Such a complete Star Wars gaming experience, and probably the best movie video game ever.
The Top 5 Best Things about "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" (DS):
1. Extremely robust and deep single player story mode – featuring the independent, yet related paths of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker – connecting into their final showdown that will decide the fate of the galaxy. Moreover, the game features two complete and separate story modes where you can play as either Obi-Wan or Anakin – both of them eventually. My god – it is so incredibly complete and great. The story mode features a sizable amount of missions depicting the entire plot of the third Star Wars prequel movie. In each mission, you, as Obi-Wan or Anakin, need to defeat a robust variety of enemies, dodge hazards, and pick up items. The enemies vary from a whole different assortment of regular battle droids, super battle droids, droidekas, Nemoidians, Jedi – you name it. Of course, the enemies you face differ between Anakin and Obi-Wan. Both of these characters are incredibly unique and have their pros and cons. Obi-Wan is a defensive character with slower and more elegant lightsaber strokes, and mostly defensive (non-lethal) force powers that take down the enemies just as well as Anakin's fast, aggressive lightsaber strokes and violent force powers. Notably, Obi-Wan can heal himself and stun enemies, while Anakin can kill enemies quickly or keep them on the defensive, at least. As you complete more and more missions, which are perfectly interesting to replay – by the way, you gain customization points that eventually turn you into a super-duelist – which we will talk about in point 3. The story mode can be played in Padawan (easiest), Jedi (regular), or Master (hardest) difficulties, so the story modes can entertain anyone from the small, inexperienced youngsters to the advanced, MLG players! All of these points make the story mode very replayable, and therefore makes the story mode, of this game, a masterpiece.
2. Complete and satisfying space ship battles, for both inside and outside single player, featuring signature characters, such as Boba Fett, Han Solo, and Darth Vader, as AI who challenge you well. You see, outside of story mode is a "multiplayer" mode that basically allows you to have unlimited space ship battles against AI or people with the game as well. The AI you face off against are actually iconic Star Wars characters; you will be able to fight Han Solo in his Millennium Falcon, Boba Fett in his Slave I ship, Darth Vader in his Advanced Tie Fighter, etc. In addition, the AI is genuinely difficult and it really takes a few tries, and practice, to beat them in a space ship battle. Controls of your own space ship, laser shielding, blasters, missiles, etc., are all very easy to control, and feel good. Therefore, the fact that the game features a robust and complete space ship battles mode, outside its robust and complete story mode, support the game's "masterpiece" title. The game truly has earned that.
3. Customization Options that ultimately make you a very powerful super-duelist and extend the life (and replay value) of the game. As mentioned, "as you complete more and more missions, which are perfectly interesting to replay – by the way, you gain customization points that eventually turn you into a super-duelist". Customization points can be used to improve your force abilities: making Obi-Wan heal faster and stun longer; making Anakin hit harder and deal damage faster. By the time you beat all of the game's missions, a few times, you will probably unlock all of the customizations you could ever need to make you feel powerful. However, with that being said, you are pretty powerful when you start the game. Of course, it is rather difficult when you start playing, with no customization upgrades, but that just adds to the good challenge of the game and is quickly worked on/fixed as you play more of the game.
4. Great Replay Value, due to robust and satisfying single player, space ship battles, and continuous customization options. This is pretty self-explanatory – if and when you read points 1-3.
5. Great audio – classic John Williams music and juicy sound effects that satisfy your droid-and-Jedi-killing lust. I've seen many potentially great games become "all right" or "average" because of average audio qualities. This game has excellent audio. The Star Wars music sounds fairly good, just like John William's official scores, and the sound effects, when you slash with your lightsaber or use the force, are very squishy and satisfying. This just adds to the addictiveness and replayability of this masterpiece.
The Top 5 Worst Things about "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" (DS):
1. No online multiplayer options (possibly for online duels, space ship battles, or DLC, etc.). This is one, possible criticism of the game. However, I personally had NO PROBLEM with the lack of online multiplayer in this game because the story mode and space ship battles are so complete and robust on their own – without any new upgrades or additions. When the game publishers made and released this game, they got it right the first time!
2. No other activities besides combat. After all, if you think about the game's activities overall, all of them are combat-related. Whether it's defeating enemies, defeating duelists, or shooting down enemy space ships, the entire game is all about combat. However, I never had a problem with this for a few reasons. First, the combat is all very good and well thought out. Second, the game is honest and doesn't fill you up with crap. What I mean is that some other games, even some good games, have a lot of irritating minigames and subquests for you to attempt. I often see this as dishonest because they're basically trying to fill you up with crap instead of the main entrée. Therefore, I don't see a problem with the game's heavy emphasis on combat-only.
3. No easter eggs. This is the only other, possible criticism I could think of. (The game doesn't really have that much to criticize at all!) After you've beaten the story mode dozens of times, and challenged Vader and Boba Fett until you've given up, there isn't many things to do. There is no "bonus missions" or "hidden worlds" past the original story mode. (And I know this because I played this game way too much!) However, as I've emphasized throughout this entire review, the game is so robust and complete that easter eggs aren't really that necessary.
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The Most Memorable Thing about "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" (DS):
The complete and robust amount of single player, combat-related activities that offer you so much more to do than the usual movie video game. This is probably the most complete and, therefore, worthy movie video game that you will find for any handheld console.