Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (Xbox)

Level Design

There are 16 levels, most of them taken or inspired from the movie, packed with enemies and dotted with a few interactive bits that can be used to make your opponents life more difficult, especially in the lightsabre battles. Overall the design is pretty good, the levels are fun and some are a little short for my tastes – they have a good structure and most of them require you to think a little to avoid serious trouble.

Graphics

Episode III has some nice graphics, they’re not what anyone would call stunning but they’re functional and they do the job they set out to do. The lightsabre effects are nice and the game is packed with the usual real-time lighting and special effects that make up the modern titles. They have a good level of detail on the textures and the artists have made sure the graphics do have that Star Wars feel to them.

Models

The heroes and their opponents are all very well modelled, they have a crisp look to them and there’s not a polygon out of place. There are lots of new Clone Trooper designs and some of them have been created especially for the game, those that can make a Jedi’s life more difficult, armed with shields and specially designed armour/weapons. The same can be said for the Battle Droids, they now have a melee variant that’s really tricky to deal with in some cases.

Every model in Episode III is given the same amount of care and attention so it’s bound to appeal to fans of Star Wars.

Animations

With extensive combat moves and constant battles it would have been a real shame if this game had of been given a cruddy animation system. I can report however that everything moves and flows like it should, the lightsabre combat looks very slick and the animations involved with that are top notch – the way Anakin and Obi Wan’s fighting styles differ has also been included and its easy to see the differences in game.