The Trade Federation has planned an attack on the peaceful planet of Naboo. Upon arriving on the Trade Federation ship, the Jedi sense that something is afoul. The Neimoidians have planned a trap for them and are proceeding with their plans of taking over the planet.
Meanwhile, on the planet's surface, the Queen and her faithful aide, Captain Panaka, are in a desperate battle of their own to try to escape from the planet and proceed to Coruscant to speak with the galactic government about their situation.
But I will tell you that you will meet up with a slave boy named Anakin Skywalker and that there is a new villain named Darth Maul. But of course, you already knew that.
The Phantom Menace is a new top-down shooter based on the movie. It requires a quick hand and a little bit of luck to get through the game. While I am the type of person who likes the first-person perspective, it was kind of nice to play a game from the top-down angle, although I would have liked to be able to change the camera view to make it easier to see things in front of me.
I had very little trouble setting the game up to play. After changing all my options for my joystick I was ready to begin mowing down some droids. Upon starting the game you are Obi-Wan and all you have to defend yourself is your trusty lightsaber. While this weapon is very good at close range it has something to be desired at a distance. But the programmers knew this would be a problem so they gave you the power to redirect the laser fire from your enemies back at them.
Now that is where the game is really fun! There is nothing like standing in a crowded hallway just flailing your lightsaber around and seeing laser fire shoot in every direction. It takes a little bit of timing to "hit" the laser with your lightsaber but once you "master" it get it? Jedi Master? One area that could be improved is the artificial intelligence for some of the characters.
There is a level in the game where you have to escort the Queen to her ship. I wish I had a quarter for every time I had to go back and guide the Queen around a corner because she got stuck somewhere. And you have to be careful because if you get too far ahead of her, she will be killed and you will then, of course, die also.
The Phantom Menace is very pleasing to the eyes, as it should be when you consider that it requires a 3D accelerator card to play. The backgrounds and cutscenes were stunning. I was impressed by the perception of depth throughout the game. There is a level in the game where you Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are fighting Darth Maul on these round platforms that are floating in this big tube-like structure.
I never really liked heights very much as it is, so when I had to jump from platform to platform it kind of made my stomach queasy. Performance wise, the game never once bogged down on my system and there was plenty of action on the screen at all times.
My hat goes off to the folks who did the score for this game. Here is where the game truly shines. The music for The Phantom Menace sounded like it came straight from the movie itself. LucasArts game soundtracks always seem to impress me. The crackling of a lightsaber, screeching blaster fire, and mechanical droids all made the game more realistic and enjoyable.
It brought me back to the glory days of the original trilogy. The book that is enclosed with the game is more than sufficient to get you up and running as fast as possible. It gives a brief storyline and the usual descriptions of some of the people you will encounter in the game. Of course, like everyone else, I had already seen the movie, so the guide was put to the side and buried under a pile of new action figures and empty Mountain Dew cans.
Some people are going to love it and others are going to walk away from it with mixed reviews. I, personally, thought the game was enjoyable to play and was excited when I had a chance to write a review for it.
As with any game that is based on a movie, there were inconsistencies in the storyline that a few Star Wars freaks might find irritating. Maybe, if enough of us write suggestions to the "master" programmers at LucasArts, they will see the light saber and we can "force" them to make an add-on pack for it.
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Locate the executable file in your local folder and begin the launcher to install your desired game. Game review Downloads Screenshots People say: 6. Overall rating: 5. It's Raining Menace What the Phantom Menace adventure game does for true fans is re-create the movie experience, making it completely interactive.
Guilty as Cin ema Beginning on the Trade Federation ship, the game progresses much as the movie does. Bringing Balance to the Force? Thv Force and Sith, er The Fourth and Fifth Phantom Menace leaves you exactly where the movie did.
Sound Minus a half-point for Jar Jar Binks who is annoying on his own merits and for the few times when Qui-Gons voice sounds like a tired Sean Connery. Control Fluid gameplay is offset by tricky jumps and hard-to-target enemies.
Overall rating: 6. Menacing Action Phantom action takes place via a V-i-overhead view. The Reel Deal In addition to its solid game play. Of Mice and Menace Phantom Menace's saving grace is its music and sound effects. Leaps of Faith Speaking of the Dark Side, the game has a few. Force fo Reckon With Yet Menace stands as a testament to fan loyalty. ProTips: Shields can take lots of damage and appear when a ton of trouble is headed your way. If shielded, get to your next objective and save your game.
