History YMMV / RogueSquadron

** After the tough "Assault On Kile II" level, you're treated to "Rescue on Kessel", which can be completely in ''seconds'' if you aren't aiming for medals, and even if you're going for the gold, its still a very short and relieving change of pace before you're thrown into the brutal "Prisons of Kessel".

** Moff Seerdon, the arc villain the original game, faces off against you in the tough Thyferra level in a shuttle. While he's got more armaments than most Imperial ships (being one of the only flying enemies with seeker missiles), he's still a ''[[JokeCharacter shuttle]]'', i.e. a huge target that can easily be shot down with a few seeker missiles. His laser cannons are a joke and even his own seeker missiles have little chance of hitting you.

** Moff Seerdon, the arc villain the original game, faces off against you in the tough Thyferra level in a shuttle. He's a small target that can easily be shot down with a few seeker missiles, his laser cannons are a joke and even his own seeker missiles have little chance of hitting you.

** In ''Rogue Leader'', running out of time on "Triumph of the Empire" shows the Death Star going kaboom, just like in canon, but it also shows Vader's TIE being blown away by the wreckage. Problem is, it's painfully obvious that Vader's TIE moves in the game's native 60 FPS while the explosion is taken straight out of the 24 FPS source material.

* {{Sequelitis}}: ''Rebel Strike'', while not considered a bad game by any means, is generally considered to be the weakest game in the series, due in part to the plethora of clunky and undercooked on-foot segments.
* SoOkayItsAverage:
** The general consensus of ''Rebel Strike''.
** Of course, ''Rebel Strike'' also includes a [[CoOpMultiplayer co-op version]] of the entirety of ''Rogue Leader'', which alone made the game worth getting for some people. The single-player mode (the actual ''Rebel Strike'' missions), though? Definitely this.

* {{Sequelitis}}: ''Rebel Strike'', while not considered a bad game by any means, is generally considered to be the weakest game in the series.

* TakeThatScrappy: The title sequence of ''Battle for Naboo'' features the N64 logo falling on [[TheScrappy Jar Jar Binks]].

** When it comes to brutal levels that don't involve the Snowspeeder, nothing matches the sheer insanity that is ''Raid on Sullust''. There are missile turrets ''everywhere'' and they will begin firing on you ''as soon as you start the level''. Even the heavily armored Y-Wing will barely last a few seconds if you dont stay on your toes. And aiming for a gold medal turns it into the hardest level in the entire game. ''Moff Seerdon's Revenge'' is barely any more forgiving, especially in regards to medal requirements.
** "Razor Rendezvous": You in a B-wing vs a Star Destroyer and its entire complement of fighters.
*** On the other hand, this kind of mission is [[BestLevelEver exactly what the B-wing was designed for]], and if you know what you're doing, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments you can finish with a gold in under a minute.]]

*** And in case that wasn't enough, the game dumps ''two'' Star Destroyers on you at the end, and unlike Razor Rendezvous above, you're probably not using a ship equipped to handle them like the B-wing. Oh, and you can only die three times. [[SarcasmMode Have fun.]]

** After the tough ''Assault On Kile II'' level, you're treated to ''Rescue on Kessel'', which can be completely in ''seconds'' if you aren't aiming for medals, and even if you're going for the gold, its still a very short and relieving change of pace before you're thrown into the brutal ''Prisons of Kessel''.
** All three of the unlockable bonus levels are a relieving change of pace from the games challenging final levels, but ''Beggar's Canyon'' stands out in particular because its a leisurely paced racing level with no combat involved, and even getting a Gold Medal is ridiculously easy in it.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: In ''Rogue Leader'', running out of time on "Triumph of the Empire" shows the Death Star going kaboom, just like in canon, but it also shows Vader's TIE being blown away by the wreckage. Problem is, it's painfully obvious that Vader's TIE moves in the game's native 60 FPS while the explosion is taken straight out of the 24 FPS source material.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: In ''Rogue Leader'', running out of time on "Triumph of the Empire" shows the Death Star going kaboom, just like in canon, but it also shows Vader's TIE being blown away by the wreckage. Problem is, it's painfully obvious that Vader's TIE moves in the game's native 60 FPS while the explosion is taken straight out of thw 24 FPS source material.

** Missile Turrets, particularly in the first game. One alone can put a nasty dent in your shields. Two or three will drop an X-wing in a little over a second. [[MostAnnoyingSound You will learn to fear the lock-on sound.]] Worse yet is that the FinalBoss has access to them; not so bad if you've learned how to avoid them by that point, but completely awful if you haven't.

