Star Wars Gaming Megathread Episode II - Attack of the Season Pass

[Pops]

I decided to borrow from the film thread for the title. This OP is also a work in progress for future threads. Anyways, onto ye olde gaming discussion.

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[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUb9AL99HkY[/media]

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(or rather, the more popular ones)

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[i]The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series, often abbreviated as KotOR, is a comic book and RPG video game series based on the fictional universe of Star Wars by George Lucas. The comic series was published by Dark Horse Comics, and acts as a prequel to the video games. Knights of the Old Republic takes place four thousand years prior to the Star Wars films, when Darth Malak – Darth Revan's apprentice – has unleashed a Sith armada against the Republic. The Sith Lords takes place five years after the events of Knights of the Old Republic, in a time when the Jedi have been nearly exterminated by the Sith. The Old Republic takes place 300 years after the previous two games, shortly after the establishment of a tenuous peace between the re-emergent Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic. The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic comic book series takes places around 3,964 BBY, the Sith era, approximately eight years prior to the story of the video game series.[/i]

The thread for The Old Republic can be found [url=https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1251251]here.[/url]

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[i]Star Wars: Jedi Knight, is a first/third-person shooter video game series set in the fictional Star Wars expanded universe. The series focuses primarily on Kyle Katarn, a former Imperial officer who ultimately becomes a member of the New Republic and an instructor at the Jedi Academy. The Jedi Knight series began in 1995 with the release of Star Wars: Dark Forces. This was followed in 1997 by Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, in which Katarn learns the ways of a Jedi. In 1998, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith was released as an expansion pack for Dark Forces II, this time giving the player control of Mara Jade as well as Katarn. In 2002, Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast was added to the series. Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy followed in 2003. Jedi Academy was the first game in the series where the player does not control Katarn at any point, although he is featured prominently in the story.[/i]

*While the old main site for JK mods is gone, [url=http://jkhub.org/files/]JKHub[/url] and [url=http://mrwonko.de/jk3files/]mrwonko's page[/url] still host mods, with new content being added on JKHub.

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[i]Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is a series of Star Wars arcade-style action video games jointly developed by LucasArts and Factor 5 and published by LucasArts for Nintendo consoles. This is in contrast to the Star Wars: X-Wing series, also by LucasArts, which were space combat simulation video games. The series deals with the Rebel Alliance unit, Rogue Squadron, who, under the command of Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles, use starfighters to engage and defeat the Galactic Empire. The games are set during episodes A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi and recreate the battles that take place during those films, notably the Battle of Hoth, which is in every Rogue Squadron game in one form or another.[/i]

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[i]Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a multimedia project developed by LucasArts along with Dark Horse Comics, Lego, Hasbro, and Del Rey Books. It consists of a video game released in September 2008, a second video game released in October 2010, a tie-in novel, action figures, a comic book, a reference book, a role-playing game supplement, and a book on the making of the game. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed tells the story of Darth Vader's secret apprentice, code-named "Starkiller" but born Galen Marek. Set between Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, the story explores the aftermath of the Great Jedi Purge as well as the rise of Darth Vader. The events of The Force Unleashed are "pivotal" in Darth Vader's history and development as a character and offer illumination into other characters from Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.[/i]

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[i]Star Wars: Empire at War is a 2006 real-time strategy video game developed by Petroglyph Games and published by LucasArts. Set between Episode III and Episode IV, it focuses on the fledgling struggle between the Empire and the Rebels. In October 2006, an expansion titled Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption was released. It adds the "Zann Consortium" as a third faction in addition to a number of new features.[/i]

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[i]Star Wars: Republic Commando is a tactical first-person shooter video game, set in the Star Wars universe, released in 2005. The game is set during the events of the Clone Wars that started at the climax of the movie Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. In the game, the player takes command of a Clone commando team, made up of elite Clone troopers. These Clone commandos have been specially bred at the clone factories on Kamino. The commando team travels to various locations in the Star Wars universe, including Kashyyyk, Geonosis, and the derelict spacecraft Prosecutor. About two years pass from Delta Squad's first mission to the end of the game.[/i]

