@nerotheyoung you're absolutely correct. That was the Legends retcon after Episode 2 came out anyway. Originally Windu had a blue saber simply because of promotional material, games like Power Battles and his action figure came with blue blade before Attack of the Clones gave him a purple blade. They even gave his Episode 1 hilt to Mundi to explain the change and cover the continuity error of the hints not matching between episodes 1 and 2.
@frankrabbit2247 I don't think Lucas would have agreed to yellow lightsabers to be featured in movies (he seemed mostly settled on there being just blue, green and red types) even though these were always quite heavily featured in the EU (yellow being the only primary color missing from the bunch and, hell, even green has yellow in it, so it was natural, even as a kid I found it annoying how there were no movie yellow sabers). The purple for Windu came about only because of SLJ's ego, he almost certainly would have been left with blue otherwise. That being said, even purple, I think, had been featured in the EU before Clones. Maybe "violet"? I also distinctly remember how Mara Jade carried a "rubin" blade some time at the start of the NJO and I always thought it would look something like Windu's, seeing how weird it was to see a good character with a Sith color.
@ well that’s good to hear they worked on improving it. I was hyped to play battlefront 2 again but held off on buying it because of how bad the reviews were for the classic collection at launch
Everyone crapped about some issue the battlefront classic collection had so it got alot of negative reviews I got it a bit late after the issues had been fixed so I have a very positive experience with that remake
I have not seen one youtuber point out that by using the dreamcast version there are no destructible things on the environment. It was fun to try and break as much stuff as fast a s possible beofre the other player did, the one who destroyed more stuff got more ponts to buy upgrades. Also on the remastered switch version, the button combo layouts are from the xbox and when you purchase the combo and see the actual button combination on the pause menu, its different. A=B X=Y
THANK YOU. Going through the game, I was second guessing myself at certain points when parts of the environment were not destructible. I was like, I could’ve sworn…
Windows aren't breakable and tanks shooting at buildings do no damage. Half the force powers don't do damage or have wrong radius. Dreamcast version is broken.
@@Randomninja47 Having replayed both versions last year, I will say that the Dreamcast version controls WAY better. I grew up with the PS1 version, so I definitely miss smashing rooms up, but I'd give the edge to the DC version for base-level playability
Seems like a lot of areas suffered from the removal of vertex colors. The playstation has very deliberate light and shadow painted into the scene, whereas the dreamcast and remaster remove it but don't always replace it with anything, meaning a lot of scenes end up looking flat and dull.
@@vicviperv When doing a remaster, there's an opportunity to combine the best elements of the prior versions. They could have taken a cue from the PS1 version and retouched the lighting, even though it's mainly based on the DC game. That's clearly outside the scope of the time and budget they wanted to spend on this, but we can dream. :)
@spyhardman if Nightdive did a remaster, something like this would be expected, and since this is the work of Aspyr, it seems that someone managed to hide an emulator well.
Hey there Flandrew. I just wanted to say thank you for making awesome videos here. I have been watching your videos for over a year and they are always quite interesting. It is also unique to see how different games are when released over in the UK versus the US here. Keep up the amazing videos!
My friends and I loved playing this when we were really young. It didn't review well but used to have so much fun with this. I think I want to play it again.
Didn't Aspyr do the Soul Reaver Remasters? I can promise you they weren't half assed. They actually got really die hard fans to work on the remaster, adding back in a shit ton of cut content from the first game.
-Letting you swap between original and current saber colours -modern and classic controls -new characters If this is "bare minimum" my word, people have high expectations...
I was shocked you can not destroy the environement anymore. I remember going through level 1 with a buddy back in 2000 and smashing all consoles and screens in the ship to get some extra points. I missed this, but also im kinda glad you can reach a good score to "level up" without spending time smashing everything within your sight.
@@lulukomadori9651 true I wonder if we’ll ever get a KOTOR remake at this point. I wanted obsidians KOTOR 3 most and imperial commando and bf3, but doubt those will ever happen
@@aamirrazak3467 I also wish we got a Kotor 3 and now that I think about the Kotor remake, I wonder if they will either integrate it into current Star Wars canon or give it similar treatment to the Final Fantasy 7 remakes
That's because Aspyr is a horrendous company and got kicked off the KOTOR Remake because Sony saw how shit it was. Putting together bare-bones remasters of PS1 and PS2 games is the most this company can handle, and considering how horrible the Classic Battlefront collection was, really they can't even do that right.
Agreed with the pre-rendered cutscenes. Luckily for the actual gameplay (from my understanding), you can change his saber back to his yellow color on the character select screen and play through the game with it.
I haven't played this either back than and it looked like a fun game, so i got it on Gog for 18€. It is worth getting, so if you see the first discount (that will come sooner than later), go for it. The Plattforming isn't aaas difficult, just kill all the Enemies before you jump. The hardest Thing yet was protecting Amidala, as Enemies like to stand near her and so you kill her by accident... Its not a perfect Game, but its fun and i bet with a second Player more so.
@@Azuris190 this is a port of Dreamcast version, they changed a bunch of most annoying platforming parts, first level had that electric tunnel that's now easy as pie, the giant pistons don't have a second level (or extra life there you could farm by picking the next one and falling before checkpoint) and game is overall much easier and less slippery.
@KasumiRINA Out of curiosity i played the PSX Version yesterday a bit. The electric Tunnel Part is really much easier, i would say they changed it for the better. From what i see, they should have made the Shadows of the Characters darker, so that you can see where you will land. This would make it easier. Somehow i feel that the Rerelease feels better to play I tested the Dreamcast Version beforehead and i got hit way more often, not sure if they eliminated a bit of Lag.
Yep. I have the flu right now and even though I can't suffer through most TV shows I can still relax and enjoy some nostalgia thanks to Flandrew, thanks man!
12:43 No sorry, gameplay-wise this is a downgrade to PS1 version where windows, computers and even buildings were destructible. They needed to combine PlayStation features with Dreamcast extra content but this is just a direct, buggy port of DC version.
