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New Star Wars game!!!!!!!

AWESOME!! Realtime strategy!!!

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Not out till next Autumn I believe.

Set 2 years before ANH, and Empire At War isn't the official name btw.

What name would you give it?

I reckon something along the lines of Star Wars: Galactic Conquest or Reign Of Order or something like that.........

Empire At War is fine but sounds stupid when you say it "Star Wars: Empire At War".

The new TIE-Tank looks great.

I cant wait that long!!! MUST HAVE NOW!

Empire at War sounds alright, id accept that, but Galactic Conquest does sound pretty good.

I was just thinking the other day that someone should make a star wars game with space battles exactly like this game.

saw this on gamespot, looks very good indeed...

shock so many games

This was in the SW forums already...

and Spence... please edit the title of the thread... the mis-spelling is going to haunt my brain cry

Star war games are usually always garbage. The best star war games i have played are shadows of the empire, Rogue squadren, and knights of the old republic. Those are the only star wars games worth playing. All others are either half assed or just completely ridiculous. Not to mention loaded with bugs and glitches, every time i play a star wars game, it always seems that i end up walking up or into walls, and have to reset. Sometimes you just get caught in walls. The stories of some star wars games are so blatantly idiotic, it is hard to fathom why star wars is so popular. Jedi academy is the prime example of how terrible a video game expirence can be. Valley of the jedi, force stealing rods, what kind of shit is this? Why must i always have to search for endless switches and hope to stumble across invisible doors that blend into the enviorment to complete a mission?

There has been already two Star Wars RTS. Their was the horrible Force Commader and the decent Age Of Empires rip off Galatic Battlegrounds

I am actually looking forward to galactic commando's I am getting sick of the redundancy in star wars games though. Kotor actually braved new territory in not including storm troopers. If star wars is such a broad universe in literature, why can it not be be as grand in the video game world. It is always the same stories, with the same half assed game design.

yeah, sorry about the spelling, i didnt realise until after i pressed submit.
and i found the thread just shortly after posting this one. sorry.

True. Star Wars are somewhat lacking. I tried Empire Divided, and that last about 2 minutes.
Commando's looks alright, nothing really good about it. I've only enjoyed Jedi Knight.

sahweeeeeeeeeeeeeet

this will be good

an AT-AT on naboo?... isnt that a bit out of context?

Quite.

I haven't been into Star Wars RTS games, all the others I've ever played or have:-) But Galaxies was a huge AoE spinoff. Maybe I'll look into it.

I wouldnt think an AT-AT on Naboo would be out of context. Its a fantasy setting, they could do anything they want. Also, the Empire conquered the galaxie so I would assume that they did the same with Naboo.

The empire tried to take over Naboo shortly after ep2. they might have tried taking over it again during this time frame, but who knows and who cares!

So this game looks likes its just going to be the empire and the alliance as we know and love. hopefully, no gungans!

I cant wait to try the space combat, hopefully 3d space combat wont be as difficult to master!

Online play is going to be SWEEEEEEEEEET!!!

I dont think it would be very easy to make a Star Wars RTS in space... I'm thinking at most it would be like starcraft and have ships but fly them on the planets. No real space battles with star destroyers, calamari crusiers and fighters.

Who said that planet was Naboo?
It could just be some other, "new" planet created by the designers.....

KOTOR 2
Republic Commando
plus this game ( Empire At War )

looks like Lucasarts are getting back to making awesome games

Don't forget Mercenaries, although it isn't a Star Wars game.

BUMP

Man, I really want this game...

This is just a second move to LOTR - battle of middle earth

This topic can most definitely use a bump. As we approach closer and closer to February, I grow more and more anticipatory of this great game. <3 <3

And Machete Guy, it's a RTS, but that doesn't mean it's a knock off. o_O;

By that logic, I could say BfME was a knock off of War Craft III, which was a knock off a StarCraft, which was a knock off of War Craft I and II, or like saying Halo is a knock off of Doom.

They're the same genre of game, but they're way, way different.

Also, keep in mind that EaW takes place on a scale about twenty times the size of BfME, and that the battles in space will be taking place in three dimensions as opposed to two.

Bump...


Think it came out today for me, going shopping tomorrow and if they have it...BUYING!


Ps, can we get a title correction here..doh

I thought it wasn't coming out until the 16th?

Fixed the title

I get it earlier cause my country is da bombdroolio

So all you suckers can wait another week

I downloaded the demo when it was first released and still haven't played it.

Originally posted by Lana


I downloaded the demo when it was first released and still haven't played it.

i might get this game....how long has the demo been out??

Demo's been out for a few weeks, better off waiting for the game to come out....wait your Aussie, you should be able to pick it up now...

