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‘March 26- bes he * 2008

VIDEO GAME REVIEW

RENEGADE SQUADRON
PLATFORM: PSP
PRODUCER: REBELLION
RATING: TEEN

HAAKON SULLIVAN
Puoro/PRopuction COORDINATOR

Star Wars movies have always been
deeply involved with epic battles and
because of that Lucas Arts tries to cash in on
it further using the video game industry. Star
Wars: Battlefront is one series that comes
from this aspect of Star Wars and takes it to a
level that makes it a great gaming experience
for all to enjoy. However, its debut onto the
PSP system leaves much to be desired.

Basically, Star Wars Battlefront is a “com-
mand post capture” style shooter. In the
ground battles, the battlefield contains com-
mand posts that two teams (either Empire vs.
Rebels or Republic vs. CIS) should capture
in order to ensure a victory. In space battles,
one of the keys of winning the battle is to
destroy the enemy capital ship. Both kinds
of battles are done in the third person view
with you having the option of choosing what
weapons and power-ups you want to start the
battle with and what you want your character
to look like.

First of all, this game takes very little time
to master unlike its other Battlefront counter-

GAME: STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT:

ing your weapon would be a nightmare if you
had to aim manually. Instead, the game uses
an auto-aim system meaning that no matter
the weapon, from chain gun to blaster rifle,
the shot will most likely hit your target. This
system makes the game very easy when facing
off against the AI and you can never turn this
option off if you wanted to. Well, the sniper
rifle has no auto aim but because of the PSP’s
tiny joystick it makes it almost impossible for
you to hit anything with it.

When it comes to the gameplay, it becomes
really too easy against the AI because of the
auto aim system and the unintelligent AI.

Wars stories I’ve seen, makes the main cam-
paign of the game terrible. The only way to
get the most of this game is to play online
against other players against the world. Even
this can be a bit boring since people online
cheat often by using “trainers” and “hacks”
they’ ve downloaded.

The graphics for this game are very well
done on the PSP. The details on the models
are well done and the explosions made by or-
bital strikes and concussion missiles are really
add to the experience. The music is composed
of the classic Star Wars score, meaning that
the music is excellent but the voiceovers for

game’s presentation value.

Simply put, this game needed more tweaks
before Rebellion released it to the public.
However, the concept of this game is perfect
for this portable system since it relies on short
skirmishes. This game also has a strange ad-
dictive touch to it though, meaning that you
may just be finding yourself picking up this
game for short bursts frequently.

parts. Since the PSP has a small joystick, aim-

This, combined with one of the lamest Star

the crappy-looking cut-scenes seem drop the

Fun: 1.2/2
Difficulty: 0.5/2
Presentation: 1/2
Story: 0.3/2
Replay Value: 1.6/2
Total: 4.6/10

The Other Juno: A Look Into Canada’s
Largest Music Awards Ceremony

By Emma Rurxnum

THe Cariion (University
oF Recina)

REGINA (CUP) -- Another year of
Canadian music will be recognized
in April at the 2008 Juno Awards
held in Calgary, Alberta. Feist, Avril
Lavigne and Sarah Brightman are a
few of the big names to perform for
the April 6 broadcast.

The Canadian Academy of Re-
cording Arts and Sciences (CARAS)
and CTV are responsible for the
annual broadcast and celebration
of Canadian talent. They hope to

“identify, reward and promote the
achievements of Canadian artists,”
noted the CARAS webpage.

With every year the Junos seem to
be bringing in performers to satisfy
a younger demographic and reach a
new, “hipper” audience. Last year,
host-city Saskatoon was graced
with the likes of Alexisonfire and
Nelly Furtado.

“The broadcast has a wide demo,”
CARAS president Melanie Berry
explained. “It depends on the talent
that is performing that year. I would
like to think that all ages are music
fans. I mean, we’ve got people [last

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

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year] like Patrick Watson or DJ
Champion, [who] probably [appeal
to] a much younger demographic.
Nelly Furtado would be young, Feist
is a real cross-over demo ... some-
body like Anne Murray probably
has a slightly older following.”
There is no question that the
Junos represent a diverse number of
genres and artists. With 39 different
categories and nominations being
chosen on the basis of sales, pub-
lic votes or a jury vote, the Junos
try to give a fair representation of
Canadian music. Taking Chances is
Céline Dion’s latest English album,

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Every member of CFUR Radio’s
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released in November 2007. The al-
bum sold 2.7 million copies, mak-
ing her a Juno favourite.

“Céline Dion has six nominations,
Avril Lavigne has five nominations,
Feist has five nominations and Mi-
chael Bublé has five nominations,”
Berry listed. “Those four artists
definitely have a great opportunity
because they have so many nomina-
tions, but with 39 categories in.total

there certainly are lots of winners.”
Despite the fact that the Juno
nominations are partially based on
sales numbers, there is still some
hope that the awards have not com-
pletely lost their relevance. Win-
tersleep, Holy Fuck and Dragonette
all received nominations, proving
that there is still some room for the
little guy underneath Céline Dion’s
Vegas-sized Canadian shadow.

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