The Star Wars Bundle strikes back. It is a bright time for Star Wars fans. Hot on the heels of the new movie, we've combined forces with Disney Interactive to create a bundle filled with classic games!
Pay what you want for Star Wars™: X-Wing vs TIE Fighter - Balance of Power Campaigns™, Star Wars Rebellion™, Star Wars™: X-Wing Alliance™, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Saga™, and a coupon for 10% off Humble Monthly.
Pay more than the average price to also receive Star Wars™: X-Wing Special Edition, Star Wars™: TIE Fighter Special Edition, Star Wars™: Knights of the Old Republic™, Star Wars™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™, and a coupon for 75% off up to any three Star Wars titles in the Humble Store (excludes titles in this bundle).
Pay $9.99 to get all of the above plus Star Wars™ Empire at War: Gold Pack and LEGO® Star Wars™ - The Complete Saga.
Want to show off your Star Wars fanship to galaxies near and far? Spend $34.99 to get the entire bundle of games and a limited edition t-shirt featuring artwork made exclusively for the Star Wars Humble Bundle 2.
Name the price. Together, these games normally cost up to $111. Here at Humble Bundle, though, you choose the price!
Play on Steam. All games in this bundle are on Windows, but Star Wars™: Knights of the Old Republic™ is also on Mac, and Star Wars™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™ is available cross-platform on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Please check out the full system requirements here prior to purchasing.
Support charity. Choose where the money goes -- between Disney Interactive and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF via the PayPal Giving Fund. For details on how this works, click here. If you like this bundle or like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too.
Top comments
andywedge to ovisan
1 Mar 1665#19
Then clearly, this is not the bundle you are looking for
Oh dear, Lord! Has anybody checked on FantasyDeals, is he not well? :neutral_face:
Good bundle, heated.
nyasham
2 Mar 168#53
But... but where's the pod racing?
Latest comments (106)
moffatrosti678
9 Mar 161#104
Steam keys...
Battlefront II BFB3D-5KCX7-8EI2N
KOTR Q58R2-88Q3J-3373L
Illusionary to moffatrosti678
9 Mar 16#105
I've taken Battlefront II - thanks :smiley:
Jonnyblock to moffatrosti678
9 Mar 16#106
I just got KOTR - amazed!
Cheers!
reddragon105
8 Mar 16#102
And the additional games are...
Ones I already have! Dammit!
Oh well, still a great bundle just for the games I didn't already have, even the ones that have taken some tweaking to get them to work!
Illusionary to reddragon105
8 Mar 16#103
Can I refer you to my earlier post, #37? :smile:
Midnight Tboy
8 Mar 16#101
can't vouch for the steam version of x-wing - but the GOG version of it plays fine on my w10 machine
tunafuturwarfare
7 Mar 16#100
xwing doesnt work on steam with windows 10 (tie fighter supposedly has the same issues, some fixes suggested on there but not working for every one) :disappointed: read the steam forums for the games before purchasing this bundle
ijw0161
5 Mar 16#99
Can XWA be played with a wired 360 controller?
HedgyHoggy
4 Mar 16#98
Because no-one is going to play those games, let's be honest. Or at least 99% of people have no interest.
ian_uk_1
3 Mar 16#97
Anyone know of a fix for Windows 7, 32 Bit, all the $1 dollar games have an issue when I run them, all the colours and graphics are wierd.
Tried trawling the internet regarding compatability issues, but nothings worked yet.
Dissapointing that Steam are suggesting that the games work on all Windows OS's up to 10, anybody else had any bother? O'h well, its a dollar to charity I guess, so wanted to play Galactic Battleground saga though LOL.
jameshothothot
2 Mar 16#82
this suggests kotor 2 has been updated for xbox 360 controller and higher graphics? do we get this version? https://youtu.be/Fg0R2dkAUPw
baseley09 to jameshothothot
3 Mar 161#96
Yes those are the only ones on Steam now so it would be them. I assume.
cigbunt
3 Mar 16#95
Needs pod racer
ijw0161
2 Mar 16#88
Does XWvsTIE BOP include the full XWvsTIE? Otherwise you cannot play BOP? unless I'm drunk?