I loved this game when I was a kid, I played the PS1 version so many times that when I played this remaster as an adult, I kept accidently hitting circle to jump instead of X - it’s that deeply ingrained. While I did enjoy replaying this game - even getting to play levels I never had a chance to play originally (You had to beat the game as Plo Koon to get the Droideka level and I could never beat Maul as him) - I have to say this remaster needed a lot more love in its creation than it actually got. I’ve seen a lot of glitches in my playthrough, particularly when playing as one of the 13 “new” playable characters. You can’t beat certain levels with some of these characters unless it’s two player co op, like the Trade Federation level when you need to destroy the Droid fighter - if you can’t deflect the blaster fire back, you can’t beat the level. It’s fun playing as the loader droid but the level can’t always handle it, I was playing two player co op with two of the 13 characters and it kept glitching at the same spot in Coruscant. Certain dialogue doesn’t happen in the levels, even with the normally playable characters - it would have been nice if they’d done a bit of voice acting for the new characters (imagine the tusken raider making the noises when talking to the queen). I think the co op option should have been made a split screen, as this was a sore point for me playing it originally as well. You always had to stick together but sometimes the platforming didn’t allow for that. That all being said, I still enjoyed playing it and I’m happy to finally be able to play it on a modern console.
Great review. Thank you. It actually covers the issues instead of just "LOL Aspyr bad" like other people in the comments. Those comments aren't helpful at all.
Great review. I had the Dreamcast version back in the day and loved it. It was one of the games I missed when I sold my Dreamcast. When I got a PS3 and could play PS1 games I bought the game for the PS1. Boy was that a downgrade. Although the PS3 did clean up the graphics a bit it made me appreciate how good the graphics on the Dreamcast were and the gameplay on the PS1 was noticeably more clunky than Dreamcast. The remaster is what I wanted. I already pre-ordered it to play on my Steam Deck.
As someone who played through the original Tomb Raider Trilogy for the first time while using the Modern Controls option in the remaster, I understand the comment of "tweaking the controls would mess with the level design" because there were several times where platforming felt too easy in TR with multiple instances of me skipping stuff. It's not something you normally think about when remastering an older game but the outdated controls are usually integral to the level design. Now that's not to say I agree with the decision to not improve the controls, just that I understand their response. What they should've done was add some extra toggles in the menus like the TR Trilogy Remaster did. That way people who want the original difficulty could still have it while others could have an easier time.
Wait they tweaked controls in the Tomb Raider remaster? The original game literally auto timed jumps for you, how would you even make it easier? Jumping in TR games is supposed to be mindlessly easy, its everything else thats hard.
@@fearedjames Nah. The timing on the jumps, instead of jumping as soon as you press the button, is what gave the platforming its difficulty in those games. They have a new, optional, control scheme that is modern controls where you push forward and Lara moves upwards on the screen, instead of forward relative to her facing. She now also jumps as soon as you press the button. It is so much easier than it was before. Considering the levels were designed with very specific timing in mind.
But with TR the level design was created with very tight and predictable controls in mind. Movement is the central pillar of the gameplay. With JBP the platforming feels more like an afterthought and not the central mechanic that the player movement and level design are built around. I will still be getting the Remaster (eventually) but then simply adding 15% more distance from a double jump wouldn't have broken anything
@@fearedjames the modern controls in Tomb Raider are faster, and let you do easier banana jumps (Lara turns faster mid-air) and have shorter startup time, which actually makes normal jumps harder. Before, you walked to the edge, made one hop (or three steps) back, held forward and pressed jump, and Lara would kick at the very last moment, giving you maximum possible jump distance. Now you actually have to time it every time. They also removed side jumps, back jumps, back hop and made look button a toggle, which made me give up trying the updated control scheme and switch back to tank controls. Which still have very slow turning and no strafe running. Still easier than not having grid jumps.
@@clintmcbride7830 The original control scheme made it so that you held the jump button, and you auto jumped at the ideal range. It literally auto jumped for you. There was no difficulty at all with jumping in the original Tomb Raider games. You were never supposed to time anything with the slow animations, and the game would jump on a dime for you if that was ideal. Removing auto jumping would make the game harder, and frankly much less enjoyable.
You forgot about what they removed from the game that is in the original. In Stage 1 you were able to destroy the consoles/computers/holograms/screens that would score you points of +50 or +100
Man how dope would it be if they remastered the rogue squadron trilogy, the Starfighter game, and episode three. Some of my favorite Star wars games of all time
1:22 It does not mean that at all. Anyone with basic video editing skills in AfterEffects can do that in post by masking the lightsaber in the videos themselves and changing the hue.
Great video! You've earned a new sub Sir 👍 Here's my feelings as an OG player from back in the day: I understand the developers wanting to be faithful to the original game but, people who played the original back in the day have already had this experience, and even though this was one of my favourite games as I kid, I still remember seeing the problems with it back then and WISHING it was better, at just 10 years old. And so did my friends when I would try and get them to play it with me. They wouldn't tolerate it for long and would always ask to play something else instead, even though they liked Star Wars too 😞 ROMs and original copies of the game still exist for people who want that true retro experience. But for new folks who have never played this title before, they're not going to care or give it a chance due to how old and janky it is. And if they do, they'll feel the same frustrations and disappointment that we did back in the day. The premise and concept of this game is so frickin' cool. It has so much potential, it could even go beyond Episode 1. Lego took this co-op concept and ran with it to great success, but this upscaled port just ain't it Chief. It's not using the idea to it's fullest and it's not enough to revive this Star Wars niche of non-Lego related SW co-op games. While there are some nice touches here and there, I just don't see the point of buying it. If I wanted to punish myself, I could just play the original game.
After not hearing about this Game for apparently 25 years, I feel relieved to find out it wasn't just me who struggled so much with the Platforming. I remember never passing Coruscant
I still consider it one of my greatest achievements in gaming that , together with a friend, we not only managed to complete this game on PS One. We finished on with every character on all difficulties an unlocked every bonus character only to finish the game with those too. Playing today on emulator with save states I can only command our younger selves for sheer endless perseverance. Never knew about the Dreamcast Version, looks interesting. Might have to try it on emulator some day.
Aspyr is one of the laziest companies that get a lot of work because they bang out remasters that are often broken, missing features or like with Kotor, lie to sell you on dlc they would never release. It's cool that we get these games on modern hardware but emulation is incredibly easy these days and would be a better (and cheaper) way to spend your time. Sure it might not look as pretty but you can at least guarantee that it will run the way it was supposed to. Since Kotor I've been very wary of the Aspyr remasters and have sadly been proven right more often than wrong.
