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Anyone tried it?

I'm looking for a fairly mindless conquer the universe type game. And I'm on one of my biannual Star Wars manias.

It's bad.

You should buy a Stompa instead.

Oh feth off you stupid gakker.

Anyway, it's a fun game, at least, I found it fun. I play it every now and then for the space battles, ground battles are a bore though.

It's pretty mindless IMO so it should meet your needs.

Personally, I didn't like it, but I'm a stickler for accuracy and detail in computer games (I'm more interested in "simulations" than "casual games"). The 40k equivalent of Empire @ War would place Ultramar right next to Holy Terra, Cadia in the Ultima Segmentum (away from the Eye of Terror), and feature underpowered Emperor-class battleships that could be easily taken down by a few destroyers.

I like it. There's some excellent mods for it that expand the game to mind-blowing proportions. Like the various Super-Star Destroyers (Eclipse anyone?)

I love it because under my guidance the Empire wins like it should have done before Lucas went all Mighty Ducks on us.

I liked it. As I mentioned in the thread where Kyoto first mentioned it, I'm one of the 8 people in the world who really liked Star Wars: Rebellion (SW: Supremecy to you UK'ers), so Empire at War was like a big 3D update of that. Not the same level of micromanagement, and with an added ground-based RTS element (which I hated and skipped wherever possible - far too paper/scissors/super-laser for my liking) and a VASTLY improved fleet combat mechanic. The characters were fun to use, having Darth Vader's squadron flying around in battles was great, and seeing Palpatine kill many Bothans himself was a treat - certainly a fun game.

I have the expansion, but I have not played it. It does have the Eclipse in it, a type of Star Destroyer which is just crazy!!!

Noble713 wrote:(I'm more interested in "simulations" than "casual games").

Careful Noble. More talk like that and the DCGM will be wanting to have a 'talk' with you.

H.B.M.C. wrote:I liked it. As I mentioned in the thread where Kyoto first mentioned it, I'm one of the 8 people in the world who really liked Star Wars: Rebellion (SW: Supremecy to you UK'ers).

I knew there was a reason I liked you. I'm one of the other eight. I probably beat that game as either side a half dozen time before I lost the CD.

Only the space battles are okay.

I am absolutely addicted to the Space Battles.

The Campaign is fun, but seems to be dull after a while.

I absolutely dread the land battles however.

Weird. I enjoyed Rebellion but thought Empire at War was horrible.