{"id":48948,"date":"2013-03-21T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=48948"},"modified":"2017-12-12T20:29:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T04:29:33","slug":"lucasarts-games-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/lucasarts-games-1\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look Back at LucasArts Games: Episode I"},"content":{"rendered":"

After over thirty years of publishing and developing videogames, including the majority of ‘Star Wars’ games, LucasArts is in a holding pattern under Disney<\/a> and may ultimately never release another big game. Let’s look back at some of the developer’s highlights.
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First, the negative. It’s hard to discuss LucasArts without mentioning the company’s propensity for failing to deliver on its promises. I’ve written previously about the challenges of making licensed-based game titles<\/a>, and LucasArts is a prime example. Sadly, one of few companies to fail in that regard even worse than LucasArts is Disney. For years, LucasArts made great games that had little to do with Lucasfilm properties, but that hasn’t been the case for some time. Even if Disney plans to hold up all ‘Star Wars’ related production until the next film gets underway, the company’s strategy at present is to abandon the AAA game market in favor of the toy-like ‘Disney Infinity’. It therefore seems likely that ‘Star Wars’ games, when they do return, will be strictly for the younglings.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, now it’s time to take fond look back at the good games that passed from LucasArts to players. This first part roughly covers the company’s history through the early 2000s.<\/p>\n

The Adventure Games<\/h5>\n

I love adventure games, and LucasArts was responsible for a half dozen of the best, a legacy that currently lives on at Telltale. My pick here has to be ‘The Dig’ from 1995. It was an ambitious title that was difficult and annoying, both common pitfalls of the genre, but the game aspired to lofty heights and has therefore always been an odd little gem.<\/p>\n