As someone who played the hell out of the ps1 version as a kid, so much so that Yoda's laugh is forever burned into my mind, I have bee enjoying the heck out of this game. I feel like its a bit easier than I remember but I have yet to get to the coruscant level which I admittedly never finished as a kid because it was just so brutally hard.
I didn’t played this game back in the days but I did play Episode I The Phantom Menace last year for the first time and I just brought Jedi Power Battle and I be looking forward to playing it for the first time!
I remeber, that game was hell on earth. Super hard. Them u learn by luck and failure. Than u start to understand its mechanics. Then it gets fun to play. And funny as it seems, I played it alot, completing it many times. Play it again? No. Hell no. In memory will be better. Let it be there. New to this? Play QuiGon. He can heal himself. His combos are effective.
cmon i love the game it was that game of our youth played it over and over again with a friend in coop loved the plattforming on the ps1 :D i want a hard mode for this game :D
Did they at least give Darth Maul both sides of his lightsaber when you play as him? In the PS1 version, when you finally unlock him, only one side of his saber is lit.
Honestly, I grew up with ps1 version and I could tell from the trailers that this was based on the Dreamcast version, but I was hoping for at least a “classic mode/mania mode” which kept the controls and level design of the ps1 version. Playing the ps1 version makes this one entirely too easy (from the modern controls to stuff like adding extra platforms on certain jumps to make it easier, taking away the hole in the middle of the stage when fighting the sand rat, no jumps between the conveyor belts in the viceroy ship and even making the cars on Coruscant a bit bigger and faster). They also removed all the destructible items and environments (like the plants, and the video screens on the viceroy ship) but it also slightly changes some levels (like the destructible walls leading to more items and hidden paths in the theed palace). Don’t want to complain too much because I’m happy to have the game around again, but yeah I’m a tiny bit disappointed with some of the choices.
My biggest complaint was the unlockable characters like Maul and Padme can't be upgraded at all. That and there's no option to use the PS1 visuals as personally i find the PS1 version looks better overall with lighting and textures actually looking like stuff from the movie, the DC version's first mission looks nothing like the Trade Federation Control Ships. I'm surprised though that no one is mentioning the fact that each of the playable characters has unique speeds, attack power and defense. Mostly just talking about the main 5 playable Jedi, not sure about the new ones and some of the unlockable characters, so character choice is pretty important if playing solo, it can make the game much easier or harder depending on who you choose.
I played this a lot when I was a kid. I played it a few years ago and was kind of disappointed. I was excited for this and I have to say it’s so much fun. Yes there are some bugs but this is a great game and even more fun in coop.
I never expected them to release this game on pc, let alone Port it to Modern Hardware. Some people have mentioned that some of the PlayStation features are missing, which is definitely a bummer, and I hope that they add those back in in the future, because this sounds really fun, and I'm strongly considering getting it just to relive my childhood
A nice little addendum: you don't actually have to beat the whole campaign to unlock New Game+, you just need to beat Final Battle with any character. I still find it fun to go through all the levels, though.
Having never played the game on Playstation or the Dreamcast - it's a nice pick up, especially as a huge Star Wars fan. Also, I hope that showing our continued support to remastered Star Wars games, will lead Aspyr to remaster other games (ie Episode III!).
I loved this game, but I was terrible at it. I was one of the few who owned it on the Dreamcast, but never unlocked any of the extras. Now as a seasoned gamer, I feel I can take this game on with less hassle than as a kid. I may have to buy this classic gem.
I’m glad plo gets to keep his yellow saber My friends and I played this so much and I’m gonna have to round them back up again so we can play through this one more time 😁😁
The main thing is that I want the destruction from the PS1 version to be there.. Its so weird not being able to destory everything and getting points from it. I was bummed the whole time without it.. Just dont feel complete without that part. I also dont care for having all the stuff unlocked right away. I think seeing all the stages and all the original bonus characters plus the extra one added for the DC release.. I didnt like it then seeing all the stages as well. It also just cheapened it a bit for me. Part of the original experience was messed with there.. And then the missing destruction.. I get that it wasnt in the DC release but most of us played the PS1 version thats a pretty fundamental part of that version of the game to just do no work to add this to this version and make it the ultimate version. I think thats just lazy.. Nightdive would have done that work. Also.. Petpeev.. I play on Xbox.. It has this cool feature called Play Anywhere and that these games dont support this.. It feels extremely shortsighted especially when PC versions are releasing on Steam it makes no sense to not use this awesome feature on the Xbox. So my disappointment just keeps building with this release and Aspyrs general approach to these remasters.. Tomb Raider collections and Soul Reaver collection being handled by Saber are an exception.. Aspyr is getting the credit for their amazing work. Aspyr themselves are lazy easy ports with the most bare bones work done to ship. Nightdive are much like Sabers efforts the definitive way to do these remasters.. Some should be preserved.. Some need minor work to bring them up to a more releasable state. Control tweaks in game as well as controller input tweaks things like that maybe redos of some models in the game or textures.. But with the intension to never lose the originals appeal in these changes and them always being for good reasons not silly current day politics reasons. Upping Laras model for example is great.. The fact you can flip back and forth with the OG graphics as well is so awesome. Croc also looks to be an outstand remaster of a classic title from that period.. I love seeing these games they their dues and reentry into gaming though modern platforms.. Theres so many gems across the PS1,N64,Saturn to PS2, GameCube, Xbox, Dreamcast era and the MS-DOS to XP era of gaming.. Loads that can come over and enjoy new light and success with possibilities of being reborn IPs to boot. So more of these please.. But please do the work to make these definitive versions. Not lazy Aspyr ports. Some more id like to see.. Tenchu 1, 2 and 3. Blood Omen 1, 2 Tekken 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Tag Silent Hill 1 Onimusha 2, 3, 4 Star Wars Dark Forces 2, Jedi Knight 2, Academy. Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds. Diablo 1 GTA 1, London, 2 40 Winks Army Men 3D Ronin Blade Metal Arms Return to Castle Wolfenstein Ect I really could keep going but you get my point.. Hell theres still Star Wars Episode 1 The Official Game, Demolition and Masters of Tera Kesi.. And Shadow of the Empire from that eras consoles that can be ported they will find that original market and some new people wanting to check them out. Theres Rogue Squadron 1, 2, 3 and Naboo Starfighter as well but I feel Nintendo still holds some rights on that particular franchise at least over 2,3 as they personally finances those titles alongside LucasFilm.
