

Most of the levels involve running somewhere, going up a few elevators, blasting a storm trooper or four, crawling through some sort of ventilation duct, shooting a couple of droids, then flipping a switch or running through a door that either ends the level or brings on a silly boss, all of which are ridiculously easy to beat. It's really too bad that the majority of the game is filled with drab first-person (or Tomb Raider-style third-person, depending on your preference) levels, which are filled with lackluster design, boring enemies, and poor aiming control. This level is absolutely incredible in every way, from blowing up the smaller droids with laser fire to tripping up AT-ATs with tow cables. The first level puts you, as Dash Rendar, behind the joystick of a snowspeeder, protecting the Rebel's escape from Hoth by shooting probe droids, AT-STs, and of course, AT-ATs. The game faired well on the software-starved Nintendo system, and now it's available for the PC. As strange as a soundtrack for a book sounded, it all began to make sense when the game was released on the Nintendo 64 late last year. It started out as simply a book, but shortly after that a soundtrack was released. From the get-go, Shadows was planned as a cross-media item. New locales, like the sewers of Imperial City, Xizor's palace, Gall Spaceport and the dreaded junkyards of Ord Mantel.Shadows of the Empire tells a substory in the Star Wars universe, taking place during and after The Empire Strikes Back. Action-packed Star Wars™ locales - including Mos Eisley and the ice planet Hoth. Five gameplay modes - in a variety of vehicles and spacecraft - from the heavily armored Outrider, to snowspeeders, hovertrains, jet packs, and speeder bikes. A gripping new plotline, with new characters and environments.find out what happened between Star Wars™ The Empire Strikes Back™ and Star Wars™ Return of the Jedi™. Watch out for infamous bounty hunters and deadly stormtroopers! May the Force be with you! As Dash Rendar, it's up to you to protect Luke and help the Alliance defeat the evil Xizor. To do that, he must eliminate young Skywalker. Dark Prince Xizor, head of the Black Sun crime syndicate, aspires to take Darth Vader's place at the Emperor's side. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…Īs Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance struggle to defeat Darth Vader and the Empire, a new threat arises.
