Product Description
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Star Wars Empire at War is the first game ever that gives you
the power to command an entire war for the Star Wars Galaxy at
your finger tips and the freedom to decide how to do it. The game
is set between Episode III and Episode IV of the Star Wars
series. This real-time strategy takes place in the wake of the
Jedi slaughter that has disrupted the balance of the force.
Players wage ground and space battles all in an effort to gain
control of the galaxy. All of the gameplay and action within
Empire at War is persistent, meaning that strategic and
elements from previous events will have a permanent effect on the
galaxy.
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Star Wars: Empire at War (Collector's Edition) is a Real-Time
Strategy (RTS) game that is, quite simply, amazing in its
and grandeur. This game has all the elements that both hard-core
Star Wars fans and dedicated strategist gamers are looking for.
In Empire at War, you must fight battles in space and on the
ground, giving the game a dual-layered design that forces you to
operate on both an involved strategic level as well as a
level. Add epic-looking battles with dozens of great touches,
outstanding sound effects that you've come you've come to expect
from LucasArts, the contrasting play styles enabled by playing
either the rebellion or the empire, and a broad array of
unforgettable characters, and you've got a game that lets you
truly immerse yourself in the Star Wars universe.
Land battles are highly enjoyable and extremely challenging,
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Fight epic-looking battles in space with outstanding sound
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As a player, you'll be involved in virtually every aspect of the
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. The storyline of Star Wars: Empire at War occurs between the
two trilogies through the end of "A New Hope." As a player,
you'll be involved in virtually every aspect of the conflict
between the Rebels and the Empire. You must simultaneously manage
your economy, develop technology, build factories, planetary
defenses, ships, and space stations, as well as get information
on new planets and maneuver your various forces around the
galaxy. Unlike some strategy games that are decided by who has
hoarded enough resources to overwhelm the enemy, it is just as
important to build your forces up in an intelligent fashion in
order to take over the galaxy. And to ensure that you're never
allowed to sit back and relax, everything all happens in real
time, so if you spend too long considering what to build or where
to send your fleet, you'll be inviting a massive, debilitating
attack from the computer.
Star Wars: Empire at War has a huge number of variables you'll
need to consider. Many planets have unique bonuses, such as
allowing certain units to be created more powerfully or chey,
thereby increasing your credit income by different degrees, as
well as only allowing the largest ships like Mon Calamari
cruisers and Imperial Star Destroyers to be built on certain
planets. And the Empire and Rebels obviously both have their
differences. The Empire usually generates a lot more money, which
it can use to eventually overwhelm the rebel forces if left
unchecked, but it has to find them first by sending out probe
droids to seek out their forces. The Rebels, on the other hand,
have far fewer resources, which can make them more difficult to
play and learn, but they can steal technology and sneak raiding
parties past many of the Empire's space defenses. And each of the
two sides has their own distinct Hero units, which can be
extremely powerful and can sway the course of battle greatly. You
can use Palpatine or Mon Mothma to reduce a planet's production
costs; C3PO and R2D2 to steal technology or hack into an enemy's
turrets and turn them against their own troops; Darth Vader to
force-push entire groups of enemy soldiers on land; or Boba Fett
to crush concentrations of fighters by dropping seismic charges
in space. To balance out these massive powers, both sides can
hire generic bounty hunters to try and eliminate a rival hero
from the game.
While the land battles in Star Wars: Empire at War are highly
enjoyable and extremely challenging, involving heavily armored
AT-ATs and more, the space battles are truly breathtaking. Seeing
a Star Destroyer crawling with bright-blue ion energy, watching
an entire wave of X-wings explode into flame, or witnessing a
fully-armed and operational Death Star blow a planet to
smithereens are unparalleled experiences in this galaxy or any
other. And the visual and sound effects aren't the only thing
that will amaze you during a space battle. The bigger units like
space stations and Star Destroyers all have hard points
pertaining to different systems. You can target these different
systems to cripple ships in different ways, taking out their
shield generator, weapons system, or engines to reduce their
effectiveness, or taking out the hanger on Imperial capital ships
to thin out their fighter cover. And as you destroy a cannon or
shield generator, that piece will break off and float away, and
while most ships eventually explode, the Mon Calamari Cruisers
and Imperial Star Destroyers will actually tear in to pieces that
continue to linger throughout the battle. What's more, you always
need to watch out for ships the AI (artificial intelligence)
might be hiding in asteroid belts, waiting to spring them on the
flanks of your fleet at the worst possible moment.
The strategic layer of Empire at War takes place on a
two-dimensional galactic showing you all the planets. In the
full campaign mode, you must consider and plan around more than
40 such planets, whereas in some of the simpler conquest
scenarios, you may end up dealing with as few as eight or 10 of
them. Instead of playing in the campaign mode, you can play
multiplayer matches over a LAN or online with up to eight
players. The LucasArts' matchmaking system makes finding an
nent easy, and if you are playing a head-to-head match
against a friend, you have the ability to save a match and reload
it to continue at a later time. Delivering a presentation that is
as epic as the films themselves, Star Wars: Empire at War is
ideal for any fan of strategy games, and absolutely necessary for
Star Wars aficionados.
This Collector's Edition is also packed with bonuses, including
five new playable Skirmish s that span the galaxy from the
shipyards of Kuat, to land and space battles on Ryloth and Polus.
You also get exclusive concept art that illustrates the evolution
of the game's look, and two screensavers that celebrate the Star
Wars universe with X-wings, TIE fighters, and a demonstration of
the Empire's ultimate weapon -- the Death Star. Plus the
Collector's Edition ships with four wallpaper images and a 3D
lenticular package.
- Real-time strategy game takes place between the two trilogies through "A New Hope".
- Play with a multitude of heroes for each side, each with their own abilities.
- Control the battle between Rebel and Empire forces on both land and in space.
- Dual-layered game play requires you to manage both strategic and levels.
- Play campaign across more than 40 planets, or play multiplayer with up to 8 players.