Star Wars: Obi-Wan

Star Wars: Obi-Wan
Developer(s) LucasArts
Publisher(s) LucasArts
Director(s) Dan Connors
Designer(s) Christopher Ross
Platform(s) Xbox
Release date(s)
  • NA: December 19, 2001
  • EU: March 29, 2002
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single player Story
Multiplayer Jedi Battle

Star Wars: Obi-Wan is a 2001 video game published by LucasArts, one of the early titles for the Xbox gaming console. This game features Obi-Wan Kenobi as a Padawan and takes place in around 32 B.B.Y., in the weeks prior to and during the events of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.

At the beginning of the development, the game was intended for a PC release —- and was even rumored by PC Gamer to be a "sequel" to Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II —- emphasizing on mouse control of the Jedi lightsaber. However, it was soon scrapped and shifted to exclusive Xbox development, allegedly due to lack of performance on the PC platform. Plans for objective based multiplayer modes and online play were also scrapped. After the release, Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance versions were also planned but they were cancelled due to mediocre reviews.

Obi-Wan takes on the Training Droid

Multiplayer

Star Wars: Obi-Wan supports a multiplayer mode called Jedi Battle. In this mode you can fight against a friend as any one of the Jedi characters you have unlocked. Characters may be unlocked by defeating them in the single player Jedi arena.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings59.78%[1]
Metacritic58/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame[3]
EGM4.17/10[4]
Eurogamer4/10[5]
Game Informer6.25/10[6]
GamePro[7]
Game RevolutionC+[8]
GameSpot4.6/10[9]
GameSpy63%[10]
GameZone8.8/10[11]
IGN5.9/10[12]
OXM (US)7/10[13]
Maxim4/10[14]

Star Wars: Obi-Wan was met with very mixed reception upon release; GameRankings gave it a score of 59.78%,[1] while Metacritic gave it 58 out of 100.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Star Wars: Obi-Wan for Xbox". GameRankings. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Star Wars: Obi-Wan for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  3. ↑ Marriott, Scott Alan. "Star Wars: Obi-Wan - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 20, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ EGM staff (February 2002). "Star Wars: Obi-Wan". Electronic Gaming Monthly (152): 168.
  5. ↑ Bramwell, Tom (April 9, 2002). "Star Wars Obi-Wan". Eurogamer. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  6. ↑ Reiner, Andrew (February 2002). "Star Wars Obi-Wan". Game Informer (106): 90. Archived from the original on November 15, 2004. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  7. ↑ Pong Sifu (December 17, 2001). "Star Wars: Obi-Wan Review for Xbox on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 7, 2005. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  8. ↑ G-Wok (December 2001). "Star Wars: Obi-Wan Review". Game Revolution. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  9. ↑ Lopez, Miguel (January 7, 2002). "Star Wars: Obi-Wan Review". GameSpot. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  10. ↑ Chick, Tom (January 6, 2002). "Star Wars: Obi-Wan". GameSpy. Archived from the original on January 12, 2005. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  11. ↑ Lafferty, Michael (December 27, 2001). "Star Wars Obi-Wan Review - Xbox". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  12. ↑ Boulding, Aaron (January 2, 2002). "Star Wars: Obi-Wan". IGN. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Star Wars: Obi-Wan". Official Xbox Magazine: 78. February 2002.
  14. ↑ Boyce, Ryan (December 21, 2001). "Star Wars: Obi-Wan". Maxim. Archived from the original on February 4, 2002. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
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