Star Wars: Squadrons gives you a 1990s arcade game experience on steroids, and at home, as players pilot their own starfighters
- Video game puts players in the cockpits of New Republic and Imperial fighters and other spacecraft from the Star Wars universe
- The experience revives memories of playing arcade PC games such as X-Wing, TIE Fighter and X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
A long time ago – nearly four decades ago – in arcades near and far away, Star Wars fans climbed into a cockpit-shaped game cabinet, plunked in their quarters and experienced the virtual thrill of piloting an X-wing starfighter like Luke Skywalker.
With Star Wars: Squadrons, out since the weekend, players can get that Star Wars arcade experience on steroids, right at home.
The new video game (US$39.99, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PCs, rated for ages 13-up) puts players in the cockpits of New Republic and Imperial fighters and other spacecraft in the Star Wars universe after the Rebel Alliance’s victory at the end of the movie Return of the Jedi.
Stay sharp as you play and you can eventually become a fighter ace on both sides of the coming-to-a-close civil war.
Switching back and forth between your two customised fighter pilots – one with the New Republic, the other with the Galactic Empire – you will fly eight different types of ships. Your performance also earns you credits to upgrade your ships.