Counting down the ten Finest Star Wars video games isn’t straightforward, with so many good video games on the market…

With over 4 many years of Star Wars video games, lots of which stay simply accessible to most people, it may be troublesome to slender issues all the way down to such a brief listing. The standard assurance oversight traditionally from LucasArts, (Lucasfilm’s now-defunct gaming division,) and now from Lucasfilm Video games (the reformed trendy division created by Disney and Lucasfilm), has ensured that builders and publishers put within the obligatory effort and time into crafting pleasant and profitable Star Wars titles that don’t tarnish the status of the company IP. That mentioned, some video games nonetheless clearly rise to the floor as being properly past the standard fare…

#10: Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017)

Regardless of experiencing arguably one of many worst launches in gaming historical past, (due in no small half to the sport’s ridiculously-excessive monetization, extreme recreation steadiness points, and an total lackluster quantity of content material,) EA’s second entry within the rebooted Battlefront sequence made a surprisingly robust comeback in its brief post-launch lifespan. With the removing of pay-to-win parts like burn playing cards, hero unlocks, and many others., and the addition of recent maps and modes, Battlefront 2 lastly started to redeem itself within the eyes of each informal gamers and hardcore followers alike.

Whereas EA’s resolution to desert the sport so quickly after the removing of loot packing containers (and the general discount of in-game monetization) did come throughout as a bit conspicuous, the builders at DICE did a wonderful job redeeming a recreation that solely months earlier than would’ve been deemed unsalvageable. It’s unlucky that this goodwill has not, as of but, prompted the announcement of a brand new sequel.

#9: Star Wars: Galaxies

Whereas sadly not accessible in its unique kind, the legacy of Star Wars Galaxies lives on within the hearts and minds of Star Wars followers throughout the globe. Whereas many different Star Wars video games positioned gamers within the action-heavy position of Jedi, smugglers, and different roles that harken again to the movies, Star Wars Galaxies presents you with the chance to not simply battle for the huge universe, however to really reside inside it.

Social interactions and server-wide roleplay and collaboration had been simply as essential to the gameplay as had been the lightsabers or an E-11 blaster rifle. Whether or not you wished to be a pilot, an entertainer, a medic, or any variety of different attainable professions, you had the liberty to do precisely that. Given the passionate, but relaxed angle of each the sport and its playerbase, it’s small surprise that Star Wars Galaxies has continued to reside on, in an unofficial, community-run capability.

#8: Star Wars Episode I: Racer

Whether or not you performed it within the arcades or on a house console, Star Wars Episode I: Racer manages to seize the frantic high-speed vitality of sci-fi racing like few others earlier than or since. The frantic velocity and depth of every race, mixed with the aggressive AI bots which can be all the time very happy to bump you out of the race, forces you to pay shut consideration always.

Irrespective of in the event you’re racing throughout the desert plains of Tatoonine, or the Mon Gazza speedway, you higher be ready for each sudden twist and switch alongside the best way, otherwise you’ll discover your podracing profession dropped at a sudden, unlucky finish. Whereas the controls may be a bit janky, the hilarity of exploding and being decreased to a heap of mechanical rubble, as your character’s heavily-compressed voice screams in agony, is sufficient to make one burst out laughing with masochistic glee.

#7: Star Wars: The Pressure Unleashed

Whereas just a few different Star Wars video games let gamers select between the sunshine and darkish sides, normally from a lightweight or impartial place, Star Wars: The Pressure Unleashed explicitly explored the darker aspect in higher depth. The Pressure Unleashed has the participant tackle the position of Darth Vader’s secret apprentice, who units out to show himself to his darkish grasp.

The hack-and-slash fight system, mixed with the detailed physics system, permits the participant to make use of each their lightsaber and the pressure in new and creative methods, and discover a wide range of iconic Star Wars locales, as they progress by the compelling narrative. With a Nintendo Swap port launched simply final yr, there’s no higher time to leap in and unleash your personal energy.