Always loved the Episode I game just a bit more than Jedi Power Battles just for being able to go on a rampage with Qui-Gon on Tatooine. For Jedi Power Battles , always thought Padme and Captain Panaka played better being able to shoot everything from a distance. Definitely made bosses easier. 😂😂😂 the memories
I got the dreamcast original with my system recently and that's good enough for me. I played the ps1 version before and while it had some good lighting, the controls were night and day.
Really never thought we would get a remaster of this!…. Absolutely awesome that Aspyr were behind this. Can we have the OG Episode 1 game remastered next? 😂
Would be cool if in the new cover they had Galia have red lightsaber, Plo Kun have yellow lightsaber, Windu have purple lightsaber, Qui Gon have green lightsaber, and Obi-Wan have blue lightsaber...
I still have that game. I was always playing on the PS1 game and not the Dreamcast! I was hoping you can change their light sabers since I still like plo Koon's yellow saber than just blue. Even as a kid I wouldn't want to play as a droid. Nice graphs though.
The survivor mode is insane even on easy, you get hit once and you get stun locked. I wish I could map block to the trigger rather than the bumper because that feels awkward and sticky for something that has to be insanely precise. The timing on laser parry is so tight
…Okay, so I guess we're just gonna' brush past the bit about the Dreamcast menu •hilariously• pasting Mace Windu's head on Obi-wan's body ×D Ahh. Que magnifique…
While i do agree with that Adi Gallia's saber color has been changed from red to blue since there is no way a jedi uses red, I do feel a bit sad that Plo Koon lost his yellow one in the remaster 🥲 I liked that he was so balanced that he used the same color as temple guardians.
I'm glad they included the ability to use the old lightsaber colors. Plot Koon with a yellow blade was always my favorite.
For the reason why I put up the remaster since Plo Koon and ki adi mundi both have Alternate blade colors yellow and purple respectively.
@mrheroprimes ahhh, someone of culture.
Those colors were actually right lore wise. Mace was using Ki adi mundi's lightsaber for a while if I'm correct
@nerotheyoung you're absolutely correct. That was the Legends retcon after Episode 2 came out anyway. Originally Windu had a blue saber simply because of promotional material, games like Power Battles and his action figure came with blue blade before Attack of the Clones gave him a purple blade. They even gave his Episode 1 hilt to Mundi to explain the change and cover the continuity error of the hints not matching between episodes 1 and 2.
@frankrabbit2247 I don't think Lucas would have agreed to yellow lightsabers to be featured in movies (he seemed mostly settled on there being just blue, green and red types) even though these were always quite heavily featured in the EU (yellow being the only primary color missing from the bunch and, hell, even green has yellow in it, so it was natural, even as a kid I found it annoying how there were no movie yellow sabers). The purple for Windu came about only because of SLJ's ego, he almost certainly would have been left with blue otherwise.
That being said, even purple, I think, had been featured in the EU before Clones. Maybe "violet"? I also distinctly remember how Mara Jade carried a "rubin" blade some time at the start of the NJO and I always thought it would look something like Windu's, seeing how weird it was to see a good character with a Sith color.
Can’t believe it’s been 25 years since Jedi power battles first released, I feel old. If only the battlefront classic collection could’ve been better
The battlefront collection was much better after updates
@@PuffPuff903no its not
@ well that’s good to hear they worked on improving it. I was hyped to play battlefront 2 again but held off on buying it because of how bad the reviews were for the classic collection at launch
Everyone crapped about some issue the battlefront classic collection had so it got alot of negative reviews I got it a bit late after the issues had been fixed so I have a very positive experience with that remake
@@7xvmpx7 the problem is that the damage has been done now and there’s literally no one playing online
“We’ve been waiting for you” - gang leader guy on Coruscant level
That line plus the followup synth beats has occasionally popped into my head for the last 20+ years.
The mercenary is playable too
Yama Chi Ya!
@@Rockmankb McKlunkey
Damn coruscant level still haunts me shi was tough af
I have not seen one youtuber point out that by using the dreamcast version there are no destructible things on the environment. It was fun to try and break as much stuff as fast a s possible beofre the other player did, the one who destroyed more stuff got more ponts to buy upgrades. Also on the remastered switch version, the button combo layouts are from the xbox and when you purchase the combo and see the actual button combination on the pause menu, its different. A=B X=Y
THANK YOU. Going through the game, I was second guessing myself at certain points when parts of the environment were not destructible. I was like, I could’ve sworn…
Windows aren't breakable and tanks shooting at buildings do no damage. Half the force powers don't do damage or have wrong radius. Dreamcast version is broken.
Sounds like the dreamcast version sucks lol.
That was a lot of fun on the PS1 version. I loved breaking all the computers.
@@Randomninja47 Having replayed both versions last year, I will say that the Dreamcast version controls WAY better. I grew up with the PS1 version, so I definitely miss smashing rooms up, but I'd give the edge to the DC version for base-level playability
@alexmott507 good to know. Saying it sucks was a bit harsh.
Another "Aspyr Upscaled Textures Inc." Certified Product 👌
Yeah look at this ground texture 7:18
try to boot star wars racer, jesus the 140p resolution image in the beginning is awful
@@josemariatrindadejunior1703 still better than "Aspyr Seal of Quality"
They badly mix the Dreamcast and PS1 interface, wich make a very wear and inconsistancy look
@@josemariatrindadejunior1703 if only Saber (Tomb Raider Remastered) had work on the re-release of Racer instead of Aspyr
Seems like a lot of areas suffered from the removal of vertex colors. The playstation has very deliberate light and shadow painted into the scene, whereas the dreamcast and remaster remove it but don't always replace it with anything, meaning a lot of scenes end up looking flat and dull.
Agreed, the Playstation version had a lot better coloring and details, despite the much lower resolution and aliasing.