TehJumpingJawa to ijw0161
3 Mar 16#94
Yes, it's XvT + BoP.
Illusionary
3 Mar 16#93
I'd guess probably not, but we'll find out before too long. I'd say that this bundle is good value regardless, to be honest. ::smiley:
dr_raff
3 Mar 16#92
But do you think these will be games that were in the first SW bundle? There's not a lot off good left after that one and the initial here.
cliffio76
3 Mar 16#91
Likewise. Was fortunate enough to be roughly the 2,000th purchaser. So beat the avg cost was lower.
What do you think off the added games to bundle 16?
and what game(s) are left to add to the SW2 bundle
zidnrfhwvbytk
2 Mar 16#89
Are they separate keys for each game or tiered?
Illusionary to zidnrfhwvbytk
3 Mar 16#90
It's a separate key for each game.
Nookster
2 Mar 16#87
I wish I could convert my Mac ADB Gravis Firebird to USB for this, been hanging onto it for about 20 years, such a good (and ridiculously expensive) stick.
That said, in light of the amount of people having problems getting these to run on steam, missing CD soundtracks etc. I don't think I can be bothered patching, Googling for tweaks, just to get the damn games to run, Scouring charity shops for the original CD's would be less annoying.
Did the patch-fandango with TR1 the other month, got it all working, but they shouldn't be sold in that state.
I remember playing the original DOS port way back then on a 33Mhz Mac, complete with crappy low res EGA downgrade on my 640x480 display.
mrbojangles
2 Mar 161#86
Can anyone recommend a basic/cheap-ish joystick for use with Tie Fighter, X-Wing etc? Can keys be mapped to buttons as well, as I recall there were lots of commands (targeting, shield/laser/power cycling etc), so would be nice to move some to the joystick)
jameshothothot
2 Mar 16#80
is knights of the old republic like mass effect? i love mass effect but never played these games!
TehJumpingJawa to jameshothothot
2 Mar 161#85
Yes, both KOTOR & Mass Effect were developed by Bioware and share many similarities (not surprising given KOTOR is the direct precursor to ME)
Empire at War is a light strategy game; it has a real-time(with adjustable speed) strategy layer, and real-time tactical space & ground combat systems for resolving battles.
The strategy layer is shallow.
The space combat is good, though rather arcadey for my tastes.
The ground combat is poor.
It's most similar (though inferior in every way) to either Sword of the Stars, or the Total War franchise.
SW:Rebellion(Supremacy) might have been rather janky, and has aged poorly, but it did something fresh & quite original.
If you can get past the graphics & the interface, Rebellion is a far richer experience.
Is a page covering the conversion of Tie Fighter, X-wing, and X-Wing Vs Tie Fighter into the XWA engine. It's very confusing though. XWA looks pretty modern with the XWA Upgrade however....now if only could get yaw/roll to work as they should
leebyron
2 Mar 16#64
I wish KOTOR 1 ran properly on Windows 7.. Can't get it to work well at all!
Cameron92 to leebyron
2 Mar 16#65
No issues with KOTOR 1 on Windows 7 for me. Did you install through Steam?
KOTOR 2 however has been very glitchy and I got to a point early in the game where I can't stop any characters I'm not presently controlling from running towards a turret during battle and suiciding :disappointed:
Elevation to leebyron
2 Mar 16#75
Not had any issue at all on Windows 7 with my physical copy. Something people forget when blindly heating 50 games for $1 deals on HUKD is the fact that half of them will be broken through Steam. Physical copies means flexibility and often you can fix them when of course, once you pass ownership of your games to Valve you're stuffed. Best advice if you're having problems with KOTOR is to source a physical copy - of which there are plenty around. :sunglasses:
Midnight Tboy
2 Mar 16#73
As much as I loved X-wing and Tie-Fighter - I'd installed them a month or 2 back....and no they haven't aged well at all....certainly not on a larger screen.
