Star Wars: Yoda Stories

"Bluh. Yes, bluh."

I present to you a new word: bluh. Bluh is an adjective which means average or boring. And bluh perfectly describes this game.

Graphics: 6/10. I don't have anything against 2D games, really. It's just that there is never really anything interesting. Every character looks like a midget with a big head, and the heads are the only thing that look different. All the clothes are the same. Every single one of the enemies (besides the Storm Troopers) look like pixels put together randomly, or some sort of geometric shape. It's also very difficult to fall into a trap, because anything like that clearly stands out. 'Oh look, there's a large bright crack running through one square. Hey, that's a monster! I can't believe I fell for that again!' Bluh.

Sound: 5/10. The sound effects are the same thing over and over and over. You'll grow tired of the sound of a blaster, lightsaber, or picking up and item in about twenty minutes, at most. The music is classic Star Wars, but it just repeats to much. When crossing a large area to go collect something, the same old music can get old fast. Bluh.

Story: 2/10. Most of the time, Yoda gives you a little blurb in the beginning, and that's it. There's one scenerio in which Boba Fett kidnaps Yoda, and then you also get a sentence in the middle of the game. Bluh (hey, I'm starting to like that word.)

Replay: 3/10. You can easily memorize where everything is after playing each of the three levels. I don't know why anyone would even think of playing it again, because it gets old fast. Bluh.

Gamplay: 5/10. All you do in this game is trade one item for another, find an item, use an item, and occasionally kill some pixely blob. This might sound okay, but you're only doing this half the time. The other half, you're walking to get to a place to trade. There are three different areas you can 'explore:' Endor, Hoth, and Tatooine. You will be able to remember where everything is after playing each level once. Bluh, I say.

Overall: 4/10. Aboid it, unless you must have every single Star Wars licensed game in existance.

Reviewer's Score: 4/10, Originally Posted: 06/25/00, Updated 06/25/00