Just looking at the side-by-sides, I kept going, "Shoot. I want the PS1 version."
This comparison doesn't make sense because Aspyr ported the version for the Dreamcast, not the PS1.
@@vicviperv When doing a remaster, there's an opportunity to combine the best elements of the prior versions. They could have taken a cue from the PS1 version and retouched the lighting, even though it's mainly based on the DC game. That's clearly outside the scope of the time and budget they wanted to spend on this, but we can dream. :)
@spyhardman if Nightdive did a remaster, something like this would be expected, and since this is the work of Aspyr, it seems that someone managed to hide an emulator well.
Hey there Flandrew. I just wanted to say thank you for making awesome videos here. I have been watching your videos for over a year and they are always quite interesting. It is also unique to see how different games are when released over in the UK versus the US here. Keep up the amazing videos!
This is the review for Jedi Power Battles that we've all been waiting for
"I've been looking forward to this"
Count Dooku voice: Ive been looking forward to this
My friends and I loved playing this when we were really young. It didn't review well but used to have so much fun with this. I think I want to play it again.
Aspyr seem to always do the bare minimum for these remasters.
Indeed
Didn't Aspyr do the Soul Reaver Remasters? I can promise you they weren't half assed. They actually got really die hard fans to work on the remaster, adding back in a shit ton of cut content from the first game.
@@SurvivalHorror100By “these remasters”, I’m pretty sure they meant the Star Wars games remasters, not just Aspyr’s remasters as a whole.
-Letting you swap between original and current saber colours
-modern and classic controls
-new characters
If this is "bare minimum" my word, people have high expectations...
@@Leinad0001its like, I dont want them changing much, modern game design is bad game design.
I was shocked you can not destroy the environement anymore. I remember going through level 1 with a buddy back in 2000 and smashing all consoles and screens in the ship to get some extra points. I missed this, but also im kinda glad you can reach a good score to "level up" without spending time smashing everything within your sight.
It still insane that we got an Jedi Power Battles remaster before an Kotor Remake
@@lulukomadori9651 true I wonder if we’ll ever get a KOTOR remake at this point. I wanted obsidians KOTOR 3 most and imperial commando and bf3, but doubt those will ever happen
@@aamirrazak3467 I also wish we got a Kotor 3 and now that I think about the Kotor remake, I wonder if they will either integrate it into current Star Wars canon or give it similar treatment to the Final Fantasy 7 remakes
That's because Aspyr is a horrendous company and got kicked off the KOTOR Remake because Sony saw how shit it was. Putting together bare-bones remasters of PS1 and PS2 games is the most this company can handle, and considering how horrible the Classic Battlefront collection was, really they can't even do that right.
Honestly, I don't want modern Bioware to touch KOTOR.
@gungaloscrungalo8925 also true, just sad how there more of an chance of the thing being cancelled or being ruin by an modern developer
I still believe it was a missed opportunity to include other prequel era Jedi as new playable characters.
It would’ve been cool but all the characters they added were already in the game.
@@micshork true would’ve been cool to play as more prequel Jedi
They'll probably be a mod out on pc at some point
@@HollowRick If somebody can figure out the propietary model format, possibly.
Syfo Dyas, Yoda, and Count Dooku would be cool.
And now we wait for the Darth Jar Jar Mods
Plo Koon not having the yellow sabre is a bummer, man
Agreed with the pre-rendered cutscenes. Luckily for the actual gameplay (from my understanding), you can change his saber back to his yellow color on the character select screen and play through the game with it.
As a huge star wars fan who never had a PS1 or Dreamcast, this looks pretty fun. Not $20 of fun, but a good 50% off sale might just do the trick.
I haven't played this either back than and it looked like a fun game, so i got it on Gog for 18€.
It is worth getting, so if you see the first discount (that will come sooner than later), go for it.
The Plattforming isn't aaas difficult, just kill all the Enemies before you jump.
The hardest Thing yet was protecting Amidala, as Enemies like to stand near her and so you kill her by accident...
Its not a perfect Game, but its fun and i bet with a second Player more so.
@@Azuris190 this is a port of Dreamcast version, they changed a bunch of most annoying platforming parts, first level had that electric tunnel that's now easy as pie, the giant pistons don't have a second level (or extra life there you could farm by picking the next one and falling before checkpoint) and game is overall much easier and less slippery.
@@Azuris190I love Breath of Fire .
@KasumiRINA Out of curiosity i played the PSX Version yesterday a bit.
The electric Tunnel Part is really much easier, i would say they changed it for the better.
From what i see, they should have made the Shadows of the Characters darker, so that you can see where you will land. This would make it easier.
Somehow i feel that the Rerelease feels better to play
I tested the Dreamcast Version beforehead and i got hit way more often, not sure if they eliminated a bit of Lag.
its worth of 20e for sure, more then anything we have in last decade, its actual star wars game, not made by disney.
I don’t know why they keep calling these ports with minor enhancements "remasters".
Because a remaster merely upscales to play on modern consoles and add on content they originally had in mind. Remakes remake the game altogether
they dont, its not said anywhere its remastered, just youtube clickbait
@@whatlmao the game is remasterd cry about it
That's what a remaster is.
Because that's exactly what a remaster is. In games, movies, albums etc.
Is this anyone elses comfort channel?
Yep. Before bedtime, it's my "ritual" to watch a few of his videos.
Yep. I have the flu right now and even though I can't suffer through most TV shows I can still relax and enjoy some nostalgia thanks to Flandrew, thanks man!
Pretty much
I'm hoping we get a remaster of Dark Forces 2 Jedi Knight, that game can be a pain to get running on modern PCs.
Yes! My favorite star wars game ever
Then make sure to buy the Dark Forces Remaster. The more it sells, the more likely it is they'll remaster the sequel.
Just use open JKDF2 It's easy to install
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@@rabidrobbie Way ahead of you on that lol
I always loved this game! I especially love when Yoda chuckles after picking up an item.
7:09 according to visual dictionary every single handmaide was skilled in combat, was carrying a gun and was smart and athletic
12:43 No sorry, gameplay-wise this is a downgrade to PS1 version where windows, computers and even buildings were destructible. They needed to combine PlayStation features with Dreamcast extra content but this is just a direct, buggy port of DC version.
