Star Wars: Force Commander

"If I had to choose between the Empire and the Rebels, I would press "QUIT""

Intro.

This is a Star Wars RTS game and probably the first and only one. I did not expect the fact that there would be one, and the fact that it was kind of bad. You can control the Empire and the Rebels which is supposed to sound fun, but yet, it's not.

Story: 7/10

This is Star Wars: Episode 4-6. A soldier joins the Empire, but soon goes to the Rebels after learning some more info. Then the rest is what the episodes have in store for you. It's not very cool, and it moves slowly.

Game-play: 6/10

The Empire and the Rebels. It sounds like it would be total chaos, but no. Not totally chaotic. You can command various troops from Star Wars like Storm-troopers and Rebel soldiers. Sounds like I'm going to go on a full scale assault! The problem is the amount of units you can get. Only 60 units at a time. Sadly, this applies to buildings (like turrets). Most of your attack waves will feel a bit... short. Small. Not good enough.

Basically, all you do is eliminate all enemies or capture their command center. Not very many things can be used to create total havoc. Sorry, but Star Wars fans won't get anything juicy out of this. I would rather stick to the action packed Star Wars games that are NOT RTS style.

Control: 7/10

Point and click. Really easy. It's just that you will have to search the keyboard for the camera options (no, really search) or search the instruction book.

Graphics: 5/10

I can even read the words for some reason. I'm definitely not blind because I could play this for hours and see clearly. Some of the small words on the screen are blurry and I'm not sure what the subtitles are saying. Aside from the bad looks of words, people don't look very good either. They might feel a bit flaky and puffy. Environments are a bit disappointing, but at least you don't die from walking into a weird looking area.

Sound: 7/10

Admit it. You just got to like those blaster sounds. Thats all you'll hear throughout the game. Voices are okay, but don't expect any bizarre sounds.

Music: 5.75/10

What happened to the Star Wars music? I can tell you that the music is not good, but it has almost nothing to do with Star Wars. All I heard was a disappointment.

Overall: 6/10

Ow. I didn't expect a Star Wars game to be as bad as this one. This is not worth playing unless you know that you are going to sell this the next day. I feel like this was the worst Star Wars game I've played yet. There might be some that are worse, but we can simply say that Force Commander is not good enough for anybody.

Reviewer's Score: 6/10, Originally Posted: 02/28/05