What should I fly today, X Wing, Y Wing, Millenium Falcon? (Star Wars - Rogue Leader - Rogue Squadron II (GC))

Member Name: heekeer

Product:	Star Wars - Rogue Leader - Rogue Squadron II (GC)
Date:	23/08/09 (7 review reads)
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Advantages: Choose from a selection of ships, great missions, great flying, detailed graphics

Disadvantages: None!

Star Wars Rogue Leader is a flight simulator for the Nintendo Gamecube.

This games story follows Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles through the events of the classic Star Wars movies as they will perform missions to aid the Rebel alliance including destroying Tie fighters, delivering cargo, protecting Rebel fleets and of course the iconic attack on the Death Star trench run itself! The storyline is actually very good and if you are a fan of Star Wars you will no doubt get a kick from many of the games moments.

A nice feature the game has is it lets you pick your ship sometimes before the start of the mission, how you do this is interesting too instead of from a menu you get to run around a hangar bay and look at the different ships inside, you can choose from the iconic X Wing fighter, Y Wing bomber, B wing, the speedy A Wing that all the Jedi seem to go for and if you play well enough you can even unlock the Millennium Falcon!

The gameplay involves you sitting in the cockpit of your chosen ship you can view the ship from either third person or from the cockpit view and both viewpoints work well it is just down to your personal preference, from there you can enter travel mode or attack mode, by pressing the trigger your ship will now move a lot faster but you won't be able to attack.

There is a lot of combat in the game and you will have to quickly engage squadrons of Tie fighters and take them out, most ships are fighters but if you have chosen a bomber you will find that the blaster cannon only fires slowly so it makes it a poor choice for most missions though during instances where you have to engage ground targets it is perfect.

In an X Wing or A Wing fighting is a joy and you can zip around turning at lightning speed to re engage your foes blasters firing away. Ships also get special abilities from special missiles but the best one is the Rebel Snowspeeder can use its tow cable to knock down AT ATs!

Graphics are very good with detailed looking space craft, very impressive as this was a Gamecube launch game. Rogue Leader also has great music and effects that have been taken right from the movies.

If you are a Star Wars fan and want to pilot some of the most exciting ships in the universe you must try this one out!

Summary: An excellent flight simulator.