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

AI

At times the AI is Ok, but other times it is truly dreadful. Your partner character can sometimes get stuck fighting an enemy that he can’t quite get to, or they’ll seem to just sit there and watch you do all the work. Not that I mind of course since its more action for me, but from an immersion point of view it’s a bit of a snap back to reality when you’re looking to be drawn into a game’s world.

The AI in the Jedi duels isn’t too bad however and most of the time it’s on par with some of the better fighting games. The various opponents will use their force powers on you and they do sometimes get locked into the good old repeat, attack, use same move syndrome that plagued Street Fighter in the beginning and many other games that followed.

Sound

The game uses sound from Skywalker Sound so there are really no complaints what-so-ever. They used a lot of stock sounds so everything sounds in the game as you’d expect it to from the movie.

Music

A lot of it is the John Williams Star Wars music that we know and love, but there are additional themes that blend in nicely, by another talented composer – again I have no complaints in this area at all.

Voice Acting

The developers have employed a range of actors that did a lot of work on the animated Clone Wars TV series for Cartoon Network so they did a really good job on this game. You can tell its their voices but since I have seen the whole thing I didn’t have a hard time putting them in the roles of the characters at all. The performances are sharp and especially from Obi Wan’s actor, it is hard to tell the difference between him and the real deal at times.

The end?

Of the review: yes. Of Star Wars, highly doubtful, there will be more games and more shows – it’s inevitable as the circle being complete in Episode IV. This game provides a decent chunk of fun but it’s rather like the last two prequels in that it looks shiny, sounds good, plays well but leaves you wanting a lot more. It’s great if you’re a fan of the films and the genre, but if you’re not then you might want to give it a miss unless you want to just enjoy some pretty fun action.

Not a bad little game, over too quickly and beset by repetition in a way. I’d still recommend it as one of the better movie tie-ins recently but it still has a long way to go.