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[i]Star Wars: Bounty Hunter was developed and published by LucasArts, released in 2002. The game was re-released on the PlayStation Store on April 28, 2015. In the game, players play as the bounty hunter Jango Fett, featured in the 2002 film Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, to which this game serves as a prequel. Both Temuera Morrison and Leeanna Walsman reprise their roles from the film as Jango Fett and Zam Wesell, respectively. During the game, it is revealed why Jango Fett was chosen as the template for the Grand Army of the Republic, how Boba Fett, his cloned "son" was born, and how Jango acquired Slave I.[/i]

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[i]Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is a multimedia project created by Lucasfilm Ltd. in 1996. The original idea was to create a story set between the films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi (a time no Star Wars novel had explored before), and to explore all commercial possibilities of a full motion picture release, without actually making the film. Several products were released, including a novel, a Junior novelization, comic book series, video games, trading cards, a soundtrack, role-playing games, toy figurines, vinyl dolls, a series of Micro Machines toys, statuettes, model kits, a series of action figures and vehicles, and so on. The entire Shadows of the Empire project, along with The Force Unleashed, though not technically a film, can be collectively considered the closest project to a film in the Star Wars official continuity, without actually being a film. This story is significant in that Lucas reportedly said he would have made a story like this into a movie if he had had the time and effort to do so back in the early 1980s. The main plotline is told in Steve Perry's novel, Shadows of the Empire, published by Bantam Books. It introduces Prince Xizor, the alien overlord of the largest criminal organization in the galaxy. The comic book emphasizes the destiny of Boba Fett and his fellow bounty hunters, first seen in a brief scene on The Empire Strikes Back. It also tells the story of Jix, Darth Vader's assistant, who infiltrated Jabba the Hutt's gang of bikers to prevent that band's attempt to murder Luke Skywalker. The series was written by John Wagner and illustrated by Kilian Plunkett. LucasArts's Shadows of the Empire was one of the first games available for the Nintendo 64, and later for Windows. The most commercial product in the Shadows of the Empire line, the game was first released in December 1996 as an exclusive N64 title five months after the console's launch. The PC version came nearly a year later in September 1997. In the game, players control mercenary Dash Rendar in his efforts to help Luke Skywalker and rescue Princess Leia from Prince Xizor's hands.[/i]

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[i]Star Wars: X-Wing is a series of space combat simulation video games and an expansion of the Star Wars franchise that attempts to simulate the fictional experience of starfighter combat, while remaining faithful to the movies. The player took the role of a pilot of the Rebel Alliance, and, in later games, the Galactic Empire. To complete the games, players must complete missions such as simple dogfights with opposition starfighters, reconnaissance and inspection tasks, escort duty for freighters or capital ships, or attacks on larger opposition ships. In addition to dogfighting designed to resemble the free-wheeling duels of World War I, the games also offered the challenge of managing power resources and wingmen, and using weapons effectively.[/i]

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[i]Star Wars: Battlefront is a series of first- and third-person shooter video games based on the Star Wars films. Players take the role of soldiers in either of two opposing armies in different time periods of the Star Wars universe. The series was launched in 2004 by LucasArts with Star Wars: Battlefront, developed by Pandemic Studios for LucasArts. The game received positive reviews and sold well. In 2005 Pandemic developed a sequel, Star Wars: Battlefront II, which was also critically and commercially successful. The games were followed by Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron (2007) and Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron (2009) for handheld consoles and Star Wars Battlefront: Mobile Squadrons for mobile devices. LucasArts made several attempts to get a third major Battlefront game off the ground but no projects were released before The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of LucasArts. Subsequently, EA DICE acquired a license to develop a new game, titled Star Wars Battlefront which was released on November 17 2015.[/i]

[b]KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE ARE NOT ALL OF THE STAR WARS GAMES, THERE ARE STILL PLENTY MORE NOT MENTIONED, SUCH AS:[/b]

