Star Wars: TIE Fighter: Difference between revisions

The main protagonist of TIE Fighter was Maarek Steele (though he was never named as such in the game; his name comes from the [[All There in the Manual|supplemental guidebook]] that came with first run editions of the game) who started out as an anonymous pilot but would rise through the ranks with distinction over the course of the game's events. What separated TIE Fighter from X-Wing in particular was its rather involving story and campaign, which not only pitted the player against the Rebels (and certain traitorous Imperials) but also explained the motivations behind the actions of the Empire and its enemies and gave significant insight into many key characters of the Star Wars universe, including Thrawn (a major story thread of the game is how Thrawn was promoted from Vice Admiral to Grand Admiral). The game also presented optional "secondary" mission goals which, when completed, would earn the player additional rank.

 

 

Another notable feature of the original issue was the "iMuse" system (no, it doesn't have anything to do with iMacs or iPods) which dynamically changed the background music based upon the player's actions. The background music itself was notable for being comprised of original scores by the Totally Games! crew. Sadly, the iMuse feature was dropped in the X-Wing Collector Series box-set rerelease, replaced by high-fidelity scores from the original trilogy, though the soundtrack's still quite good.

All the cutscenes have been collected [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R78l7v3DqkM&feature=related here].

 

* [[Arrow Cam]]

* [[Beat Them At Their Own Game]]: Doubly subverted as traitor Imperial forces will adopt the tactics and equipment your side developed (indeed, it was ''them'' who developed them in the first place before they turned traitor), forcing you to use the same tactics to counter them (as they're the best available) until something even better can be developed.

* [[Boss in Mook Clothing]]: You can make an argument that enemy TIE Defenders qualify since they will ''waste'' everything besides the player.

* [[Friend or Foe]]: Averted for earlier missions, in that the Rebels are coded green on the map and threat display, and fly typical Rebel Alliance craft. However, as the game progresses, you are increasingly called upon to fight Imperial hardware, which usually are in the hands of defected or traitorous forces, and are encoded red (the same as your side). Generally though they will appear with '''Z-''' or '''H-''' prefixed names, indicating that they are on the opposite side.

* [[Game Breaking Bug]]: In the collector's version, you can destroy the nose warhead launcher of a Star Destroyer. This reveals a hole that you can fly into and attack the capital ship from the inside without worry about being attacked. Some laser batteries from the Star Destroyer may still be able to hit you, but other enemy craft can't hit you.

* [[High Altitude Battle]]: it doesn't get much higher than [[In Space|OUTER SPACE]].

* [[Hold the Line]]

* [[Irrelevant Importance]]: A particularly annoying example where a pirate fighter can enter the hangar of a pirate cruiser and fail the mission because it's considered "escaped" even if the cruiser is destroyed afterwards.

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Not quite, but after defeating the last of Harkov's forces an even bigger traitor is revealed.

* [[Mook]]: partially subverted in that ''the player'' takes on the role of one of the Empire's random Mooks, at least early on in the game. The player even gets stuck in the ultimate [[Mook Mobile]], the bog-standard TIE Fighter.

* [[Old School Dogfighting]]

* [[One Game for The Price of Two]]: or three in this case, and you ''literally'' have to buy ''the same game again'' (in "Collector's CD Edition" form) if you bought the original release and want to see how the whole thing ends.

** Hint: {{spoiler|Destroying your wing men will not result in your commander complaining about friendly fire}}.

* [[Pass Through the Rings]]: training missions.

* [[Unwinnable By Mistake]]: The early version would sometimes carry over ship conditions from previous missions. If you managed to destroy a win condition ship from a previous battle, it would become impossible to finish the game. The ''Collector's CD'' fixed this in most cases (except the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Falaricae Falaricae], which was only a bonus goal later).

* [[Updated Rerelease]]: the "Collector's CD ROM Edition" ''defines'' this trope

** If you can out last the [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|game's cheating ass]], you can shoot down ''Darth Vader''. You also get reprimanded if Darth Vader is killed while on a command ship that you are also supposed to defend. However, it's a non-issue since [[Instant Win Condition|you completed all other objectives]] and [[First Law of Resurrection|he's around on later missions]] as well.

* [[Zerg Rush]]: [[Averted Trope|Nope]], [[Retcon|not here]]. Despite the prequel saying otherwise, the Galactic Empire seems to have a TIE Fighter shortage and as such, has to deal with more powerful enemy craft outnumbering them.