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To be clear, Tie Fighter takes everything good about X-Wing and makes it markedly better: Graphics, gameplay, mission design, story, …

But I don’t mean to detract from the author’s point that the original developers caught lightning in a bottle in a way that hasn’t been replicated since.

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The TIE Fighter animated intro sequence is forever etched into my memory. I watched the whole thing at least 50% of the times I fired up the game before playing. What an absolute beast of a game. Plus the dynamic music (iMuse) was just so damn cool. With LucasArts, you always knew you were going to have an amazing ~game~ experience.

I never got into TIE Fighter for some reason... I guess when I was that age, I didn't want to be the bad guy. Maybe it's time to revisit it!

Bad guys?! Those rebel scum, killing our brave TIE pilots, are the bad guys!

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