Colony Wars

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

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  • Summary: Delivers the real experience with its spectacular cinematic graphics.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. GamePro
    100
    The kind of high-quality game that's worth buying the day it's released.
  2. Game Revolution
    100
    Using graphics that are (pardon the pun) light years ahead of the competition, Colony Wars has the best graphics ever seen on the Playstation to date. Graphics aren't all, however, and Colony Wars is not just another pretty boy. With gameplay as fun and addictive as any other good game, Colony Wars is the brightest star in the galaxy.
  3. Games Domain
    100
    You simply won't find a better space-shooter/sim on the market. This game's got it all: great plot, great missions, great sound and great fun! Psygnosis has got my vote for best PSX developer for 1997!
  4. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    93
    Only Psygnosis could bring a sci-fi flight sim to the consoles and make it fun. [Jan 2004, p.188]
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  5. IGN
    93
    The game has an incredible sense of scale and space, so that you really feel like you're out there, right in the middle of a series of incredible battles... Brilliant. Awesome. Spectacular. Trouser-creamingly good... Best PlayStation action game yet.
  6. TotalGames.net
    92
    These breakthrough graphics also add to the enjoyment of the Colony Wars experience in terms of gameplay, because the stunning attention to detail throws you into the battle like you wouldn't believe.
  7. GameSpot
    72
    Plotline aside, Colony Wars delivers the real experience with its spectacular cinematic graphics.

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
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  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. tagginondawal
    Jul 20, 2020
    10
    This was my Favorite PS 1 game. Looking back, I've played an emulator, and decided to get out my PS 2 and the this game to play.

    Controls    This was my Favorite PS 1 game. Looking back, I've played an emulator, and decided to get out my PS 2 and the this game to play.

    Controls did well for the time. One button to switch between primary weapons' and another to select munitions' (missiles, torpedoes etc), with the other two to shoot them.

    Graphics were good for the time. The story was the typical "down with the tyrant empire" but put it in with Earth being evil.

    I really liked how the story had multiple branches. If you failed a mission, all was not lost. However, fail multiple missions in an Act, and you would be branched into the "the worst case" branch. However, winning the following Act could balance it out, depending on where you fail.

    AI is where the game was alright. Not the brightest, but not the dumbest. Sometimes while dogfighting, the enemy would just stay there while attempting to turn. It was somewhat funny.

    In spite of that, it still was my favorite game on PS, because I'm a Sci fi nerd, and this is a hidden gem.    … Expand
  2. LarrymoeC.
    Jun 20, 2007
    10
    This game was really really really good. That's all I have to say. From the story branches, the graphics, the controls, there is next to This game was really really really good. That's all I have to say. From the story branches, the graphics, the controls, there is next to nothing wrong with this game.… Expand
  4. Laurus
    May 4, 2018
    10
    I may be looking through rose tinted glasses when I watch footage of this game today, but I don't think so. It has to be the most underratedI may be looking through rose tinted glasses when I watch footage of this game today, but I don't think so. It has to be the most underrated game, if not of the PS1 era, of all time.
    It hardly gets a look in, completely glossed over in most "top 10" lists and the like. I think that's part of it's charm though, being a relatively obscure, fantasticly made game with hands down the best music I have ever heard in a game, and really, a James Earl Jones sound-a-like narrator is the cherry on top.

    Onto the game, while it's fair to say the graphics haven't exactly aged well over the past 21 years, the gameplay, music composition and story certainly haven't budged a bit. I can't really say more than that, all that's needed now is a remaster (I stress "remaster", no need to change a perfect formula otherwise, oh, and get back CoLD SToRAGE for the compostion) *cough*.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#4 Best PS1 Game of 1997
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#9 Most Discussed PS1 Game of 1997
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#6 Most Shared PS1 Game of 1997