The secret to success is making sure you have enough units in space that can be called upon for reinforcements. Land maps are also extremely small, which diminishes the strategic options, as there is typically only one direction to travel. This keeps battles to a fairly small size - not what you would expect from a movie series with "wars" in the title. In land battles, the game restricts how many units you can use at any one time. Having both space and land battles is an ambitious design element, but there are some drawbacks to both phases. The map's size ranges from 8 to 43 planets, depending on the difficulty, as players decide which units to create and what worlds to conquer or defend. Star Wars: Empire at War tries to rectify this situation, combining positive aspects from earlier Star Wars titles, borrowing elements from other strategy games, and incorporating some newly created features for better or worse.Įmpire at War takes place on a star system map with real-time events. If you can get it for like $5 during a steam sale I would highly recommend it, this game has hundreds of hours of content (on its own and with its mods) that a Star Wars fan can enjoy.Though the Star Wars license has seen its fair share of strategy games, none has evolved into a bankable franchise for LucasArts. It also has a massive moder community, with some mods like Imperial Civil War and Republic at War being so massive and rich that they practically constitute free sequels and prequels.
The controls are pretty standard for these kinds of strategy games, and games like Stellaris have significantly improved mechanics that don't have to do with waging war (diplomacy, trade, politics, ect), but if you're ok with controlling characters ranging from Admiral Ackbar to Grand Admiral Thrawn in epic Space battles and ground assaults, this is a pretty great game. Star Wars creates a rich, rich universe full of characters and technology that has always captured my imagination, but EAW and this DLC FoC Gabe that universe solidity, and introduced me to the expanded universe back when it was canon. Major nostalgia: I've played this game since it came out, and for every time I think I've played it to my hearts comtent, a year or two later I'll rediscover it and fall in love again.
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