Got it around 2:30 (Eastern time). I actually was able to whip through several levels quickly, though I got only a few bronzes and, in a case or two,n no medals. I actually think that's a good thing after pulling my hair out on RL. I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but it seems that Factor 5 adjusted the enemy speed. Players who have complained about not being able to hanlde the X-Wing and other standard vehicles against enemies will find that control is less of issue in this game, though I agree with Fran at IGN that improvements are still welcomed in general control. I can't to try Geonosis again, though. Shooting of seismic(sp) blasts with the Jedi Starfighter is very cool and even awe inspiring. In the end, people who aren't very skilled can still finish the game, while the return of platnium medals should keep people who had the skill to own Rogue Leader happy.
I'm still torn by the on foot stuff. I think Factor 5 with another 5-6 months could've got the modelling and animation under control. It's kind of a shame that those elements did not gel, because the actual engine for the 3rd person stuff is one of the really impressive things in RS. I can see why they did not want to scrap some of the stuff they had for Thornado. A lot of internet geeks are going argue about this and say that Factor 5 should stick to vehicles, but I think if the development time spread over the various gameplay elements in Rebel Strike had just been focused on a character based game such as Thronado, F5 nailed it. Hopefully Thronado will not remain in permenant hibernation so I can what the could've achieve with more sane development time frame.
I'm impressed with the performance, though in bits of the 3rd person stuff and some of the flight stuff in Ratlir there is some slowdown as the particles start to fly. I can say overall that the performance is generally smoother than RL, though the game's engine is a bit more advanced than the old game.
That's about all I can say for now. I have some work I need to do for class before any more games. Hopefully I'll be through with that in an hour so I can unlock Endor, which is probably the game's true showpiece. My brother is going to swing by this weekend, so I may have some multiplayer impression then, but I'm sure others will have post their thoughts on it before I get to do it.
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