However......X-Wing Alliance (which I'd never originally played through) As has been mentioned, is great using the Darksaber XWA Upgrade.....updates the graphics - adds widescreen support.
The only downside however, is can't seem to get yaw to work on my flight sticks....searched on this and looks like only way might be to create a virtual joystick and configure it.
The links are outdated, but talks about the XWA Upgrade.....also an ability to put the original Tie-Fighter missions into the XWA game (to get the benefit of improved graphics). I've done the XWA Upgrade, however haven't yet tried incorporating the missions from the original game. Has anyone tried that yet? Curious to if it also takes the story/cutscenes etc along or literally just the missions?
BurtBird
2 Mar 16#72
THE EMPIIIIRE IS ON THE VERGE OF SUCKKKSESSHHH
Medigo
2 Mar 16#68
Already had KOTORII so here's a gift link for it if anyone wants it:
Predictably, taken by a lurker without a word. :disappointed: Regardless, thanks for our generosity! :smiley:
Cameron92
2 Mar 16#70
Was a couple years ago. Tried to play the save a few times and everytime after killing the enemies immediately opposing us they would all run off to attack a turret/sentry in the far distance and I couldn't stop them.
There isn't a control on party 'mentality' or anything is there? e.g. telling them to attack enemies on sight or anything? Don't have the game installed anymore but I was a huge lover of KOTOR1 and still have never played through KOTOR2 and discovered the story!
Stu C
2 Mar 16#69
Was that recently? There were a couple of big updates to KOTOR2 last year.
bossk
2 Mar 16#67
XWing vs Tie fighter si the only one I don't have, so for 75p that's great.
I played X-Wing Alliance, Kotor 1 and 2 all in Windows 7 (ATI) with no problems. I did a bit of research though to find a whole load of fixes and tweaks (especially for XWA!).
phanco
2 Mar 16#66
thought Id chance it on windows 10 - tried a couple but no luck - not trying to get refund from Humble...
Buttmonk3y
2 Mar 16#63
Anyone having issues running some of these games?
MillsUK
2 Mar 161#62
THAT. SOUNDS. AMAZING
dr_raff
2 Mar 16#58
Seems a good deal, as 3 of the games (KOTOR, Rebellion and Alliance) appear in this list of the 5 best star wars PC games. However, didnt the last bundle have more?!
There'll be more added to the BTA tier in a few days' time.
mergleb
2 Mar 161#56
WARNING - most of these games are ANCIENT - I am talking 15 years old even more. One or two of them were from a Windows 95 machine I had. Some of these may not run on XP or 7.
vig1lante to mergleb
2 Mar 16#60
They are all steam keys and work fine
vig1lante
2 Mar 16#59
£7.40 for the lot it's a bargain!
stevej1976
2 Mar 161#57
Thanks OP just ordered :smiley:
tunafuturwarfare
2 Mar 16#55
buying just for X-wing and about 5 other games :P
JonMarten
2 Mar 16#54
Cracking bundle if you've got even half the nostalgia I have for these games. Rebellion (or Supremacy as it was called in the UK I think) is a sort of precursor to Empire at War that has a surprising amount of depth to it. Not sure how well it's aged.
But the X-wing games are fantastic. TIE fighter is possibly the only Star Wars game that really puts you in the shiny boots of an Imperial (go away, Force Unleashed and your silly pretend-evil story) and has a fantastic story if you can get past the dated graphics.
If you play X-wing Alliance, be sure to look for the XWA Upgrade project that upgrades nearly all the models in the game to much higher-detail fan-made versions, and it looks fantastic. Works perfectly on the GOG version, I think Steam is supported too now.
nyasham
2 Mar 168#53
But... but where's the pod racing?
reprev
2 Mar 161#52
But LEGO Star Wars is absolutely worth $9.99 on its own anyway :smiley:
jewelie
2 Mar 16#51
Got excited when I saw Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga :smiley: .... then read through the reviews of the rest of the games and got the sads. :disappointed: Only one of the bunch I'd want was the Lego one. :disappointed:
FSHero
2 Mar 161#50
If you enjoy space flight simulation game, you will appreciate the true greatness of TIE Fighter and X-Wing Alliance.
