Star Wars: Demolition

I think Demolition could have been a great game. It seems like the development crew just couldn’t cut loose and come up with a complete blast of a game. The idea is nothing new, with the exception of it having the Star Wars label, but the same kind of game worked in Vigilante 8, by the same company.

This is really a bittersweet release for me. I love Star Wars more than my family, yet I never really garnered any pleasure putting the Vigilante 8 series through its paces. It’s a good meets evil kind of thing, and naturally, this amalgam forged a mediocre release that excites, but never ignites any form of addiction. Seeing the vehicles in action is grand indeed, but they don’t maneuver as you’d expect them to. They all drive like cars, even the aircraft like the snowspeeder. The Star Wars aspect plays second string to the V8 experience. I would have liked it the other way around. Fun, yet disappointing.

But despite my fears, Star Wars Demolition turns out to be a decent game. There's some room for improvement, but what we've got isn't that bad. I just wish there were an Ewok fighter. Yub, yub!

Blowing stuff up in Demolition is definitely fun in all its Star Wars glory, but the more you play, the more you'll notice the imbalance in gameplay. One thing that I learned early on is that offense is not the best policy. Players can unleash all their destructive force immediately, but without the proper weapon and enough charge, you'll barely scratch your opponents. Also, offensive play ends up draining the credits you have on recharges. It seems to me that a game like this needs plenty of offensive attitude. Demolition seems to reward defensive play instead, which leads to less thrashing.

At first glance, Star Wars Demolition might seem like some half-baked attempt to cash in on the Star Wars license, though it's actually a competently executed game. It's nothing that we haven't seen before in some regard, but its variations on the established theme make the experience at least somewhat different from the rest.

All in all, the game isn't destined to be a classic, but if you're a fan of either the genre or Star Wars, you'll find a very complete and competent game in Star Wars: Demolition, utilizing some favorite characters and vehicles from the movies. And, as has now become obligatory for me to mention in Star Wars game reviews, there is neither hide nor hair of Jar Jar Binks anywhere to be seen. Although given the prospect of blowing him to bits, maybe that wasn't such a great choice, after all.

LucasArts blasts onto the PlayStation with another Star Wars game. Vigilante 8 meets Boba Fett in Star Wars Demolition.

Un jeu graphiquement assez réussi, mais qui n'apporte rien de nouveau au monde du jeu vidéo. En fait, c'est même l'exemple type du jeu superficiel qui compte sur un nom pour faire vendre. A réserver aux fans et aux collectionneurs qui ont le soucis de l'exhaustivité.

Star Wars Demolition är trots allt Star Wars, och trots att musiken känns väldigt konstig och icke-Star Wars (den riktiga ingick kanske inte i licens-kostnaderna), och man som vän av ordning kan tycka att det är lite underligt med en Rancor på Dödsstjärnan eller en Snowspeeder på Dagobah, så finns känslan där någonstans. God hjälp får den av de animerade sekvenser som frärats varje karaktär. Dessa är faktiskt riktigt snygga oc hfår en att längta efter nästa film. Fast vi vet att den kommer att bli dålig.

Vehicular combat games had their moment in the sun and were a novel experience when they first came out, but now we’ve seen them all and it’s time to move on. Star Wars: Demolition just doesn’t bring anything to the genre that makes it stand out.

Episode One was slecht, Power Battles was nog veel slechter, maar SWD spant de kroon. Kan het nog erger George?

Blah! Star Wars deserves better than this. The same stinky game that's on Dreamcast with bad graphics – that’s like dating the annoying and ugly girl.

Das Einzige, was hier demoliert wird, ist die Star-Wars-Lizenz. So einen Schrott wie Star Wars: Demolition habe ich lange nicht mehr gespielt: Eine verfahrene Steuerung, für einen PS-Titel der letzten Generation übelste Grafik, Gegner, auf die ihr minutenlang ballern müsst, bevor sie sich in ihre Einzelteile zerlegen - da reißen selbst schillernde Typen wie Boba Fett und Jabba nichts mehr raus. Dabei klingt ein Star-Wars-Fahrzeug-Deathmatch auf dem Papier gar nicht so schlecht. Doch beim Test des Mehrspieler-Modus musste ich Alex mit Gewalt daran hindern, nach einer Partie fluchtartig das Spielezimmer zu verlassen. Einsames Glanzlicht des Spiels ist die akustische Präsentation, doch für die 90 Mark kauft ihr euch besser ein paar Star-Wars-Film-Soundtracks.

Being a die-hard Star Wars fan, I picked up this piece of junk without giving it a second thought. However, had I scrutinized the packaging I would have noticed this ominous warning: "From the creators of Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense". That game sucked big time, and this is basically the same repackaged crap, only with Star Wars window dressing.