Ok its the same developers, but they have just used their Vigilante 8 engine and transplanted it on to a Star Wars Franchise....the only problem being that Vigilante 8 was almost 2 years old by the time this came out !!
The actual arenas are very good ( well the ones that were actually in the movies and not just stuck together...badly...by the designers )
The battle of Hoth is great, but you soon realise that you'd rather but involved in that than the actual game.
Graphically everything runs fairly smoothly, but ( and its a big BUT ) every vehicle is too bouyant and nothing grips ( OK I know that this isn't Twisted Metal and that most vehicles actually hover )
You seem to spend more time fighting the controls than actually hunting down the CPU vehicles. The Rancor looks great but trying to turn him around to attack anyone who flys past you is a joke.
All weapons run down far too quickly so you spend far too much time looking for energy points or weapon bots so your encounters with other vehicles is far too short.
Yes there is a 2 player versus and co-op story mode, and a hunt the bot where you have to kill more bots that litter the arena than your friend, but it NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
Buy Twisted Metal 2, the vehicles are easier to control, you spend more time actually in combat ( not bad considering that its a vehicle combat game ) and it is probably dirt cheap in a bargin bin somewhere !
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