8 Video Games That Just Aren't As Good As You Remember

I will always carry a torch for Shadows Of The Empire for one reason and one reason only. Dash "This Sounds Silly Even For A Star Wars Game" Rendar, the shovel chinned hero of the experience that was as quick with a one-liner as he was with his pistols.

It was easy to fall in love with the plot and setup of the title, which sees Dash team up with all the well-known Rebel heroes as they take on a new evil in the form of a prince who desperately wants the Emperor's wrinkly ball faced affection.

The problem is however that while the story is charming enough, the gameplay is so rough you could sand a !*$% door with it, and the shooting controls are as stiff as timber themselves.

Players are given two modes of shooting in the game, fire from the hip and hit with the accuracy of a near-sighted Stormtrooper, or a focused aim which greatly improves your chances of hitting but makes you stand absolutely still like a golem as you eat round after round of enemy fire.

As you can imagine, in a game that focuses a lot on combat, the choice between whiffing and dying or hoovering up laser fire because you can't multi-task is like choosing which of your family members you'd like to watch be set on fire aka neither works for me pal.

Nostalgia will tell you this was a great game, reality will show you that dying over and over is a mood that should be frozen in carbonite forevermore.