Customer Reviews

Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance

5 star:		(19)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

If you thought X-Wing vs. TIE was good, you'll love this. You play the role of the son of a family caught up in the Rebellion. You start by flying missions for your family business. Eventually you can join the Rebellion and fly X-wings, A-wings, B-wings, and you even get the chance to fly the Millennium Falcon! The range of missions is great, and you can practise your skills in the simulator, or the pilot proving grounds. My only criticism is that some of the early missions are very tricky, and the difficulty does not always seem to increase in logical order.

My friends and I bought the original X-Wing a little bit after it came out. We played ti to death, and after many months of faithful playing that classic, addictive game, we beat it. The smae went for the follow-up TIE-Fighter. And after the wait after X-wing vs. TIE Fighter, we were hungry for something new. And now, Alliance!With its improved graphics, great online play and much more immersing story than any previous X-Wing game, X-Wing Alliance is a worthy follow-up to such great games.

Sweet! I've been around since the original X-Wing, and I'm glad to see the advances! Remember the original floppy-disk X-Wing for MS-DOS? The ships were nothing more than a few single-colored polygons, and the HUD only showed a picture of the ship, not the actual moving ship. Plus, you had 3 ships, well, okay, 4 ships (after the B-wing expansion pack) to pick from. The dumb racing track took over ten minutes to go through one lap, and the missions were close to impossible! But we didn't mind because that was the best a computer could offer back then. Well, not we've got extremely detailed ships (with moving gun turrents...wow! :) ) with 3D accelerated graphics, over 15 ships (you use about 8 of them in the real game, many more in multiplayer) you can fly, and new-fangled light sources! Plus, you go into the Death Star on this one! It isn't like that two-colored gray surface from X-Wing! Now it's got 16 million colors! Unfortunately, some of the difficulty from X-Wing moved over to X-Wing Alliance. It's just a WEE bit hard. Some missions will have you laughing at the enemy, while others will make you slam your computer desk. Fortunately, you can put it on easy mode (can't do that in X-Wing!). Plus, some of the mission objects may seem a bit too much to handle. But I think this is only a minor problem. A few missions stand out...like one where you jump out of hyperspace directly in front of a Super Star Destroyer! (for the uninformed, a SSD is a BIG mutha ship that you shouldn't go NEAR...heck, it's so bad that you'll only see one in the whole game!) Overall, you'll find a great space combat game in this package. Go on...buy it!

When I first heard about X-wing Alliance, I thought it was just going to be a cheap attempt to drag out the X-wing franchise. But this is an awesome game. Unlike TIE fighter, the gameplay experience has really been increased from the original X-wing in this game. Flying freighter-craft truly is different from flying starfighters - if you try to fly it like an X-wing, you're as good as dead. Also, comapred to pirate starfighters, I could understand why TIE fighters were considered so deadly, a distinction I didn't really get in the original X-wing.

Most importantly, though, when playing this game I truely felt I was in the SW universe. For example, in one early mission during a bacta transfer between the Azzameens and a shady group of pirates I really felt like I was in one of Timothy Zahn's novels. Also, the shuddering of the ships and the multiple explosive and cha-cha-chas of the TIE fighter's laser cannons went a long way towards enhancing the flying experience. The same goes for the planets images during combat, as well as the immensity of some of the space stations.

A couple minor criticisms: the cutscenes don't seem very relevent/ Also, the "big finale" against the Death Star seems to just have been thrown in, and was somewhat of a disappointment. Finally, most of the levels were a little easy - I beat most of them on one try with the setting on hard. I was hoping for a bigger progression in difficulty as the game increased. The Battle of Endor in particular I was hoping would be more fierce.

Overall, however, this is a great game, with an awesome multiplayer platform. The real forte, however, is the single player - this game has great replayability. I would recommend it to anyone. I even enjoyed it more than Rogue Squadron or Rebel Assault and maybe even Jedi Knight.

I just got my copy of X-Wing Alliance yesterday, after deciding that I liked the Star Wars space combat best out of all other space games. I wasn't gonna get it just because I wanted to break routine and try something new (I've only been playing the X-Wing and the TIE-Fighter wars up till now). So I bought Descent:Freespace...and it IS a GREAT game...but when it came down to it, I missed the Star Wars space combat, so the next day I bought this and it felt great! Updated for today's standards both graphically and mission-wise, this game is a heck of alot of fun. The feel is better than any previous X-Wing type game. The action is better. And the included game editors, skirmishes, melees, and fan-support sites will keep the gaming value at endless proportions! For the small price of the software, you have endless lasting benefits. Definately for anyone who loves space-combat, whether they are Star Wars fans or not...you will all find The Force...and love it! Frantically recommended!

