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5 things developers should avoid in new Star Wars games

PSU looks back at old Star Wars games and lists 5 things that should be avoided in the development of new Star Wars games.

yugovega4672d ago

omg I had no idea it was that bad. lol aww starwars how far you have fallen

mondofish4672d ago

Yeaaah, that is definitely pretty terrible :)

OpieWinston4672d ago

MY EYES!!!!!!!!

I don't mind Kinect/Move support in games but no more exclusives that involve shit like this....

FITgamer4671d ago (Edited 4671d ago )

I laughed so hard, then i realized this was actual game footage and that feeling came over me like when they show those feed the children commercials.

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MysticStrummer4672d ago

Jar Jar made Ewoks seem pretty damn cool in retrospect.

DasTier4672d ago

"Not many Star Wars games have been successful without a strong narrative"

The BEST Star Wars games, the Battlefront series, was never known for its 'strong narrative' or story.

yugovega4672d ago

the best was jedi knight: dark forces 2. had a story but didn't follow the movies. that's how to make a successful sw game. don't base it in the major storyline. with or without a story. unless of course its another pod racer. id buy that.

MysticStrummer4672d ago

Best SW games for me were X-Wing and Tie Fighter. Never played X-Wing vs Tie Fighter but I used to fantasize about it coming to PSN. SW Battlefront would be second for me.

CourierSix4668d ago

No, best Star Wars game was KoTOR 1

hazardman4672d ago

Star Wars Jedi Outcast 2 would like a word with you.. one of the best SW games ever IMO! Story wise and gameplay.

LightofDarkness4672d ago

Everything about the prequels, basically (over reliance on Jedi/Sith, OP Jedi/Sith, lack of strong narrative, playing it "safe", fear of going in a more "mature" direction). They're objectively terrible movies that have irrevocably marred the lore. Like it or not, they are canon, but we can simply adopt the "let's never speak of it again" approach.

While it originally seemed to cool, turning the Jedi/Sith from space monks to power rangers kind of ruined them for a long time. I don't want to see another story focused on them for a while, which is why 1313 seemed like a nice new direction. Pity it will likely fade away.

yugovega4672d ago

1313 just looks like a bounty hunter sequel. and that game was very fun.

Jek_Porkins4672d ago

Don't turn Battlefront into an FPS, we have enough of those. If you want to make a Star Wars FPS, make Republic Commando 2, because the first game was amazing, and maybe even better than Halo 2 at the time.

Alcohog4672d ago

I'd rather see a new Jedi Knight/Dark Forces man.

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Profchaos4d ago

The community warned them this would happen but nope they knew better they continued with the live service push the made the art style cartoonish and this is the result

isarai_lee3d ago

It's always so bizarre when studios announce something super early in development under the suggestion of forming the game to player feedback, and then they push against all feedback heading straight for the cliff while everyone is warning them along the way

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US Lawmakers Urge Review Of EA Sale

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Trilithon38d ago

lol ya think? they're sending all that work to the cheaper labor market as soon as possible. and FYI, that labor market has exploded in the last 5-10 years. They have enough people to replace every single job. But honestly, EA is over filled with useless upper management as it is. You could probably trim 25% of their staff with no real loss in production. They aren't gamers, they're business execs. Just look at how many AI related jobs they're already starting to post. Its also hilarious that PIF owns Battle field 6

lodossrage38d ago (Edited 38d ago )

Wait,

The same congress that attacked Lina Khan when she fought the Microsoft Activision purchase.
The same congress that allowed Disney to buy 90% of Fox
The same congress that allowed Liv Golf to buy the PGA
The same congress that sits back while Paramount tries a hostile takeover despite losing the bid for Warner Bros.

NOW, the suddenly cares about doing what's "right" for works? Yeah, right.

thorstein38d ago

No. There were elections and some of the scum were replaced.

TheColbertinator37d ago

Different elections. Different scum. Same results.

rlow138d ago

i know its a long shot, but i hope this gets shot down.

ZwVw37d ago

EA now owned by The Saudis and Ubisoft to inevitably be owned by China. In hindsight, once EA and Ubisoft started having their financial woes, they should have pulled a Koei Tecmo/Bandai Namco by merging their operations into one.

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