USAopoly USODC129000 Star Wars: Dark Side Rising, Mixed Colours

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Assuming that the player whose turn it is has any agents left in their team by the time Vader has done his business, it’s time to roll some dice. Star Wars: Dark Side Rising comes with a set of colourful, custom dice that represent the four key areas of the Rebel Alliance (Tactical, Intelligence, Support and Leadership). Each colour of die has a different combination of symbols on with the dice representing different areas being better or worse at different things. In X-Wing players can choose from a variety of Rebel and Imperial vessels, including X-Wings (obviously) and TIE Fighters, before engaging in a head-to-head dogfight with their opponent - apparently in the middle of an enormous space battle, according to the game’s description. Each turn players secretly select a speed and manoeuvre to perform, with the aim of catching their opponent’s ship off-guard and successfully landing a shot. Every ship’s piloting dial, which is what players use to determine speed and manoeuvre, is different, with unique advantages and disadvantages to each one. Players must coordinate efforts to recruit iconic characters, such as C-3PO, R2-D2, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Admiral Raddus and Han Solo, and organize their cells to thwart the Empire's rise to galactic domination. If you’re a fan of classic cooperative dice game, Escape: The Curse of the Temple, then Dark Side Rising should get your midi-chlorians going.

Weekly Sales Analysis, 7 April 2012 - Kinect Star Wars at VGChartz on www.vgchartz.com (archived from the original on April 18, 2012) S tar Wars: Dark Uprising is another game in The OP’s ‘Rising’ series, with this instalment giving players the opportunity to battle the Empire and try and prevent the Death Star from being completed. With familiar faces from A New Hope, Rogue One and Rebels, players must build their team, slow down the completion of the six key Death Star components, and defeat Imperial forces across three planets, all under the watch of a menacing bust of Darth Vader. For a tabletop experience brimming with tension and fan service - in this case, the board game recreates a key element of A New Hope’s plot - then Star Wars fans could do a lot worse than giving Dark Side Rising a go. In this mode, a Rancor wreaks havoc on different planets, with the player controlling the Rancor. The goal is to destroy everything in their path, the player's arm movements controlling the Rancor's arm movements. The Rancor can also jump and charge.

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What’s more, it looks like this board game actually includes imagery from the new trilogy of Star Wars films - which makes a nice change from most of the other games on this list. (Not that the original trilogy of films is a bad source of inspiration to take from, of course.)

The effect of Vader’s attention is represented both by direct damage he does to all rebels in that sector (including on the player’s team if that’s where they chose to go) as well as by the Imperial troop cards in that system. Each has a negative effect that can range from healing all other Imperial troops to advancing Death Star Construction to damaging agents in the systems and in the player’s team. There is also the possibility that Vader can activate every Imperial card in all three systems, not just the one he’s looking at; an eventuality that ensures a bad time for everyone. Hey look, it’s that guy from that film! You know… that guy! Why can't we wield Dark Side powers? Force Choke and Force Lightning would've been sweet!" ―Official Xbox Magazine's standard question at the end of the review [5]

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Xbox 360 tops all console sales in April in US on www.gamesindustry.biz (archived from the original on June 27, 2015)