I don't know about second best, but it's in the top 5 for sure. The other three for me being the Rogue Squadron series, Galactic Battlegrounds and tie between the two Episode I games (Phantom Menace and Racer).

[–] CordanWraith@aussie.zone 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

All excellent choices from the ones I know. I particularly love galactic battlegrounds (also you're the first person I've met that's ever heard of it!) And Episode 1: racer.

You seem to have good taste, so I'll check out Rogue Squadron and Phantom Menace!

And obviously these are just my opinions, I can't fault anyone else for what they prefer.

My personal overall fav is Kotor 2. It's so good.

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Heh yeah Galactic Battlegrounds is so unfairly underrated IMO. People who knew of it brushed it off saying it's just a reskinned AoE - but there's so much more to it. I fell in love with it all over again last year, after I discovered a couple of excellent mods: the first being Expanding Fronts, which brings new civilizations, units, maps, music and QoL improvements. The other being cnc-ddraw - which fixes graphics/compatibility/resolutions and does some excellent upscaling. The game is so much fun with this, been playing local multiplayer with my friends using ZeroTier and we have massive battles against bots, its amazing.

[–] CordanWraith@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago

Oh my god, you are a legend. Thank you so much for letting me know about these mods. I didn't even think to check for them.

Going to have an insane amount of fun with it again!

And yeah. So many people that I recommended it to thought it was just AoE 2 again. But as you say, it actually has a ton more complexity. And the map editor and storylines were pretty awesome too.

[–] Nutteman@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Two words: Republic Commando

[–] CordanWraith@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

From all I've seen, this is a very cool game, I've just never had the opportunity to play through it for myself other than a demo on the original Xbox.

I think it's available on Steam. I'll pick it up and give it a go!

Thank you for the recommendation.

[–] Aielman15@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm not even a Star Wars fan, but I spent a lot of time with the PS1 Phantom Menace game as a kid. Some of its levels (Naboo and Tatooine especially) felt surprisingly open world for a game of that era.

[–] MrDrProfJimmy@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Just wanna throw in an honorable mention for X-Wing Alliance although the entire X-Wing series is incredible if a little dated these days

[–] beefcat@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I’d put Jedi Survivor up there, despite the technical issues. Also no list of best Star Wars games is complete without Republic Commando.