A new Starwars RTS appears

Post by **Grimmie** » December 15th, 2005, 1:48

WHAT DO YOU DO?
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What with the horrendous failure of horse-Commander, and Galatic Battlegrounds sinking stealthily off the radar a few months after it came out, what do we think the chances for "Empire at War" are? It looks quite nice, all the old style people there, some good looking maps, and the ability to use the death-star. On the other hand there are some things that look a bit dodgy - Vader going off to kill enemy troops on foot, and the sudden addition of "Tanks" for both people seems a bit odd.

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » December 15th, 2005, 3:07

I just went throgh the site, and I have to say the phrase "WHAT WOULD YOU DO?" got annoying after a while.

but the game looks pretty bad ass and may be worth a go.

Post by **Dog Pants** » December 15th, 2005, 8:13

Is this the one with space battles too? That looked quite good, but it's true - Star Wars RTSs have sucked without exception.

I will base my judgement on:

Does it have Gungans in it?

Is it a console port or being released on consoles in parallel?

If either answer is yes I expect it'll be pants.

Also, tanks are legitimate Star Wars canon, you just don't see them in the film.

/Star Wars nerd

Post by **Grimmie** » December 15th, 2005, 10:35

Nope, it's set in the time just before Episode IV and ends at epidose VI, with either the destruction of the death star, or the destruction of the rebel alliance. There will not be any gungans, as far as I can see - (Though you can play on Naboo, maybe you'll encounter some there? I have no idea. They're not a playable race though).

Doesnt look like its a console game, either.
Heh, they said that they were taking items out of the roleplaying book, so I suppose the tanks were there? They've also got things like "Level 5" Rebel Starbases. Everything looks very pretty!

Post by **Dog Pants** » December 15th, 2005, 11:18

Grimmie wrote: Heh, they said that they were taking items out of the roleplaying book, so I suppose the tanks were there?

Yeah, actually. You rumbled me: I was a tabletop roleplayer as a teenager, and Star Wars was one of my big favourites. Hopefully that means they'll include the ships from the RPG too (although I think most of them and more were in the X-Wing/Tie Fighter series).

Never heard of the Rebel Starbases though.

Post by **Joose** » December 15th, 2005, 12:26

Actually, I think the website said it was taking stuff from the "expanded universe", which I took to mean all the stuff that has been accepted by Mr Lucas as canonical. Which means the RPG, the books, and the other games. I noticed Kyle Katarn was in there, for instance.

Post by **Grimmie** » December 15th, 2005, 13:02

Fucking Katarn.. One of the most hated starwars characters I know =\
Anyway.. Uh.

I know they're including TIE-Scouts.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » December 15th, 2005, 13:27

Grimmie wrote:Fucking Katarn.. One of the most hated starwars characters I know =\

How I enjoyed killing him at the end of Jedi Acadamy, he'd had it coming for about 5 games

Post by **Roman Totale** » December 15th, 2005, 13:41

I've just bought Jedi Academy for cheap monies. I played for 5 mins before getting suicidally bored.

Post by **TezzRexx** » December 15th, 2005, 19:36

Roman_Totale wrote:I've just bought Jedi Academy for cheap monies. I played for 5 mins before getting suicidally bored.

That reminds me, I must pull this out of the rubbish bin and give it back to Grimmie.

Oldy enough, I enjoyed LEGO Star Wars more.

Post by **Joose** » December 15th, 2005, 23:57

That would be because Lego Star Wars is one of the greatest ideas of all time. Lego! Star Wars! Computer games! combined!

You know, the more I think about it, the more convinced I am that this idea was thought up in a Pub.

Post by **Roman Totale** » December 16th, 2005, 11:07

I like this

friznit · Post by **friznit** » December 16th, 2005, 12:07

Yes, but $20000? TWENTY THOUSAND? And rising? Fookin Hell

Post by **TezzRexx** » December 16th, 2005, 17:40

Roman_Totale wrote:I like this

WOAH!!

THATS FUCKING HUGE!

Bob47 · Post by **Bob47** » December 16th, 2005, 19:30

people will buy anything but it is huge
Where would you put it???

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 16th, 2005, 19:33

Bob47 wrote:people will buy anything but it is huge
Where would you put it???

You don't wanna know *relaxes*

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » December 17th, 2005, 15:40

TezzRexx wrote:THATS FUCKING HUGE!

What what SHE said.

Post by **deject** » December 17th, 2005, 17:41

Nickface wrote:
TezzRexx wrote:THATS FUCKING HUGE!
What what SHE said.

find SHE replace with YOUR MOM.

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » December 17th, 2005, 18:28

deject wrote:
Nickface wrote:
TezzRexx wrote:THATS FUCKING HUGE!
What what SHE said.
find SHE replace with YOUR MOM.

That's what YOUR MOM said.

Sticky Label · Post by **Sticky Label** » December 21st, 2005, 15:56

Skipping through the mum jokes, that is one cool piece of lego.

And about the game; any game where you can control a death star is just awesome. Unless it can't blow up planets. That would suck as much as your mum.