Spyder

Yeah, well, it is a demo, so it's hard to say how the final balance will turn out. But yeah, I played it for about an hour, and my thoughts:

Review Bias: + Pro-RTS, Pro-Star Wars.

The Good:

+ We don't need no stinking gold mines. Planetary control grants you credits over time.

+ Hooray for being forced to use tactics in ground battles. Defenders get massive bonus, namely, they have a base, and you don't. They can build on the fly (assuming they have the creds) You have to fly in reinforcements from your own planets, so you better bring enough. Also a plus related to this, You have the option to run the hell away if you're getting pounded, to save what remains of your forces for another day.

+ Space and ground battles. Bonus points just for having both, and for both being atleast playable (so far)

+ Voice Acting Hooray for SW characters sounding like the SW characters, and the generic voices are done by professional VA's (a couple of whom I recognized off-hand)

+/- Cinematic camera if you want it. Nice little cheese factor, but by no means necissary.

The Bad:

- Limited unit selection. Even counting the units on the bar that aren't in the demo, doesn't appear to exactly be a massive selection.

- Units all look the same. The only differences on most of them is their weapon model, Same goes for the bigger ships in the Empire fleet.

- Graphics closer to C&C Generals than Warcraft III, which is to say they aren't really that impressive.

- Holy Overpowerd Hero's Batman! I don't know about others that played the demo, but Bobba Fett flew into the middle of my invasion army and just wrecked havoc. I had to retreat and rebuild and give it a second go, just because of him.

Overall: Give the demo a check if you're a fan of RTS, Star Wars, or are bored. Be warned, it's a massive file. The final product will atleast be interesting if nothing else, and it appears to put more emphasis on macro-tactics rather than micromanagement.

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Vulcan

here's a torrent for it

http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=empire+at+war

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boudreux

Just played it through. It feels closer to Act of War than C&C Generals/ZH. Doesn't have that great rock-paper-scissors formula down that you can feel in AOE and most other RTS. I found myself having to just lump together huge groups of troops towards targets to be successful. I truly enjoyed the space battles, and can see a lot of potential for the land battles.

Mishkan

Axis and Allies seems to be the closest representation for the galaxy battles. Honestly they still need to keep working on balance because 16 divisions of xwings just bloody own

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Vulcan

Mixed opinions on it still, gonna try to learn what units are supposed to do on the ground.

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Mishkan

Check this out!

Found a great way to unlock a bunch of vehicles space and ground. These other vehicles add a new element to the battles that isn't seen with the demo vehicles alone.

Chriz Mod version 4:

New units:
-T4-B
-Field COMM other
-Fleet COMM other
-Mon Calamari Cruiser
-Corellian Gunschip
-Marauder Cruiser
-Assault Frigate MK II
-A-Wing
-Z-95

Other changes:
-Space battles now in all 3 areas possible (however -always the same map)
-Imperial AI activates
-Imperium has more starting units
-Starting money on 50000 Credits
-Points of command to 500 increases
-Different new buildings as well as space stations available

Installation instructions stand in the Readme.
Before installation of the Mod the old Verison should be deinstalliert, and/or be restored the Backup config.meg.

Download here, look for the "earth" button and click it to download the file!:
http://www.eawhq.de/index.php?conten...loads&dl_id=10

EAW FR demo Modfikation (More Buildings/unit)
Description: This small modification of Chriz, switches pair of in new buildings and vehicles for the Empire RK was demo free and makes itself possible thus somewhat deeper views of EAW. Follow the instructions.

Installation: Copy simply the Config.meg into the following listing: Demo/GameData/Data

Download here, look for the "earth" button and click it to download the file!:
http://www.eawhq.de/index.php?content=downloads&dl_id=7

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Rincewind

More about adding mods to the demo!

http://www.technical-difficulties.com/hacks/eaw/

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Required Reading for all TG sandboxers

Mishkan

I can't seem to get it to switch factions...

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