- Super Star Wars
- Jedi Power Battles
- Racer/Racer Revenge
- tie-in games
- LEGO adaptations

[b]AND MANY MORE[/b]

Further shit: for those that play on the Pee-Cee, Star Wars games availabe on Steam can be found [url=http://store.steampowered.com/search/?snr=1_4_4__12&term=star+wars]here[/url], and games availabe on GOG can be found [url=https://www.gog.com/games##search=star%20wars&sort=bestselling&page=1]here.[/url] Battlefront 2015 can only be found on [url=https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/buy/star-wars-battlefront/pc-download/base-game/standard-edition?utm_campaign=origin-search-us-pbm-g-swbf-p&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_term=star%20wars%20battlefront&sourceid=origin-search-us-pbm-g-swbf-p&gclid=CJmmke_ukcoCFdCPHwodh38CPA]Origin.[/url] PlayStation store page [url=https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/search/f=%5Estar%2Bwars%7Cbucket~games?emcid=ps-ga-876&utm_medium=Paid_Search&utm_campaign=Games&utm_source=Google&utm_term=ps-ga-876&utm_content=Brand]here[/url] and Microsoft stuff [url=http://store.xbox.com/en-US/Xbox-One/StoreSearch?query=star+wars]here(xb1)[/url] and [url=http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Search?query=star%20wars]here(360).[/url]

[b]UPDATED[/b]

We have a thing going for one of the Star Wars Galaxies revival projects, called SWG Reborn. You can find installation instructions [url=https://swgreborn.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=347]here[/url] and the steam group is [url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FPSWG]here[/url].

[b]UPDATE 2[/b]

SWG Reborn is dead for the moment, so we've switched to SWGEmu. Instructions page [url=http://www.swgemu.com/forums/content.php?r=179-Install-SWGEmu]here[/url] (you have to register on the site first, it acts as your game account). For those still interested in playing Battlefront II online, you need [url=https://www.gameranger.com/]GameRanger[/url], which hosts private servers. No lag, one-second respawns and always full.

[b]UPDATE 3[/b]

SWG Reborn is being remade as SWG Legends, found [url=http://www.swglegends.com/forums/showthread.php?275-SWG-Legends-Installation-Guide&p=2336#post2336]here.[/url] We're all planning on moving from SWGEmu to Legends, so if you want to have fun with people who don't suck, join up.

[b]UPDATE 4[/b]

Due to ongoing switching of SWG emulations, I have dubbed this curse [url=https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1500085&p=49543066&viewfull=1#post49543066]"Darth Punchus The Wise."[/url]

[Tuskin]

I LIED
GOOD THREAD

Ok now I'm off to bed.

[Chronische]

What about Imperial Assault? Been playing that a lot lately, but been having trouble with the campaign: it really seems heavily weighted towards the Imperials at the beginning, and MAYBE the Rebels get some better stuff later, but by then the Imperials will have a ton of shit and will probably continue to steamroll you despite your new gear and skills.

[Mai]

wrong image for XW

[Pops]

[QUOTE=the_killer24;49458172]wrong image for XW[/QUOTE]

couldn't find a good one to represent the series

[IlluminatiRex]

The x-wing vs tie-fighter art perhaps?

[Pops]

[QUOTE=bdd458;49458384]The x-wing vs tie-fighter art perhaps?[/QUOTE]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSB8p9OlZ5g[/media]

[Elowin]

Well I beat KotoR 2.
I have really mixed feelings about it to be honest.
The story is really cool, but there are just so, so many things that are never explained and so many plot threads that just don't go anywhere.
The plot is honestly a bit incomprehensible because of it, I have no idea why half of the things in this game happened because it was never explained, as far as I'm aware.

Also not really a fan of how it leads up to the big bad evil sith empire coming to murder everyone.

[cowsaysoink]

[QUOTE=elowin;49459158]Well I beat KotoR 2.
I have really mixed feelings about it to be honest.
The story is really cool, but there are just so, so many things that are never explained and so many plot threads that just don't go anywhere.
The plot is honestly a bit incomprehensible because of it, I have no idea why half of the things in this game happened because it was never explained, as far as I'm aware.