I must concur totally with the previous reviewers on the outstanding quality of this game. I played it begining to end in the space of 3 weeks, and then played it again. The gameplay is pure enjoyment. Flight sims are generally good, but this is awesome. There is nothing better than flying a ship, having an enemy all around, listening to great music scores, having your crew or wingmen chattering over the com link, and having to make mission oriented decisions. This element is great, on all of the missions there is constant action once the action kicks off. You get to fly into stations, the Death Star and sidle up to SSD's, et al. I loved it. Although X -Wing v Tie Fighter and Balance of Power were good, they pale by comparison to X-Wing Alliance. Everything about it is good, from the cut-scenes to the gameplay, any small negative issues are to be expected(such as difficult missions, etc) but are far outnumbered by the positives. I can't say enough. Very Well done Lucas Arts, you have a loyal customer here. I highly recomend this game to anyone.

I am very impressed with this game! The storyline takes place after the battle of Hoth. After you join the rebel alliance in this game, you can fly all kinds of ships including the X-Wing. You go up against star destroyers, tie fighters, Interdictors and much, much more. At the end, you fly in the Mellineum Falcon at the battle of Endor and blow up the second Deathstar! The first couple of levels are a little boring but it gets much more exiting after that. With the tech library you can read all about all of the ships in the star wars universe! And, with the combat simulator you can create your own battle sequences using whatever ships you want! This is a heaven for Star Wars fans like myself. I would highly recomend this game for anyone.

I just got X Wing Alliance a few days ago, and it's pretty old now LOL - it was made in 1999. It's 2006 now, almost 7 years later! Guess what? It's still UNBELIEVABLY fun!!! I dare say that the experience itself surpasses even some of the modern flight sims we see today. The story is excellent - You are a member of the Azzameen family; trading company, slightly sympathetic to the Rebellion, but circumstances force you to join the Alliance and the game lasts 53 missions, the final of which is the Battle of Endor. Side stories are cool! They can help fill the gap in stories, and explore new plots. The gameplay is still mesmerizing, although the graphics seem old now - actually not too bad since I have an ATI mobility Radeon 9000 on my laptop. Functions like diverting shield power, laser fire mode and missle lock seriously enhance the experience; you actually feel like you're sitting in the cockpit of an X wing or whatever craft you are flying. The missions are varied too, with a gargantuan repertoire of objectives. Everyone loves hyperspace, and Rebel Alliance gives it to you: Ever imagine what it was like when Han Solo, Luke and good ol' Obi Wan narrowly escaped the star destroyers in the Tatooine system through hyperspace? Just play X Wing Alliance.

5 out of 5, and I'm still inclined to give more!

The learning curve of the game may be quite a bit longer for those who have not played the X Wing series before, but once you get used to the controls, you're in for the joyride of your life! Excellent stuff!

Thank you LUCAS ARTS & TOTALLY GAMES!!! Your OLD GAMES STILL ROCK!!!

If you liked X-wing or thought it was pretty good You will love this game because It has great graphics( Lucas Arts always does) good gamplay, the music is supberb and as is the sound. I had enough system requirements for complete installation but you can acculy install it on you computer with a 166 pentium for all the low computers like what i used to be. It is a great game and I recommand buying it. I can't think of one thing wrong with it. and if you had X-Wing vs Tie and you wanted to play multiplayer (I did to) Multiplayer on that was way confusing. But on this game, they link you to a site that I had to spend a year finding about (...) this is a great site to and so I am gald they linked it to us gamers. Well in conclusion, It is a great game.

This is yet another excellent installment in the x-wing series, and is a great example of where action games in general are going. One of the aspects I found most interesting about this game is that there's an actually story with characters to follow, which makes missions a lot more fun since you know where, why, and how you are where you are.

When compared with the original x-wing, I'd have to say this one is better. Don't get me wrong; I think that x-wing is a classic, but its time is over. I can remember when I couldn't even BELIEVE that they could actually have a 3D model (even if it was just a few boxy squares) of an Imperial Star Destroyer! Now, in x-wing alliance, you get to go up against Darth Vader's (shudder!) super Star Destroyer the "Executor", the same shop which tailed Han Solo in "The Empire Strikes Back". Incredible detail!

The space chatter is also great, with some very witty lines throughout. When you accomplish your mission objectives, you almost feel like shouting a "yahoo! " yourself.

This is a another great Lucasarts game that no Star Wars fan came miss. Buy it now!