What is the best Star Wars game of all time?

[=CrimsoN=]

And why is it Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2005)

followed very closely by Knights of the Old Republic.

[Vote Quimby]

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Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knights

[=CrimsoN=]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Birds:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย =CrimsoN=:

I meant classic Battlefront from 2005? Honestly, I've never been into the multiplayer, and classic Battlefront has solid singleplayer in the sense that at least every single mode can be played in singleplayer. Plus Galactic Conquest (easily my favorite mode).

yes, i also mean 2005.

bots don't do it for me.

I guess I'm confused on how EA would have killed it then. Since EA didn't develop classic Battlefront 2. That was Pandemic Studios under Lucasarts.

[Birds]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย =CrimsoN=:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Birds:

yes, i also mean 2005.

bots don't do it for me.

I guess I'm confused on how EA would have killed it then. Since EA didn't develop classic Battlefront 2. That was Pandemic Studios under Lucasarts.

the sale of the starwars videogame license to EA was already a done deal in 2005. sony only retained the rights to swg, the rest were in the hands of an equally-sized (in gaming) giant.

this was in response to a number of hostile acquisitions sony made over various properties the us' corporate interests didn't want to sell, hardliners tending to interpret the US as an inherently hostile entity to be exerted over rather than necessarily a diplomatic ally of current or future potential.

since the licenses were being stuffed up people's asses things kind of stopped happening with them.

[=CrimsoN=]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Birds:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย =CrimsoN=:

I guess I'm confused on how EA would have killed it then. Since EA didn't develop classic Battlefront 2. That was Pandemic Studios under Lucasarts.

the sale of the starwars videogame license to EA was already a done deal in 2005. sony only retained the rights to swg.

Really??? That's weird. I mean I know SWTOR was published under EA. But then you also had stuff like the Force Unleashed releasing in 2008, published solely under Lucasarts. Also some of the handhelds like Lethal Alliance, Battlefront Renegade Squadron and Elite Squadron weren't published by EA either. They all came out after 2005. Pretty sure there are a few more too.

[Birds]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย =CrimsoN=:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Birds:

the sale of the starwars videogame license to EA was already a done deal in 2005. sony only retained the rights to swg.

Really??? That's weird. I mean I know SWTOR was published under EA. But then you also had stuff like the Force Unleashed releasing in 2008, published solely under Lucasarts. Also some of the handhelds like Lethal Alliance, Battlefront Renegade Squadron and Elite Squadron weren't published by EA either. They all came out after 2005. Pretty sure there are a few more too.

EA and others were into 'secret publishing' at the time. They'd fund a project and own the license to that individual product through a series of intermediaries, and then publish it under a different studio or publishing name. Lucasarts wasn't really doing anything but license squatting anymore, so this worked out for them. I hear the core FU dev team was about 50-60 lucas employees, about half of them admin, and about 100 EA employees of whom there were 1-2 admin contacts leading back to their own divisions at HQ.

Things changed after 2005-2006ish, as the first pre-emptive recession was happening in the wake of how the subprime mortage crisis had grown. Too many intermediaries, not enough understanding of what's happening.

As I understand it that's still a problem, despite corporate austerity.

[=CrimsoN=]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Birds:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย =CrimsoN=:

Really??? That's weird. I mean I know SWTOR was published under EA. But then you also had stuff like the Force Unleashed releasing in 2008, published solely under Lucasarts. Also some of the handhelds like Lethal Alliance, Battlefront Renegade Squadron and Elite Squadron weren't published by EA either. They all came out after 2005. Pretty sure there are a few more too.

EA and others were into 'secret publishing' at the time. They'd fund a project and own the license to that individual product through a series of intermediaries, and then publish it under a different studio or publishing name. Lucasarts wasn't really doing anything but license squatting anymore, so this worked out for them. I hear the core FU dev team was about 50-60 lucas employees, about half of them admin, and about 100 EA employees of whom there were 1-2 admin contacts leading back to their own divisions at HQ.

Things changed after 2005-2006ish, as the first pre-emptive recession was happening in the wake of how the subprime mortage crisis had grown. Too many intermediaries, not enough understanding of what's happening.

As I understand it that's still a problem, despite corporate austerity.

Wow!! I can honestly say that I actually learned something today. Thank you! I was entirely under the impression that EA didn't start taking over until Disney acquired the IP.

[Birds]

It was pretty surprising that Disney let the gaming license go. Goes to show how much influence EA has.

[Uncle Sam]

Still waiting for a remake of this game:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/6000/STAR_WARS_Republic_Commando/

[Birds]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Uncle Sam:

Still waiting for a remake of this game:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/6000/STAR_WARS_Republic_Commando/

you ever notice that there's no game adaptations of the resident evil movies?

disney bought the rights to a movie that wasn't finished and was encouraged not to compete with ea. which meant squatting on the movie, to maintain options.

and not releasing the game, to maintain options.

The US often finds itself with more options than choices, I've found.

[Average Cardboard Consumer /|\]

All Lego Star Wars. Period.

[Beardface31]

KOTOR 2.

[AdahnGorion]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Dr. Staten Island:

Kotor 2

This

[Marcy]

Battlefront 2 2005, then Empire at War

No other game has come close and will ever come close

The last good Star Wars game was Force Unleashed 2

[=CrimsoN=]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Whistler:

Battlefront 2 2005, then Empire at War

No other game has come close and will ever come close

The last good Star Wars game was Force Unleashed 2

Kind of off topic (ironic), but someone correct me if I'm wrong. I'm pretty sure Empire at War is the first and only strategy game to ever combine space and ground combat in a meaningful way, right? As in you have an equal amount of depth to the space and ground combat. Most space strategies games just focus on space combat while ground combat is often an afterthought.

I've yet to find a strategy game that combines both with equal depth as in Empire at War. But I'd love to know of some others that do!

[bad_fur_day1]

I'm unsure if gaming gets much better than Knights of the Old Republic