Also not really a fan of how it leads up to the big bad evil sith empire coming to murder everyone.[/QUOTE]

that's what happens when lucasarts cuts your development time down by a year so they can have a christmas release.

[Tuskin]

The sound files, or at least the music, in Battlefront are prefixed with "SW01"

Jakku music is prefixed with "SW01XP0"

XP probably stands for Expansion.

SW01 probably means Star Wars 1, so if they make Battlefront 2 or another Star Wars game they don't get the files confused

Just thought it was interesting.

Jakku doesn't seem to use any music from Ep7, it is mostly original music mixed with previous movie music

[wranglor]

[QUOTE=Tuskin;49462129]The sound files, or at least the music, in Battlefront are prefixed with "SW01"

Jakku music is prefixed with "SW01XP0"

XP probably stands for Expansion.

SW01 probably means Star Wars 1, so if they make Battlefront 2 or another Star Wars game they don't get the files confused

Just thought it was interesting.

Jakku doesn't seem to use any music from Ep7, it is mostly original music mixed with previous movie music[/QUOTE]

It kinda makes "sense" though as the battle occurs 30 years or so before ep7

[editline]6th January 2016[/editline]

regarding the ep7 music that is

[editline]6th January 2016[/editline]

Which reminds me, in ep7, it was kinda cool seeing [sp]the old style x-wing in the sands of jakku along with the AT-AT. It somewhat connected battlefront 2015 with the movie.[/sp]

[Elowin]

[QUOTE=cowsaysoink;49460499]that's what happens when lucasarts cuts your development time down by a year so they can have a christmas release.[/QUOTE]

yeah it's great isn't it

Most of the best RPGs ever released have been unfinished as fuck, this is certainly one of the most egregious examples of it that I've played though.

[Chrille]

[QUOTE=elowin;49463483]yeah it's great isn't it

Most of the best RPGs ever released have been unfinished as fuck, this is certainly one of the most egregious examples of it that I've played though.[/QUOTE]

The devs themselves recommend the fan restoration mod.

[sanitarium.]

Do you guys have any advice for using Luke in HvV? I'm great with Leia/Han/Boba and decent with Vader and Palpatine, but I can't quite figure out Luke. He's fast, so I try to flank and use hit and run tactics but I never seem to do any good and will usually end up dead or low health with little damage done.

[sanitarium.]

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;49464691]Palpatine is an absolute fucking joke in Battlefront. Leia isn't the best hero, but she's at least decent. Palpatine's main attack runs out very quickly, it only works at close range and if if you miss with his long ranged lightning, you're basically fucked. I've never killed anyone with that twirl attack, either.

[editline]5th January 2016[/editline]

When I play as a hero or villain, I wanna use a lightsaber.

More lightsaber heroes and villains please, EA.[/QUOTE]

Leia's trooper's bane is extremely powerful. If you can hit with it reliably, you can stunlock the villains and they die very easily. I'm not great with Palp, but I found sticking to Vader works best. People tend to ignore you as Palpatine and focus on Vader, so I kind of sit off to the side and spam lightning and chain lightning for the stun.

[overwatch pvt]

Not to mention the guards Leia gets are way better than a standard trooper.

[JimisHalpertis]

Don't care what a bunch of corporate executives say, KOTOR 2 is always canon to me.

[Elowin]

[QUOTE=Chrille;49464138]The devs themselves recommend the fan restoration mod.[/QUOTE]

The irony is I was actually playing with that.