Yeah I am disappointed it doesn't have the PS1 perks.
I loved this game when I was a kid, I played the PS1 version so many times that when I played this remaster as an adult, I kept accidently hitting circle to jump instead of X - it’s that deeply ingrained. While I did enjoy replaying this game - even getting to play levels I never had a chance to play originally (You had to beat the game as Plo Koon to get the Droideka level and I could never beat Maul as him) - I have to say this remaster needed a lot more love in its creation than it actually got.
I’ve seen a lot of glitches in my playthrough, particularly when playing as one of the 13 “new” playable characters. You can’t beat certain levels with some of these characters unless it’s two player co op, like the Trade Federation level when you need to destroy the Droid fighter - if you can’t deflect the blaster fire back, you can’t beat the level.
It’s fun playing as the loader droid but the level can’t always handle it, I was playing two player co op with two of the 13 characters and it kept glitching at the same spot in Coruscant.
Certain dialogue doesn’t happen in the levels, even with the normally playable characters - it would have been nice if they’d done a bit of voice acting for the new characters (imagine the tusken raider making the noises when talking to the queen).
I think the co op option should have been made a split screen, as this was a sore point for me playing it originally as well. You always had to stick together but sometimes the platforming didn’t allow for that.
That all being said, I still enjoyed playing it and I’m happy to finally be able to play it on a modern console.
Great review. Thank you. It actually covers the issues instead of just "LOL Aspyr bad" like other people in the comments. Those comments aren't helpful at all.
Great review. I had the Dreamcast version back in the day and loved it. It was one of the games I missed when I sold my Dreamcast. When I got a PS3 and could play PS1 games I bought the game for the PS1. Boy was that a downgrade. Although the PS3 did clean up the graphics a bit it made me appreciate how good the graphics on the Dreamcast were and the gameplay on the PS1 was noticeably more clunky than Dreamcast. The remaster is what I wanted. I already pre-ordered it to play on my Steam Deck.
Pre-ordered? Isn't it already out?
I've had a ton of fun playing this remaster. Now we can only hope they remaster the PS1 TPM game!
0:25 Qui-Gon Gunn got crushed by the boulder.😂
I like how you can tell how much fun he's having here
Jar Jar is now a playable character
If you get this game for PC - Make sure you have a Controller. With it, its a pretty decent experience.
Wow you really sold the game with this comment
Isn't that a give for any action games?
As someone who played through the original Tomb Raider Trilogy for the first time while using the Modern Controls option in the remaster, I understand the comment of "tweaking the controls would mess with the level design" because there were several times where platforming felt too easy in TR with multiple instances of me skipping stuff. It's not something you normally think about when remastering an older game but the outdated controls are usually integral to the level design.
Now that's not to say I agree with the decision to not improve the controls, just that I understand their response.
What they should've done was add some extra toggles in the menus like the TR Trilogy Remaster did. That way people who want the original difficulty could still have it while others could have an easier time.
Wait they tweaked controls in the Tomb Raider remaster? The original game literally auto timed jumps for you, how would you even make it easier? Jumping in TR games is supposed to be mindlessly easy, its everything else thats hard.
@@fearedjames Nah. The timing on the jumps, instead of jumping as soon as you press the button, is what gave the platforming its difficulty in those games. They have a new, optional, control scheme that is modern controls where you push forward and Lara moves upwards on the screen, instead of forward relative to her facing. She now also jumps as soon as you press the button. It is so much easier than it was before. Considering the levels were designed with very specific timing in mind.
But with TR the level design was created with very tight and predictable controls in mind. Movement is the central pillar of the gameplay. With JBP the platforming feels more like an afterthought and not the central mechanic that the player movement and level design are built around. I will still be getting the Remaster (eventually) but then simply adding 15% more distance from a double jump wouldn't have broken anything
@@fearedjames the modern controls in Tomb Raider are faster, and let you do easier banana jumps (Lara turns faster mid-air) and have shorter startup time, which actually makes normal jumps harder. Before, you walked to the edge, made one hop (or three steps) back, held forward and pressed jump, and Lara would kick at the very last moment, giving you maximum possible jump distance. Now you actually have to time it every time. They also removed side jumps, back jumps, back hop and made look button a toggle, which made me give up trying the updated control scheme and switch back to tank controls. Which still have very slow turning and no strafe running. Still easier than not having grid jumps.
@@clintmcbride7830 The original control scheme made it so that you held the jump button, and you auto jumped at the ideal range.
It literally auto jumped for you. There was no difficulty at all with jumping in the original Tomb Raider games. You were never supposed to time anything with the slow animations, and the game would jump on a dime for you if that was ideal.
Removing auto jumping would make the game harder, and frankly much less enjoyable.
As soon as I saw it on Steam, I knew I had to check my YT feed for a Flandrew video.
You forgot about what they removed from the game that is in the original. In Stage 1 you were able to destroy the consoles/computers/holograms/screens that would score you points of +50 or +100
From what I’ve read from other people’s comments, the removal of destructible items happened with the Dreamcast release.
I love this game so much. It was one of my biggest introductions to the franchise at the time.
Can't believe it's been 25 years since Jedi Power Battles and we still haven't got Episode II.
I find it weird that Episode II never had an actual tie-in game, only games that take place around the movie's events.
@viciousthehedgehog9585 tbf, a dating sim between Anakin and Padme is not everyone's cup of tea.
@macrobov Well, it could've focused on action packed events such as the Coruscant Chase, the Kamino Investigation and the Battle of Geonosis.
definitely needed a quick save mode.
I hope it be a patch it is still a hard game
@@erictate5135 Definitely but at least the DC version was the guinea pig and not the PS1 version.
Now i'm getting repeated platform fail flash backs thanks to that damn Coruscant level.
*in the voice of Count Dooky* "I've been looking forward to this"
Man how dope would it be if they remastered the rogue squadron trilogy, the Starfighter game, and episode three. Some of my favorite Star wars games of all time
1:22 It does not mean that at all. Anyone with basic video editing skills in AfterEffects can do that in post by masking the lightsaber in the videos themselves and changing the hue.
A good thing they made Glup Shitto available from the start. Went to a lot of trouble to unlock him back in the day
I never realized there was such a difference between the PS1 and Dreamcast versions. Glad I played it on Dreamcast.
