There is a war of stars game out there that is hard to play in 2024 because for some reason it remains trapped on the hard to emulate OG Xbox, with no official remakes, remasters, or backwards compatibility support. This game is Star Wars: Obi Wan.
Last week, Lucasfilm Games and Aspyr announced a remastered version of 2002s Star Wars: Bounty Huntera game that first appeared on PlayStation 2 and GameCube. The new remaster is said to update some textures, improve lighting, and even add a new flashlight option. This all sounds good, and I’m looking forward to playing yet another old war of stars Game brought to more modern platforms. However, Bounty Hunter the remaster treatment made me think about Obi Wan on Xbox, a game that was released just a year earlier Bounty Hunter that remains trapped on the original Xbox console more than 20 years after its release.
In 2001, two years after the release of Star Wars: The Phantom MenaceLucasarts published Star Wars: Obi Wan as an exclusive game for the Xbox. This third-person action game starring, you guessed it, Obi-Wan Kenobi was both a prequel and a retelling of the dark threat Movie.
It’s not a great game, to be clear. But it had some interesting ideas – like using the right stick for lightsaber combat – and provided a fun way to relive the first war of stars Prequel before attack of the Clone warriors was released in 2002. Besides, it is not as if Bounty Hunter is also an incredible video game. Yet it gets a new remaster (after already being released as a PS2 classic on PS4), while Obi Wan on Xbox lags behind.
How to play Star Wars: Obi-Wan in 2024
Star Wars: Obi Wan never got a PC port, was never released on PS2, and was never updated to support backwards compatibility on Xbox One or Series X/S. If you want to play Obi-Wan, you have one good option and one bad option.
The good option: You buy an OG Xbox and a copy of Obi Wan. Set it up and go, you play Star Wars: Obi Wan. That’s assuming the Xbox you buy is working fine and the copy of the game isn’t too badly damaged. (Thankfully, used copies of the game aren’t very expensive, so you won’t have to spend a fortune buying two of them.)
The bad option is emulation. I love emulating games! I am not against it at all and I think fan-made emulators are a important component of wildlife conservationSo when I talk about emulation, Obi Wan is bad, I want to clarify that it is not because I am against playing old games with third-party software. No, playing Obi Wan on an Xbox emulator is bad because it sucks and (at the time of this writing) doesn’t provide a great experience.
If you play on CXBX-Reloaded, a fan-made Xbox emulator, you might be able to complete the game, but many players have reported crashes, graphical glitches, and other issues that spoil the experience. I also tried playing Obi-Wan on XEMU, another Xbox emulator, and had even more bad luck—I couldn’t get past the second level. While some players were able to tinker enough to Obi Wan Although it runs well on CXBX, it is still not an ideal way to play the game.
Help me, Lucasfilm Games, you are my only hope
And here is my request: Someone from Lucasfilm Games, please contact Nightdive Studios, Aspyr or any other developer who is good at reviving old games and pay them the money to Star Wars: Obi Wan on more platforms.
Cleaned and running at 60 FPS. Obi Wan would be a hit on consoles like the Switch. In addition, the war of stars Prequels are currently experiencing a renaissance among fans who grew up with the films. The enthusiasm for prequel-era content is at an all-time high in 2024 and I think a well-made Obi Wan A port or remaster would be a no-brainer.
And if that’s not possible, it would at least be nice to port the game to PC so fans can easily update and mod it in the years to come. Or someone at Xbox flips the switch and makes the thing backwards compatible with Xbox One and Series X/S consoles. That’s my choice at this point!
But what I really want is a nice remaster. It would save a part of video game history and a war of stars Game before oblivion. It’s truly a win-win and it’s time Obi-Wan got the remaster he deserves.
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