#6: Star Wars: The Outdated Republic

Given its over eleven-year lifespan to this point, it’s onerous to argue that Star Wars: The Outdated Republic hasn’t stood the check of time. The place it’d lack, resembling its merely-passable graphical constancy and generic artwork model, it principally makes up for with the huge quantity of story and gameplay content material. Whether or not you favor to play solo, battle alongside different gamers in PVE missions, or check your mettle in PVP, or all the above, you are able to do so on this title. The inclusion of recent expansions and updates through the years makes Star Wars: The Outdated Republic a tough title to say no to.

#5: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Respawn Leisure’s first foray into the universe far far-off, with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order fortunately proved to be a smashing success, largely because of the recreation’s wealthy story marketing campaign, difficult however not essentially unforgiving boss battles, and invigorating puzzles and platforming sections. Whereas there nonetheless are sure parts (such because the convoluted navigation and efficiency optimization) that definitely disappoint, these are few and much between when in comparison with what works right here.

#4: Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Many Star Wars video games to this point have allowed gamers to expertise the heroic fantasy of wielding a lightsaber in opposition to a variety of foes. Nevertheless, few have included lightsaber fight mechanics as intricately as Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast.

The fluid responsiveness of the fight system permits gamers nearly limitless choices by way of swing angles and instructions, making you actually really feel as if the pressure is with you. Whereas the story-driven marketing campaign is competently advised, and its ranges present gamers an ample diploma of problem, it’s the multiplayer element that really stands out.

#3: LEGO Star Wars: The Full Saga

Whereas the title itself now may be a bit inaccurate, owing to the addition of the current sequel trilogy, LEGO Star Wars: The Full Saga presents a tempting bundle of content material, with just a few sprinkles of recent content material thrown in for good measure. The contemporary inclusion of “Arcade Mode” allowed gamers to interact in 1-on-1 deathmatch contests, with adjustable modifiers resembling cut-off dates and most lives. Likewise, “Bounty Hunter” missions allowed gamers to revisit previously-completed ranges so as to find particular targets, as a timer ticked down menacingly.

This enhanced re-release additionally noticed the implementation of a “Energy Up” mechanic, the place the participant may randomly discover blue glowing orbs that will multiply their injury output, granting short-term well being restoration and boosting their injury output. LEGO Star Wars: The Full Saga is the mannequin instance of what a re-release can, and may, supply: A good variety of quality-of-life enhancements, and simply sufficient bits of recent content material to sway current followers into recommitting their money and time towards it.

#2: Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic

Even now, nearly a full twenty years after its launch, Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic stays the perfect single-player Star Wars title to this point. Whereas diehard followers can level to many contributing components, core amongst them was the sport’s in depth dialogue choices. Tied into the morality system, (by which gamers’ actions could be judged pretty much as good or evil,) the participant all the time needs to be conscious of not solely what they’re saying, however who they’re saying it to.

Selecting the “good” path could not all the time result in a “good” relationship with that NPC character. Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic makes it clear that whereas each the Jedi and Sith orders could historically deal in absolutes, you could end up strolling a barely murkier path. Between the stellar voice performing, the richly-sophisticated fight system, and the unbelievable worldbuilding, Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic stays an out-of-this-world RPG that no Star Wars fan ought to overlook.

#1: Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005)

It’s a bit ironic, maybe, that Battlefront II seems twice on the identical listing, however in each circumstances, the choice is definitely justified. (This entry is to not be confused with #10 on this listing, which is a 2017 sequel to the reboot of the Battlefront sequence.) Whereas the unique Star Wars Battlefront (launched in 2004) was a powerful success, it was its sequel that basically expanded the potential for what gamers may hope to see in a multiplayer Star Wars recreation.

From its 32-player multiplayer capability to its drastically improved AI bots, there was, and nonetheless is, loads to understand right here. Once you additionally contemplate the first rate story marketing campaign that rounds out the expertise, there’s loads to attract potential gamers towards the battlefront.