Remember playing this with my
Brother back then 25 years ago ❤ lots of memories
Great video! You've earned a new sub Sir 👍
Here's my feelings as an OG player from back in the day:
I understand the developers wanting to be faithful to the original game but, people who played the original back in the day have already had this experience, and even though this was one of my favourite games as I kid, I still remember seeing the problems with it back then and WISHING it was better, at just 10 years old. And so did my friends when I would try and get them to play it with me. They wouldn't tolerate it for long and would always ask to play something else instead, even though they liked Star Wars too 😞
ROMs and original copies of the game still exist for people who want that true retro experience. But for new folks who have never played this title before, they're not going to care or give it a chance due to how old and janky it is. And if they do, they'll feel the same frustrations and disappointment that we did back in the day.
The premise and concept of this game is so frickin' cool. It has so much potential, it could even go beyond Episode 1. Lego took this co-op concept and ran with it to great success, but this upscaled port just ain't it Chief. It's not using the idea to it's fullest and it's not enough to revive this Star Wars niche of non-Lego related SW co-op games.
While there are some nice touches here and there, I just don't see the point of buying it. If I wanted to punish myself, I could just play the original game.
I completely forgot about the absolute comedy that is 10:24 lmao
12:04 Oh so that's how Jar Jar became a Sith warrior, who'd a thunk?
Wow. I never expected this game to be remastered.
What's next? "Masters Of Teras Kasi"?
one can only hope!
Wow you have to be a 90's kid. These were the two star wars games I had on ps1
After not hearing about this Game for apparently 25 years, I feel relieved to find out it wasn't just me who struggled so much with the Platforming. I remember never passing Coruscant
I still consider it one of my greatest achievements in gaming that , together with a friend, we not only managed to complete this game on PS One. We finished on with every character on all difficulties an unlocked every bonus character only to finish the game with those too.
Playing today on emulator with save states I can only command our younger selves for sheer endless perseverance.
Never knew about the Dreamcast Version, looks interesting. Might have to try it on emulator some day.
Aw man, Orange sabre Plo Koon was my favourite.
It's a shame they couldn't add interpolation, all the characters still animate at 30fps
This is so cool! I never completed the game as a kid; I only got to level 3, but I still feel the nostalgia!
Aspyr is one of the laziest companies that get a lot of work because they bang out remasters that are often broken, missing features or like with Kotor, lie to sell you on dlc they would never release. It's cool that we get these games on modern hardware but emulation is incredibly easy these days and would be a better (and cheaper) way to spend your time. Sure it might not look as pretty but you can at least guarantee that it will run the way it was supposed to. Since Kotor I've been very wary of the Aspyr remasters and have sadly been proven right more often than wrong.
Just finished this game
I grew up with PlayStation game so this was improvement
For $20 it's not bad.
As someone who played the hell out of the ps1 version as a kid, so much so that Yoda's laugh is forever burned into my mind, I have bee enjoying the heck out of this game. I feel like its a bit easier than I remember but I have yet to get to the coruscant level which I admittedly never finished as a kid because it was just so brutally hard.
Your Liam Neeson impressions are very funny! 😂
im pretty sure the hand to hand combat is teras kasai
I didn’t played this game back in the days but I did play Episode I The Phantom Menace last year for the first time and I just brought Jedi Power Battle and I be looking forward to playing it for the first time!
I remeber, that game was hell on earth. Super hard.
Them u learn by luck and failure. Than u start to understand its mechanics.
Then it gets fun to play.
And funny as it seems, I played it alot, completing it many times.
Play it again? No. Hell no. In memory will be better. Let it be there.
New to this? Play QuiGon. He can heal himself. His combos are effective.
cmon i love the game it was that game of our youth played it over and over again with a friend in coop loved the plattforming on the ps1 :D i want a hard mode for this game :D
Did they at least give Darth Maul both sides of his lightsaber when you play as him? In the PS1 version, when you finally unlock him, only one side of his saber is lit.
Honestly, I grew up with ps1 version and I could tell from the trailers that this was based on the Dreamcast version, but I was hoping for at least a “classic mode/mania mode” which kept the controls and level design of the ps1 version.
Playing the ps1 version makes this one entirely too easy (from the modern controls to stuff like adding extra platforms on certain jumps to make it easier, taking away the hole in the middle of the stage when fighting the sand rat, no jumps between the conveyor belts in the viceroy ship and even making the cars on Coruscant a bit bigger and faster).
They also removed all the destructible items and environments (like the plants, and the video screens on the viceroy ship) but it also slightly changes some levels (like the destructible walls leading to more items and hidden paths in the theed palace).
Don’t want to complain too much because I’m happy to have the game around again, but yeah I’m a tiny bit disappointed with some of the choices.
My biggest complaint was the unlockable characters like Maul and Padme can't be upgraded at all. That and there's no option to use the PS1 visuals as personally i find the PS1 version looks better overall with lighting and textures actually looking like stuff from the movie, the DC version's first mission looks nothing like the Trade Federation Control Ships. I'm surprised though that no one is mentioning the fact that each of the playable characters has unique speeds, attack power and defense. Mostly just talking about the main 5 playable Jedi, not sure about the new ones and some of the unlockable characters, so character choice is pretty important if playing solo, it can make the game much easier or harder depending on who you choose.
Am I the only one who remembers being able to smash control panels
I played this a lot when I was a kid. I played it a few years ago and was kind of disappointed. I was excited for this and I have to say it’s so much fun. Yes there are some bugs but this is a great game and even more fun in coop.
I played the Dreamcast version and it was probably one of my favorite games for the system!
I never expected them to release this game on pc, let alone Port it to Modern Hardware. Some people have mentioned that some of the PlayStation features are missing, which is definitely a bummer, and I hope that they add those back in in the future, because this sounds really fun, and I'm strongly considering getting it just to relive my childhood
I love this. Definitely still fun.
A nice little addendum: you don't actually have to beat the whole campaign to unlock New Game+, you just need to beat Final Battle with any character. I still find it fun to go through all the levels, though.
Having never played the game on Playstation or the Dreamcast - it's a nice pick up, especially as a huge Star Wars fan. Also, I hope that showing our continued support to remastered Star Wars games, will lead Aspyr to remaster other games (ie Episode III!).
