Star Wars: Empire At War

[Hamma]

I know at one point this was posted about here but I figured I'd rehash it.

Star Wars EAW is coming out in February and tomorrow they plan to release a demo. I've always been a fan of RTS games and even more of a fan of the former Westwood crew so I am really looking forward to it :brow:

http://pc.ign.com/objects/713/713904.html
http://www.lucasarts.com/games/swempireatwar/

[OneManArmy]

looks hot, been following it. can't wait.

[Electrofreak]

yeah me and my bro have been keeping track of it as well. My bro is absolutely crazy about it, he has a released screenshot as his desktop background. :lol:

[Lartnev]

Hopefully it'll be like Star Wars: Supremacy (I believe it was called something else in the States, perhaps Rebellion?) but 100 times better. Needless to say I have it on pre-order :D

[xmodum]

I saw some pics a while ago, if Peace/Electro/Inf/Knight tell me it's good, I'll download it.

[Infernus]

I've been watching this for a while...

It looks great, I can't wait.

[Peacemaker]

I saw some pics a while ago, if Peace/Electro/Inf/Knight tell me it's good, I'll download it.

Your such a bitch to us.

[Evilmp]

I adore the former Westwood..I own most games they have made, cant wait. I cant view at the moment, school blocks..but does anybody know if they have a beta?

[Hamma]

Don't think so - demo tomorrow though ;)

[Biohazzard56]

Ive read alot about it, looks freaking awesome.

[MattxMosh]

This is one of teh games I have been looking forward too for a while.

[Hamma]

Demo is out
http://www.gamespot.com/promos/2006/starwarsdemo/index.html

Hopefully, it isnt on just one website all day long.

[OneManArmy]

http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/empireatwar/

fuck gamespot.

[Hamma]

Yep came out a bit ago on Fileplanet/Fileshack (Fileshack for the win!)

:D

Trying to talk Jenny into downloading it before I get home. :p

[Biohazzard56]

Im resubbing to Fileplanet, later today. I cannot stand this wait.

[Hamma]

Fileshack!!!1

[HELLFISH_88]

Yeah i have been waiting for this. I always played starwars: Galactic battlegrounds when that was popular. I miss westwood and despise EA for buying them out, I hope they use their famus live-action cut-scene style.


Link to DL site?

[Hamma]

www.fileshack.com
www.fileplanet.com
www.gamespot.com

To name a few :D

[Marsman]

Demo is interesting. Pretty much standard stuff for a RTS. The cinematic option is kinda cool. Just played the whole demo - pretty short but does give you a taste of what it's going to be like. Graphics are pretty nice - nothing spectacular, but nice. Would have to see the rest of the game for a decent test drive, but from the demo I'd give it 3-4 stars out of 5.

[MattxMosh]

Just getting around to downloading it now, go go fast internet!

[Hamma]

http://www.petroden.com/game_mods_demo.shtml

For anyone still playing around with the EAW demo - there are a fair amount of hacks now.

[Psy]

Ive also been keeping an eye on this one, looks promising

[OneManArmy]

the more I played with the I more I realized I'm not gonna buy it.

I just don't like it... It just doesn't feel like it offers much... maybe its been a while since a played a good rts but I've been playing Red Alert 1 and 2 and I'm having a lot more fun....

[Kyonye]

http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/684/684287/star-wars-empire-at-war-20060127084024695.jpg


Look familiar? :P

[Hamma]

:lol:

The game is kinda cool but I dunno.. there seems to be alot going on to get a good grasp on.

[Electrofreak]

I've been getting my Sci-Fi RTS fix from Ground Control II... damn good game.

[Lartnev]

I've been getting my Sci-Fi RTS fix from Ground Control II... damn good game.

GC II ruined the groundbreaking concepts of the first game (ie, NO RESOURCES!). The Terran missions were kinda cool, but once it came to Viron missions it went downhill fast.

Haven't played EaW yet (cba to download it :p) but been on my list for a while. Supremacy had a LOT to get a handle on before you actually knew what the hell you were doing, but once you did the game got a lot more enjoyable.

[SC385]

i was really disappointed by the demo. I was hoping for something more along the lines of Rise of Nations with both space and ground and you had to do resourse collections and city buidling. but this is something completely different... its like Command and Conqure minus the resources and some city building. plus the thing where you can only have 10 groups of troops on the ground at anytime is really annoying.

if anything i would have to compare this game closer to Imperium Galactium II, which i really enjoyed but it has a different feel and is more fun that SW: EAW.

[Electrofreak]

Imperium Galactica II owned.