Star Wars: Empire at War DEMO OUT now > share your Impression of the demo :)

[microAmp]

Ugh, Gamespot is giving me a whopping 11 KB/s. :rolleyes;

 

[MX2]

What genre of game is this?

 

[Dethfrumbelo]

Any better than Battlefront?

 

[lozina]

wow, warcrow's mirror is blazing fast. I'm pulling at around 1750 Kb/sec ! 7 Minutes and it's done!

 

[Fistandantilis]

175kbs

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: lozina
wow, warcrow's mirror is blazing fast. I'm pulling at around 1750 Kb/sec ! 7 Minutes and it's done!

Yeah, I was pulling over 4,000 kb/sec for a little while!

Thanks for the mirror Warcrow. :thumbsup::beer::thumbsup::beer:

 

[apinomus]

Here's another mirror I found... no waiting and pulling down at 600K/s!!!

Fast Mirror

 

[PrayForDeath]

Originally posted by: MX2times
What genre of game is this?

Originally posted by: Dethfrumbelo
Any better than Battlefront?

Um, this is a real-time strategy game

 

[blurredvision]

I'm downloading, but I don't even know what this game is! I've never cared much for the whole Star Wars thing anyhow, will I even like it? Someone said above it's a RTS, so is it in the same vein as Warcraft/Starcraft?

 

[apinomus]

Yep, demo is for single-player RTS.

 

[Oakenfold]

Thanks for the link Warcrow, my FP subscriber acct is running @ 90kbs blah, while yours is hitting 600kbs!
I've been looking forward to this SW RTS, the last SW RTS to come out didn't even look appealing to me, the really old one however was pretty good I think it was called "Rebellion"?
Anyone else ever play that?
Anyhow, hope this game lives up to the hype, I've wanted to live out my dreams of stomping all over ewoks and rebel scum with AT-AT"s for quite some time now.


Edit-Argh WC download corrupted.

 

[Micky11]

Thanks for the mirror Warcrow.

 

[lozina]

ok after playing the demo now I must say I'm gonna be buying this game. :thumbsup:

 

[TheSlamma]

9 more minutes left on my download... I sure hope this is good, been lookin forward to it for a long time.

The Rainbow 6 Lockdown demo also came out today.. and wow does it STINK!




Edit: Playin it now, this game is sweet so far

 

[PrayForDeath]

It reminds me of Homeworld.
I haven't played it much yet.

 

[Noema]

Been playing for an hour or so; preliminary report:

Teh RoxXx0rz!!!1

:thumbsup:

 

[Noema]

Played some more

The game is a combination of real time warfare and a building / conquest mode remiscent of Civilization and Master of Orion, in which you manage economy and troops.

The warfare mode is more standard RTS fare, but it seems very streamlined but deep at the same time.

It also has a very polished presentation.

The more I play it, the more I like it.

 

[ubercaffeinated]

I've played the demo for a few hours... and I think it's.... GOOD.

 

[aLeoN]

Reminds me of rebellion, star trek armada, and stuff borrowed from battlefront II.

 

[Rudee]

Meh. It's an ok game.

 

[Fenixgoon]

downloading now... sweet momma jamma!:Q:Q:Q:Q

 

[ArchAngel777]

The Good

1) The game is very polished. The graphics are beautiful and the sound is good.

2) The interface is very easy to learn and navigate with. The ability to build a fleet, ground forces and space forces make this game one of a kind since "Star Wars Rebellion". Where "Star Wars: Rebellion" went well, so does this game, but where it went bad, this game does not, fortunately.

3) A lot of units in this game. This will kep those die hard strategy people occupied with the best strategies. I myself am not very good with the RTS genre since Red Alert. So, perhaps what I view as complex is simple to those who have played Empire Earth or Age of Empires III.

4. The game is huge (relatively speaking). The map you get to use on the demo is a start system that contains about 50 or so planets, each that can be conquered used to gain bonuses like "+25% damage to X-Wing fighters" or "+25% to ground defence" and things like that...

The Bad

1. I don't like the zoom out feature. First of all, it doesn't zoom out far enough while still seeing the units health, enemy's health and so on. You can zoom out very far, but once you are past a certain point, it removes the health bars, your interface and so on. I just wish it allowed us to zoom out a bit more before going to those modes.

2. The Demo didn't let us play long... The demo will get boring.

 

[SunnyD]

For me it was a "meh".

Coming from Warcraft 2, Starcraft and TA... it's not as good an RTS as the classics. Space combat isn't that great, the ground combat is okay, but I let the weather effects kill the opponent.

 

[pookguy88]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
For me it was a "meh".

Coming from Warcraft 2, Starcraft and TA... it's not as good an RTS as the classics. Space combat isn't that great, the ground combat is okay, but I let the weather effects kill the opponent.

thats what i was thinking too, its not as good as WC2/3 or SC. But its kind of different because the scope of this game is a bit bigger with the planets and everything. I'm not too sure how multiplayer will work since there's so much territory you have to cover.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: pookguy88

Originally posted by: SunnyD
For me it was a "meh".

Coming from Warcraft 2, Starcraft and TA... it's not as good an RTS as the classics. Space combat isn't that great, the ground combat is okay, but I let the weather effects kill the opponent.

thats what i was thinking too, its not as good as WC2/3 or SC. But its kind of different because the scope of this game is a bit bigger with the planets and everything. I'm not too sure how multiplayer will work since there's so much territory you have to cover.

yeah i think its a very good concept. definitely a good game. the monetary system isnt too bad either. the demo was quite enjoyable, though i'm going to stick to warhammer 40k