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Damian · 06-29-2005, 02:39 PM

I haven't played an RTS game in awhile because frankly I got sick of 'em but this one just might bring me back to the genra.
Empire at War

***1138*** · 06-29-2005, 04:06 PM

It's sounding good. I played Rebellion a lot because even with it's major flaws, it was fun. This could be that much better. It might also force me to finally upgrade my computer.

Astrakan · 06-29-2005, 04:58 PM

Man, I haven't played an RTS regularly since the original Command & Conquer in 1996 or so. This might be enough to bring me back into the fold...

KM

***Wirehed*** · 06-29-2005, 05:16 PM

I pretty much ONLY play RTS games, so I'm especially looking forward to this.

mtcarmel00 · 07-16-2005, 10:24 PM

I'm still hesitant with Star Wars RPGs. I had Star Wars: Gallactic Battlegrounds and it sucked terribly. The only redeeming factor of that game was the Killer Ewok cheat code.

LeChuck · 07-17-2005, 03:28 AM

I was huge into blizzard RTSes (Warcrafts and Starcrafts (I want Starcraft 2 damnit!)), but never really got into them all that much. Part of it might be because I was not very good. I will second the opinion that that Star Wars Battleground RTS was not very good. This one looks like it could be good though! I will be keeping my eye on this one.

***1138*** · 07-18-2005, 07:13 AM

So I just saw this game being played at the SD ComicCon and it looks very promising. It was a pretty early build with some serious bugs (not being able to see the enemies Imp Star Destroyers) but it looked really great and seemed pretty quick and easy to use. They couldn't be too concrete, but the guy said probably a minimum of 1GHz machine with a Geforce3 or better card with 256MB of memory. So it sounds not too bad on the system requirements.

They were letting people take turns playing a 1 on 1 game eithe rin space or on land. The space battles were very 2 dimensional limited which I guess was a choice for ease of use. Still waiting for that great 3D SW space combat game I guess.

Damian · 07-18-2005, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1138

So I just saw this game being played at the SD ComicCon and it looks very promising. It was a pretty early build with some serious bugs (not being able to see the enemies Imp Star Destroyers) but it looked really great and seemed pretty quick and easy to use. They couldn't be too concrete, but the guy said probably a minimum of 1GHz machine with a Geforce3 or better card with 256MB of memory. So it sounds not too bad on the system requirements.

They were letting people take turns playing a 1 on 1 game eithe rin space or on land. The space battles were very 2 dimensional limited which I guess was a choice for ease of use. Still waiting for that great 3D SW space combat game I guess.

Any hint on a release date? If it was an early build as you say it was it probably won't be out until next year.

***1138*** · 07-18-2005, 05:38 PM

Early 2006 I beleive they said.

furthest1 · 07-18-2005, 05:56 PM

I actually thought the release was going to be late 2005...after checking gamespot. They list it as November 1st 2005. I love this game, I nearly yelled in joy when I heard this was being made. I loved SW Rebellion, even though most people didn't and it looks like it will be a little bit of that and a little bit of galactic battlegrounds, which was also good. Very excited for this.

sub780lime · 07-18-2005, 08:51 PM

RTS's are one of my favorite genres and its too bad this game got pushed back until Feb of next year, i was really looked forward to it, thought it wont act like the typical RTS, or atleast not the Blizzard style which is my favorite, this game will act a lot like the Star Wars trading Card Game where by controlling planets you gain resources and certain special skills so that you can manufacture or train. It sound like its going to be a lot of fun, but as i said above, the delays killer, and most annoying is its not being delayed to fine tune the game, but because lucasarts supposedly doesnt want to flood the market with Star Wars game. oh come on, it would be nice to get a few more GOOD star wars games since we get so much crap, and since its an entirely untouched Genre for them, atleast in making something decent, and its on PC, its should matter. Its a bunch of crap!

furthest1 · 07-19-2005, 03:39 PM

Check out Star Wars Rebellion, not thebest game, but I really like what they've done with the SW RTS in this one. It's pretty good, if not a alittle hard.

sub780lime · 07-29-2005, 06:30 PM

official trailers up, can check it out here

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...rts/media.html

furthest1 · 08-01-2005, 07:10 PM

Cool, good stuff. Looking better all the time, but the release is still a ways off, but I guess battlefront 2 will hold my fix.

