Star Wars: Galactic Racer is my childhood podracing dream come true
The Verge reviews 'Star Wars: Galactic Racer,' a new video game that blends roguelike mechanics with high-speed podracing. The game allows players to customize vehicles and navigate various planetary environments while competing in a narrative-driven campaign.
Why it matters
It highlights the evolution of licensed gaming, where developers are increasingly using established cinematic IP to experiment with niche gameplay genres like roguelikes.
The podracing scene in The Phantom Menace is one of my favorite movie sequences ever. It’s just so dang cool: The futuristic racers tear over treacherous Tatooine terrain while various Star Wars aliens bark at each other in incomprehensible sci-fi languages. Eventually a young Anakin Skywalker proves his mettle by clawing his way from the back of the pack to win the race, which left an impression on me when I first saw it at 10 years old. I always wished I could pilot a podracer myself. Over the past several days, I’ve been able to live out that dream thanks to Star Wars: Galactic Racer, which takes everything from that brilliant scene and packs it into a thrilling video game.
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