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[Eaglesfan27]

I could have put this in the guilty pleasure thread that was recently bumped, but I'm a sucker for Star Wars games. I had followed Star Wars: Empires at War for a while, but didn't realize it was now getting close to release. The demo will be out Weds morning and it might be one of the few non-text sim demos that I actually play (despite it being 750MB.)


Link: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...ml?sid=6142403


Empire at War demo blasting onto GameSpot


Anticipated Star Wars-themed PC RTS wages war next week; single-player sampling features five tutorials, one galactic conquest.
In space, no one can hear you scream--but that won't stop Star Wars fans from whooping and hollering next week. On Wednesday, January 18 at 9 a.m. PST, GameSpot will premiere the single-player demo of Star Wars: Empire at War for the PC. The full version will hit retail stores on February 16.

The demo will feature five tutorials that lay down the game mechanics for Empire at War, as well as one galactic conquest mode map to put what gamers have learned to test. A sample of recognizable units will be included in the demo, with the full roster being available next month in the retail version.

In the full version, gamers will be able to play on the side of the Rebellion or Empire, commanding troops in order to topple Darth Vader's evil regime or rule the universe with an iron fist. In addition to stormtroopers, Star Destroyers, and X-Wings, players will deploy some of the films' popular heroes and villains, such as Vader, Luke Skywalker, and Han Solo.

Star Wars: Empire at War is being developed by Petroglyph and will be published by LucasArts. More information on the demo is available on GameSpot's Empire at War demo page. For more details on the full game, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.


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By Tim Surette Posted Jan 13, 2006 1:57 pm PT

[stevew]

Man, i don't buy star wars toys, but i saw some cool ass transformers star wars guys, and almost got one.

[Desnudo]

The RTS aspect, ugh. If they ever made a good turn based strategy game like Total War in Star Wars, I would buy it in a second.

[hukarez]

I think the last "Strategy" Star Wars game that I bought for PC was "Rebellion" many moons ago when I still went to UCSB. Though, I think that version was more turn based than real time.

Wish I still had my copy, now that I think about it...

[MrBigglesworth]

Originally Posted by Desnudo

The RTS aspect, ugh. If they ever made a good turn based strategy game like Total War in Star Wars, I would buy it in a second.

This game looks great, but Star Wars: Total War would be amazing.

[kiwiLB57]

Originally Posted by MrBigglesworth

This game looks great, but Star Wars: Total War would be amazing.

I am just over RTS games. Even Battle for Middle Earth, which I mildly enjoyed, just left me kind hollow. Now I would buy Total War: Miami if thats where the developers saw the series going. It is fantastic.