USAopoly USODC129000 Star Wars: Dark Side Rising, Mixed Colours

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Lulppold, Ross (2 April 2012). " Star Wars Kinect 's I'm Han Solo Dance Is Truly Amazing (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post. AOL. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016 . Retrieved 15 December 2016. One thing jumps out immediately about Star Wars: Dark Side Rising, and that’s the giant bust of Darth Vader looming over the middle of the table like an asthmatic Pop-Up Pirate. It’s massive. Despite our collective mothers warning us against judging books by their covers, things like this tend to set off something of a warning siren in my head. Like the 50-year-old executive with the Lotus, it makes you wonder what the flashy ostentation is making up for. The Official Xbox Magazine rated the game at 4.5 of 10. The reviewer cited control issues with the Kinect motion sensor, comparing it to a lumbering sandcrawler. For the Force powers, the reviewer compared it to The Force Unleashed, although noted that it was slower here without the use of a controller. The review team also cited issues with the other game modes. [5] Let’s finish this list with a new take on an old classic, Risk: Star Wars Edition. You can’t really go wrong with Risk, it’s a classic beginner board game that’s a fantastic introduction to some pretty standard tabletop mechanics - area control, dice rolling and card playing, but to name a few. There’s a reason why the Risk series has remained such a staple of the board game industry in the over 50 years since the original released: it’s easy to learn and still (mostly) fun to play. What’s more, it looks like this board game actually includes imagery from the new trilogy of Star Wars films - which makes a nice change from most of the other games on this list. (Not that the original trilogy of films is a bad source of inspiration to take from, of course.)

Dee Bradley Baker: Beed, Boba Fett, Trandoshan Commando, TrandoshanInf, VultureDroid, Felucian Farmer 1 [13] Star Wars: Dark Side Rising is designed for two to four players ages 10 and up with an estimated runtime of 45 minutes. The cooperative game includes: Orry, James (19 April 2012). "Kinect Star Wars app launches for iPhone, Windows Phones and Android". VideoGamer.com. Candy Banana. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015 . Retrieved 5 December 2012. In the game, players must work together to recruit rebels and prevent the construction of the ultimate weapon, the original Death Star. Each player starts with an individual board that indicates the Rebel cell they are leading: Intelligence, Leadership, Support or Tactical. The player boards depict the Base of Operations — Tatooine, Alderaan, Yavin 4, or Lothal — and team leader (starting character asset) for each player: Captain Cassian Andor, Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, and Hera Syndulla. Originally published by West End Games, starting in 1987, this was almost the only official merchandise for Star Wars at the time. Based on the simple D6 mechanics of the Ghostbusters RPG it was seen as not only a great way to spend a Saturday but an authoritative resource for Star Wars canon.Star Wars: Rebellion Stay in the stars as you fight in one of the best Star Wars board games, period. Whilst it doesn’t delve deeply into the Star Wars universe or offer players a more in-depth experience of galactic rebellion it really is entertaining to play a few rounds of in an evening. With three different types of dice used across the turn it is a game that is heavily based on chance, which may not be for everyone, but is part of what makes it enjoyable as each roll becomes a make or break moment, with the promise of glory on the other side. Particularly if, like me, your first few attempts end in crushing defeat. In the game, players must work together to recruit rebels and prevent the construction of the ultimate weapon, the original Death Star. Each player starts with an individual board that indicates the Rebel cell they are leading: Intelligence, Leadership, Support or Tactical. The player boards depict the Base of Operations — Tatooine, Alderaan, Yavin 4, or Lothal — and team leader (starting character asset) for each player: Captain Cassian Andor, Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, and Hera Syndulla. Kinect Star Wars Review by Cohen, Corey on www.oxmonline.com ( April 9, 2012) (archived from the original on April 11, 2012) Kinect Star Wars features four subgames. In its primary mode, known as Jedi Destiny: Dark Side Rising, players take control of one of multiple Jedi Padawans. Using the Kinect, the player uses their hands to wield a lightsaber in combat. Players also can lift and throw objects with the Force using specific gestures. The story takes place during the prequel trilogy timeline of the Star Wars universe, beginning shortly after Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and concluding with the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. Body movement to control vehicles in specific sections of this mode. A second Jedi-centric mode, Duels of Fate, allows players to experience one-on-one duels with characters from the Jedi Destiny campaign as well as famous Star Wars villains such as Darth Vader. [2]

