A few of the finest Star Wars tales got here from these video games

The video crew at Destructoid has been busy cooking up some new stuff for the group, and I’m happy to current the “Historical past of” sequence, and it’s beginning out with a bang! Brett Medlock and firm are taking a look at Star Wars motion video games: which have an extended and storied historical past relationship again to early consoles and the PC platform.

Having skilled Star Wars video games principally since they began taking maintain on the NES, I’ve seen an unprecedented quantity of huge hits combined with poor decision-making throughout the board. Star Wars is so huge that Lucas and Disney respectively couldn’t and can’t at present include it, and licensing tasks out to different studios is only a chilly actuality. However as we moved out of the comparatively protected zone of ’90s console platformers and PC flight sims, issues bought a bit dicier. In case you’re curious, sure, the flood of prequel video games is roofed within the video (that each one begins roughly 3:00 in!).
Fortunately, there are tons of vibrant spots like Darkish Forces (which advanced into Jedi Knight, augmenting itself to the very backbone of the IP itself) and KOTOR to assist keep it up the “Star Wars online game” identify because it had been. Lots of that mild and legacy additionally shone by for a number of the fashionable hits, like Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. There may be nonetheless loads of room for enjoyable and revolutionary Star Wars titles, as long as creatives are keen to take dangers.

However don’t simply take it from me, watch the video beneath!

A visible historical past of Star Wars motion video games

Chris Carter

EIC, Opinions Director – Chris has been having fun with Destructoid avidly since 2008. He lastly determined to take the following step in January of 2009 running a blog on the location. Now, he is employees!

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