Looks good, nice to see a GOOD Star Wars RTS where you can reshape events. I was talking to a friend who works at EB games about it - he said it's possible at some point to have the Death Star... that's just

jawdrop

Still, if it's true it would be interesting to see how they balance it, though I guess in reality the Empire vs. Rebels wasn't the most balanced conflict in fiction history.

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I want the Death Star!!!!!!!!

lol.
yeah ur right mist i should be getting this game, but i have to think about it. i wanna get a tonne of other games too and knowing my parents, i wont be able to get them all

When I build my new uber computer in the next week or so, Empire At War is one game I will check out.

Bump.

The game is out now everywhere I think. Anyone got it/played it yet? Im buying it on Monday

I want to buy it so badly... but only if it's a war game or you can be someone besides a Rebel soldier or Imperial storm trooper.

saw some commercials for this game, damn i'm gonna but it.

hmm maybe me too, but its at the very bottom of my list. the only stratagy game i like anymore is heroes of might and magic.

I got the SWG Starter kit, and it's awesome. Hey Thorin, what was the ad like? Is it one of those "You can only be a stormtrooper" games? Or like a "You can be anything you want 'cause this games freaking rocks" game?

Anyway, ignoring the whole Star Wars Galaxies talk which should be in that thread, I think I'll talk about the actualy topic of this thread.

I bought Empire At War today and I'm installing it right now.

I'll let you all know how it is.

Awesome, I gotta wait 21 hours until I can go get it disgust

Hey cool, we should get some people to have an online match!w00t

Well I got the game and have been playing many hours with a friend now on multiplayer. Many of our campaigns against eachother has had terrible ends, as we didn't know some of the things that activated a defeat. If Mon Mothma dies, the Rebels loose, regardlass of how many planets they have or how big fleets. Same goes for The Empire with The Emperor. If the Death Star is destroyed then the empire also loses.

Originally posted by Morridini
If the Death Star is destroyed then the empire also loses.

So there's no "Striking Back" campaigns then. Doh!

Originally posted by Red Superfly
So there's no "Striking Back" campaigns then. Doh!

Dunno about that, ask someone who has played the campaign.

Can someone who has the game tell me a little about it, like the heros and battles and stuff. I played the game and I was hugley disappointed, I found the space battles boring and they lacked of strategy, more like "the one with biggest army wins". And the ground battles was nothing compared to BFME for example. The graphics didn't impress me either.
I was really looking forward to this game, can anyone who has the full game convince me that it's good and worth to buy?

Just tore the plastic off the case, gonna install it now droolio

Originally posted by kamikz
Can someone who has the game tell me a little about it, like the heros and battles and stuff. I played the game and I was hugley disappointed, I found the space battles boring and they lacked of strategy, more like "the one with biggest army wins". And the ground battles was nothing compared to BFME for example. The graphics didn't impress me either.
I was really looking forward to this game, can anyone who has the full game convince me that it's good and worth to buy?

Ok I've been playing for the last few hours...

The space battles are unbelievably fun. Most fun I've had in a RTS. I havent played through for long but hero wise, Empire gets Vader and Boba flying around (Boba is awesome, he decimates any small fighter squads and can take on a cruiser or two) and Rebels get Han/Chewie and Luke...havent used them yet but I've faced them, they seem alright. Damn its awesome, both players get a space station, objective is to destroy the other person's station. Basically you can pwn easily using the Rebels, just mass build Xwings, shoot an Ion to disable it, and then shoot the crap outta the station. Thats the only downside I've seen so far, its too easy to take down the Empire if you spam with Xwings. The Empire on the other hand have pissy Ties that do nothing, so you have to build a few Star Destroyers and so on.

Basically, space battles always go: build a couple of squad fighters, control the resource points and defence stations, then build squads/upgrade until you can storm the enemy. I agree, theres not a lot of strategy involved. So far I've had a few matches on Easy, and a few on Normal, and the latter has been the most fun because you dont get a lot of time to plan before you get attacked. I wish there was a bit more focus on the strategy side of it, but its still fun. I do like the reinforcement side of it though, its a lot more fun when you can send in a squad of fighters from anywhere and cut off the enemy, rather than building barracks and so on.

Ground battles so far havent impressed me, they seem like usual RTS battles. But Im in it for the Star Wars side of it rather than the gameplay side, so Im still having fun.

You should probably hire the game, give it a good thrashing and then see if you want to buy it. Otherwise you might be disappointed if you're looking for a good RTS. If you're a mad Star Wars fan though, pick it up, its awesome fun when you get to play through campaign missions. I'd give it a run through online as well, at least you'll find a challenge rather than the fairly average CPU players.

