The latest Retro Gamer charts the history of Star Wars video games - dyerdelize

From Dark Forces to Battlefront, Retro Gamer charts the history of Adept Wars video games

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The stylish issue of Retro Gamer celebrates the narrative-based video games that were responsible continued the Star Wars saga 'tween each big trilogy. Numerous developers including Greg Zeschuk, Chris Foster, Phillipe Baude and Peter Dellekamp Siefert excuse why titles equivalent Dark Forces, Battlefront, Knights Of The Old Republic and Lethal Alliance were and so important for woof in the gaps between films.

"Our team wanted the lightsaber armed combat to not clean be a guy cable waving a stick that one-shotted enemies," Chris Foster told us about why they focused on lightsabers for Cimmerian Forces' subsequence. "Previous games had shown us that it could almost be a living annexe of the histrion – we desired
it to embody the ultimate combination of a weapon system and an extension of the player's will."

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Phillipe Baude was involved with Star Wars: Fatal Alliance, the first game in the serial to feature film a non-quality lead who teamed up with a helper droid. He wanted to rise the usefulness of droids in general, telling us, "When you look at the whole saga, the real hero might be R2-D2." For Phillipe, Lethal Alliance was a way to prove that there was more to droids than bu hacking security.

In accession to our fantastic Wi Wars coverage, issue 223 of Retro Gamer likewise has an in-depth view The Legend Of Zelda: A Nexus To The Yore and we also keep Super acid Set Radio Future, Smilebit's gorgeous reexamination to its quirky Dreamcast gem. Other highlights admit behind-the-scenes looks at the strategy hit Warhammer: Shadow Of The Horny Rat and Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 1 & 2, which remain extraordinary of the best adventures you can have in the Forgotten Realms.

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Retrospective Gamer is the world's biggest - and longest-running - magazine dedicated to classic games, from ZX Spectrum, to NES and PlayStation. Relaunched in 2005, Retro Gamer has turn respected within the industriousness as the authoritative watchword connected standard gaming, thanks to its passionate and knowledgeable writers, with in-astuteness interviews of numerous acclaimed veterans, including Shigeru Miyamoto, Yu Suzuki, Peter Molyneux and Trip Hawkins.