Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II for GameCube

Pros: Graphics. Sound. Star Wars.
Cons: Minor physics. Short game.

Pros: good sequel, better missions, better graphics
Cons: none

Back in the N64 days, on the Christmas that Star Wars Rogue Squadron came out, my Grandmother had pre-ordered it for me to make sure I had a good Christmas. Once I opened up the game and went into my Grandparents bedroom to pop it in the N64 that I gave...

Pros: it's a great game
Cons: can be frustrating.

Let’s face it the gamecubes launch well sucked when it came from the game. Don’t get me wrong Su per Smash Bros deserved all it’s 5 stars ratings but you don’t want a party game has the first game on your ...

Pros: Beautiful graphics and sound right out of the movie
Cons: Incredibly frustrating, horrid tutorial

There are few franchises as venerable as the Star Wars movies. As such, Star Wars and video games go back a long ways; I can still remember playing the Empire Strikes Back for the Atari 2600 as a little kid almost two decades ago. Unfortunately, the...

Pros: Finally! you can be a Jedi! Superb grahics and plot
Cons: minor slowdown issues

INTRO

In general, Star Wars games are poor. They just don't do the spectacular series that Lucas brought to the cinema's any justice. Us big kids these days want to relive the epic star battles that we fought when we were little and sitting...

Pros: Graphics and sound. Yeah...that's about it
Cons: "All the things I can Think"

THE BASIC BEEF
Well, um...I can truly say that I enjoyed Star Wars: Rogue Squadron a lot. And as a sequel to a great game, Rogue Leader doesn’t do so well. It’s a GCN game and it’s not SSBM or RE, and that should say a lot. This game is just too...

Pros: A beautiful, detailed space shooter.
Cons: Flaky control, bad AI, obtuse mission structure.

Rogue Squadron 2 (RS2) is a lot like the old sex and pizza adage: even when a Rogue Squadron game is bad, it's still pretty good. In truth, that analogy is a little harsh, RS2 isn't a bad game, but the force isn't quite as strong with RS2...

Pros: Stunning graphics and cinematic effects
Cons: Difficult visual cues and obtuse instructions

I purchased the Gamecube last Christmas in order to provide myself and my husband with an entertaining recreational experience. This was our very first home electronic game system, and we are - yes - middle aged, childless, daring to leap into this high...

Pros: Graphics, sound, music, replay value, features...
Cons: Occasional frame rate drop can be a swift kick in your...

Obviously, one of the most anticipated games for the Nintendo Gamecube was Star Wars Rogue Leader. For one, it is Star Wars. Anything Star Wars is popular (except for Jar Jar Binks which has suffered the wrath of many anti-Jar Jar sites). Many have seen...

Pros: Gorgeous graphics; 'feel' and 'atmosphere'; fun.
Cons: High learning curve and general difficulty.

Star Wars is such an odd franchise these days. Arguments rage about nearly any subject involving the movies, books, or video games on a countless number of websites and message boards. Though not quite up to the mythic fanaticism of the Star Trek...

Pros: Excellent visuals and renderings, challenging extras, outstanding production values
Cons: Mediocre gameplay, repetitive pestering wingmen, poor checkpoint system, very difficult

Let's just start by saying that every avid Nintendo fan who purchased GameCube at launch bought Star Wars Rouge Leader. Heck, it was one of the only games worth owning the console for at the time. But how can you look past it? Not only was it a Star Wars...

Pros: Graphics/sound/play control/music/blowing up the Death Star
Cons: I expect more from Lucasarts and Facor 5

As a dedicated fan of anything Star Wars, and especially Lucasarts and Factor 5's Flight series, I eagerly anticipated the release of Rogue Squadron II since first viewing the teaser clips from Nintendo's Space World show a few years back. The sheer...

Pros: Incredible graphics, Atmospheric Sound, Intense Gameplay and Brilliantly crafted speech.
Cons: Some levelling difficulties, initial difficulty levels.

How many attempts have their been at the Star Wars trilogy, to make the films into workable games? Well, more than you can count on your fingers let me assure you. And the closest we came to the feel of the movies was with TIE Fighter on the PC, which,...

Pros: Excellent graphics and sound; medal system adds replay value
Cons: Frustrating at times and, in the end, kind of short

Rogue Leader is my first GC game, and I must say, it is a great game. Looking at the short documentary (an extra unlockable with a code) I am amazed that this game only took eight months to create. The graphics are beyond most games I have ever...

Pros: It makes up for the garbage that was Battle of Naboo on N64. Spectacular sound.
Cons: It's much too hard for younger gamers. Getting the best levels is impossible.

The Star Wars universe has seen many ups and downs in gaming. There have been great Star Wars games like Rogue Squadron, Dark Forces 2, and even Return of The Jedi on SNES. But with those few games that come out, there are the other dozen or so games...