* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The game utilized a contextual score that utilized Music/JohnWilliams' score depending on the actions of the player.
* GameBreaker:
** Although to a lesser extent than the TIE Defender was in ''TIE Fighter'', the TIE Avenger definitely had this going for it by being faster and more agile than the A-wing, and as well-armed and durable as the X-wing. The TIE Avenger was pretty much the ''only'' ship in multiplayer that was routinely banned by name.
** The Beam weapons that can be added to Imperial fighters basically act like a separate battery that can be used to supercharge the craft's engines if all of its power was dumped. This was so notoriously abused in multiplayer that "No Beams" was one of the most common conditions imposed in vs. matches.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: On release, most of the fanbase found the lack of campaign mode disturbing.