[MaverickIB]

[QUOTE=sanitarium.;49464363]Do you guys have any advice for using Luke in HvV? I'm great with Leia/Han/Boba and decent with Vader and Palpatine, but I can't quite figure out Luke. He's fast, so I try to flank and use hit and run tactics but I never seem to do any good and will usually end up dead or low health with little damage done.[/QUOTE]

Luke is good against single enemies, namely heros. I've found he's weak against large groups, doesn't have a way of taking out a lot of guys fast without taking a ton of damage. Whenever I play as him, I have a lot of success avoiding fights taking out stragglers until I find an enemy villian alone. I've wiped out entire teams of villains by myself just by letting Han/Leia distract enemy troopers while I quickly worked my way around and flanked the shit out of villians. It's definitely important to take out Fett first most of the time, since his blaster fire can work your health down extremely fast. Luke can beat Vader/Palpatine one-on-one fairly easily most of the time, even when it's one right after the other.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;49464691]Palpatine is an absolute fucking joke in Battlefront. Leia isn't the best hero, but she's at least decent. Palpatine's main attack runs out very quickly, it only works at close range and if if you miss with his long ranged lightning, you're basically fucked. I've never killed anyone with that twirl attack, either.

[editline]5th January 2016[/editline]

When I play as a hero or villain, I wanna use a lightsaber.

More lightsaber heroes and villains please, EA.[/QUOTE]

Darth Maul when. I actually don't think it'd be a bad idea to have hero/villain teams from the newer trilogy. There's a lot of potential good characters, like Maul, Dooku, Grievous, Obi-wan, Yoda, Windu, Padme, shit man if they were ballsy they could put Jar Jar in there and have his attacks be clumsy throws of those blue energy balls and making people want to kill themselves.

[Pops]

[QUOTE=MaverickIB;49467079]Darth Maul when. I actually don't think it'd be a bad idea to have hero/villain teams from the newer trilogy. There's a lot of potential good characters, like Maul, Dooku, Grievous, Obi-wan, Yoda, Windu, Padme, shit man if they were ballsy they could put Jar Jar in there and have his attacks be clumsy throws of those blue energy balls and making people want to kill themselves.[/QUOTE]

in the next game

[tails484777]

Loved the Beta of Battlefront but then seeing the season pass costing that much on top of a game that's pretty meh with content I feel that I want to wait till it's £20 at-least.

[SupaBastad]

[QUOTE=tails484777;49470325]Loved the Beta of Battlefront but then seeing the season pass costing that much on top of a game that's pretty meh with content I feel that I want to wait till it's £20 at-least.[/QUOTE]

Good luck. BF4 premium/season pass still costs £35.

[Mai]

it regularly goes on sale for $20/$15

[tails484777]

I hope I can snap up a really cheap copy at some point then :P or maybe request it as a Birthday gift one day haha.

[Hexagon]

[video=youtube;wawpJjw8Xsw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wawpJjw8Xsw[/video]

[Skerious]

Does anyone know any good mods for Jedi Academy?

[Niven]

Man I really want to replay Shadows of the Empire. Wish GoG had it for PC.

[neosloth]

[QUOTE=Skerion;49472492]Does anyone know any good mods for Jedi Academy?[/QUOTE]

Movie Battles II is pretty good. It feels really different from vanilla, the focus on ranged weapons makes it feel closer to something like counter strike

[Chronische]

[QUOTE=Niven;49474306]Man I really want to replay Shadows of the Empire. Wish GoG had it for PC.[/QUOTE]

Uhh, really? I mean, I know the great and glorious DASH RENDAR is hard to resist, but the game was not that great. You can always satisfy your DASH RENDAR needs with the Shadows of the Empire book, or (this is even worse than the game) the comic.

[Drewsko]

[QUOTE=Chronische;49474762]Uhh, really? I mean, I know the great and glorious DASH RENDAR is hard to resist, but the game was not that great. You can always satisfy your DASH RENDAR needs with the Shadows of the Empire book, or (this is even worse than the game) the comic.[/QUOTE]

To be fair, only the game is focused on DASH RENDAR's antics, while the book is more focused on Luke, Leia, Vader, Xizor and the rest of the main cast, and the comics spend half their time on the subplot of Boba Fett's delivery run to Jabba.

Heck, only in the game can you find out that [sp]DASH RENDAR DOESN'T die at the end.[/sp]