Forget the Destroyer Droids. Outrun them at all costs. Some switches can be triggered only by using the Force Push. Check carefully amongst the foliage in the Naboo swamps for hidden health power-ups. In Tatoolne, hanging from overhead cables can be hazardous.
Scan the street for henchmen and blast them with a grenade or laser shot. Watch the Queen closely. If she gives you the option to scout ahead, do so; if she doesn't, keep her close, or she'll be killed. Overview Ah, those words that, when heard, bring out the child in all of us Star Wars. Gameplay, Controls, Interface The premise is quite simple -- even simpler if you have already seen the movie.
Sounds pretty good so far, eh? Wait until you finish a race, though What were they thinking? Then it's over. Well, kinda Graphics Graphically, this game has very few equals. Audio One thing that Racer does right is to immerse you in an audible world so convincing that you'd swear you are either in the theater all over again or actually racing down a canyon. Oh yeah, and John Williams.
Documentation The documentation is quite good. Bottom Line I really, really wanted to score Racer much higher. All the jumps succeed in doing is increase the time you spend playing the game and frustrate. Who enjoys this? I spent a considerable amount of time saving my game just before the jump, dying and then waiting a full minute for my game to load up again so that five seconds later I could die once more. This process would occasionally go on for as long as 30 minutes.
Even the most Force-proficient being will have trouble. Speaking of the Force, each Jedi's use of it seems extremely limited. Aside from the Force push, the Jedi mind trick, the double jump and the ability to wield a lightsaber, you wouldn't know that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are any more powerful than Captain Panaka and Queen Amidala. Apparently, Obi-Wan doesn't even have the power to make himself a trail through Naboo's forest to ease his following of Jar Jar Binks.
And those jumps sure would have been a lot less frustrating if they had the power to leap as high as Obi-Wan did in the movie. Besides the frustrating leaps, many stages are not without other weaknesses in overall gameplay. One of the most common has to do with perspective, which often allows bad guys to attack from offscreen or at times when you can't even see yourself! And then there's the companion factor.
Occasionally, someone will tag along with you, often acting non-sensibly. Can anyone tell me how someone smart enough to be elected queen at the age of 14 could possibly be stupid enough to proceed in front of her Jedi escort into a brigade of trigger-happy Battle Droids? On top of that, she seems content to stand in the middle of the street and get drilled with laserfire the entire time.
However, she does often manage to survive since the point blank shots usually just 'graze her shoulder. While generally helpful, he seemed obsessed with running straight into a wall when I needed him most!
I'd do whatever I could to make him budge but nothing was going to stop him from making his way through that solid marble. My final gripe is with what the game lacks.
There was great potential for a more varied style of gameplay with events that were often represented through FMV cut-scenes beautiful as they may have been. Adele convinces Spotify to remove shuffle from all albums. PS5 restock updates. Black Friday deals. Windows Windows. Most Popular. New Releases. Desktop Enhancements. Networking Software.
Trending from CNET. Visit Site. Use the Force, and your wits, to overcome challenges at every turn as you plunge deeper into this story of a galaxy in crisis. On top of that, she seems content to stand in the middle of the street and get drilled with laserfire the entire time.
However, she does often manage to survive since the point blank shots usually just "graze her shoulder. While generally helpful, he seemed obsessed with running straight into a wall when I needed him most! I'd do whatever I could to make him budge but nothing was going to stop him from making his way through that solid marble. My final gripe is with what the game lacks.
There was great potential for a more varied style of gameplay with events that were often represented through FMV cut-scenes beautiful as they may have been. Extra stages could have easily been based upon the swim down to Otoh Gunga, the trip through the planet core in a bongo, the Podrace, and escaping the blockade of Naboo in that sleek chrome ship. Wouldn't a stage featuring R2-D2's ship-fixing escapade have been great?!
The final battle between the Gungan and Droid armies is briefly mentioned, unlike the space battle which isn't even alluded to! Do you think it's any coincidence that LucasArts released Racer and codes to play as a Naboo Fighter in Rogue Squadron at about the same time? Funny that you should have to buy those if you want to indulge in some of the aspects missing from The Phantom Menace.
Though the game's faults abound, I couldn't begin to count the number of times I exclaimed, "This is SO cool! What it all comes down to is that the Force is with The Phantom Menace -- but only as much as it is with the Jedi in the game.
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