I never knew about this game until now. Actually looks pretty fun
This is a surprising remaster
I loved this game, but I was terrible at it. I was one of the few who owned it on the Dreamcast, but never unlocked any of the extras. Now as a seasoned gamer, I feel I can take this game on with less hassle than as a kid. I may have to buy this classic gem.
Great video!
They should fix the game crashing at the elevator on the Coruscant level....
I’m glad plo gets to keep his yellow saber
My friends and I played this so much and I’m gonna have to round them back up again so we can play through this one more time 😁😁
Though I played and completed it on both PS1/Dreamcast back in the day, I will definitely get this if only for nostalgic reasons.
The main thing is that I want the destruction from the PS1 version to be there.. Its so weird not being able to destory everything and getting points from it.
I was bummed the whole time without it.. Just dont feel complete without that part. I also dont care for having all the stuff unlocked right away. I think seeing all the stages and all the original bonus characters plus the extra one added for the DC release.. I didnt like it then seeing all the stages as well. It also just cheapened it a bit for me. Part of the original experience was messed with there.. And then the missing destruction.. I get that it wasnt in the DC release but most of us played the PS1 version thats a pretty fundamental part of that version of the game to just do no work to add this to this version and make it the ultimate version.
I think thats just lazy.. Nightdive would have done that work.
Also.. Petpeev.. I play on Xbox.. It has this cool feature called Play Anywhere and that these games dont support this.. It feels extremely shortsighted especially when PC versions are releasing on Steam it makes no sense to not use this awesome feature on the Xbox.
So my disappointment just keeps building with this release and Aspyrs general approach to these remasters..
Tomb Raider collections and Soul Reaver collection being handled by Saber are an exception.. Aspyr is getting the credit for their amazing work.
Aspyr themselves are lazy easy ports with the most bare bones work done to ship.
Nightdive are much like Sabers efforts the definitive way to do these remasters.. Some should be preserved.. Some need minor work to bring them up to a more releasable state. Control tweaks in game as well as controller input tweaks things like that maybe redos of some models in the game or textures.. But with the intension to never lose the originals appeal in these changes and them always being for good reasons not silly current day politics reasons.
Upping Laras model for example is great.. The fact you can flip back and forth with the OG graphics as well is so awesome.
Croc also looks to be an outstand remaster of a classic title from that period.. I love seeing these games they their dues and reentry into gaming though modern platforms.. Theres so many gems across the PS1,N64,Saturn to PS2, GameCube, Xbox, Dreamcast era and the MS-DOS to XP era of gaming.. Loads that can come over and enjoy new light and success with possibilities of being reborn IPs to boot.
So more of these please.. But please do the work to make these definitive versions. Not lazy Aspyr ports.
Some more id like to see..
Tenchu 1, 2 and 3.
Blood Omen 1, 2
Tekken 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Tag
Silent Hill 1
Onimusha 2, 3, 4
Star Wars Dark Forces 2, Jedi Knight 2, Academy.
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds.
Diablo 1
GTA 1, London, 2
40 Winks
Army Men 3D
Ronin Blade
Metal Arms
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Ect
I really could keep going but you get my point.. Hell theres still Star Wars Episode 1 The Official Game, Demolition and Masters of Tera Kesi.. And Shadow of the Empire from that eras consoles that can be ported they will find that original market and some new people wanting to check them out.
Theres Rogue Squadron 1, 2, 3 and Naboo Starfighter as well but I feel Nintendo still holds some rights on that particular franchise at least over 2,3 as they personally finances those titles alongside LucasFilm.
Always loved the Episode I game just a bit more than Jedi Power Battles just for being able to go on a rampage with Qui-Gon on Tatooine.
For Jedi Power Battles , always thought Padme and Captain Panaka played better being able to shoot everything from a distance. Definitely made bosses easier.
😂😂😂 the memories
I really hope they do the Episode 3 game next, it was a genuinely well made game that would sell like hot cakes as a remaster on PC.
Its not a remaster its a port. They didn't advertise anywhere that this is a remaster
I got the dreamcast original with my system recently and that's good enough for me. I played the ps1 version before and while it had some good lighting, the controls were night and day.
Really never thought we would get a remaster of this!…. Absolutely awesome that Aspyr were behind this. Can we have the OG Episode 1 game remastered next? 😂
Would be cool if in the new cover they had Galia have red lightsaber, Plo Kun have yellow lightsaber, Windu have purple lightsaber, Qui Gon have green lightsaber, and Obi-Wan have blue lightsaber...
Cool video, thanks!
I'm one of the 80k who had this for DC apparently. I still have my copy too.
0:35 It reminded me of the Compy Level in The Lost World: Jurassic Park on the PlayStation.
Been waiting for you to upload a video on the remaster since it dropped! Indiana Jones and the Statf of Kings on PS5 next?!
I'm honestly just so happy for a remaster. More Star Wars games made available on newer platforms the better.
I loved this game in my childhood.
Qui-Gon-Jinn Driving a Tank? Cooooooool
I played the Dreamcast version and I’m glad that it was that version that got ported and updated
Thank you. Confirmed that this isn't a game for me and that nostalgia is required.
I still have that game. I was always playing on the PS1 game and not the Dreamcast! I was hoping you can change their light sabers since I still like plo Koon's yellow saber than just blue. Even as a kid I wouldn't want to play as a droid. Nice graphs though.
The survivor mode is insane even on easy, you get hit once and you get stun locked. I wish I could map block to the trigger rather than the bumper because that feels awkward and sticky for something that has to be insanely precise. The timing on laser parry is so tight
…Okay, so I guess we're just gonna' brush past the bit about the Dreamcast menu •hilariously• pasting Mace Windu's head on Obi-wan's body ×D Ahh. Que magnifique…
While i do agree with that Adi Gallia's saber color has been changed from red to blue since there is no way a jedi uses red, I do feel a bit sad that Plo Koon lost his yellow one in the remaster 🥲 I liked that he was so balanced that he used the same color as temple guardians.
I need this to come to PC so the mod community can tweak it
Damn, the original Dreamcast lightsabers look leagues better.
Love your videos man! Could you do one on the Michael Bay Transformers movie games??