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- ~Rebel Assault 2
-
- Info uploaded to the Cheet Sheets BBS, extracted from a compilation
- of screen shots.
-
-
- Never underestimate the power of the
- Force. In spite of its weak gameplay,
- Rebel Assault somehow managed to find
- its way into over 1,000,000 homes around
- the world. If some twisted student
- chooses to do their thesis on the
- phenomenon, they will want to mention
- the facts that the shop demo was the
- sharpest looking bit of software at the
- time, and after just a few months Rebel
- Assault was given away free with just
- about every multimedia kit sold.
-
- Now LucasArts; eager to get another
- Officially Licensed Star Wars Product
- onto the market; are to soon release
- Rebel Assault II. Blessed be the
- gamer, for LucasArts have taken the
- care to make sure Rebel II suffers
- none of the afflictions that dragged
- the original down - like crappy
- joystick routines, run on rails flight
- sequences, unfair difficulty and a
- plethora of bugs (in the PC version).
-
- The same basic formula is left
- untouched. The three basic game
- modes are: hand-to-hand combat,
- flight manoeuvring and cockpit
- combat. It sounds suspiciously like
- more of the boring same, but
- LucasArts assure us that oodles more
- playability is a dead set cert. Ground
- combat will include far greater
- interaction with the environment,
- with hiding and dodging the new skills
- your rebel scum is blessed with.
-
- They still can't hear you scream in
- space, but anyone within a radius of a
- couple of blocks will be treated to a
- cacophony of wails, as your ship is
- repeatedly pummelled to stardust.
-
- With a hefty variety of ships to pilot,
- as well as a meaty new range of
- space-borne missions, Rebel II is
- looking good for value. It also
- faithfully adheres to the gaming adage
- that "thou shalt not make a space
- shooting game without at least one
- asteroid field".
-
- Fans of convoluted and unnecessary
- FMV will find Rebel II a right treat.
- The cool computer generated
- characters from the original have been
- replaced by live action (real people!)
- footage. It's the first time Star Wars
- material has been filmed without the
- input of George Lucas, so the game has
- much to live up to.
-
- The plot picks up soon after your "shot
- in a million" destroys the Death Star in
- the first game. The astronomical
- equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle is
- sucking in rebel ships faster than...
- things that suck fast. It smells like the
- Empire is up to no good, with a bit of
- recon work on the cards to get the plot
- out of first gear.
-
- Initially a PC CD ROM only game, Rebel
- Assault II is due sometime towards
- the end of the year, with a full HYPER
- review sometime before then.
-