usually rts games are fun, but unless you're in some sort of story mode they get old pretty quick. empire at war is another rts, however its got some pretty cool aspects that i haven't seen in other rts games. first off skirmishes can either be ground based or space based. ground skirmishes are pretty much the same as most other rts games, but space skirmishes include obstacles, like asteroids or nebula clouds, so it's not just a big open battlefield. another cool feature in the space skirmishes is the ability to target specific parts of a space station or space ship to attack. for instance, you can just attack their shield generators or the power generators for their guns.

in the story mode you can control planets, space stations and whole galaxies, so your battles are split up between ground and space... which keeps it fresh.


anyone else played it?

What's the maximum population limit? I hate RTS games with only 100 soldiers to fight with.

it's all based on how many, shit i forget what they call them, but basically landing zones you control. each zone allows you to send in 5 reinforcements, but 1 reinforcement is like 8 foot soldiers or 6 tanks.

my co-worker downloaded the demo, and i watched him play it for a while. I'm not really into RTS anymore, so maybe I'm rusty, but I had a hell of a time figuring out who was who during the space skirmishes. X-wings and tie fighters don't differ much in color, and when there were huge clouds of them shooting each other, my brain started to fry.

Still, it was a damn fine-looking game. With the fact that so many gamers are also Star Wars fanboys, I'm sure this game will have expansions and stuff

yeah, the couple space battles that i've done, i just kinda told them to attack/find targets and then sat back while they did their thing. my biggest complaint so far is the base construction in land skirmishes. it's not the typical build all your structures and then put a wall around it bases, they're very spread out. plus, you can only build certain buildings on certain predetermined areas, and that kinda bugs me.

Ooooooooh

YAY! BENZINE! (benzine just came on my playlist)

I. Must. Own. That. Game.

the last star wars RTS was uber crap

Yeah, I'll never forget how much people ccrapped on that game. I believe that everybody who played RTS games was disappointed.

According to reviews the game is hella good but when it comes to micromanaging your troops it can get outta hand.....

They crapped on it for a very good reason.

not really, as long as you assign group numbers. in fact, with the advanced movements, you can basically send a group roaming around the map and they'll just move from one target to the next.

That would make it easier for sure.... that was always the one thing I hated about RTS games was the micromanaging end of things....

is there one for PS2?

not yet, it's only pc i think.