Alternatively, you could play Star Wars: Force and Destiny, a roleplaying game more concerned with the struggle between the Sith and Jedi than the two major armies. In Force and Destiny, players can choose between following the dark or light side of the Force as they develop their very own Force-sensitive character. Join the Rebellion, become part of the Empire or ignore the conflict altogether and go your own way - Force and Destiny lets you decide. Kinect Star Wars 's Galactic Dance-off mode was the subject of both praise and criticism from reviewers. [19] Adding another layer to this part of the game is that each Rebel agent has its own unique ability. Some of them can heal other agents, some allow you to manipulate the dice in the form of re-rolls or bonus results and some do more esoteric things like removing operations counters from the Death Star. The catch here is that some of these abilities are not free; requiring the player to commit one or more dice from their pool to the agent to activate.

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a b Walton, Mark (3 April 2012). " Kinect Star Wars Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016 . Retrieved 17 December 2016.

Reynolds, Matthew (2 April 2012). "Games out this week: Kinect Star Wars, Rhythm Thief, I Am Alive". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016 . Retrieved 16 December 2016. The game is strongly co-op based, and needs good teamwork to make sure you keep an eye on those conditions while still building up your own side of things. Your turn will start by choosing one of the three sectors positioned around Vader on the central board. Choosing the right sector for that turn is an increasingly important step, given that it limits you to which characters and assets you can use and determines which enemies you’ll be up against. Before you can do anything else, you’ve got two dice to roll. The first determines which component of the Death Star will make some progress towards being operational. If you complete the component, the tile is flipped and that section is ready to go. If you roll that one again on a later turn, then it activates and provides additional bonuses for the enemies nearby which, as you can imagine, isn’t ideal. It brings the random nature of the dice into the game which, I’m sure, will irritate some, but I found it worked really well and gave some brilliant tension to these rolls, especially later in the game when more parts of the Death Star are being completed and ready to activate. a b Veloria, Lorenzo (5 April 2012). " Kinect Star Wars review". GamesRadar. Future plc. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016 . Retrieved 15 December 2016.

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You won’t find anything really nitty gritty, but you will find yourself playing this until you prevent the Empire from unleashing the power of this fully armed and operational battle station. (Wait, wrong film…) Buy your copy here a b Shoemaker, Brad (5 April 2012). "Kinect: Star Wars Review". Giant Bomb. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012 . Retrieved 5 April 2012. As well as detailing the aliens, vehicles, and technologies from the films, it also added a number of new ones as well. All of this was then used as reference material for the start of the original Star Wars expanded universe, including the Thrawn trilogy novels in the early 90s and the video games of the era.In Rebellion, up to two players can assume control of the Empire’s forces as they attempt to crush the Rebel Alliance with legions of stormtroopers, Star Destroyers, TIE Fighters and even the Death Star itself. Whilst up to two other players can command the armies controlled by the Rebels, whose drastically smaller might of troopers, Corellian Corvettes and fighter squadrons are no match for the Empire’s swarm. However, the Rebels aren’t looking to battle the Empire’s forces directly - instead, the Rebellion seeks to unite the sympathetic peoples of the galaxy and recruit them to their cause. Essentially, the Empire wins if they wipe out the Rebel forces, whilst the Rebels win if they survive long enough to successfully inspire the galaxy to full revolt. Wright, James (4 May 2016). "Are these the worst Star Wars games ever made?". Daily Star. Northern & Shell. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016 . Retrieved 15 December 2016.