Thanks alot for the review Mist. Yeah I think I'll hire it.

lol did you guys see the extensive patch notes?.. its hard to believe they let a game go gold in that state.. but thankfully they did something about it.

I picked this up today, its my first RTS, I played the first 5 tutorials, I like it.

My computer isnt much, so the game doesnt look that great.

I played a Galactic Conquest match (against NPC's) and it took my like 2 hours... and I didn't even finish!

It was epic, to say the least.

Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
lol did you guys see the extensive patch notes?.. its hard to believe they let a game go gold in that state.. but thankfully they did something about it.

Where do you get the patch from? I hope it fixes the Alt Tab problem, the game shuts down with an error if I try and minimize it Anyone else have that problem?


For PC: 1.01 update

Posted: 02/16/06

Installation: This is a self extracting exe. Double-clicking on this file
installs the patch.

This update addresses the following:

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General Issues
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- Corrected an issue that could prevent progress past mission 4 in the Rebel
Campaign.
- Added AI improvements for Land Control games.
- Corrected an issue to count troop transports towards unit cap in space
tactical battles.
- Improved AI to move units within firing range when using Tractor Beam/Proton
beam weapons.
- Corrected an issue where proton torpedoes would ignore hardpoints when
applying damage.
- Corrected an issue in tutorial mission 5 that caused hint Voice Overs to stop
repeating if the reinforcements objective has not been completed.
- Corrected multiple text and voice issues in Japanese, French, Italian,
German, Spanish, and Polish versions of the game.
- Corrected an issue that prevented two Force-sensitive heroes from targeting
the same building.
- Corrected an issue that caused ground troops to be destroyed in space
tactical battles when using Auto-Resolve.
- Corrected an issue that prevented enemy units from displaying their team
color in the mini-map.
- Corrected an issue with the magnapulse cannon that required double-clicking
in order to target enemies.
- Corrected a collision issue with Land Skirmish map "Clash on Tatooine" that
allowed units to fire through the terrain.

- Disabled Save/Load functionality when in tutorial missions.
- Corrected an issue that allowed AI to use Luke Skywalker's special ability
without waiting for the recharge timer.
- Corrected multiple issues with the cinematic camera.
- Corrected an issue that allowed the Interdictor Cruiser's Gravity Well to
remain active after it was destroyed.
- Corrected an issue that prevented multiple units from using the Barrage
ability on the same target.
- Corrected an issue that allowed the Death Star to fire after a tactical
battle completed.

------------------
Performance Issues
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- Corrected performance issues with particle effects.
- Improved path-finding and collision for troop transports in space maps.
- Corrected performance issues caused by ToolTips in tactical battles.
- Improved load times.

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Graphics Issues
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- Corrected an issue with the shadow mesh for X-wings.
- Improved accuracy for auto-detection of graphics Detail Level.
- Corrected an issue that did not pause the demo-attract cutscenes behind
full-screen menus.
- Corrected a sizing issue with ToolTips in menu screens after changing the
Video Resolution.
- Corrected issues with the Fog-of-War in the Collector's Edition bonus maps.
- Adjusted the tactical camera for widescreen aspect ratios.

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Multiplayer Issues
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- Increased Multiplayer stability for LAN and Internet games.
- Disabled the Fast Forward and Play buttons in Multiplayer games.
- Corrected an issue that caused Game Speed settings to revert to defaults when
changing modes in Multiplayer.
- Corrected a crash issue caused by clients joining a game without selecting
the same map as the host.
- Corrected multiple issues that caused text to word wrap in Multiplayer
screens and menus.
- Added a message in the lobby to inform clients when they were missing maps
for some hosted games.
- Corrected Save/Load issues in Multiplayer Campaign games.
- Added a message box to state when players leave Galactic mode in Multiplayer
Campaign games.
- Corrected an issue that prevented double-clicking to select all of a unit
type in Multiplayer games.
- Corrected an issue that allowed two players to use the same player color.
- Corrected an issue that allowed the droid log to retain information from
previous Multiplayer games.
- Corrected an issue that caused players to lose Skirmish battles when a
different player would quit the game.
- Corrected an issue that caused custom game names to display incorrectly.
- Corrected an issue that caused the mini-map to appear black after completing
successive Multiplayer games.
- Corrected an issue that allowed too many AI units in Multiplayer games.

