well, being as i've never read thoughs books i have some questions about that. First, how did she become a jedie knight? Second, how did she get a new ship, i thought jade flew the empers hand? I'd rather focus on something like darth vaders apprintice. Brandon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 2:44 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion
> Hi Everyone, > I know it has been a long time since we have discussed the Star Wars > game in production by USA Games so I decided to bring the topic up. I'd > like to announce some of the current changes and ideas for the game as > well as offer everyone a chanse to openly discuss the game. > As allot of you gamers know I have been a very big fan of Mara Jade > since she first appeared in Heir To the Empire. I have a large > collection of Mara Jade fan collecter stuff including action figures, > books, and games. So it is not surprising one of my all time favorite > games Lucas Arts produced Was, "Jedi Knight II Mysteries of the Sith," > which featured, you guessed it, Mara Jade as the lead character. For > those of you who have never played Mysteries of the /Sith and want to > know what it was about here is a short summary of the game. > Following an Imperial attack at Altyr 5 roomers begin circulating that a > new Sith Lord has joined the Empire. Jedi Master Luke Skywalker asks his > friend, the former smuggler and aspiring Jedi knight, Mara Jade to track > down the Sith Lord and stop him at all costs. > Throughout her quest Mara must battle Imperial Storm Troopers, Imperial > Droids, smugglers, > Wampas, Rancors, and even defeat a dark side clone of herself. Finally, > once she meets the new Sith Lord does she have what it takes to defeat > him? > At this poinht in time I am basically thinking of a game based on > Mysteries of the Sith with some personal changes tossed in for good > measure and to improve the game somewhat. > For example, in the original game you would have to steel an Imperial > shuttle to escape to the secret asteroid base where the Empire was > launching its attacks into New Republic space. Personally, flying around > in an old Imperial shuttle is sort of dull considering the kinds of > fighters and ships Mara pilots in the books. It is like, "hey, what is > an ace starfighter pilot doing in an old shuttle?" > Instead of the Imperial shuttle i could replace it with Mara's personal > ship, Jade's Fire, which would just happen to be standing on the North > landing platform instead of the shuttle. The advantage with adding the > Jade's Fire rather than using the original shuttle is that I could > introduce some dog fighting levels which would show case Mara's > starfighter ace abilities in addition to her Jedi skills. > Another change I feel would improve the game over the original is the > switch between level 1 and level 2. In the original game when you ended > level 1 you took off in the shuttle. In the next seen, opening of level > 2, you landed on the base ready to shut it down. That's ok I guess, but > I always felt there should be some sort of combat seen in between those > two levels.Some sort of dog fight or space combat seen as you atempt to > land on the secret asteroid base. > What my thoughts are is in my version before you go to level 2 you would > have an extra level in between where you could dog fight against Tie > Fighters. You might be piloting the Jade's Fire towards the secret > asteroid base when you suddenly get jumped by a squad of Tie Fighters. > Before you could land on the base you'd have to dog fight, and destroy > all Tie Fighters. > Perhaps the biggest change I intend to make is i plan to use Mara for > all the game levels. In the original game you got to play as Kyle on > some levels, but it was something I didn't care fore. Kyle is an ok Star > Wars character, but not my favorite. I always felt the game would have > been better if Lucas Arts focussed on one or the other character than > switching between characters on different levels. > So this is my thoughts and plans right now. Anyone, have thoughts, > suggestions, or comments? > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
