a long string of Star Wars misses, Force Commander is not as bad as Rebellion, but isn't even as good as Myth II or Warzone 2100." The game won the award for "Most Disappointing Game of the Year" at GameSpots Best and Worst of 2000 Awards. In a feature on the history of Star Wars games, IGNs Rus McLaughlin called Force Commander "a blocky, buggy, undiluted failure". A similar article in GMR Magazine from March 2004 listed Force Commander as the worst Star Wars game. In the book Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts, author Rob Smith said the "dated-looking visuals and clumsy controls turned off strategy gamers". Hollywood.com placed it fifth in a list of worst Star Wars video games. The staff said that Force Commander had "an unwieldy camera and uninspired combat". Rock, Paper, Shotguns Alec Meer was also highly critical of the game. "I didn't make it past the first few levels. It was miserable." In PC Gamer'''s article on the history of Star Wars games on PC, author Chris Thursten called the game "ambitious but rough around the edges". Craig Majaski of Gaming Age praised the game's easy learning curve, visuals and music. He praised the 3D presentation and said the models were "excellent", but noted that the camera often was difficult to control. Michael Lafferty of GameZone said that, while enjoyable, Force Commander did not provide as much depth as other real-time strategy games, specifically mentioning the Command & Conquer series. A CNET reviewer said that the game requires genre novices to frequently reference the documentation, but noted that "Star Wars'' fans and intermediate-level gamers who like third-person views" would enjoy the game. Soren Johnson, then a programmer at Maxis, berated the game's "infamously difficult" camera. References External links via the Wayback Machine 2000 video games The Empire Strikes Back video games LucasArts games Multiplayer and single-player video games Force Commander Return of the Jedi video games Ronin Entertainment games Star Wars (film) video games Force Commander Video games developed in the United States Video games scored by Peter McConnell Windows games Windows-only games