Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Collector's CD-ROM

The Good
At first I cam from Wing Commander, and this game was so different. The ship moved strange, the radar was strange, and that little TIE fighter had no shields.

But after some time I grew into this game. It was just amazing. Primary, Secondary, Secret Targets, in game on-going story. You actually felt like a Imperial Pilot. It was just saw awesome. And if you put together with that wonderful music, the whole thing blew you away.

I think I never played any better Space fighter game than this. The missions were difficult but never too difficult. Sometimes of course the enemies AI was rather dumb, but that happend never too often.

Oh yeah, and nothing is more exciting than flying towards your target, putting all shields to forward, adjusting shields, laser, ion, beam energy. Gosh thats just so great.

I really have to play that game again :)

The Bad
umm ... actually nothing. Except I wished it had textures on the game, but hey, that was 1995 ...

The Bottom Line
If you like dog-fighting, get this. Just get it, play it. This game is from a time where games had a really story a real one, not just a fake stupid one. No real wonderful ongoing story ...

The Good
The story is the driving force of this game, and is what makes you want to keep playing constantly. It is so utterly involving and unfolds at a good speed. Missions have secret goals which are fun and interesting to discover for yourself, making you want to play missions again on a different difficulty setting.

The Bad
The new CD version uses the appalling X-wing Vs. TIE Fighter engine, which does take something away from the original way things worked. However, I should note that it has been modified to play more like the original game, so overall it isn't a big issue.

The Bottom Line
This is a HUGE epic game, drawing you in with great graphics and the perfect control system. Flying for the bad guys is great fun too.

The Good
TIE Fighter was a great improvement on an already excellent space-sim, whose only fault was its often unreasonable level of difficulty. Besides the obvious technical improvements, players had the rare opportunity to play the part of the evil Imperials. This CD version sports slightly better graphics than the original and, much like the X-Wing CD version, contains the excellent add-on. In Defender of the Empire, where you witness the epic tale of Admiral Thrawn's failure to implement the famed cloaking device into Imperial capital ships and bring the Empire to its former glory.

The Bad
I truly can't think of a reason why any space-sim or Star Wars fan would not like this game.

The Bottom Line
This game along with quite a few other Star Wars titles prove that licenced games can excel in their genres, even for those who are not really fans of their respective worlds and characters. The CD version is a must-have for fans of the original game and those who want to experience Star Wars from the seat of a screeching, lightning fast TIE fighter.