Why did StarWars Empire at war get such a bad rap??

I guess people are more used toestablishinga base and an army rather than empires reinforcement system (is that right? Sorry, I only played them demo)

How shallow can it be when you have different classes of troops?Hung_Phat

Look, play it for a while, and you'll see why it ain't the best RTS/Strategy game out there. Whilst I do enjoy it, I modified it with mods to get much more out of it, since vanilla EAW lacks once you complete it a few times.

Because it was RTS game for Star Wars fans, not Star Wars game for RTS fans.AdrianWerner

thats a really good quote. at least we can say it was better than Galactic Battlegrounds :P although that did have the joyous function of allowing a limitless army size.

Adrian got it right on IMO tho, the game was designed solely to please and entertain Star Wars fans, not provide a new experience for RTS fans. and fairly heavy Star Wars fans, given that im a pretty big Star Wars nerd, especially with PC games, and i got bored of this game after maybe 2 ground maps and 2 space battles. to me it was more of an attempt to be a KKnD game (remember those) except with perhaps a tiny bit more strategy. although the only strategy i discovered was attacking from different angles at the same time with different troops. theres no building strategy or resource strategy, its basically KKnD lol

[QUOTE="Hung_Phat"]How shallow can it be when you have different classes of troops?Judza

Look, play it for a while, and you'll see why it ain't the best RTS/Strategy game out there. Whilst I do enjoy it, I modified it with mods to get much more out of it, since vanilla EAW lacks once you complete it a few times.

Dude your Avatar is a yoda??

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[QUOTE="Hung_Phat"]How shallow can it be when you have different classes of troops?Dude_1000

Look, play it for a while, and you'll see why it ain't the best RTS/Strategy game out there. Whilst I do enjoy it, I modified it with mods to get much more out of it, since vanilla EAW lacks once you complete it a few times.

Dude your Avatar is a yoda??

Very observant.

Doesn't mean I look subjectively to all SW games being the best in all genres (far from the truth actually). If you want to understand why games get bad raps, then you have to be objective, don't judge my choice of avatar and signature as fanboyism, it's merely one of my favourite fictional universes. However, it is far from my favourite games since as Adrian said, the games are designed for Star Wars fans, not for genre fans.

It got a bad rap purely because it wasn't a well done RTS, but it was a well done SW RTS (not a wider audience in gaming).