The game is a nice looking game with some nice game play aspects however based upon the demo, as the full game is not yet out, I can honestly say that the game mechanics will rapidly bore most RTS gamers. People who gave this game a superb rating without first playing the full game are the kind of people who judge a book by its cover and not by its content. Content being the key issue here where you as a player are limited to only two ways to play. You can play as the Empire, or as the Rebellion. Once you understand what it takes to counter the enemy the game rapidly degenerates into a bore. The only real saving grace for this game might be Multiplayer. However as we have seen with other games, cheating will more likely than not, ruin this.
I have reviewed my comments and decided to that I was a tad bit unfair with some of my scoring. The game is a very good looking game and that should be reflected in my rating. - Edit 3/12/2006
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