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WRVBRVGLBLVLRBVL
*CLANG*
*CLANG*
*CLANG*

>> No.5754945

So much about that game was so terrifying.

On a tangentially related note, I remember spending ages at that AT-ST fight because I didn't realize I could aim up at the cockpit. I was just shooting the legs for miniscule chip damage for ages.

>> No.5755047
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WAMPA STOMPA

>> No.5755049
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The final mission was KINO
Also, N64 cutscenes > PC cutscenes.

>> No.5755067
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*ting ting ting* Ahem
Fuck the Rebels
Fuck Vader
Fuck Dash Rendar
and most importantly I want to fuck Leia Organa

>> No.5755072

>>5754932
I quit at this stage on the n64 game>>5754945

>> No.5756024

>>5754932
Spooky as hell

>> No.5756043

>>5754932
Was I just a zoomer plen or did this fucker actually catch a lot of people off guard the first time?

>> No.5756052

>>5756043
It's considered a nightmare fuel moment in video games. The whole game has moments like that though. The AT-ST boss in the 2nd level is also quite memorable.
Probably most people fear the sewer boss the most, but personally, FUCK that drone boss in the second to last stage with 3 phases. Fuck it.

>> No.5756142

Talk about a game that hasn’t held up.

>> No.5756145

>>5756142
I disagree.

>> No.5756149

>>5756142
It still has a great atmosphere and captures the feel of classic Star Wars.
Gameplay was always janky, it's not a matter of "held up" or "aged", the on-foot levels were always so-so.
Hoth battle is still great though.

>> No.5756390

>>5756142
It's very clunky and old, but it still has it's charm in places. Fuck Gall spaceport though.

>> No.5756543

>>5756390
that's the best level tho

>> No.5757572

Go away, sir.

>> No.5757797

>>5754945
I was kind of disappointed you could kill the at-ats with lasers because "that armor's too strong for blasters! "

>> No.5757813

>>5754932
Fond memories.

>> No.5757823

>>5757797
I can imagine preventing people from accidentally hardlocking themselves after wasting all their special ammo earlier would be some form of priority.

>> No.5757930

>>5757823
Oh yeah, you absolutely have to from a gameplay perspective. Just a little autism on my part

>> No.5758616

>>5757797
>>5757823
>>5757930
Aside from Lego Star Wars, did ANY Star Wars game make it so you could only take AT-ATs down with tow cables? I think even Super Empire allowed you to shoot them down, but I might be misremembering...

>> No.5758632

>>5754932
I'm not so up-to-date on my Star Wars lore, but does ig-88 ever actually make sounds like that? This game seemed pretty good about using official sound clips.

Anyway, I can't fucking beat the swoop gang level.

>> No.5758708

Whats the consensus about Shadows of the Empire? It was always a favorite of mine, but I have the impression its generally considered a bad game. Also Gall Spaceport is the most kino level.

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>>5758708
it's kino

>> No.5758745

>>5758632
I don't think IG-88 makes any noise at all in his 4 seconds of screentime in Empire Strikes Back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmPIJvkoOI0

>> No.5758786

>>5758616
Rogue squadron games I think but I could be wrong

>> No.5758790

>>5758745
Surely there was some spinoff material that he had a bigger presence in? He seemed like a character that had some kind of presence among hardcore fans. That can't just be because of a toy and a four second appearance can it?

>> No.5758824

>>5758790
You underestimate the obsessive behavior of StarWars fanatics. Every single character to make it onto the big screen ended up with some giant backstory to somehow make them story relevant even if all they were was a throwaway background character. Like remember the defective droid Luke almost bought from the Jawas instead of R2D2? Well now hes the first force sensitive droid in the galaxy and he was able to see the flow of destiny and understood the gravity of R2's mission in delivering his message. So in a final act to save the galaxy he self destructed making the ultimate sacrifice and ensure all of the events that would come to pass.

Its retarded, don't go down the rabbit hole of StarWars.

>> No.5758832

>>5754932
Why you gotta Player hate?

>> No.5758889

>>5758616
>>5758786
Rogue Squadron technically allowed you to shot down AT-AT with regular old blaster cannons, but they made it such a long, painstaking process of grinding them down that you were better off using Tow cables

>> No.5758898

>>5758824
Can confirm. Basically, every single character in the ANH cantina scene ended up with their own supplemental story, even if they weren't even on the screen for a full second. ALL of the bounty hunters in that scene in ESB ended up with supplemental material

There's a good reason why Disney trashed the EU. It was mostly so that they could make room for their own trash, but also because there were decades upon decades of endless fanwankery

>> No.5759061

>>5754932
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsM3o0Vk0Js kino music

>> No.5759095

>>5758790
I became an IG-88 fan because of this game, desu.

