Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles

"A handy Jedi training tool"

Another excellent game created by Lucasarts Studios for the Playstation game console, the game was largely based on the movie Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. But there are some noticeable differences between the game and the movie itself. Even though that there would be some differences, this is a game which was impressively made, since the scenes in the game are carefully done based on each of the landmarks in the movie, such as the spaceship of the Trade Federation, the planet Naboo and Queen Amidala's palace.

STORY:

Based on the hit movie, take the roles of five Jedi Knights, namely Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, Adi Galla and Plo Koon. Fight the robot armies of the Trade Federation, which has made an alliance with the remnants of the Sith faction, in order to prevent them from taking over the planet Naboo and defeat the Sith's greatest fighter, Darth Maul before the Trade Federation manages to usurp power to take over the entire galaxy.

CONTROLS:

Handy controls for an excellent game. There are buttons that have specific attack patterns, such as the types of slashes that each of the Jedi Knights can use in fighting battle droids, hostile animals and bosses. Each of the Jedi Knights have a specific type of device that they can utilize to their advantage in order to defeat hard enemies, such as thermal detonators, stim packs and energy shields. Also, each of them has a specific Jedi power which will also allow them to either clear the way of enemies or defeat a boss. But, the only catch here is that overuse of the Jedi powers will drain your force meter and you'll have to reload them with force power ups.

AUDIO/VIDEO:

Also based on the movie, there's such in-game music like the music when Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon try to bust out of the Trade Federation spaceship in order to warn their superiors about the Trade Federation's intention over Naboo. The in-game sounds of weapons or explosion are also similar to the movie. As of the videos, there's also seen in the movie, with some exceptions.

REPLAYABILITY:

Like I said, there are a total of five Jedi Knights, which you can try and see which of them are the best and see if they are really suitable for your terms. It's up to you to experiment and try whether they are worthy for you to use or not.

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 04/08/03, Updated 04/08/03