Beat this one on "brave" difficulty, AKA normal mode.
Honestly I can say I think easy mode is more fun cause it's just not as tedious and painful. Jedi mode is just poorly designed and not fun, so I didn't play on that one.
The game is not bad! In my run through all the Star Wars games, this is the second game that really felt like Star Wars. Despite having a lot of enemies not seen in the films, it sounds and looks like Star Wars. The presentation of this game is perfect.
The actual gameplay it's self is OK. It's a run and gun game that features platforming sections, boss fights, and Mode-7 vehicle sections. The blasters and lightsaber doesn't necessarily feel bad, but it's not that satisfying either. I think this is due to the constant enemy spam. I understand that it was a design choice but I think enemy spam is just lame and not fun. The lightsaber is pretty much never needed in this game, like just use the upgraded blaster the entire time it's just better.
That's another design issue, if you die, you lose all of your blaster upgrades, which SUCKS. it handicaps you really bad, and it can basically soft lock you on certain sections. Specifically, the Cantina boss, if you don't have a fully upgraded blaster for it, it's gonna be insanely difficult, possibly impossible.
That also reminds me that this game is absolutely impossible to get through without taking damage all the time. I mean it's fine since you're also given health drops on almost every enemy kill, but it's still frustrating when a lot of hits are just unavoidable.
The platforming is fine, nothing to write home about. There's not much platforming anyways, but the stuff that's here is a little stiff, and the hitboxes for the character and the platforms are a little wonky.
Some other specifics, the trench run looks phenomenal, but again, not that fun to play. Would definitely rank it low among the other Star Wars trench runs in games.
The game also almost entirely takes place on Tatooine, which sucks. It gets really old, I don't know why the dev team decided to make so much of this game to be Luke just fighting creatures out in the desert. Pretty pointless content.
Despite all my complaints, the game can still be good fun. I would recommend playing this on easy, as you'll probably get more enjoyment that way. It's a fun little romp through "A New Hope" that feels respectful towards the movie. I'd recommend playing it to any Star Wars fan, flaws and all.
(See all my Star Wars Rankings and reviews on my profile here, the list is titled "Star Wars Ranked.")
Honestly I can say I think easy mode is more fun cause it's just not as tedious and painful. Jedi mode is just poorly designed and not fun, so I didn't play on that one.
The game is not bad! In my run through all the Star Wars games, this is the second game that really felt like Star Wars. Despite having a lot of enemies not seen in the films, it sounds and looks like Star Wars. The presentation of this game is perfect.
The actual gameplay it's self is OK. It's a run and gun game that features platforming sections, boss fights, and Mode-7 vehicle sections. The blasters and lightsaber doesn't necessarily feel bad, but it's not that satisfying either. I think this is due to the constant enemy spam. I understand that it was a design choice but I think enemy spam is just lame and not fun. The lightsaber is pretty much never needed in this game, like just use the upgraded blaster the entire time it's just better.
That's another design issue, if you die, you lose all of your blaster upgrades, which SUCKS. it handicaps you really bad, and it can basically soft lock you on certain sections. Specifically, the Cantina boss, if you don't have a fully upgraded blaster for it, it's gonna be insanely difficult, possibly impossible.
That also reminds me that this game is absolutely impossible to get through without taking damage all the time. I mean it's fine since you're also given health drops on almost every enemy kill, but it's still frustrating when a lot of hits are just unavoidable.
The platforming is fine, nothing to write home about. There's not much platforming anyways, but the stuff that's here is a little stiff, and the hitboxes for the character and the platforms are a little wonky.
Some other specifics, the trench run looks phenomenal, but again, not that fun to play. Would definitely rank it low among the other Star Wars trench runs in games.
The game also almost entirely takes place on Tatooine, which sucks. It gets really old, I don't know why the dev team decided to make so much of this game to be Luke just fighting creatures out in the desert. Pretty pointless content.
Despite all my complaints, the game can still be good fun. I would recommend playing this on easy, as you'll probably get more enjoyment that way. It's a fun little romp through "A New Hope" that feels respectful towards the movie. I'd recommend playing it to any Star Wars fan, flaws and all.
(See all my Star Wars Rankings and reviews on my profile here, the list is titled "Star Wars Ranked.")