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Description: Manufacturer: Psygnosis / Action / Rating: E - (Everyone) / Published by: Psygnosis / A long time ago in a galaxy far, ... more
Colony Wars (PS) ... far away, a disembodied James Earl Jones sound-alike narrates over a series of dramatic spaceship battles. He speaks of an oppressive struggle between the League of Free Worlds and the despotic Colonial Navy and of the hope that one day peace will be restored. This is the conflict gamers will enter into with Psygnosis' latest spaceship simulation, Colony Wars. Colony Wars is a two-disc set of missions whose narrative sequence changes based on battles won and lost. Once you learn the basic six-degree control of your League fighter and sit through a mission briefing, you're ready to embark upon a League-appointed sortie, defending a cargo ship against a swarm of enemy fighters, or perhaps destroying a critical space vehicle on the other team's side. Missions differ in theme, but their successful completion often involves the same pattern of following your wing commander's orders to blast this or that ship.

Newest Review: ... time. Dual Analog is supported (but has no "Shock" feature in this game) and recommended for CW, the feeling of ... more

 ... control with a standard digital controller is not comparable to this. If you TRULY want to play this game, get an analog controller. The Barracuda (this game is an exception) is best because of its longer thumb-pads. Using both Analog pads provide even more realism. It also supports the flight sticks, but I can't comment on that. One odd thing I found is that unlike many other games, if you don't play this game repeatedly, you will easily lose practice and forget how to fly the ships, because this game is, for the...more

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RussellC
Premium Review Colony Wars (PS): Play Star wars by a different name. (447 words)
by RussellC - written on 23/07/00 (Very useful, 16 readings)
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Colony Wars might as well have been called Star Wars given the similarities of the two plots. Both involve a rebel faction fighting the odds against an oppresive regime. The disadvantage that Colony wars has is that you can't fulfill that X-Wing piloting fantasy. It's not a major disadvantage though, there's a lot in this game to recommend it. The first distinct feature is the aspect of branching gameplay. Rather than one linear ride through the game there are a number of courses to take resulting in different endings. Fail a mission and it might not mean game over, but later missions will be different and the direction of the war has changed. This ...

ShaneH
Premium Review A review of Colony Wars not Star wars (571 words)
by ShaneH - written on 14/06/01 (Very useful, 25 readings)
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I have seen in many other reviews that many people seem to be comparing Colony wars on The Playstation to star wars on the Pc, well I have never played any Star Wars games on the PC so this review will be an honest opinion on Colony wars from a person who didn't buy just because it was similar to another game. The game is a flight combat game set in space, there are a series of missions that must be accomplished in order to complete the game but if you fail a mission then it is not game over it is just a slight alteration to the storyline. The storyline is that there is the Navy, it is an empire that extends outwards from earth draining the ...

penfold
Premium Review Colony Wars (PS): put another shrimp on the barbie (229 words)
by penfold - written on 03/08/00 (Useful, 21 readings)
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This has to be one of the best space combat games, apart from the others in the series. The game introduces great visuals, a nice storyline and brilliant gameplay. The game offers a large amount of space craft for you to control, and other craft including motherships, fraters and cruisers. There are 18 weapons for you to discover and use against the earth empire including earths own craft and weapons. The game includes a database of planets, solar systems, ships and other stuff, which emerses you in the great storyline and helps everything seem that little bit more real. Controls are easy to master and you can tweek your skills with ...

 

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