Star Wars: Rogue Squadron vs Star Wars: The Old Republic
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is an FPS game from Lucasfilm Games (1998) while Star Wars: The Old Republic is an action-RPG mmorpg game (2011).
Quick answer: Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and Star Wars: The Old Republic are too close, or too thinly reviewed, to separate on the numbers; the table below shows what each holds.
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
What each one is
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is filed under FPS. In contrast, Star Wars: The Old Republic under Action-RPG and Mmorpg.
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.
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is a free-to-play MMORPG that puts you at the center of your own story-driven saga. Play as a Jedi, Sith, Bounty Hunter, or one of many other iconic STAR WARS roles in the galaxy far, far away over three thousand years before the classic films.
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)
Plot
This story takes place in the Star Wars fictional universe shortly after the establishment of a tenuous peace between the re-emergent Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic , 300 years after the events of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic games, and more than 3,600 years before the events in the Star Wars films. The Jedi are held responsible for the success of the Sith during the devastating 28-year-long Great Galactic War (which led to the Treaty… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Upon release, the game received praise for its voice acting and class story arcs, while criticism focused on repetitive endgame content and server queue issues. With a score of 85 on Metacritic and an 84% on GameRankings . G4TV gave a review of 5/5 and praised the game for "Top notch music and voice acting" and "hundreds of hours of content". (Wikipedia)
At a glance
| Star Wars: Rogue Squadron | Star Wars: The Old Republic | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | — | 7.9/10 |
| Steam rating | — | Very Positive (90%, 75,206) |
| Critic aggregate | 85/100 | 85/100 |
| Price | Unknown | Free |
| Install size | — | 75 GB |
| Steam Deck | Untested | playable |
| Released | 1998 | 2011 |
| Developer | Lucasfilm Games | — |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron vs Star Wars: The Old Republic, 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: The Old RepublicAction-RPG mmorpg 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: The Old RepublicFree to Play, MMORPG, Character CustomizationThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Star Wars: Rogue SquadronMetacritic 85Star Wars: The Old RepublicMetacritic 85Metacritic's critic aggregate, from the game's Wikipedia reception where it was never on Steam.
Content and scale
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron—Star Wars: The Old Republic75,206 reviews · 3 add-ons · 75 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Star Wars: Rogue SquadronUnknownStar Wars: The Old RepublicFreeRead 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
Free to PlayMultiplayerMMORPGCharacter CustomizationOpen WorldRPG
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: The Old Republic is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Star Wars: Rogue Squadron | Star Wars: The Old Republic | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | — | — |
| Minimum CPU | — | AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ |
| Minimum RAM | — | 6 GB |
| Install size | — | 75 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Star Wars: Rogue Squadron · Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and 0 for Star Wars: The Old Republic. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and Star Wars: The Old Republic in scope?
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron lists little scope data. Star Wars: The Old Republic has drawn 75,206 Steam reviews, ships 3 add-ons and installs in 75 GB.
Is Star Wars: Rogue Squadron or Star Wars: The Old Republic 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: The Old Republic?
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: The Old Republic?
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and Star Wars: The Old Republic 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.
Related comparisons
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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.