![]() The player controls Gavyn Sykes, a lieutenant in Naboo's Royal Security Forces. Set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy, the game takes place during the events depicted in the film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Acquiring these medals promotes the player's rank and helps unlock hidden content. The player's performance is checked against four medal benchmarks after the completion of each level. Bonus power-ups that improve these crafts' weapons or durability are hidden in different levels throughout the game. The player can control various air, land, and water vehicles each offers a unique armament arrangement, as well as varying degrees of speed and maneuverability. Despite the similarities between the two games, the development team designed a new game engine for Battle for Naboo and included land- and water-based combat in addition to aerial combat. It is a spiritual sequel to Star Wars: Rogue Squadron released two years earlier. But playing it now, I just find it kind of…boring? The game’s plot doesn’t have much connection to the main story or characters from Episode I, and the vehicles, while interesting, are simply no match for the original trilogy ships! I always find myself checking out after a few missions and moving on to another game.Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo is an arcade-style action game co-developed by Factor 5 and LucasArts. There’s 7 different vehicles to pilot that do feel very different, and 15 epic missions to complete. The graphics are very nice and shine with the N64 expansion pak. It’s very well made, from a technical perspective. There’s nothing inherently bad about this game. ![]() But I don’t get that feeling from Battle for Naboo- it just doesn’t feel like it has enough “Star Wars magic”. Phantom Menace is by no means my favorite Star Wars film, yet I still find it quite a bit of fun with its awesome action sequences and place in the mythology. Nostalgia will always play a part, especially with Star Wars (just looking at the box art for these games brings a wave of it), but I try to be as objective as I can! Okay, *cue Star Wars theme* 4. In a similar vein to how I did my top 10 best N64 games, I’m trying to rank the N64 Star Wars games primarily by how well they hold up today. ![]()
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