Lucasfilm games (think LucasArts) and Disney Interactive have recently been re-introducing their back catalog to the PC. Earlier this month, Disney unleashed its wrath upon Steam, including Epic Mickey 2, which was not available on the PC outside of a limited, Eastern Europe release. Today, they licensed (different) titles to GOG.com: three Star Wars titles and three point-and-click adventures.
As for the Star Wars titles? Two of them are X-Wing Special Edition and TIE Fighter Special Edition. Both titles include their 1994 and 1998 releases, as well as any applicable expansions. They, along with Sam & Max Hit the Road, have never been sold through digital distribution platforms, prior to today.
Honestly, I never had a chance to play X-Wing and TIE Fighter. I liked space combat games, but I pretty much just played Privateer 1 and 2 as well as some console games, like Star Fox and Rogue Squadron. I was a kid. I played a handful of games to death. I keep hearing that X-Wing and TIE Fighter were, supposedly, the best of the genre. I have no experience with them, though.
These titles are currently the top six best sellers on the service, pulling ahead of The Witcher 3 pre-order as I wrote this post. The press release claims that more titles are on the way "in the coming months".
X-Wing is good, but Tie
X-Wing is good, but Tie Fighter is amazing. You should definitely try it out, but I’m not sure how it will translate to modern times.
TIE Fighter is one of those
TIE Fighter is one of those games that lives up to its hype, but there are a couple things to be aware of. The game doesn’t hold your hand, you have to pay attention and be disciplined to complete your objectives, especially if you want to get all the rewards the game has to offer. You can die easily and you will. Flight yoke, get one. If you like flight sims, you should own one already.
This is one of those games that is dying for a remake – but only in the sense of graphics/audio. If they could keep all the gameplay and story intact, but offer today’s presentation features, I would pay any price.
First Disney released a ton of games on Steam, now they’re doing this through GOG. I’m really liking the Disney buyout of Lucas.
“I keep hearing that X-Wing
“I keep hearing that X-Wing and TIE Fighter were, supposedly, the best of the genre.”
True story.