I played XWA back in the day and the story and gameplay were top-notch.
I recently bought TIE Fighter CD (fully voice acted) from GOG.com, and, graphics aside, it also is proving to be a stellar hand.
Buy yourself a joystick and give these have a chance!
OMGFather
2 Mar 162#49
That feeling when you already own of all the games...
Cracking bundle if you're missing out on these in your collection.
hornblowerracing
1 Mar 164#3
Not as impressed as I thought I would be, any thoughts on how good the games other than the two KOTOR ones are?
Jonnyblock to hornblowerracing
1 Mar 161#9
How can it not be hot at $1?
reddragon105 to hornblowerracing
2 Mar 161#48
The two RTS games (Galactic Battlegrounds and Empire at War) are both excellent, if you like RTS. Lego Star Wars is a lot of fun. The bundle is worth buying just for those.
I've never played any of the X-Wing and TIE Fighter games but they were considered excellent back in the day. It's possible they haven't aged well (they do look their age and won't be as fast as modern day shooters) so they might just be for purists only. Looking forward to giving them a go though - hopefully they'll be like the Rogue Squadron games that I did play.
Not a Star Wars fan? Or not a video game fan? Because it contains some excellent Star Wars video games, some of them only recently released on Steam, at a fraction of the retail cost.
Well if they start with good games, where have they got to go? People complain when they repeat games or entire bundles so, having done 'Star Wars Humble Bundle 1', this is the companion bundle.
Get over to SteamGifts and see if anyone has any of those previously bundled games for trade.
I think most people have bought/are buying the X-Wing and TIE Fighter games for the nostalgia value. I'm not sure how well they hold up today (I never played them originally so I'm looking forward to trying them but we'll see how long they hold my interest).
The graphics of the Knights of the Old Republic games still hold up, even though they're both over 10 years old now. Lego Star Wars is much more recent so still looks fine.
Galactic Battlegrounds and Empire at War are strategy games so graphics hardly matter there, although Empire at War still looks pretty good too.
Yes, sure, as long as it's in the Humble Store and not one of the items that's excluded from the deal.
So, no.
Yes you can (playing it now). Controls aren't great and it looks like recalibrating is going to be a pain but it does work.
fr3dy77_sp33d
1 Mar 162#42
Here I am, scratching my head, wondering whether I'm the only person in the world that put off by the outdated graphic of these games.
TehJumpingJawa to fr3dy77_sp33d
2 Mar 163#47
Most of these games come from an age where graphics served gameplay, not the other way around.
IMO neither X-wing Alliance nor KOTOR have been surpassed; both remain classics well worth playing if you haven't already.
GQ Man
2 Mar 16#46
BTA or top tier ?
ashtiany4
2 Mar 16#45
These humble bundles might make a hole in my wallet if they get any better.
reddragon105
2 Mar 161#44
This is amazing! They're all old Star Wars games, obviously, but they're all excellent ones - and the X-Wing and TIE Fighter games were just (re)released on Steam last year and all at £6.99, so it's a bit surprising that they've been bundled so soon and it's a huge saving.
But the big one for me here is Galactic Battlegrounds - I was beginning to think that it would never appear on Steam (it's been on GOG for a year, but all the others went on Steam at the same time) but it just went on Steam today and it's here for 74p! For those of you who don't know, this is the Star Wars RTS made by Ensemble Studios, who made Age of Empires, using the Age of Empires II engine.
Oh, and I'm really glad I held off buying Lego Star Wars in the Christmas sale now too!
Lawlost
1 Mar 16#43
Had to buy the beat the average bundle. Anyone able to advise if you can use an xbox360 pad of a decent cheap stock for playing xwing alliance
KingAndaval
1 Mar 16#41
Shame that I already own both Mac compatible games.
