Product Description

In Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II, you'll take on the role of Luke Skywalker and engage in some of the fiercest battles in the Star Wars trilogy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1364 in Video Games
• Brand: LucasArts
• Model: 23272652586
• Released on: 2001-11-05
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: GameCube

Features

• Awesome cinematic graphics and intense action-packed gameplay put you "in the movies"!
• Be Luke Skywalker or Wedge Antilles and fly your choice of X-Wings, B-Wings, Y-Wings, Snowspeeders and more!
• 11 - plus heroic missions send you to Hoth, Cloud City, The Death Star and other Legendary Star Wars Locales!
• 1 Player

Amazon.co.uk
Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II features some of the best graphics ever seen on a home console, and it is a proper, old-fashioned, Star Wars game. If those two facts don't raise at least an eyebrow of your interest, then there's probably not much in the world of video games that will. Thankfully, the jaw-dropping graphics are matched up to a very playable shoot-'em-up concept that works as a slightly more in-depth version of the PS2's Star Wars Starfighter, except without any of that Episode I nonsense. Rather, it re-creates everything from the Death Star trench run to the Battle of Hoth.

The game is actually a sequel to Rogue Squadron for the N64--an excellent game that many only remember from the rather lackluster PC version. It's structurally very similar to the original, with a dozen or so levels and a Star Destroyer full of secret levels and ships. The game does feature a few new ideas, such as controllable wingmen and ground troops, and some of the levels are set in deep space rather than planetside, but at its heart this is still Rogue Squadron deluxe.

What elevates the game to an object of worship is the graphics--they really do look almost identical to the movie's, with several scenes appearing like exact copies. The ships move with a fluidity and grace you wouldn't have thought possible from such a tiny purple cube. The only flaw is that the missions are needlessly short, but there's plenty of replayability, and by gosh there's those graphics. --David Jenkins

Amazon.com E3 Game Preview
Probably the biggest surprise of the show, Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II deserves every syllable of its incredibly long name. Why? It's simply the best realization of the magic the original Star Wars brought to the screen in 1977. The musical cues, the sound effects, and even the X-wing's targeting screen (use the Force, Luke) is perfectly appropriate. Don't even get us started on the movielike visuals--one looping maneuver into the Death Star trenches and we were drooling on our shirts.

You play as Luke, with R2 riding shotgun, and you stick it to the man in 11 missions over ice planet Hoth, the Death Star, and other fabulously familiar locales. LucasArts and game developer Factor 5 definitely stayed on target for this one. --Porter B. Hall

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Customer Reviews

BEST GAME OF ALL TIME!
I played this game at Cube Club on sunday, and let me tell you, it is the best game i have ever played PERIOD! The graphics are even better than the movies themselves! The framerate is rock solid which is a first for the Star Wars genre! The music is fully orchestrated, with a few extra soundtracks just to fit the mood in many other levels, and is presented in full 5.1 surround sound through Dolby Prologic II! AND BEST OF ALL, IT FEATURES THE BATTLE OF ENDOR, WHICH SINGLE HANDEDLY HAS TO BE THE BIGGEST AND BEST LEVEL IN VIDEO GAME HISTORY! IT IS UNBELIEVABLE!

10 stars not 5 stars
In my opinion,Rogue Leader is the best GameCube launch title by far.I can't remember the last game that got my heart pumping like this one.My hands were even shaking after some missions,I guess it's the combination of classic Star Wars scenarios you go through all three movies here and an incredibly well designed,beautiful game.And it ain't no cakewalk,either.If your skills aren't up to snuff in any of the missions at least all but one exceptionally easy run near the end,anyway you'll definitely find yourself floating home.But despite the difficulty,it's almost impossible to put Rogue Leader down,and that's the sign of a truly great game.

Another Star Wars Classic
I have to admit I did not think video gaming systems could get much prettier than some of the visuals on Playstation 2, but boy was I blown away by this game. The very first mission, the attack on the Death Star, was mind-boggling, lasers flying everywhere on a beautiful 3D surface. The cutscene before this was just incredible, though, it looked like it came right out of the special edition movie. The Battle of Endor mission is the most amazing, I mean it places you right in the game, especially because of the fact that about 300 TIEs are coming after to you. To say it concisely this game is incredible visually!

Moving on, you play as Luke for part of the game, but you also play as Wedge Antilles on many of the missions, like the Battle at Endor. Each mission has its on guidelines and rules, some you protect, others you attack, and on the Imperial Academy level you actually steal an Imperial ship. The missions are fairly simple, but achieving that coveted gold is not. The hardest missions are the final two, Battle at Endor and Strike at the Core. The bonus mission are a definite plus, I love shooting the quads on the Escape from the Death Star bonus mission. And its also great to shoot down some rebel scum playing as Darth Vader. Only one complaint, the Training level is extremely boring after the first couple plays.

The music is tranplanted from the movie and is great, it definitely gives it a classic touch. The little movie cutscenes between missions are also pretty interesting. Overall this is an excellent game and I can give it no less than 5 stars. Great launch title for the redoubtable Gamecube, let's hope we see more of this quality. Oh yeah, I also loved the first Rogue Squadron, though, that was a much simpler game.