I've been a PC and console gamer for a very long time and I'd never played these before. So, when I saw that collection at a reasonable price and with Windows 7 compatibility, I pulled the trigger and ordered the games. After researching some of the issues getting the games to run, I was prepared for a long afternoon of tweaking and patching in order to get the games to run.
Happily, I found a way to get the games running without needing to run as an administrator or as another operating system. I've testing these settings on two separate systems - one with an Intel i7 and nVidia graphics card, and one with an AMD A10 processor and a Radeon graphics card. First of all, both games are patched to the last official patch available from Lucasarts. To help prevent the game from crashing when playing the videos, just go into the properties for each game's executable file and click on these two settings in the Compatibility tab - Disable Visual Themes and Disable desktop composition. As long as your graphics card supports 640 x 480 (the game's default resolution), you should now be able to run both games without too many crashes.
As for the games themselves, there is a reason these are called two of the best Star Wars games made. BioWare did an excellent job of setting up the story and making it feel like part of the Star Wars universe. Then Obsidian did a great job of continuing the story. If there was a nitpick I have with the game, I would have preferred a little more active combat system and (maybe) controller support. Otherwise, great games and great storytelling.
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