Colony Wars

 PlayStation
User Score
8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
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  1. 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 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    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 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
  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 nothing wrong with this game.
  3. 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 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    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

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

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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. PSX Nation
    96
    Clearly the best space shooter ever.
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  2. Electric Playground
    95
    Despite a few imperfections, a work of art. And like the best that Psygnosis has brought us, it is a title that every PlayStation owner should acquire and cherish.
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  3. 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.
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