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Old 05-25-04, 05:04 PM
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Why aren't there any good Star Wars games for the PS2?

Is it worth picking up a Game Cube for the Star Wars games?
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You're guess is as good as mine.
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It's worth picking up a Gamecube for A LOT of games.
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That has been my question for the past few years about the PC. With the advance in graphics, where all the Tie Fighter and X-Wing Sims now?
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Star Wars: Starfighter and Jedi Starfighter on PS2 were lame. I did have fun playing Clone Wars. The Star Wars: Rogue Squadron series is great. Rogue Leader was a launch title and the only game I bought with the system. The multiplayer aspect of Rebel Strike is very fun. Co-op the full version of Rogue Leader, dogfights and speeder bike chases.

I have Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, Jedi Outcast, The Clone Wars along with the two Rogue Squadron games on Gamecube. F you Lucasarts for ditching out on me.
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I'm getting Jedi Knight Outcast in another day or two for PC (got it cheap on Ebay). Anyone here play it and if soo how would you rate it?
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Luca$ and Gate$=the Darkside
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KOTOR is definitely reason enough to get an Xbox...
Lucasarts must have some exclusivity contract with nintendo, since all the rogue games have been on nintendo systems. In fact, I don't think the starfighter series was even on GCN.

If you're that big of a starwars fan, then I'd say the GCN is a good investment. Three great Starwars games, and a ton of other great titles. Plus the wavebird.
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Guess Nintendo is the way to go for Star Wars games. I really enjoyed the X-Wing and Tie Fighter games for the PC as well. I'm surprised the PC and PS2 market hasn't capitalized on these yet.
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I thought that there was some rumor of Factor 5 (publisher of Rogue Squadron, etc.) making some efforts of rebuiliding their games for Xbox.
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There's not many good star wars games period.

The Rogue Squadron games are great, but until recently Factor 5 was Nintendo exclusive this gen.

KOTOR is great, but Bioware made an exclusive deal with MS (PC is different market).
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If you want good SW games, grab an XBOX. SW: Knights of the Old Republic, Jedi Academy, Clone Wars, and the upcoming KOTOR 2 and Republic Commando.
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Also for Xbox on 9/23/04, the realease of Battlefronts:
http://www.gamefly.com/products/stat...s%20109185.htm

This sounds like exactly what I miss from the Nintendo games.
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Republic Commando looks pretty awesome.
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Because Knights of the Old Republic is on X-Box, and the Rogue Leader series is on Gamecube
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Which Star Wars game for Xbox was so crappy that they stopped PC development and made it an exclusive Xbox title? I'm serious; I can't remember the name of it though.
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Originally posted by ngp
Also for Xbox on 9/23/04, the realease of Battlefronts:
http://www.gamefly.com/products/stat...s%20109185.htm
It's also coming to the PS2 as well.
Now we don't know if it'll be a good game, but it sounds like it has potential if you have online capabilities.
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Potential to be the best Star Wars action game ever!
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Hopefully they also release a decent games where you're fighting with lightsabers.

Battlefronts looks promising.
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Originally posted by Decker
It's also coming to the PS2 as well.
I'll give it a rent since it's a port. I like exclusives for all three of my systems.
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Originally posted by WOWZY
I'll give it a rent since it's a port. I like exclusives for all three of my systems.
It's not an exclusive, but it's not a port, as I understand. I think it's being developed for both systems simultaniously.

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