Some of the greatest action games of all time aren’t really action games. In the 1990s, LucasArts knew this perhaps better than many developers. As the keepers to the kingdom of games based on Lucasfilm properties like Star Wars and Indiana Jones, the studio tended to balance straightforward thrills with a fierce devotion to narrative. Even space combat simulators like X-Wing and TIE Fighter or first-person shooters like Dark Forces weren’t just excuses for pew-pew action. In all vintage ‘90s LucasArts games, the story came first.
