Star Wars: Rogue Squadron vs STAR WARS: Squadrons
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is an FPS game from Lucasfilm Games (1998) while STAR WARS: Squadrons is an FPS simulation game from MOTIVE (2020).
Quick answer: Star Wars: Rogue Squadron has the higher Metacritic, 85 to 79.
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
What each one is
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is filed under FPS. In contrast, STAR WARS: Squadrons under FPS and Simulation.
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.
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Story, characters and reception
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)
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At a glance
| Star Wars: Rogue Squadron | STAR WARS: Squadrons | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | — | 6.5/10 |
| Steam rating | — | Mixed (65%, 28,169) |
| Critic aggregate | 85/100 | 79/100 |
| Price | Unknown | $39.99 |
| Install size | — | 40 GB |
| Steam Deck | Untested | verified |
| Released | 1998 | 2020 |
| Developer | Lucasfilm Games | MOTIVE |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron vs STAR WARS: Squadrons, 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.
Genre and premise
Star Wars: Rogue SquadronFPS gameSTAR WARS: SquadronsFPS simulation gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Star Wars: Rogue SquadronNo descriptive tagsSTAR WARS: SquadronsFlight, Space, Sci-fiThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron ✓Metacritic 85STAR WARS: SquadronsMetacritic 79Metacritic's critic aggregate, from the game's Wikipedia reception where it was never on Steam.
Content and scale
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron—STAR WARS: Squadrons28,169 reviews · 40 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Star Wars: Rogue SquadronUnknownSTAR WARS: Squadrons$39.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The better reviewed of the two: Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (Metacritic 85)
Where they differ
FlightSpaceVRMultiplayerSingleplayerSci-fi
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. STAR WARS: Squadrons is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and 6 for STAR WARS: Squadrons. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and STAR WARS: Squadrons in scope?
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron lists little scope data. STAR WARS: Squadrons has drawn 28,169 Steam reviews and installs in 40 GB.
Is Star Wars: Rogue Squadron or STAR WARS: Squadrons 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: Rogue Squadron or STAR WARS: Squadrons?
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: Rogue Squadron or STAR WARS: Squadrons?
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron has the higher Metacritic, 85 to 79. 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.
Related comparisons
All comparisonsHow 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.