Still a good deal as it helps charity out and most of the games are good, if not great.
grady999
1 Mar 161#40
can the 75% off coupon be used for the new battlefront?
Illusionary
1 Mar 161#39
No worries :smiley: It's good to see the generosity regardless, just sad that it so often goes without thanks.
Lukester
1 Mar 162#38
I always forget about your give-away! sorry man , I'll donate some next time :smile:
All gone im afraid :disappointed: thanks for even posting a key back! most people usually ( as you can tell ) take the key and leave without a word.
Illusionary
1 Mar 16#37
Star Wars is always a theme that'll be on to a winner - very nice bundle!
As always, if anyone has any spare keys, from this or elsewhere, donations for my weekly giveaways are very welcome.
Both taken by lurkers, sadly but inevitably. :disappointed: [Edit - okay,glad to see that one of them's received thanks, at least!]
nickkelly
1 Mar 162#36
Thanks Lukester! I registered the key for KOTOR 2, thats very kind of you :smiley:
To pay it forward, I have some duplicate keys from the Artifex Mundi bundle:
Mind Snares: Alice s Journey (STEAM): MIN8M-KXNPC-6R87Z
9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek (STEAM): 6XW7I-FKPBY-4E5P7
Dark Arcana: The Carnival (STEAM): P75ZM-IJ2HP-JCH53
Left in the Dark: No One on Board (STEAM): C68H2-2DBMK-KVIAW
Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart (STEAM): 6YING-9E7HK-8EF79
Nightmares from the Deep 2: The Siren s Call (STEAM): 8GGT2-RRAWM-J97DX
yatesl
1 Mar 161#35
Lukester
1 Mar 162#34
All gone. grats to people who got a key!
domosborne58
1 Mar 16#33
Awesome bundle. Just holding out till next Tuesday to see what the added games will be
Lukester
1 Mar 161#32
Star Wars KOTOR 1 and 2 are great games! :smile: Cheers Turks.
bryngreen
1 Mar 161#31
Pay what you want for Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, and Star Wars: Dark Forces. Pay more than the average price, and you also get Star Wars Republic Commando, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, and Star Wars Battlefront II. Pay $12 or more, and you get all of the above plus Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition, and Star Wars Empire at War: Gold Pack.
macleanie
1 Mar 163#27
Whilst this will suit some, I think this bundle when compared to 'Star Wars Humble Bundle 1' is perfect evidence of how Humble Bundle's bundles are getting worse.
Heat added nonetheless.
bryngreen to macleanie
1 Mar 163#28
Agree with this, especially annoyed as i missed bundle 1 but really want republic commando and the jedi knight games.
Gone for the $9.99 pack anyway but feeling very meh. Just can't please some people eh?!
Rubisco to macleanie
1 Mar 16#30
I'd rather they get worse than repeat games from previous bundles.
aibon
1 Mar 16#29
What was in bundle 1. Dark Forces and Jedi Knight I expect
shu123
1 Mar 16#26
Battlefront 2 pls
Evilcell
1 Mar 161#25
Any idea if x-wing vs tie fighter or x-wing alliance have online?
Remember 1 of them did, but are the servers still available, or any private servers?
Late
1 Mar 161#24
Thanks, Turks. Heated.
hotmep
1 Mar 162#23
Argh wish I had picked up that £2.99 flight stick in the Amazon deals a couple of months ago now, for X-wing and Tie Fighter.
axolotly
1 Mar 161#22
So happy to get a Steam re-release of Galactic Battlegrounds, love that game!
Then clearly, this is not the bundle you are looking for
PR1
1 Mar 16#16
What's the overlap with the previous starwars bundle? I'll grab if not much but not in a position to check, guess others already have?
BuzzDuraband to PR1
1 Mar 16#18
From what I can see it just seems to be both of the KOTOR titles and Empire at War.
hornblowerracing
1 Mar 163#15
I didn't say it wasn't hot, I said I wasn't impressed.... Voted hot as always.
I'm not impressed because I have no idea what the other games are like, including those in the BTA, hence why I asked.