sub780lime · 01-18-2006, 09:29 PM

Anyone else get the email to download the demo for this, mine came from gamespot and its downloading at home right now, cant wait to play through and see how this is

jmoney · 01-18-2006, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sub780lime

Anyone else get the email to download the demo for this, mine came from gamespot and its downloading at home right now, cant wait to play through and see how this is

I've downloaded it twice and can't get it to frick'n install.

sub780lime · 01-18-2006, 10:49 PM

doesnt sound good, ill see if i can find it somewhere else if that happens to me

jmoney · 01-18-2006, 11:11 PM

Fileplanet has the demo up now. I'm gonna try to get it there.

jmoney · 01-19-2006, 02:45 AM

File incomplete

sub780lime · 01-19-2006, 08:23 AM

interesting, a few sites are hosting it and can be found on the empireatwar.com website, i am downloading two others, but i am sure they are the same files and wont work. Does your even start to install, my wont even get to that point, choose run, quick new window, than disappears, and nothing

jmoney · 01-19-2006, 11:13 AM

Yeah, that's what was happening with mine. I did finally get a good download from fileplanet.

sub780lime · 01-19-2006, 07:19 PM

as did I, havent played yet, its sitting open right now, but i came to respond in case people hadnt found it. Little disapointed thought, my laptop is getting serviced and its my main gaming rig, pretty nice portable rig, better than my desktop, but i wont have it to try this demo on for a few days.

sub780lime · 02-12-2006, 08:55 PM

COMING OUT THURSDAY THE 16TH

Anyone else excited?!

Heckalaska · 03-05-2006, 10:29 PM

Initial reviews are looking pretty good. Anybody actually buy and play this sucker yet? I too was a longtime C&C junkie till FPSs took over my computer since Counterstrike. This could definitely be the one that pulls me back to the dark side.

***Wirehed*** · 03-05-2006, 11:35 PM

I bought it, installed it, and played over the training missions.

So far I'm a bit "meh" about it, but I haven't started the campaign yet, so we'll see how that goes.

sub780lime · 03-06-2006, 10:50 PM

ive played through the campaign and everything, but i havent done a galatic war, i enjoyed it, i figured out a formula and never lost a battle, so i dont know if that is good or bad. I am gonna invest some time soon in the skirmishes and things, its definately worth a play through and the best star wars rts yet

Heckalaska · 03-10-2006, 05:46 PM

Alright, based on the fact that you two didn't think it sucked ass, I bought it today. I'll post back when I get through it a bit.

sub780lime · 03-29-2006, 11:19 PM

Anyone actually play through this and have some opinions, ive been distracted by FEAR of late (atleast as PC games go) so i havent been playing, but if anyone want to try an galactic conquest online i am up for it.

06-29-2005, 04:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
*1138* Producer/Admin Careful, or I'll ban myself... Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	It's sounding good. I played Rebellion a lot because even with it's major flaws, it was fun. This could be that much better. It might also force me to finally upgrade my computer. __________________ Administrator I got a rock and roll band. I got a rock and roll life. I got a rock and roll girlfriend. And another ex-wife.

06-29-2005, 05:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
*Wirehed* Producer/Admin NSFW Off 'the list' Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Sacto, Ca --Near Galt, home of LeVar Burton	I pretty much ONLY play RTS games, so I'm especially looking forward to this. __________________ The Order of the Zombie. The world's greatest zombie culture website. "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos" In his house in R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits for the pizza delivery guy.