>> No.5759146

>>5758708
It's Nintendo's Jedi Knight. Good game.

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>>5758824
>>5758898
Oh God, yeah, even the "yewwana buy some deathsticksssss" guy got like a novel written about him or some shit

But, let's be real, obviously the best bounty hunter is Bossk because look at this handsome motherfucker.

>> No.5759445

>>5759146
>It's Nintendo's Jedi Knigh
It was also available on PC though.

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>>5754945
>>5756024
>>5756052
I never reacted to IG-88 that way. The sewer dianogas on the other hand gave me chills like I was covered in spiders

>> No.5759647

>>5754932
>That sewer level with the creature in the water. Jesus Christ that was terrifying.

>> No.5759662

>>5758790
IG-88 looks badass. He's got just the right amount of intimidating mixed with a janky "how does that droid even stand up" thing.

>> No.5759761

>>5759421
looks like an extra in the Super Mario Bros movie

>> No.5759789

>>5758790

There was an old EU story about IG88 uploading himself to the death star 2 computer

>> No.5759791

>>5754932
the atmosphere in this game is amazing

>> No.5760773

>>5758790
>>5759789
Which they apparently reused the concept of in Empire At War: Forces of Corruption. The only difference was IG-88 blew up the Death Star, which had the bonus of taking out the entire fleet in orbit with it.

>> No.5760796

>>5759662
I preferred Highsinger from the Clone Wars series. He's got a good combination of a retro, almost 'Metropolis' aesthetic and a sinister vibe due to his uncanny design. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntUwZAdKOQ4

>> No.5760821

>>5758824
>Like remember the defective droid Luke almost bought from the Jawas instead of R2D2? Well now hes the first force sensitive droid in the galaxy and he was able to see the flow of destiny and understood the gravity of R2's mission in delivering his message. So in a final act to save the galaxy he self destructed making the ultimate sacrifice and ensure all of the events that would come to pass.

That comic was actually non-canon even before the Mouse buyout, and was essentially a parody mocking the exact phenomenon you're mentioning.

>> No.5760832

>>5760821
Okay fine, how about IG-88 was downloaded onto the Deathstar2 acting like a virus to throw off its aim so the rebels could destroy it? 4 seconds of screen time turned into UNSUNG HERO OF THE GALAXY

>> No.5760845

>>5760832
Oh don't get me wrong, I agree with you that 'every nobody has a huge important story' was an awful trait of the old EU, but I just found it funny you pointed out the one example which was mocking that shit.

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>>5760832
what about this nigga right here

>> No.5762367

>>5760849
Disney reused this idea for the darth vader comic with the evil c3po and r2d2

>> No.5762387

>>5760832
I don't remember it like that. I remember IG-88's interference causing the Death Star to miss because he unintentionally slowed it a bit when he was forcing his way in. He was planning to fuck the Rebels up right after he took control of it, but just as that happened and IG was thinking "The Galaxy is fucked now," Lando and Wedge blew the core reactor. He didn't intend to save anyone, and just had really shitty timing.

>> No.5762426

>>5760849
>>5762367
Disney improved on this idea for the darth vader comic with the evil c3po and r2d2
FTFY

>> No.5763552

>the scream when storm troopers fall down pits

Tickled me pink as a kid.

>> No.5764463

>>5755067
*kicks you in the balls*
nothin personnel kid

>> No.5766395

>>5756543
I think it's a well designed level in every way except for it's sheer length followed by Boba Fett being a fucking cheater. >:(

>> No.5766426

>>5758898
Funnily enough, the story of the force sensitive droid was from the new canon, although the book it was featured in was a sort of tongue in cheek collection of short stories. It was meant to be sort of goofy. Hell, there's even a transgender trash compactor monster.

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>>5766426
>a transgender trash compactor monster

>> No.5767990

>>5758745
>>5758790
He has a canon voice now. God help us, it's only in Forces of Destiny.

He also had a one-shot chapter in the Age of Rebellion comics that gives more depth to how he operates. The kind who'd rather kill than capture, and who'd take advantage of his being a droid if it benefited the hunt (lets himself get destroyed and taken as a prize by his prey just to hit them at home and wipe them all out in one fell swoop).

>> No.5768179

>>5758898
I'll agree a lot of the EU was fucking garbage. But if you're gonna take out the garbage just so you can shit on the floor I don't really see the point.

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>>5754932
I miss classic SW feel

>> No.5768250

>>5762426
the darth vader comic was awful