These bundles are always hot as far as I am concerned, just wondered if these were good to play or if they will just sit in my Steam Library. :stuck_out_tongue:
teddy1590
1 Mar 161#14
Yup, my jaw dropped when I saw it was Steam redeemable... checked Steam to make sure it wasn't a mistake.
I don't want to mislead anyone, it's not exactly an amazing game (It's essentially Age of Empires 2 with a Star Wars skin) but I lost so much freaking time to that game years ago.
bjsing
1 Mar 16#13
Already have a quite a few of these but still put down a fiver for the BTA games.
Pretty sure i have more or less every SW game on Steam now outside of the DKII expansion pack.
Battenberg
1 Mar 161#12
Didn't actually have a single game from the bottom tier despite getting a previous Star Wars bundle, pleased with that.
Also in case anyone was curious it doesn't look like you can stack the 10% humble monthly discount with the one from the current indie bundle unfortunately.
teddy1590
1 Mar 164#10
Oh man.... the time I have spent waiting for a Steam release of Galactic Battlegrounds... and here it is for $1.....
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The Star Wars Bundle strikes back. It is a bright time for Star Wars fans. Hot on the heels of the new movie, we've combined forces with Disney Interactive to create a bundle filled with classic games!
Pay what you want for Star Wars™: X-Wing vs TIE Fighter - Balance of Power Campaigns™, Star Wars Rebellion™, Star Wars™: X-Wing Alliance™, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Saga™, and a coupon for 10% off Humble Monthly.
Pay more than the average price to also receive Star Wars™: X-Wing Special Edition, Star Wars™: TIE Fighter Special Edition, Star Wars™: Knights of the Old Republic™, Star Wars™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™, and a coupon for 75% off up to any three Star Wars titles in the Humble Store (excludes titles in this bundle).
Pay $9.99 to get all of the above plus Star Wars™ Empire at War: Gold Pack and LEGO® Star Wars™ - The Complete Saga.
Want to show off your Star Wars fanship to galaxies near and far? Spend $34.99 to get the entire bundle of games and a limited edition t-shirt featuring artwork made exclusively for the Star Wars Humble Bundle 2.
Name the price. Together, these games normally cost up to $111. Here at Humble Bundle, though, you choose the price!
Play on Steam. All games in this bundle are on Windows, but Star Wars™: Knights of the Old Republic™ is also on Mac, and Star Wars™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™ is available cross-platform on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Please check out the full system requirements here prior to purchasing.
Support charity. Choose where the money goes -- between Disney Interactive and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF via the PayPal Giving Fund. For details on how this works, click here. If you like this bundle or like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too.
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$1
Star Wars Rebellion™
Star Wars™: X-Wing Alliance™ – Mostly Positive
Star Wars™: X-Wing vs TIE Fighter - Balance of Power Campaigns™ – Mixed
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Saga™
BTA
Star Wars™: X-Wing Special Edition – Mixed
Star Wars™: TIE Fighter Special Edition – Mixed
Star Wars™: Knights of the Old Republic™ – Very Positive
Star Wars™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™ – Very Positive
Star Wars™: Dark Forces – Very Positive
Star Wars™ Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II – Mixed
Star Wars™ Battlefront™ II – Very Positive
$9.99
Star Wars™ Empire at War: Gold Pack – Very Positive
LEGO® Star Wars™ - The Complete Saga – Very Positive
Good bundle, heated.
Latest comments (106)
Battlefront II BFB3D-5KCX7-8EI2N
KOTR Q58R2-88Q3J-3373L
Cheers!
Ones I already have! Dammit!
Oh well, still a great bundle just for the games I didn't already have, even the ones that have taken some tweaking to get them to work!
Tried trawling the internet regarding compatability issues, but nothings worked yet.
Dissapointing that Steam are suggesting that the games work on all Windows OS's up to 10, anybody else had any bother? O'h well, its a dollar to charity I guess, so wanted to play Galactic Battleground saga though LOL.
