Scrubking
08-28-2004, 05:09 PM
I have to say that after a few videos I was excited to get a demo of the game. The game looks good, and how can any star wars fan pass up a game like this anyway?
Well I played the demo offered up by OPM and I have to say that I am not impressed at all. The game plays horribly, and I can only hope that the game gets seriously cleaned up before release.
My major beef is with the controls. I doubt this will be a problem on the PC, but console gamers need to watch out. The controls are beyond sluggish. Making a 180* turn take about 5 seconds so you can imagine what moving around the huge map was like. Aiming is equally sluggish and for some reasons the weapons can't seem to fire at a decent rate.
The fighting seemed detached and hectic as you run around shooting at specs of enemies cause usually when they get close to you, you die. Also it is not uncommon to get caught in "the crossfire from nowhere" and find yourself respawning. You can be running around practically alone only to suddenly get caught in a crossfire and get killed - usually by your own side. The AI seems retarded as your own troops don't bother to try to shoot around you, so if you are in their way too bad.
Also the two vehicles I previewed sucked. The speeder should have been renamed the slower and the AT-ST is practically useless since its rate of fire is nill - 2 shots every 10 seconds or so.
I really hope I got an old version demo cause it's not looking too good.
Well I played the demo offered up by OPM and I have to say that I am not impressed at all. The game plays horribly, and I can only hope that the game gets seriously cleaned up before release.
My major beef is with the controls. I doubt this will be a problem on the PC, but console gamers need to watch out. The controls are beyond sluggish. Making a 180* turn take about 5 seconds so you can imagine what moving around the huge map was like. Aiming is equally sluggish and for some reasons the weapons can't seem to fire at a decent rate.
The fighting seemed detached and hectic as you run around shooting at specs of enemies cause usually when they get close to you, you die. Also it is not uncommon to get caught in "the crossfire from nowhere" and find yourself respawning. You can be running around practically alone only to suddenly get caught in a crossfire and get killed - usually by your own side. The AI seems retarded as your own troops don't bother to try to shoot around you, so if you are in their way too bad.
Also the two vehicles I previewed sucked. The speeder should have been renamed the slower and the AT-ST is practically useless since its rate of fire is nill - 2 shots every 10 seconds or so.
I really hope I got an old version demo cause it's not looking too good.