Macintosh

Star Wars: Battlefront

This game gets a thumbs up but it screams for better multiplayer access. Lack of Game Spy support creates an inconvenience for Mac gamers in my opinion. For those focused on battling in the Star Wars universe, solo game play is satisfying and fun, but it's lack of game variants places it several notches below Unreal Tournament for multiplayer mayhem. Heroes are there, but they have questionable impact on the battle and mostly represent a danger that enemy players can avoid. For many gamers, lack of twitchy physics is a definite plus. And the game can be played in a window if that is your desire. If your into a Battlefield 1942 style game with a Star Wars setting, this game is a must. FYI screen shots can be found in your home/documents folder.

Une fois les cartes téléchargées, ouvrez votre dossier Star Wars Battlefront, puis faites un clique-droit (ou un contrôle-clique) sur le jeu, dans le menu qui apparaît choisissez afficher le contenu du paquet. Ouvrez ensuite le dossier AddOn et placez y les dossiers avec les cartes. Attention à ne pas placer un dossier contenant toutes les cartes car ça ne marcherait pas, placez bien chacun des dossiers contenant les cartes séparément.

Frankly I've been a bit tired of the usual first-person shooters lately, but Star Wars: Battlefront has been a breath of fresh air. Its combination of action, strategy, and Star Wars makes this game very compelling. If you have a broadband connection to the internet and you like Star Wars and/or first- and third-person shooters, maybe with a little strategy and driving thrown in for good measure, this is the game for you. You will have to put up with GameRanger and the smaller Mac community of players though, unless you prearrange to meet up with friends on a Direct IP server somewhere. If you only plan to play single-player then it's a fun game, but there's no storyline and I suspect some people might get bored playing the computer after a while.

I can't deny the attraction of playing through pretty much every Star Wars battle of note throughout the entire series, and I like that you get to choose how you want to play through them, but that's really all this game offers. You'll never feel like you matter while playing Star Wars Battlefront.