*** [[MostAnnoyingSound Oh, and you have to do this while '''constantly''' hearing the Rebels scream at you.]]

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: Medal chasers in the two [=GameCube=] games will simply tell their squadmates to flee, since [[AnnoyingVideoGameHelper their kills don't count towards the kill requirements for the medals]].

* MostAnnoyingSound: In ''Rebel Strike'', in the "Battle for Endor" space mission, Lando will glitch and CONSTANTLY repeat "We gotta buy more time!" every three seconds. Needless to say, it gets old '''FAST.'''
** There are two levels in Rogue Leader where you have to escort the Frigate Redemption, and the Frigate will yell at you in a very shrill voice ''frequently''

** The Battle of Hoth bonus level in the first game is a breeze on its own, but getting a gold medal on it is a pain due to the very tight criteria. You're given just barely enough time to finish the level, so if you flub up even once with taking down the [=AT-ATs=], you may as well just start over. On top of that, the accuracy requirements are usually high, which can be an extra pain in the neck despite the precense of three huge targets to shoot at due to the aforementioned time requirements.
** When it comes to brutal levels, nothing matches the sheer insanity that is ''Raid on Sullust''. There are missile turrets ''everywhere'' and they will begin firing on you ''as soon as you start the level''. Even the heavily armored Y-Wing will barely last a few seconds if you dont stay on your toes. And aiming for a gold medal turns it into the hardest level in the entire game. ''Moff Seerdon's Revenge'' is barely any more forgiving, especially in regards to medal requirements.

** Imperial Construction Yards, also in the first game. Once you get past the tricky Radar section, its a pure hit n run level where you fly around to blow up as many Imperial enemies and structures as you can to your hearts content.

** The Naboo Starfighter is an absurdly powerful JackOfAllStats that has high speed, great shields, and powerful weapons in all of the main games (its appearance in ''Battle for Naboo'' is slightly nerfed in speed and firepower, but its no less useful of a ship). It makes earning Gold Medals nearly ''trivial'', even in bombing levels designed for the Y-Wing. Adding homing cluster missiles in ''Rebel Strike'' is just icing on the cake.

* DissapointingLastLevel: Battle of Hoth in the first game is a decidedly underwhelming bonus level that not only barely represents the iconic scene its based on, but is also a very short, basic and relatively easy level (unless you're aiming to get a Gold Medal on it) compared to the downright brutal levels you had to get a Gold on to unlock it in the first place.

** Both of the Y-wing levels in the first game also qualify. Slow ship + lots of missile turrets + tons of [=TIEs=] = bad times. Thankfully you can use the Naboo Starfighter in those levels as well as the X-wing ones.

* BreatherLevel: After the tough ''Assault On Kile II'' level, you're treated to ''Rescue on Kessel'', which can be completely in ''seconds'' if you aren't aiming for medals, and even if you're going for the gold, its still a very short and relieving change of pace before you're thrown into the brutal ''Prisons of Kessel''.

* GoddamnedBats: The TIE's in the Battle for Endor, if for nothing else their tendency to run into you by accident.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: For a game that was released in '''2001''' and as a UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube launch title, ''Rogue Leader'''s visuals hold up very well to this day.

** Missile Turrets, particularly in the first game. One alone can put a nasty dent in your shields. Two or three will drop an X-wing in a little over a second. You will learn to fear the lock-on sound. Worse yet is that the FinalBoss has access to them; not so bad if you've learned how to avoid them by that point, but completely awful if you haven't.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The games all used music from the movies (the first game using Musy X remixes of songs from them, the sequels using the real audio tracks), [[AwesomeMusic/StarWars with all that entails.]] Factor 5 also improvised plenty of their own music for the games, and while the Musy X synthesizer was no match for Music/JohnWilliams' fully orchestrated scores, it turned out some respectable pieces, such as the moody theme of "The Jade Moon".
** The inclusion of the 70's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itmi2R0ytfI Disco remix]] of the Star Wars theme for the opening of Rebel Strike. It's also used as the theme for the arcade room, so you can [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments make Darth Vader shake to the music in the Death Star hanger.]]

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: For a game that was released in '''2001''' and as a UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube launch title, ''Rogue Leader'''s visuals hold up very well to this day.

*** First off, it's a [[ScrappyLevel Y-Wing mission]], which obviously requires the player to fly the Rebels' slow, lumbering bomber that will most likely get shot down at least once through an astroid field for added "fun". The first half of the mission requires the player to use the ship's ion cannons on three generators powering a forcefield, which gets pretty tedious.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: Medal chasers in the two [=GameCube=] games will simply tell their squadmates to flee, since [[UnwantedAssistance their kills don't count towards the kill requirements for the medals]].