Posted: August 21 2004 at 8:55am | IP Logged

From what I read, it seems like you can do almost anything in the game - that's the part that excites me the most. I love that fact that games are offering freedom that was unheard of before GTA3.

Too bad XBox and PS2 owners can't complete against or with each other.

Posted: August 27 2004 at 6:35pm | IP Logged

I got a chance to try out the demo for about an hour and came away with mixed feelings. Please take my comments with a grain of salt considering that I've never played this type of game before (or FPS's either).

The level I played was Endor and while the graphics didn't blow me away, I certainly felt like I was in the middle of a battle. Being able to ride a speeder bike or hop into one of those walking tanks and shooting people was alot of fun. I had some Ewoks smash a log into the side of my tank during one battle. It's also pretty cool to see these things walking past you when you're battling on foot.

The problem I had was that all the characters seemed to move around very slowly and the weapon aiming and camera system are hard to get used to. I had a hard time hitting enemies right in front of me and I never felt like I could see everything going on around me (This could very well be because of my unfamiliarity with this type of game though). While you have the option of playing the game in the 1st or 3rd person, neither one worked well for me.

I'm still very interested in this game and will be interested to see what more experienced players think of the game. If the general consensus is that the game is good, I'll just have to learn how to play and get used to the game mechanics.

Posted: September 18 2004 at 7:57pm | IP Logged

Toys R' Us is offering a $10 gift card with the purchase of either Star Wars Battlefront (PS2 or XBox) or the Star Wars Trilogy DVD. That's $20 in gift cards if you're planning on picking up both items.

The only problem is that the Toys R' Us near me usually carries the Full Screen DVD versions only .