07-16-2005, 10:24 PM	#5 (permalink)
mtcarmel00 Wholesome. Actor. Get used to it. Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: San Diego, California	I'm still hesitant with Star Wars RPGs. I had Star Wars: Gallactic Battlegrounds and it sucked terribly. The only redeeming factor of that game was the Killer Ewok cheat code. __________________ "That could have been your head David." *Clarksville Monkees All-Time Record: 27-27-1* My Photos My DVDs My Blog

07-18-2005, 07:13 AM	#7 (permalink)
*1138* Producer/Admin Careful, or I'll ban myself... Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	So I just saw this game being played at the SD ComicCon and it looks very promising. It was a pretty early build with some serious bugs (not being able to see the enemies Imp Star Destroyers) but it looked really great and seemed pretty quick and easy to use. They couldn't be too concrete, but the guy said probably a minimum of 1GHz machine with a Geforce3 or better card with 256MB of memory. So it sounds not too bad on the system requirements. They were letting people take turns playing a 1 on 1 game eithe rin space or on land. The space battles were very 2 dimensional limited which I guess was a choice for ease of use. Still waiting for that great 3D SW space combat game I guess. __________________ Administrator I got a rock and roll band. I got a rock and roll life. I got a rock and roll girlfriend. And another ex-wife.

07-18-2005, 05:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
*1138* Producer/Admin Careful, or I'll ban myself... Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	Early 2006 I beleive they said. __________________ Administrator I got a rock and roll band. I got a rock and roll life. I got a rock and roll girlfriend. And another ex-wife.

06-29-2005, 04:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
Astrakan Actor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Toronto, ON Canada	Man, I haven't played an RTS regularly since the original Command & Conquer in 1996 or so. This might be enough to bring me back into the fold... KM

07-17-2005, 03:28 AM	#6 (permalink)
LeChuck "Woman Hands" man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cambridge, MA	I was huge into blizzard RTSes (Warcrafts and Starcrafts (I want Starcraft 2 damnit!)), but never really got into them all that much. Part of it might be because I was not very good. I will second the opinion that that Star Wars Battleground RTS was not very good. This one looks like it could be good though! I will be keeping my eye on this one.

07-18-2005, 05:56 PM	#10 (permalink)
furthest1 Actor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington, DC	I actually thought the release was going to be late 2005...after checking gamespot. They list it as November 1st 2005. I love this game, I nearly yelled in joy when I heard this was being made. I loved SW Rebellion, even though most people didn't and it looks like it will be a little bit of that and a little bit of galactic battlegrounds, which was also good. Very excited for this.

07-18-2005, 08:51 PM	#11 (permalink)
sub780lime Can't Spell Bilbo Join Date: May 2002 Location: A Galaxy Far Far Away	RTS's are one of my favorite genres and its too bad this game got pushed back until Feb of next year, i was really looked forward to it, thought it wont act like the typical RTS, or atleast not the Blizzard style which is my favorite, this game will act a lot like the Star Wars trading Card Game where by controlling planets you gain resources and certain special skills so that you can manufacture or train. It sound like its going to be a lot of fun, but as i said above, the delays killer, and most annoying is its not being delayed to fine tune the game, but because lucasarts supposedly doesnt want to flood the market with Star Wars game. oh come on, it would be nice to get a few more GOOD star wars games since we get so much crap, and since its an entirely untouched Genre for them, atleast in making something decent, and its on PC, its should matter. Its a bunch of crap! __________________ love comes and goes, but an avatar . . . that's forever. - Pirate

07-19-2005, 03:39 PM	#12 (permalink)
furthest1 Actor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington, DC	Check out Star Wars Rebellion, not thebest game, but I really like what they've done with the SW RTS in this one. It's pretty good, if not a alittle hard.

07-29-2005, 06:30 PM	#13 (permalink)
sub780lime Can't Spell Bilbo Join Date: May 2002 Location: A Galaxy Far Far Away	official trailers up, can check it out here http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...rts/media.html __________________ love comes and goes, but an avatar . . . that's forever. - Pirate

08-01-2005, 07:10 PM	#14 (permalink)
furthest1 Actor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington, DC	Cool, good stuff. Looking better all the time, but the release is still a ways off, but I guess battlefront 2 will hold my fix.

