Star Wars: Empires At War

Necro · January 2005

<div class="IPBDescription">big and many pics!!</div> sexeh new Space/land rts!!

pics first:
Rebel army pwning a stranded Star Destroyer
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Empire prepares for a counter-attack!
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Empire defends a mining platform
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Empire attacks an Rebel outpost
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hoth?
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Rebels try to defend naboo
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A hectic battle wages by an astroid field
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Rebels are outnumbered above a planet
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preview!

CartmanTwoBe · January 2005

I can't wait untill this gets released.

Ph0enix · January 2005

Looks good, early days though yet.

Infinitum · January 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Necro @ Jan 27 2005, 09:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> hoth?
<img src='http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/581/581901/star-wars-empire-at-war-20050121095826188.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Just isn't a Star Wars game without hoth from a different angle

Aldaris · January 2005

I cringed when I saw a Rebel cruiser never seen or described before. They've done this before, and personally, it screwed the game up (can't remember the name of the game thought). The idea was that Rebel's never had any cruisers as strong as a Star Destroyer.

Infact, now having read the article, they've screwed up accepted fiction. The Alliance started small, and the Mon Calamaris weren't even there to begin with, and the Rebels had no fleets worth mentioning. Alarm bells are ringing to me.

Infact, I see A-Wings. A-Wings before ESB? You gotta be kidding me.

CForrester · January 2005

Hear that sound? That's the doctors trying to revive TychoCelchuuu. He just had a heart attack.

spinviper · January 2005

Well, it still looks pretty fun to me...

Sub_zer0 · January 2005

Im about to play the homeworld mod that looks kinda cool but it does look a cool game they have yet to decide what scale they want the battles

SgtFury · January 2005

Is it me or does this sound a lot like Star Wars Supremacy/Rebellion but with improved graphics and land based fighting included?

Admittedly I liked Supremacy so hope they do go along the same lines.

Hope they have interdictors for surprise ambushes in middle of fights <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />
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Epidemic · January 2005

Good taste is crying right
now...

Necro · January 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SgtFury @ Jan 27 2005, 02:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Is it me or does this sound a lot like Star Wars Supremacy/Rebellion but with improved graphics and land based fighting included?

Admittedly I liked Supremacy so hope they do go along the same lines.

Hope they have interdictors for surprise ambushes in middle of fights <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />
<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd-fix.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
me too, i'm one of the few, that loved rebellion!

altho i've lost my cds <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

and don't **** about it till u read the article!

basically it starts pre-episode 4 post-episode 3, and there are NO missions, the article explains it better but it all depends on how u and the enemy play as such there MIGHT be a hoth or death star mission or there might not.

Bry · January 2005

err i lvoe supremacy as well and still play it although it gets abit boring as ive got a fool prooth methoid for winning the game everytime on single player <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

Looking forward to empires at war tho this level of space combat is something ive longed hoped for in star wars

Shockeh · January 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Aldaris @ Jan 27 2005, 12:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Infact, now having read the article, they've screwed up accepted fiction. The Alliance started small, and the Mon Calamaris weren't even there to begin with, and the Rebels had no fleets worth mentioning. Alarm bells are ringing to me.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
*Winces in agreement*

Here's to hoping it'll be great, but let's look at well, every other SW release on PC. There's been lots of rubbish ones, a few decent ones, and about 2 good ones, ever.

(Yes, Tie Fighter, I know. Wub Wub Wub.)

- Shockwave

AnarkiThreeXSix · January 2005

hopefully it will be good, tons of great rts games are coming out this year <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

TychoCelchuuu · January 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Aldaris @ Jan 27 2005, 03:21 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I cringed when I saw a Rebel cruiser never seen or described before. They've done this before, and personally, it screwed the game up (can't remember the name of the game thought). The idea was that Rebel's never had any cruisers as strong as a Star Destroyer.

Infact, now having read the article, they've screwed up accepted fiction. The Alliance started small, and the Mon Calamaris weren't even there to begin with, and the Rebels had no fleets worth mentioning. Alarm bells are ringing to me. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
<span style='color:white'>y helo thar my naem is Tychooo and i haev no seenseee of huumor, so Nem's gonna ban me if I ever do something like this again!</span>

Empire at War spans the time from Episode 3 to (evidently) Endor and beyond. Obviously the Rebels had Mon Calamari cruisers during some of that time period. Also, reading the previews, the Rebels will start off very small and weak but hard to detect, while the Empire will be very strong but the Revels can see their movements as they reposition their assets.

Necro, I don't think it's the "Rebel Army" that flies around in the ships. That would be the navy <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

And, uh, you're late. But so is everything else on these forums so meh.

SgtFury · January 2005

If I remember rightly in supremacy the rebels don`t start off with Mon Calamari Cruisers or the Assault Frigates (The strange curved boxy ship) until you have researched them. Maybe in this one if you get Mon Calamari to join you, you gain the ships.

