common game design sense (By way of predating it) in a clunky but ambitious action game that somehow ultimately has enough cool factor and atmosphere to make just fun enough to still keep playing.

Despite the loss of the more visually appealing still-cutscenes in exchange for chunky 90's CG cutscenes, the smooth framerate, customizable controls, and support for a number of resolutions makes the PC port the definitive way to play this in 2020.

Cuando era chico los juegos 3D me producían cierto temor (y tengo que confesar que todavía me hacen sentir un poco de nervios los juegos 3D de esta época). Así que decidí intentar perder mis miedos jugando este juego.

Es un shooter 3D del montón, pero como tiene temática de Star Wars enganchará a más de un fan (como a mí).

Mención especial al nivel de Boba Fett, que fue cuando logré superar mi miedo a los juegos 3D.

La historia de "El Imperio Contraataca" y "El retorno del Jedi" vista desde la perspectiva de Dash Rendar, un contrabandista que por un accidente en el que se vio envuelto el verdadero villano de esta continuidad, Sol Negro, lo perdió todo.

Si quieres saber cómo le siguió la pista a Han Solo, ver quien intenta matar a Luke para que Vader no lo entregue y fracase en su misión y ayudar a los bothan a robar los planos de la Segunda Estrella de La Muerte, atraviesa una mezcla de niveles a pie, en vehículos, en naves y enfréntate tanto al Imperio como a la más baja calaña que te encuentres.

Played on PC, at medium difficulty, capped at 30 FPS

Dude honestly this game is a lot of fun!

So let me start off by saying, this game will probably not be a 4 star for you, it might not even be a 3 star for you, but I just found this game to be a lot of fun and enjoyed it despite all its flaws.

So to start off, the biggest flaw is the controls. It controls like straight up shit, it is some of the most asinine controls I've ever encountered, but you can still kinda get used to them. One thing you can never get used to is the camera though, it's just really fucking bad. Typical early 3D game with horrendous camera.

Next flaw is the enemy placement: it's cheap. Enemies will literally be on every door or corner and they will shoot you the first frame they appear on your screen, hell sometimes they'll just shoot you through the wall.

Some levels can be relentless, there are pretty huge difficulty spikes sometimes and it can be quite painful. There's one level halfway through the game that takes legitimately 30+ minutes to get through, then you must fight Boba Fett, who has two phases. If you run out of the 4 lives you're given, you have to start all the way back. Most other levels aren't that long though so it's not that bad, it's just this level in particular was annoying.

So, if you can look past the control/camera/difficulty flaws, it's a really fun game. In terms of diverse gameplay it's like a prototype for future Sony exclusives if that makes sense. You can be flying and shooting, whilst cabling AT-ATs, then running and gunning, platforming, on a speeder bike, controlling a ship turret, tons of unique boss fights, there's just so much action packed into its 5 hour run time. All the levels are extremely unique and awesome as well.

Continuing on with that, the aesthetics of this game are so awesome, just really charming. This is the peak of gritty Star Wars aesthetics. Combining this with the legendary Star Wars music we all know while adding some new music that also goes hard as fuck, it's a game you can't help but be charmed by.

This game 100% deserves a remake, so far this is the best Star Wars adventure game I've played. I haven't even mentioned the story and characters but they're all awesome as well, and there's even a novel and comic books that tie into the story.

If you can get pasts its glaring flaws, you'll find a really fun Star Wars adventure. I can't imagine how hard this would be on Hard or Jedi difficulties, so if you're anything like me stick to medium.

(See all my Star Wars Rankings and reviews on my profile here, the list is titled "Star Wars Ranked.")

Também um dos mais jogados, perdendo apenas para o SF64. Também já peguei o Master no retroachievements.
É possível fechar em 1 dia, não e difícil se souber o macete de como jogar, no nível Jedi é bem surreal o dano e a mira, caso não saiba jogar nele, a tela de game over será frequente.
Única coisa que esse jogo peca é em seu conteúdo, deveria ter mais um extra além dos challegers points, missão ou usar outros veículos sem o uso de "_Wompa__Stompa".
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Also one of the most played, second only to SF64. I also got the Master in retroachievements.
It's possible to close in 1 day, it's not difficult if you know the trick on how to play, in the Jedi level it's quite surreal the damage and the aim, if you don't know how to play it, the game over screen will be frequent.
The only thing this game lacks is in its content, it should have one more extra besides the challenger points, mission or using other vehicles without the use of "_Wompa__Stompa".