

2010 · Daybreak Game Company · Adventure · MMO
Clone Wars Adventures
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures was a Star Wars–themed massively multiplayer online game developed by Sony Online Entertainment.
- Released
- 15 September 2010
- Platforms
- WindowsmacOS
- Genres
- AdventureMMOMMORPGRole-playing
- Developers
- Daybreak Game Company
- Publishers
- Daybreak Game Company
- Series
- Star Wars
- Modes
- Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Third person
- Themes
- ActionScience fiction
- Engine
- Forgelight Engine
- Country
- United States
- Age ratings
- ESRB E10+
About
Clone Wars Adventures was an online virtual world based on the animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Players could create and customize in-world avatars and participate in a variety of Clone Wars-themed mini-games and activities, earning Republic credits to purchase new weapons, outfits, ships, and furniture. Clone Wars Adventures was free to download and play, but only those with a paid membership got access to a majority of the game's features. Additionally, many outfits and premium items could only be purchased with Station Cash, a form of in game currency that players needed to purchase with real money instead of in-game credits.
This massively multiplayer online game follows a similar business model to Free Realms. However, unlike Free Realms, the game was released at retail, though the game is free-to-play.
Keywords
- rail shooter
- vehicular combat
- tower defense
- robots
- spaceship
- based on - tv show
- space battle
- online
- anti-gravity racing
- vehicle combat
- licensed game
- card based combat
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Clone Wars Adventures offered a huge selection of mini-games including strategy, action, puzzle, racing, and combat games. Mini-games were initially any player's main source of income — Republic Credits. However mini-games also offered challenges and goals for players. There were 30+ mini-games for players to play.
Non-members were given partial access to a minority of the games, while paying Members were rewarded with total access and the full experience to each mission. Most mini-games had their own trophies that came along with completing a challenging feat in that certain mini-game. Select mini-games had their own title that were associated with it like Jedi General for Republic Defender or Jedi Ace for Starfighter. Another game is Lightsaber Duel.
Story
The in-game world of Clone Wars Adventures was set in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant set between the Star Wars films Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Here, players could interact with popular Clone Wars characters like Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu, Yoda, and Obi-Wan Kenobi and play more than 20 different mini-games, including Lightsaber Duel, Republic Defender, a tower defense game, and Speeder Bike Racing. Other mini-games were campaign-based on Seasons 3, 4, and 5 from The Clone Wars. Players can challenge each other in multi-player games to win Credits.
Even though the game was based on the Jedi Temple, players could travel to different planets like Ryloth, Umbara, and Carlac when going to the hangar bay. Players could also interact with other players using the world chat, which allowed communication and chatting to a certain distance, or private chat, which allowed players to run a conversation with only one other person. Players were also given a buddy list to add and chat with friends and an ignore list to block all communications and requests from that particular player. Additionally, Members could even create player guilds (squads) to allow maximum interaction with friends and access to a private chat room.
Development
Clone Wars Adventures was developed and published by Sony Online Entertainment, the developers of well received massively multiplayer online role playing video gameFree Realms. It was announced at E3 2010, and it was based on the animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. When the Clone Wars Adventures original concept was created, it was planned to be Star Wars's third MMO and would provide a way, aside from the television series, to spark interest in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. During the pre-development stages of the game licensing was worked out with Lucasfilm in order for SOE to attain rights for the game. The contract extended SOE exclusive rights to have access to all of the sound used in the series as well as access to artwork from the series (though it may have had to be re-modeled in order to be compatible with the game's engine, ForgeLight), inclusion of the games story-line as Star Wars canon, and access to all the episodes time in advance.
In order to be more engaging to the series viewers, the designers spent countless time creating the game to fit in well with the storyline. This led the designers to create games that were in line with the show, such as Lightsaber Dueling, and Starfighter. Also, many of the levels brought up in the mini-games expanded upon many of the episodes, and even introduced brand-new storylines, to fit in with the series. Another large effort on the game's creation was to create an art-style that gave the look and the feel of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Reception
Clone Wars Adventures received mixed reviews from critics. Metacritic gave the game an aggregate score of 65 based on 4 reviews. matches the look and feel of Clone Wars series [sic] perfectly". They further criticized it because "Too much content is locked away."
Avault awarded Clone Wars Adventures 4 out of 5 stars, emphasizing that "It doesn't matter whether you're a Star Wars fan or not. This free-to-play browser-based game is worth a look..."
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
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1992 · MS-DOS, PlayStation 4 +4
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80Star Wars: X-Wing
1993 · MS-DOS, Windows +1
Totally Games
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1995 · MS-DOS, PlayStation +4
Lucasfilm Games
Nintendo exclusive76Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
1998 · Nintendo 64, Windows
Factor 5
77Star Wars: Battlefront
2004 · PlayStation 2, Windows +2
Pandemic Studios
79Lego Star Wars: The Video Game
2005 · Game Boy Advance, GameCube +4
Traveller's Tales
82Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
2019 · PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 +4
Respawn Entertainment
Nintendo exclusive77Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
1993 · SNES, Wii
Sculptured Software
89Star Wars: TIE Fighter
1994 · MS-DOS, Windows +1
Totally Games
PlayStation exclusive70Star Wars: Rebel Assault II
1995 · MS-DOS, PlayStation +2
Lucasfilm Games
83Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
1997 · Windows
Lucasfilm Games
Nintendo exclusive87Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
2001 · GameCube
Factor 5
80Star Wars: Battlefront II
2005 · PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable +2
Pandemic Studios
73LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
2006 · GameCube, Nintendo DS +4
Traveller's Tales
72Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
1994 · Game Boy, Game Gear +2
Sculptured Software
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1997 · Windows, macOS
Totally Games
79Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
2002 · GameCube, Nintendo Switch +4
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2003 · GameCube
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2011 · Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS +6
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2015 · PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR +2
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1999 · Windows
Totally Games
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Raven Software
71Star Wars Battlefront II
2017 · PlayStation 4, Windows +1
DICE
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2016 · Android, Nintendo 3DS +9
TT Fusion
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