They were bad **** for the Rebels.

I was trying to get a copy of supremacy but all of them were full price offers <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

I must admit I didn`t bother with the space fight just overran them with more ships and let the simulation count it <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

I was evil as empire though. Used to use Hit and Burn tactics. Send a big fleet to a planet, bombard from orbit and leave the planet to the rebels to support with it giving htem nothing. Muhahaha

Necro · January 2005

once i blew up like half the galaxy.

anyhoo, about the ships, yes it MIGHT be a bit outta fiction but look at it logically, you HAVE to have it balanced, so u cant have the imperials having more ships and even then the unit choices are kinda limited.

TychoCelchuuu · January 2005

Supremacy/Rebellion is well well well worth the price if you want my advice. I've spent much more time playing that than other games which are supposed to be better. It's just so <i>good</i>.

SgtFury · January 2005

/Off Topic

If anyone finds a good price for Supremacy let me know <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

Aldaris · January 2005

<span style='color:white'>Snip.</span>

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Empire at War spans the time from Episode 3 to (evidently) Endor and beyond. Obviously the Rebels had Mon Calamari cruisers during some of that time period.</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

Yes, I know this, but once again, I point out that they're using a ship which may or may not be in Episode 3, next to ships which were not present or in limited numbers before Empire Strikes Back. If those screenshots are that far through the story line, then why are those ships there?

I'm sorry for the knee jerk reaction, but I played Supremacy, and I remember how much trying to be original and innovative screwed the gameplay up a little.

TychoCelchuuu · January 2005

It's not off topic. I'm pointing out that there are going to be ships in Episode 3 that the Rebels could quite concievably get their hands on. During the movies we did not see every single Rebel ship; you'll notice in the comics and the books that ships are mentioned that we didn't see. The Rebels have to be very careful to conserve all their ships, which is why they were using dreadnaughts up to the end. This would make sense as to why we have EPisode 3 ships flying around with Mon Calamari Star Cruisers.

Necro · January 2005

also just because they were rare doesn't mean its not possible to have some, i'm sure they'll be hard to get or very expensive.

TychoCelchuuu · January 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Necro @ Jan 27 2005, 06:45 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> also just because they were rare doesn't mean its not possible to have some, i'm sure they'll be hard to get or very expensive.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Well the Mon Calamari cruisers retrofitted for fighting didn't EXIST in the early parts of the Rebellion. It was only once the Empire enslaved Mon Calamari and the Mon Calamari (the race not the planet) converted their cruise liners into capital ships that the Rebellion got ships specifically designed for them.

pardzh · January 2005

Oh, hey look, it's Homeworld!

What?

Oh, it's another one of those Star Wars games that cashes in on previously successful designs?

Oh.

TychoCelchuuu · January 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (pardzh @ Jan 27 2005, 09:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Oh, hey look, it's Homeworld!

What?

Oh, it's another one of those Star Wars games that cashes in on previously successful designs?

Oh.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
You do realize that it contains ground combate and a completely nonlinear campaign, right? And that the only resemblance to Homeworld is fighting in space, right? And that Homeworld came AFTER all the Star Wars movies and X-Wing and TIE Fighter games, right?

Thought so.

Comprox · January 2005

It looks cool, but the ships look clean and smooth. The Imperial ships look like they were coated with a layer of boring grey. Where is all the little details and bumps and rader dishes and guns fromt he movies?

TychoCelchuuu · January 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Comprox @ Jan 27 2005, 09:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> It looks cool, but the ships look clean and smooth. The Imperial ships look like they were coated with a layer of boring grey. Where is all the little details and bumps and rader dishes and guns fromt he movies?  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
A couple things. First, it's in like Pre-Alpha right now and they actually mentioned the engine isn't completely done, so graphics should get better. Also, those Star Destroyers are similar to the ones you'll see in Episode 3, which actually are a bit smoother.

Comprox · January 2005

yah, I just finished reading the whole article, and it does sound bloody cool, hopefully they do touch it up, then it could easily pwn.

Ph0enix · January 2005

I'm hoping it does pwn. I've got Supremecy and its half decent but just needed that extra <i>something</i> to make it excellent.

Necro · January 2005

also im QUITE sure the first few (biggest pics) are fully zoomed in while the rest aren't as the detail seems blurred in them as they do in ALL rts's when u fully zoomin (yes even DoW)

as for it being nothing new, give me ONE, ONE sw rts that was good? there have been 2. force commander and galactic battlegrounds, neither of which were good.

As for the cruisers, no franchise goes into as much detail as the real hard core fans like you know about, and i'm guessing u cant get it right away for example the article had an example where u had to steal the X-Wing prototype.

Necrosis · January 2005

Interesting. Might buy it if the price is right.

Star Wars: Empires At War

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