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Written by Edward Hankins

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: The first thing I need to say is that yes I am comparing this game to Lego Star Wars. OK that said here is what I think of Star Wars Episode III Revenge Of The Sith for the PS2. First and foremost the graphics are utterly amazing and not in that cartoon style of Lego, but in a real style. I like all the detail in the environments, and the backgrounds seem to be alive and teeming with moving life, robots or lava. The second thing that I found to be rather nice is the sound. It is dead on with the effects of the lightsabers, and the music is always dead on to the action on the screen. One thing I did not like was all the chatter from the characters. The silence of Lego was bliss compared to this. No, really it was. Anakin says some of the cheesiest lines ever like: "feel the power of the dark side." Please give me a break already.

However there are a lot of things I do not like about the game. One is that when I was playing I felt like I was under water the whole time. It just doesn't feel nearly as fluid and in regular air as Lego did. Let me explain this a little more for a second. I was moving and it felt like everything was in slow motion, not in real time. Another thing that I didn't like much was that I felt like it was a battle to button mash the fastest and that no real skill was required to defeat the droids. The game also stole the idea of types of hits to kill from another game that I will not mention.

On the good side though it is fun to play, and there seems to be a lot of un-lockables like Darth Vader in his black suit for the 'vs. mode' and old man Obi-Wan as well and the stage they fought on in Star Wars. I also like that concept of there being a fighter in the game as a bonus that you need to accomplish certain goals in order to unlock the only character everyone wants to play with, yeah you know who I'm talking about. Vader!

So do I recommend this game? For the Star Wars die hard fans yes absolutely, for the non-Star Wars die hards yeah, it is a very good action-adventure game. Over all there is a lot to love about the game like the action, the lightsabers and Anakin turning to the dark side and becoming Darth Vader before your eyes and completely under your control. I mean how cool is that? Way cool is how cool. In closing I want to say that I still like Lego Star Wars better due to it covering all the prequels, and for that amazing multi-player aspect and lastly all the extras, but this game can hold it's own against the best of them.

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