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This is simply the best Sci Fi Shooter game, and possibly the best game ever released, on the PS1 Platform. The graphics are incredible, the gameplay is smooth, and the controls are crisp. The sound effects and story narration are excellent. The cinematic in game special effects are simply stunning. The game includes action packed deep space dogfights across 5 solar systems. To win you must strategically advance through more than 70 non-linear missions, with over 5 possible endings. You can fight with Scouts, Bombers, Interceptors, Stealth Fighters and more. You'll fight against over 50 enemy ships including every type of fighter, naval squadron, warship, and even battle stations. Basically this game has it all. When Psygnosis released this game in 1997, they set the standard for all space shooter games to follow. It was also so successful that two more Colony Wars Games followed: Vengeance and Red Sun. This is a game that plays and looks great on the PS1 or PS2 and is a game you will play again and again.Read full review
http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/sony/colony-wars Luke, I am not really James Earl Jones . . . The Earth Empire was all encompassing. Though the colonies were light years away from Earth, they were still dominated by their homeworld. But this distance allowed a resistance movement to survive and grow. This movement, known as the League of Free Worlds, began to fight back against the Empire and its Colonial Navy (damn Redcoats). Led by the Father, the League of Free worlds wished to destroy the Empire and its leader, the Tsar. You will join the Father's kinfolk, and with them, hope to free the colonies from off-world domination. Or you will suffer a fiery death at the hands of the Colonial Navy. Either way, you'll still have fun. Psygnosis is on a publishing rampage, releasing several games each month. This deluge, however, has not affected the quality of the games in the least. Colony Wars is their latest release, and it has taken the Playstation by storm. Using graphics that are (pardon the pun) light years ahead of the competition, Colony Wars has the best graphics ever seen on the Playstation to date. Graphics aren't all, however, and Colony Wars is not just another pretty boy. With gameplay as fun and addictive as any other good game, Colony Wars is the brightest star in the galaxy (We at Game Revolution neither admonish or encourage excessive use of puns. Colin, however, has been beaten severely - Ed.). The graphics, as I said before, are simply amazing. Looking better than most computer games that are coming out now, Colony Wars truly brings the Playstation to a brand new level. The ships themselves are some of the smoothest polygons I have ever seen. The only time that you ever encounter a polygonal glitch is when you run into some of the big ships. Your view can cut through a polygon, allowing you to see right through it. However, not only does that not happen often (unless you suck at flying), but the beauty of the rest of the game covers over that very nicely. The light sourcing is also some of the best in the space genre. Do not look directly at the sun - it will temporarily blind you and leave you open to attack. Enemies will often fly in front of the sun to disorient you. There is also random space debris that you can destroy for fun; of course, you might have to ignore your primary mission to do so. You can choose from three different points of view. One is in the cockpit of the craft, with all your various cockpit controls. The second is the same first person view, but with minimized cockpit interference with your line of sight. The third view is a third person aspect that, while difficult to control, allows you to watch the smooth movement of the ship that you are flying. Speaking of the ships, there are six different ships that you control during the game. Depending on the missions that you follow, you fly anything from a scout to a heavy assault craft. While some ships may have heavy weapons, they are as slow as a snail riding on the back of a turtle. Each mission has different directives that may require you to use a different ship than the one you may prefer. Colony Wars has a mind boggling number of missions. Over seventy, non-linear missions allow multiple paths and six different endings. You can finish the game by winning every mission, and you won't have played half of what the game has to offer. With tons of replay value, this game offers just hours of non-stop space madness. With mostRead full review
Colony Wars is a great, little-known game that's easy to learn and hard to master.
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A blast from the past, I loved playing this game as a child and I wish I had never traded it in. Lessons learned right?
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
The game is great thank you one of my favorite
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