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Balance Issues
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- Updated Tech Level build times for Command Centers
o Tech 2:
. Previous Build Time 40 seconds
. New Build Time: 60 seconds
o Tech 3:
. Previous Build Time 50seconds
. New Build Time: 85 seconds
- Updated Tech Level 3 costs for Command Centers
o Previous Cost: 3800
o New Cost: 4000
- Reduced the amount of time that Force Corrupt will affect vehicles.
o Previous Time: 120 seconds
o New Time: 90 seconds
- Reduced fighter laser damage against capital ship and space station shields.
- Reduced damage caused by AT-ST units against infantry.
- Increased the cost of AT-ST units in Skirmish games.
- Increased the recharge timer for the Millennium Falcon's special ability.
- Reduced Millennium Falcon's shields and health.
- Increased the cost of Emperor Palpatine in Skirmish Multiplayer games.
- Increased the cost of Colonel Veers in Multiplayer games.
- Adjusted the radius and recharge timer for Colonel Veers' special ability.
- Increased Vader's TIE Advanced fighter to have 50% more health and double the
firepower.
- Increased the amount of shield damage caused by the larger ion cannons.
- Increased the health for Mineral extractors.
- Increased Anti-Aircraft damage against Airspeeders.
- Reduced AT-AA damage against infantry.
- Increased the rotation speed for the turret of AT-AA units.
- Corrected an issue with Fighter damage verses armor.
- Increased the health of Darth Vader's escort fighters.
- Increased the amount of damage Obi-wan does to buildings.
- Increased the cost and build time of missile cruisers.
- Decreased the amount of damage to turrets, vehicles, and buildings caused by
Airspeeders.
- Corrected an issue that prevented Colonel Veers from being vulnerable to the
cable attack.
- Increased the recharge timer for Red squadron's lucky shot.


Wow, I'd suggest getting this patch then

http://www.lucasarts.com/games/swempireatwar/patch/EAWUpdate1_1.exe

Damn thats a big patch

A couple of my friends have this game, so I guess Ill see how it is and then think about getting it.

Hey Mist, did you know that when 2 saber-wielding heroes fight each other, they actually duel, as opposed to just hacking each other?

This game's $50 right?

It looks soo good, and I remember I loved the old strategy games like Red Alert and Command and Conquer.... But I'm saving up for a 360 and two games. Is it worth it that much?

Originally posted by SnakeEyes
Hey Mist, did you know that when 2 saber-wielding heroes fight each other, they actually duel, as opposed to just hacking each other?

Sweeet....I havent had a duel yet....which characters have lightsabers in the game?

As far as I know only:

-The Emperor
-Darth Vader
-Obi-Wan Kenobi

ive been playing this game a good bit, and I feel like its going to get old fast. I dont see this having the replayability of a red alert or star craft (sorry to go old school but I could play those for ever) A cool game for sure but I am finding myself less and less interested in continuing the game.

That's what I thought after doing a couple skirmishes... but then I tried out Galactic Conquest and really enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. It might get old within a few weeks, but I haven't even started the campaign yet, which is supposed to be quite long. Then, of course, when I exhaust all of it's use from these game types, I can do multiplayer with my buds. All in all, it'll probably last me a while.

ive only done campaign so far, and its gotten way to easy. Very quickly ive gotten what seems to be an umlimited money supply. WHile it is pretty long and involved, I fear by the end of it ill never wanna play again.

Damn, Im strapped for money in campaign

Campaign is definitely the way to go Right now Im up to invading Jabiim (Empire), but as I said about running short of cash, I cant build any decent armies I earn about $6000 a day, and the Victory SD's cost $3000, so Im pretty crap right now And the bastard Rebels keep attacking me at random so all my resources are spread out.

When you guys build smugglers, send them to Nal Hutta, Bespin, and Naboo and you get awesome credit earnings, I was getting $650 from Nal Hutta the other day.

yea beat it tonight, very uneventfull an easy. I realised I did a lot of extra work that wasnt needed. Just stick to the missions and it goes quick. Basicly the deathstar just appeard and then quickly after game ends. Only challenge was the hon solo / chewy mission on land. but even that wasnt too bad.

Does anyone play multiplayer? Im getting bored of campaign..

Anyone buy the expansion?

I haven't played this game in ages, but I was just wondering if you guys had tried out the expansion/have any views on it.

Originally posted by SnakeEyes
Anyone buy the expansion?

I haven't played this game in ages, but I was just wondering if you guys had tried out the expansion/have any views on it.

I say it's worth it if you enjoyed EoW. Forces of Corruption adds so many new things. Playing as Zann is awesome with so many new ways to win. This thing fixed everything that was wrong with the first one. Like just facing one enemy which was fun but it got old sooner or later but now you have two foes to face. Plus the Super Star Destroyer alone is worth it.

Originally posted by SnakeEyes
Anyone buy the expansion?

I haven't played this game in ages, but I was just wondering if you guys had tried out the expansion/have any views on it.

Nah, havent been interested enough. The game stuffed up, and now it wont load any old save games, so I basicaly have to start campaign again, and skirmish mode is pure shit, the AI does nothing except leave 2 squads of fighters flying around its base.