August 5, 200619 yr Ive been thinking about purchasing a SW RTS but dont really know which ones to start researching about. Can you guys help me out so I kinda know what to look for? Thx If money is the root of all evil.....why is the world not destroyed?
August 5, 200619 yr The new one, I think it's called Empire At War is probably your best bet. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> From what I've heard, it's the only one worth buying. "Console exclusive is such a harsh word." - Darque"Console exclusive is two words Darque." - Nartwak (in response to Darque's observation)
August 6, 200619 yr I believe Rebellion and Force Commander are considered RTS. "Console exclusive is such a harsh word." - Darque"Console exclusive is two words Darque." - Nartwak (in response to Darque's observation)
August 6, 200619 yr And Galactic Battlegrounds Well I've played Empire at War, and Galactic Battlegrounds and strangely I choose Galactic Battlegrounds, its got the AOE engine but an old game graphics arent that good, and it doesnt have space battles ect. its basically all on land and you can control like 6 different races. Empire, Gungans, Royal Naboo, Rebels, Trade Federation, Republic Empire at War has a similar engine to R:TW, ie. you go around and build your forces on the galaxy sort of map, and you go to invade other enemy planets, its alright but I dont like how its just Empire vs Rebels (set in the period between 3-4)
August 6, 200619 yr Author I started looking at Empire at War on IGN. It has too many errors in its gameplay to make me want to buy it.....and dont even get me started on the character models... If money is the root of all evil.....why is the world not destroyed?
August 6, 200619 yr Author maybe ill wait till the expansion "Forces of Corruption" comes out.......then Ill give it a try If money is the root of all evil.....why is the world not destroyed?
August 7, 200619 yr You need a good computer if you want to run it smoothly, and there is mods thankfully being made, Imperial Assault 2, ironically is based on the Trade federation and clone wars ect. I hate how its based on the early stages of the empire and rebels, Shame on the devs, uber shame!
August 8, 200619 yr Empire at war for space combat. For ground you might as well grab C&C generals and a mod or somthing because all the SW games on ground are garbage. Rebellion (shudder) was good in theory (Woo! Civilization IN SPACE!) but bad in practice as it turns into a MASSIVE time sink Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
August 9, 200619 yr And Galactic Battlegrounds Well I've played Empire at War, and Galactic Battlegrounds and strangely I choose Galactic Battlegrounds, its got the AOE engine but an old game graphics arent that good, and it doesnt have space battles ect. its basically all on land and you can control like 6 different races. Empire, Gungans, Royal Naboo, Rebels, Trade Federation, Republic Empire at War has a similar engine to R:TW, ie. you go around and build your forces on the galaxy sort of map, and you go to invade other enemy planets, its alright but I dont like how its just Empire vs Rebels (set in the period between 3-4) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am with you man. Empire at War has some pretty cool inovations, but Gallactic Battlegrounds has tremendous veriety.
August 9, 200619 yr its not really that bad of a game. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Which one, Rebellion or one of the others?
August 9, 200619 yr Author just decided to buy BF2. Ive never played it and beat the campaign in about 2 days. There's only 2 things I found horribly wrong with it. 1. No rebel or CIS campaign. Though the Darkside levels were fun, I would like to play LS as well. 2.NO DEATH STAR SPACE BATTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If money is the root of all evil.....why is the world not destroyed?
August 9, 200619 yr Empire at war for space combat. For ground you might as well grab C&C generals and a mod or somthing because all the SW games on ground are garbage. Rebellion (shudder) was good in theory (Woo! Civilization IN SPACE!) but bad in practice as it turns into a MASSIVE time sink <{POST_SNAPBACK}> True that, the land battles take AGES its pretty much like stalemate, it just keeps going, you harvest resources, you hold your resources, you lose men, you call in more men, paying for them with your limitless resources, and then when you have lots of men you send 'em to battle and pretty much every unit has a counter so everything gets pwned in battle. The movement is so slow and the mini battle between a rebel squad and stormie squad takes like 5 minutes. Oh and the enemy does this too so it turns into a loophole. The only good thing is the space battles IMO. And Galactic Battlegrounds Well I've played Empire at War, and Galactic Battlegrounds and strangely I choose Galactic Battlegrounds, its got the AOE engine but an old game graphics arent that good, and it doesnt have space battles ect. its basically all on land and you can control like 6 different races. Empire, Gungans, Royal Naboo, Rebels, Trade Federation, Republic Empire at War has a similar engine to R:TW, ie. you go around and build your forces on the galaxy sort of map, and you go to invade other enemy planets, its alright but I dont like how its just Empire vs Rebels (set in the period between 3-4) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am with you man. Empire at War has some pretty cool inovations, but Gallactic Battlegrounds has tremendous veriety. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Age of Empires engine was good, Shame graphics arent that good. If battlegrounds had empire at war graphics and space battles it would be so much better. just decided to buy BF2. Ive never played it and beat the campaign in about 2 days. There's only 2 things I found horribly wrong with it. 1. No rebel or CIS campaign. Though the Darkside levels were fun, I would like to play LS as well. 2.NO DEATH STAR SPACE BATTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah well it was set inbetween 3-4 and the whole attack on the DS was during ep 4
August 9, 200619 yr Author no it isnt. the battles take you all the way to Hoth (which was an insane, but awesome battle IMO ) If money is the root of all evil.....why is the world not destroyed?
August 9, 200619 yr all the levels get repetitive. "Destroy the command post" "capture command posts" "lost a command post"
August 12, 200619 yr Author yeah it can get a little boring about halfway through the game. If money is the root of all evil.....why is the world not destroyed?
August 12, 200619 yr Force Commander was pretty decent IMO, seeing as it was the first real attempt at a SW RTS game. The campaign sucked major @$$ (OF COURSE the Rebels have to win at the end), but I enjoyed some LAN skirmishes with my friends. Nothing real spectacular, but it was good fun for a while. Galactic Battlegrounds was...an AoE II SW total conversion mod, nothing more. I finished the Campaigns and then abandoned it, if I want an AoE-like game I will play the original. Still haven't tried Empire at War, but will probably get it when the expansion is out if I can find a bundle pack or something.
August 14, 200619 yr Author Empire at war looked like it had too many things wrong with it to fork out the fifty bucks for it <_< . I can understand a few things, but that just went over my limit. Sry LA If money is the root of all evil.....why is the world not destroyed?
August 16, 200619 yr Bad time era too <{POST_SNAPBACK}> actually it's being narrowed down to the point where between ep 3 and 4 is the only time period they have to play with without making it a movie tie in. in Kotor era's they don't know enough about what's currently on in terms of ships that they can use as units while afterwords things just get... wierd plotwise. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
August 16, 200619 yr True about the plotwise stuff. But I still reckon they could have made more games based on KotOR rather then the RPG aspect. It would be pretty cool to have an EaW space battle but the reinactment of the attack on the Star Forge, the Sith have about 3 different classes of space ships, as do the Republic if not more and Im sure that they could make something up or muster something up.
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