Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

"Please do not Force me to play it again"

Most of this game looks great. However, that is not the most important thing.

This game is divided into two types of levels. The first type is a 2D platformer. The 2D platformer has very few actual platforms, you dont have to jump much. It is pretty much a flat surface. There are only a few types of enemies, and they are not very stratigicaly placed nor very hard to beat. Pretty much all of them come from the front. There are hovering droids that either shoot with a weak lazer, swoop in with a kamakazie, or drop these annoying delayed action grenades. There are foot soldiers that stand there and shoot, and soldiers that walk in and kick you. With the execption of bosses(count dooku and Jango fett x2) and destroyer droids, this is the type of enemy you will fight throughout the game with 1 or 2 exceptions. The bosses are not too fun to beat, dooku is button mashing and Fett just flies and you have to jump and slash. Using the Lightsaber is no picnic, instead of mashing the A button to slash, you have to hold the A button and use the D pad in the direction you want to swing. Also, the force is not very great You have a force Jump, which takes you high, but you cannot attack at all, and then you have force push (affecting 1 enemy) and mega force push (affecting all enemies). If you have a full force bar, you will find health powerups. If you do not, then you will find force powerups. As the force is not too good, you can just fill up the bar and collect health. you also supposedly control 3 different Jedis. In reality, you control 1 Jedi that looks different on different levels. Also, there is a jumping problem. When jumping, you must get like 4 feet over the platform you are jumping on or else you will fall through.

This game also contains a star-foxish chase mode where you are in a ship and you are after another. This is very stupid and not fun. The sound is scratchy here, graphics are terrible, etc. You must survive for X amount of time while dodging these unknown polygonal ''things'', that cannot be told from the good things you must collect. You cant even SHOOT in the first one.

The sound in the game is great. That is an up.

With only 12 or so levels, with each one lasting 3-8 minutes, this game does not last too long. There is not much difference between the 3 skill levels you have. The game is linear except for one level. I have played through the game 5 times, and I am currently bored with it.

Reviewer's Score: 5/10, Originally Posted: 03/09/03, Updated 03/09/03