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STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) vs Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) is an FPS game from Pandemic Studios (2019) while Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is an FPS game from Lucasfilm Games (1998).

Quick answer: STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron are too close, or too thinly reviewed, to separate on the numbers; the table below shows what each holds.

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)

2019 · Pandemic Studios

7.7GamingPickz Score

$9.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

1998 · Lucasfilm Games

85Metacritic

What each one is

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) is filed under FPS. In contrast, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron under FPS.

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)

Fight the greatest battles in the STAR WARS universe any way you want to. The choice is yours.

Description from its Steam store page

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron or Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D is an arcade-style flight action game co-developed by Factor 5 and LucasArts. The first of the Rogue Squadron trilogy, it was published by LucasArts and Nintendo and released for Microsoft Windows and Nintendo 64 in December 1998. The game's story was influenced by the Star Wars: X-wing – Rogue Squadron comics and is set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy, taking place primarily between events in the films Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. The player controls Luke Skywalker, commander of the elite X-wing pilots known as Rogue Squadron. As the game progresses, Skywalker and Rogue Squadron fight the Galactic Empire in 16 missions across various planets.

Description from Wikipedia

Story, characters and reception

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)

No Wikipedia detail on file.

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Plot

Setting Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy, where a war is fought between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance. The game's first fifteen levels occur six months after the Battle of Yavin as depicted in A New Hope and before the events of The Empire Strikes Back . As the Empire gathers strength for an all-out assault on the Rebel forces, Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles form Rogue Squadron, a group comprising twelve… (Wikipedia)

Reception

Reception The R2 unit and exhaust flames on the player's X-wing are examples of graphical detail that reviewers praised. Many reviews compared Star Wars: Rogue Squadron to one of its inspirations, the Battle of Hoth flight combat level in Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire , considered one of that game's best elements. GamePro remarked that Rogue Squadron "enhanced the flight model with true pitch, roll, and bank mechanics". (Wikipedia)

At a glance

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
GamingPickz Score7.7/10—
Steam ratingOverwhelmingly Positive (96%, 4,710)—
Critic aggregateNo aggregate85/100
Price$9.99Unknown
Install size3 GB—
Steam DeckplayableUntested
Released20191998
DeveloperPandemic StudiosLucasfilm Games

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) vs Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)FPS game
    Star Wars: Rogue SquadronFPS game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)Action, Classic, FPS
    Star Wars: Rogue SquadronNo descriptive tags

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Content and scale

    STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)4,710 reviews · 3 GB
    Star Wars: Rogue Squadron—

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  4. Price

    STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)$9.99
    Star Wars: Rogue SquadronUnknown

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 0 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.

Where they differ

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) is also

ActionMultiplayerClassicFPSThird-Person ShooterSci-fi

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is also

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) and 0 for Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron in scope?

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) has drawn 4,710 Steam reviews and installs in 3 GB. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron lists little scope data.

Is STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) or Star Wars: Rogue Squadron better?

Neither carries enough reviews for us to score it reliably, so we do not call a winner. The table above shows what each does have.

Which is cheaper, STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) or Star Wars: Rogue Squadron?

One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.

Should I get STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) or Star Wars: Rogue Squadron?

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron are too close, or too thinly reviewed, to separate on the numbers; the table below shows what each holds. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

All comparisons

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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