01-18-2006, 09:29 PM	#15 (permalink)
sub780lime Can't Spell Bilbo Join Date: May 2002 Location: A Galaxy Far Far Away	Anyone else get the email to download the demo for this, mine came from gamespot and its downloading at home right now, cant wait to play through and see how this is __________________ love comes and goes, but an avatar . . . that's forever. - Pirate

01-18-2006, 10:49 PM	#17 (permalink)
sub780lime Can't Spell Bilbo Join Date: May 2002 Location: A Galaxy Far Far Away	doesnt sound good, ill see if i can find it somewhere else if that happens to me __________________ love comes and goes, but an avatar . . . that's forever. - Pirate

01-18-2006, 11:11 PM	#18 (permalink)
jmoney Actor Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Upstate	Fileplanet has the demo up now. I'm gonna try to get it there. __________________ " Anyone who spends a significant amount of time with me finds me disagreeable. " --William Sommerset

01-19-2006, 02:45 AM	#19 (permalink)
jmoney Actor Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Upstate	File incomplete __________________ " Anyone who spends a significant amount of time with me finds me disagreeable. " --William Sommerset

01-19-2006, 08:23 AM	#20 (permalink)
sub780lime Can't Spell Bilbo Join Date: May 2002 Location: A Galaxy Far Far Away	interesting, a few sites are hosting it and can be found on the empireatwar.com website, i am downloading two others, but i am sure they are the same files and wont work. Does your even start to install, my wont even get to that point, choose run, quick new window, than disappears, and nothing __________________ love comes and goes, but an avatar . . . that's forever. - Pirate

01-19-2006, 11:13 AM	#21 (permalink)
jmoney Actor Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Upstate	Yeah, that's what was happening with mine. I did finally get a good download from fileplanet. __________________ " Anyone who spends a significant amount of time with me finds me disagreeable. " --William Sommerset

01-19-2006, 07:19 PM	#22 (permalink)
sub780lime Can't Spell Bilbo Join Date: May 2002 Location: A Galaxy Far Far Away	as did I, havent played yet, its sitting open right now, but i came to respond in case people hadnt found it. Little disapointed thought, my laptop is getting serviced and its my main gaming rig, pretty nice portable rig, better than my desktop, but i wont have it to try this demo on for a few days. __________________ love comes and goes, but an avatar . . . that's forever. - Pirate

02-12-2006, 08:55 PM	#23 (permalink)
sub780lime Can't Spell Bilbo Join Date: May 2002 Location: A Galaxy Far Far Away	COMING OUT THURSDAY THE 16TH Anyone else excited?! __________________ love comes and goes, but an avatar . . . that's forever. - Pirate

03-05-2006, 10:29 PM	#24 (permalink)
Heckalaska Actor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Littleport, England	Initial reviews are looking pretty good. Anybody actually buy and play this sucker yet? I too was a longtime C&C junkie till FPSs took over my computer since Counterstrike. This could definitely be the one that pulls me back to the dark side. __________________ 50,000 battered women and I'm still eating mine plain!?! My Collection

03-05-2006, 11:35 PM	#25 (permalink)
*Wirehed* Producer/Admin NSFW Off 'the list' Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Sacto, Ca --Near Galt, home of LeVar Burton	I bought it, installed it, and played over the training missions. So far I'm a bit "meh" about it, but I haven't started the campaign yet, so we'll see how that goes. __________________ The Order of the Zombie. The world's greatest zombie culture website. "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos" In his house in R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits for the pizza delivery guy.

03-06-2006, 10:50 PM	#26 (permalink)
sub780lime Can't Spell Bilbo Join Date: May 2002 Location: A Galaxy Far Far Away	ive played through the campaign and everything, but i havent done a galatic war, i enjoyed it, i figured out a formula and never lost a battle, so i dont know if that is good or bad. I am gonna invest some time soon in the skirmishes and things, its definately worth a play through and the best star wars rts yet __________________ love comes and goes, but an avatar . . . that's forever. - Pirate

03-10-2006, 05:46 PM	#27 (permalink)
Heckalaska Actor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Littleport, England	Alright, based on the fact that you two didn't think it sucked ass, I bought it today. I'll post back when I get through it a bit. __________________ 50,000 battered women and I'm still eating mine plain!?! My Collection

03-29-2006, 11:19 PM	#28 (permalink)
sub780lime Can't Spell Bilbo Join Date: May 2002 Location: A Galaxy Far Far Away	Anyone actually play through this and have some opinions, ive been distracted by FEAR of late (atleast as PC games go) so i havent been playing, but if anyone want to try an galactic conquest online i am up for it. __________________ love comes and goes, but an avatar . . . that's forever. - Pirate

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