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Star Wars BattlefrontElite SquadronSCORE: <strong>60</strong>Star Wars gamesare everywhereon almost everysystem. Kids enjoygett<strong>in</strong>g to take onthe role of characters<strong>in</strong> this universe.In Star WarsBattlefront EliteSquadron we takepart <strong>in</strong> a major war.It is Star WARS afterall. So we have tohave some k<strong>in</strong>d of a war. StarWars Battlefront Elite Squadron<strong>in</strong>clude levels where we shootwith guns, and levels where wefly vehicles and do more shoot<strong>in</strong>g.There is not much diversity <strong>in</strong>Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadron.At least until we have to fightbosses like General Grievous.Then we actually have to th<strong>in</strong>kabout how to defeat them.Graphically Star WarsBattlefront Elite Squadron is filledwith violence. Constantly shoot<strong>in</strong>g,kill<strong>in</strong>g, and blow<strong>in</strong>g objectsup. This grows bor<strong>in</strong>g after a fewlevels. The level of detail <strong>in</strong> StarWars Battlefront Elite Squadronis disappo<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g to me. I can tellwhat the characters are, but theydo not conta<strong>in</strong> much detail. Thisis a N<strong>in</strong>tendo DS game after all.The graphics are also gra<strong>in</strong>y and<strong>in</strong> many places dark.Do you know the StarWars music? If you do then youknow what to expect <strong>in</strong> Star WarsBattlefront Elite Squadron. Thestoryl<strong>in</strong>e can be <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g if youare <strong>in</strong>to the Star Wars universe.We go from missions to mission<strong>in</strong> Star Wars Battlefront EliteSquadron.I picked up Star WarsBattlefront Elite Squadron froma barga<strong>in</strong> b<strong>in</strong> as a used game. Itwas a decent price. The biggestproblem with the replay valueto Star Wars Battlefront EliteSquadron is the entire game ismonotonous. I grew bored of thelevels, and even fell asleep whileplay<strong>in</strong>g one.Go<strong>in</strong>g between land levelsand space levelsis an attemptto provide theplayer diversity.I found the spacelevels <strong>in</strong> Star WarsBattlefront EliteSquadron confus<strong>in</strong>g.Try<strong>in</strong>g to f<strong>in</strong>dsome of the th<strong>in</strong>gsto shoot was not always easy.Thankfully there are po<strong>in</strong>ts tohelp. Which made this N<strong>in</strong>tendoDS game even more bor<strong>in</strong>g.Star Wars Battlefront EliteSquadron is very k<strong>in</strong>d to theplayer with th<strong>in</strong>gs like auto-lockons. So the only reason to movearound is to avoid gett<strong>in</strong>g hit.That and mov<strong>in</strong>g to the next area.Many of the characters <strong>in</strong> StarWars Battlefront Elite Squadronare the same.I grew tired of digitallymurder<strong>in</strong>g all of the same look<strong>in</strong>gcharacters <strong>in</strong> Star WarsBattlefront Elite Squadron. Howmany hours can we spend kill<strong>in</strong>goff creatures? What is the po<strong>in</strong>tof all of the death <strong>in</strong> Star WarsBattlefront Elite Squadron? Arewe always kill<strong>in</strong>g off the hordesof evil rulers? Does it make youwant to kill the m<strong>in</strong>ions of thoseGod allowed <strong>in</strong> power over you?I was tempted to follow that pathmyself. But I decided to choosethe path of hope.- MarkPublisher: LucasArtsSystem: N<strong>in</strong>tendo DSRat<strong>in</strong>g: ‘E10+’ - Everyone 10+{Fantasy Violence}Graphics: 50%Sounds: 66%Replay/Extras: 71%Gameplay: <strong>60</strong>%<strong>Family</strong> <strong>Friendly</strong> Factor: 54%<strong>Family</strong> <strong>Friendly</strong> <strong>Gam<strong>in</strong>g</strong> 28

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