Star Wars Battlepod arcade game

[JD]

Finally made it to Dave & Busters to play this and left a little underwhelmed. It is really cool and the surround aspects of it is pretty darn cool - there's even some wind effects. The visuals looked under-rendered and much, much less than HD (too much pixelation) and that was a bit distraction.

The gameplay was "meh" as well. I never really felt like I was in real control of the X-Wing and it seemed to have it's preset course that it continued on no matter which way you pulled the joystick. The "flight patterns" may've been realistic... but that also hurt playability.

 

[Satxer]

I thoroughly enjoyed the game. I manage to complete the mission on all levels. I even like the Vaders Revenge level, interesting concept.

 

[ghostryder]

http://www.disney.co.jp/games/news/20150422_01.html

 

[ghostryder]

http://collider.com/this-star-wars-video-game-costs-100000/

 

[Riceball]

Disney really needs to put one of these in at the Tomorrowland arcade at Disneyland, better yet, put several in, they have plenty of room in the unused upstairs portion of the arcade.

 

[harrisonp]

From that video above it just looks overstuffed will all of those pop-ups, like Fruit Ninja or something. In the first 3 seconds he passes like 25 TIEs that are completely inconsequential. I would still like to give it a try, though I can't help but feel that an HD remaster of the great OT cabinet game could have been just as good if not better. I've spent WAAAY too much money playing through that game, and to this day I will sit down and feed it a couple of quarters if I see one.

 

[glunark]

Played it today, from outside the pod the graphics and colours looked great, but once you are inside it seems low rez and washed out.

It cost me 2 pound to play, and after I blew up the death star I thought it would go to the Hoth level, but if you want that you have to put another pound in, which seems a bit of a rip off.

The level itself seemed so easy, that it has almost no reply value.

A bit of a disappointment really.

 

[Cephus]

Seriously, the graphics don't look very good at all. When you can get near photo-realism on modern consoles, this doesn't look nearly as good as what I can sit at home and play all day.

 

[Treadwell]

Another rail shooter, looks like.

 

[jcoffman99]

Played this at the mall of America yesterday. They put the machine in the entry way right where the sun shines in. I couldn't see anything. Horrible placement. I only played once.

 

[Treadwell]

Played it all the way through the other day.
It is awesome in every way except the most important: game play. Very little of what you do has any impact whatsoever. The same enemies will come and go whether you shoot them or not. Very narrow range of controllable motion, and I didn't get the sense that I really was avoiding anything. I felt like those little kids who step up to a game in demo mode, push buttons and think they're controlling it.

And this game is certainly not alone in this, but, (someone get my old man cane so I can wave it), it is complete BULL**** that if you complete a level successfully you STILL have to pay to continue. Used to be you could play until you died.

...but does one ever die in this game? I didn't see it happen. You either achieve the objective or you don't, but the level plays through.

No replay value.

 

[ghostryder]

New standard edition:

http://arcadeheroes.com/2015/08/14/aama-star-wars-battle-pod-sonic-dash-crossy-road/

 

[ghostryder]

 

[Jeyl]

Oh, no. That Star Wars logo is going to buuuurn that screen.

 

[ghostryder]

Hah, there's a new site where you can order your very own:

http://www.starwarsbattlepod.com/personal-use/?swl=1