What do you think off the added games to bundle 16?
and what game(s) are left to add to the SW2 bundle
That said, in light of the amount of people having problems getting these to run on steam, missing CD soundtracks etc. I don't think I can be bothered patching, Googling for tweaks, just to get the damn games to run, Scouring charity shops for the original CD's would be less annoying.
Did the patch-fandango with TR1 the other month, got it all working, but they shouldn't be sold in that state.
I remember playing the original DOS port way back then on a 33Mhz Mac, complete with crappy low res EGA downgrade on my 640x480 display.
Empire at War is a light strategy game; it has a real-time(with adjustable speed) strategy layer, and real-time tactical space & ground combat systems for resolving battles.
The strategy layer is shallow.
The space combat is good, though rather arcadey for my tastes.
The ground combat is poor.
It's most similar (though inferior in every way) to either Sword of the Stars, or the Total War franchise.
SW:Rebellion(Supremacy) might have been rather janky, and has aged poorly, but it did something fresh & quite original.
If you can get past the graphics & the interface, Rebellion is a far richer experience.
... touch paper lit, walking away... :wink:
Is a page covering the conversion of Tie Fighter, X-wing, and X-Wing Vs Tie Fighter into the XWA engine. It's very confusing though. XWA looks pretty modern with the XWA Upgrade however....now if only could get yaw/roll to work as they should
KOTOR 2 however has been very glitchy and I got to a point early in the game where I can't stop any characters I'm not presently controlling from running towards a turret during battle and suiciding :disappointed:
However......X-Wing Alliance (which I'd never originally played through) As has been mentioned, is great using the Darksaber XWA Upgrade.....updates the graphics - adds widescreen support.
The only downside however, is can't seem to get yaw to work on my flight sticks....searched on this and looks like only way might be to create a virtual joystick and configure it.
This is worth a read http://www.pcgamer.com/play-x-wing-with-upgraded-graphics-trust-us-you-should/
The links are outdated, but talks about the XWA Upgrade.....also an ability to put the original Tie-Fighter missions into the XWA game (to get the benefit of improved graphics). I've done the XWA Upgrade, however haven't yet tried incorporating the missions from the original game. Has anyone tried that yet? Curious to if it also takes the story/cutscenes etc along or literally just the missions?
https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=Wkxk4eyaHc2MP4VK
There isn't a control on party 'mentality' or anything is there? e.g. telling them to attack enemies on sight or anything? Don't have the game installed anymore but I was a huge lover of KOTOR1 and still have never played through KOTOR2 and discovered the story!
I played X-Wing Alliance, Kotor 1 and 2 all in Windows 7 (ATI) with no problems. I did a bit of research though to find a whole load of fixes and tweaks (especially for XWA!).
Link to the video review with footage of each.
But the X-wing games are fantastic. TIE fighter is possibly the only Star Wars game that really puts you in the shiny boots of an Imperial (go away, Force Unleashed and your silly pretend-evil story) and has a fantastic story if you can get past the dated graphics.
If you play X-wing Alliance, be sure to look for the XWA Upgrade project that upgrades nearly all the models in the game to much higher-detail fan-made versions, and it looks fantastic. Works perfectly on the GOG version, I think Steam is supported too now.
I played XWA back in the day and the story and gameplay were top-notch.
I recently bought TIE Fighter CD (fully voice acted) from GOG.com, and, graphics aside, it also is proving to be a stellar hand.
Buy yourself a joystick and give these have a chance!
Cracking bundle if you're missing out on these in your collection.
I've never played any of the X-Wing and TIE Fighter games but they were considered excellent back in the day. It's possible they haven't aged well (they do look their age and won't be as fast as modern day shooters) so they might just be for purists only. Looking forward to giving them a go though - hopefully they'll be like the Rogue Squadron games that I did play.
Not a Star Wars fan? Or not a video game fan? Because it contains some excellent Star Wars video games, some of them only recently released on Steam, at a fraction of the retail cost.
