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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
Rogue Squadron should've made way to another game or reduced the number of games picked to 17. For franchises I'd say list the best part of the series, not the first. It's supposed to help people buy games, right? So prioritize the ones we should really buy instead of listing inferior predecessors just because their number is lower.
Rogue Leader is not the first game in the series, actually, and it is better than its sequel, Rebel Strike, in gameplay and level design. Rebel Strike only wins out in graphics and multiplayer. Rebel Strike's foot missions were hindered by crappy controls, its ground vehicle segments were fun, but misplaced, and its space combat was dumbed down to the point of insult. Chasing TIE fighters became next to impossible. Instead, you turn a little, shoot an oncoming TIE, turn a little, shoot an oncoming TIE ad nauseum. It had its moments (I really like Attack on the Executor, and if they couldn't resist making another Hoth level, at least they did something different), but if only one of the games in the series is going to make this list, it has to be Rogue Leader.
Rogue Leader doesn't just have better gameplay. It has better missions. Not only does it feature every major battle from the original Star Wars trilogy, but all of its missions are directly tied into the main Star Wars plot. You escort freighters fleeing Hoth. You raid Bespin for supplies for the upcoming showdown at Endor. You attack an Imperial Garrison to steal the very shuttle that will carry the Rebels to Endor. Rebel Strike's missions felt disjointed and out of order from each other, let alone the Star Wars movies. To play them in order, you had to play the Luke branch up to a certain mission, then play through the Wedge branch, then finish the Luke branch, and finally play the final missions (which you could have played after finishing only one of the two branches, further muddying the story). Even then, there are gaps in the story and a lack of cohesion that Rogue Leader doesn't suffer from.