After being treated to the infamous Star Wars text-scrolling introduction (identically worded to the movie), a short cutscene follows that again mirrors the film, however, it's presented in computer-rendered 3D - complete with 3D actors - instead of movie footage (which is ironic, considering the movie apparently featured only one, second-long shot where there was no CGI visible!). TPM is classified as an action-adventure, and puts you in the role of various heroes from the movie, where you get to act out many of the scenarios that the character's faced, plus a large helping of new ones we supposedly didn't get to see. Also released simultaneously with the movie opening was the pure racing title, Racer (based on the Podracing scenes) and the children's game, The Gungan Frontier (based on the fact that Jar Jar Binks is supposedly only funny to kids or adults still in touch with their inner child). TPM is actually one of a line of LucasArts' new Episode One-based games. "Star Wars: How Many Colons Do We Need, Anyway: A Good Few, At Least", or, for review purposes, TPM). Instead, I'm reviewing the game version of Star Wars: Episode One: The Phantom Menace (a.k.a.
I won't tell you that I thought the movie was very well done, worth seeing for the special effects alone, kept the fun and fairy tale spirit of Star Wars and that although it had a number of inconsistencies with the first trilogy, the 'pro' critics have been far too harsh on it. With this in mind, I, of course, won't be burdening you with yet another amateur critique of the movie that generated a few squillion dollars from merchandising before it even opened in the US. This applies to anyone a vagrant on the streets, the employee behind the counter when all you're trying to (some would say, foolishly) acquire is a Big Mac, or the star contributor of Garden Peas Weekly (the definitive weekly news source in the world of garden peas). Regardless of if they have a valid point to make or if their audience is even interested. The inevitable problem with insanely popular and over-hyped movies is that everyone - and their dog - feel it is their sworn duty to tell the rest of the world what their opinion is of it.
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