Well if they start with good games, where have they got to go? People complain when they repeat games or entire bundles so, having done 'Star Wars Humble Bundle 1', this is the companion bundle.
Get over to SteamGifts and see if anyone has any of those previously bundled games for trade.
I think most people have bought/are buying the X-Wing and TIE Fighter games for the nostalgia value. I'm not sure how well they hold up today (I never played them originally so I'm looking forward to trying them but we'll see how long they hold my interest).
The graphics of the Knights of the Old Republic games still hold up, even though they're both over 10 years old now. Lego Star Wars is much more recent so still looks fine.
Galactic Battlegrounds and Empire at War are strategy games so graphics hardly matter there, although Empire at War still looks pretty good too.
Yes, sure, as long as it's in the Humble Store and not one of the items that's excluded from the deal.
So, no.
Yes you can (playing it now). Controls aren't great and it looks like recalibrating is going to be a pain but it does work.
IMO neither X-wing Alliance nor KOTOR have been surpassed; both remain classics well worth playing if you haven't already.
But the big one for me here is Galactic Battlegrounds - I was beginning to think that it would never appear on Steam (it's been on GOG for a year, but all the others went on Steam at the same time) but it just went on Steam today and it's here for 74p! For those of you who don't know, this is the Star Wars RTS made by Ensemble Studios, who made Age of Empires, using the Age of Empires II engine.
Oh, and I'm really glad I held off buying Lego Star Wars in the Christmas sale now too!
Still a good deal as it helps charity out and most of the games are good, if not great.
All gone im afraid :disappointed: thanks for even posting a key back! most people usually ( as you can tell ) take the key and leave without a word.
As always, if anyone has any spare keys, from this or elsewhere, donations for my weekly giveaways are very welcome.
Both taken by lurkers, sadly but inevitably. :disappointed: [Edit - okay,glad to see that one of them's received thanks, at least!]
To pay it forward, I have some duplicate keys from the Artifex Mundi bundle:
Mind Snares: Alice s Journey (STEAM): MIN8M-KXNPC-6R87Z
9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek (STEAM): 6XW7I-FKPBY-4E5P7
Dark Arcana: The Carnival (STEAM): P75ZM-IJ2HP-JCH53
Left in the Dark: No One on Board (STEAM): C68H2-2DBMK-KVIAW
Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart (STEAM): 6YING-9E7HK-8EF79
Nightmares from the Deep 2: The Siren s Call (STEAM): 8GGT2-RRAWM-J97DX
Heat added nonetheless.
Gone for the $9.99 pack anyway but feeling very meh. Just can't please some people eh?!
Remember 1 of them did, but are the servers still available, or any private servers?
$1
Star Wars Rebellion™
Star Wars™: X-Wing Alliance™ – Mostly Positive
Star Wars™: X-Wing vs TIE Fighter - Balance of Power Campaigns™ – Mixed
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Saga™
BTA
Star Wars™: X-Wing Special Edition – Mixed
Star Wars™: TIE Fighter Special Edition – Mixed
Star Wars™: Knights of the Old Republic™ – Very Positive
Star Wars™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™ – Very Positive
Star Wars™: Dark Forces – Very Positive
Star Wars™ Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II – Mixed
Star Wars™ Battlefront™ II – Very Positive
$9.99
Star Wars™ Empire at War: Gold Pack – Very Positive
LEGO® Star Wars™ - The Complete Saga – Very Positive
I'm not impressed because I have no idea what the other games are like, including those in the BTA, hence why I asked.
These bundles are always hot as far as I am concerned, just wondered if these were good to play or if they will just sit in my Steam Library. :stuck_out_tongue:
I don't want to mislead anyone, it's not exactly an amazing game (It's essentially Age of Empires 2 with a Star Wars skin) but I lost so much freaking time to that game years ago.
Pretty sure i have more or less every SW game on Steam now outside of the DKII expansion pack.
Also in case anyone was curious it doesn't look like you can stack the 10% humble monthly discount with the one from the current indie bundle unfortunately.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/356500/
Good bundle, heated.
£0.74 with PayPal.