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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Smooth Groove on September 09, 2007, 03:15:49 PM

Title: Is Star Wars:Empire at War any good?
Post by: Smooth Groove on September 09, 2007, 03:15:49 PM
The Gold pack is only 24.99 at Best Buy this week.  awesome deal if the game is any good.  Is it like AOE but with 3d graphics and a Star Wars setting?  I loved AOE. 
Title: Re: Is Star Wars:Empire at War any good?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 09, 2007, 03:27:35 PM
maf says yes, and he knows rts
Title: Re: Is Star Wars:Empire at War any good?
Post by: Fragamemnon on September 09, 2007, 03:31:59 PM
I also say yes, and I know RTS. The expansion helps relieve the doldrums of the ground combat some, though the space battles are still where the game shines the best.

Interface and wtf-how-does-that-work problems are still in the game (and slightly magnified somewhat due to the weird way the new faction in that expansion works).

Great game though. Also, I'd like to say that Petrglyph's next game looks really, really good and it's almost criminal that no one on the internet really cares about it. :(
Title: Re: Is Star Wars:Empire at War any good?
Post by: Smooth Groove on September 09, 2007, 03:34:26 PM
Cool.  I'll use my $10 Best Buy rewards on it.  People always bitch about the costs of PC gaming but in the long run, it's much cheaper than console gaming because 1 yr old games cost $30 instead of $60.  

Frag, do they have Jedis or any special characters in this game, like Warcraft heroes?  What's Petglyph's next game? 
Title: Re: Is Star Wars:Empire at War any good?
Post by: Fragamemnon on September 09, 2007, 04:03:17 PM
Cool.  I'll use my $10 Best Buy rewards on it.  People always bitch about the costs of PC gaming but in the long run, it's much cheaper than console gaming because 1 yr old games cost $30 instead of $60.  

Frag, do they have Jedis or any special characters in this game, like Warcraft heroes?  What's Petglyph's next game? 

TONS of heroes. It's a star wars nergasm:

http://www.empireatwar.net/empire/heroes/index.htm
http://www.empireatwar.net/rebels/heroes/index.htm

I'd also like to say that the game never really felt like AOE, so don't go in expecting that. It's still really good though and well worth the $25 for the game+expansion.
Title: Re: Is Star Wars:Empire at War any good?
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 09, 2007, 05:00:34 PM
Its a really unique experience, definately up there as one of the best star wars games.
Title: Re: Is Star Wars:Empire at War any good?
Post by: Smooth Groove on September 09, 2007, 05:08:12 PM
Boba Fett is in there.  Cool.  I want to kill that guy again and again. 
Title: Re: Is Star Wars:Empire at War any good?
Post by: Fragamemnon on September 09, 2007, 05:09:35 PM
I always play empire unless I am playing an expansion game.

I just reinstalled both thanks to this thread. I've played nothing but CoH all weekend and this should make for a good break from that.
Title: Re: Is Star Wars:Empire at War any good?
Post by: Smooth Groove on September 09, 2007, 05:18:16 PM
COH is awesome but it's too cerebral on days that you don't want to think.  So you can kill the heroes/villians in Empire, right?