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it must be said, isn’t the most economic gaming
experience you’re going to have any time soon.

Yet it’s a fascinating example of the way games
have changed. We may complain about DLC and
microtransactions, but look back to gaming’s past

It’s probably worth it though, just for the thrill

and you’ll see many a game that rely on the same

of it all. The weird thing about all of this, is that the

‘quick hit’ principals of Battle Pod - designed by

game itself wasn’t especially great. It is, in essence,

and large to rake in your pennies. We can pay £30

an on-rails shooter that simply asks the player to

now for a game that takes hundreds of hours to

aim within a semi-restricted field of view, speed

play. So maybe we don’t have it so bad afterall?

up or slow down (which seemed to make little
difference) and obviously pull the trigger once the

Anyway, I’m getting distracted. Star Wars: Battle

target is within your crosshairs. For all the techno

Pod is definitely worth checking out. It’s a unique

wizardry at play in an effort to create an ‘immersive

experience, and while the game may be a little

experience’, you would have thought they could

lacking, it’s still awesome to sit within the dome

make the actual game a little more ‘immersive’ too.

and momentarily feel like a Rebel pilot. There are

In reality though, it doesn’t matter all that much.

a bunch of the machines all over the UK and US,

Star Wars: Battle Pod is designed for short bursts

so keep an eye out next time you go bowling. ■

of wild fun. On that front, it certainly delivers.

through a nifty sliding door (minus the ‘ssschhhhh’,
sound effect), and took a seat in front of the bizarrely
wide screen. The whole point of the display is to give
you a feeling of immersion, of being surrounded.
Obviously we typically view our digital entertainment
head-on, so to have Tie Fighters approaching me
from my peripheral vision was a strange sensation.

make a whole lot of sense, but it was still amazing
to have something a little more ‘real’ during my

Another strange sensation was the more tactile
stuff going on. One thing I found parti 7V