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Age of Kings with Star Wars Graphics (and bad ones at that)

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 26
Date: November 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game doesn't make much sense in terms of the Star Wars universe. It was clearly made to be as similar to Age of Kings as possible. Yeah, it's pretty cool to select some Tie Fighters and tell them to attack, or to move around an At-At, but I'm sorry, Wookies, Naboo and Gungans are all lame. It suffers from all the same problems as Age Of Kings:

- Really really slow action, where everything takes forever
- Sound is really bad. It sounds sample from someone's VHS copy of Star Wars
- Missions are boring
- Too many units
- So many resources that you spend all your time making drones to chop down trees.

Additionally:
- The graphics are sub-par. The color palletes for things are not right and there's a lot of dithering. It looks really bad.
- Each "race" is essentially exactly the same as the others. All have basically the same units and tech, with minor differences to make it appear that they "balanced" the game.

Do not buy this.

Pass This One By...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 17
Date: October 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

A game little more than an AOK (Age of Kings) mod. Counterstrike took Half-life farther than this one takes AOK. Here's why its bad:

1. AoK Engine (Dated, took no progrmmaing)
2. Graphics are TERRIBLE. When you have a guy move his feet stay in the same position.
3. Imbalance, planes are terrible everything can be destryoed by 1 massed unit. Everyone picks the same "civilization"
4. Star Wars Name. This may seem like a good thing, but it show unoiginality, and will sell millions of copies just because of the name...

Lucas Arts has gotten lazy!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: November 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is an absolute waste of time! Lucas Arts totally dropped the ball on this one. The game is a ... "mod" of Age of Empires. Bad graphics and micro-management have made it sadly unplayable. The entire game is spent slowly moving units around the map and cutting down trees. (Why do you need trees to build X-wing fighters anyway?!?!?) Please save your money for a decent game like Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Maybe Lucas will pay everyone back for buying this stinker of a game...

This game stinks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Don't be fooled by the looks of this sorry excuse for a game. I bought it and played it for 2 days and chucked it. It has the WORST!!!Graphics out of any game I've played. Might as well get Barbie Sea Adventures. Trust me on this one. it stinks.

This Game was BORING!...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: June 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I played this game. I have played a few other RTS games and this one really does not compare. I thought it was very dumb. I mean come on how can an infantry droid shoot over a wall?
The only plus to this game was that the campaigns had an ok story.
For a multiplayer RTS try Total Annilation.

I think that this one is a stinker...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 12
Date: November 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Picture this; I am in a huge hurry to get this off my hard drive as it is a big disappointment! I was looking forward to something new and this is what I get?? Mid ninties graphics and tired RTS gameplay! I can't imagine what they were thinking when they announce they were using an upgraded version of the AoE engine. Some may like this title, at least one can use the editor to design their own scenarios. I am waiting for Empire Earth and already own Battle Realms and will pitch this baby right out the door to get the stench out of my gaming room.

Old Generation Poo Poo

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: May 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I never bought this, but did download the online demo. Was that supposed to impress me? ACK! I wouldn't pay good money for this game. Like the editorial review says, the graphics are Outdated (EXTREMELY) and flat. I expect more from RTS games these days with folks like westwood setting the bar. This looks like a game you might have considered playing five years ago. I guess if you are a hardcore fan you'll enjoy this, but I found the downsides to the game too much to consider shelling out any clams for the game. Gameplay is somewhat poor. Sounds quality is cheesy and sounds like it was lifted from a bad HBO copy of A New Hope.

The box looks sharp, but don't let it fool you, it isn't worth your time. Try JK II; Outcast instead and wait till they decide to make a real Star Wars RTS.

Micromanagement Hell...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 22 / 39
Date: November 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is based on the Age of Empires engine, and it shows. The excellent graphics and sound, unfortunately, are overcome by the same tedious micromanagement and endless click-repetition, that spoiled the fun of the original AOE games. By the time the first mission was over, I was so sick of herding stray men back to the group (while my main group stood passively by, absorbing and being cut down by enemy fire), that I uninstalled it. The thing that set Starcraft apart from the group was its ease of play, smooth interface and balance - you could experience the thrill of building a base and then crushing your opponent with overwhelming firepower, without worrying about endlessly sending the same man out to harvest food over and over. A single click with a Starcraft character would send it harvesting minerals until you told it otherwise. In SWGB (and AoE), you have to keep clicking over and over to harvest food and other necessities. Enemy (and friendly) AI, is essentially nonexistent, as your men depend entirely upon you for direction to do even the simplest tasks. It's unfortunate, too, because I've been waiting along time for a decent Star Wars RTS. Guess I'll have to keep waiting.

SLOW GAME

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was hoping this game....even though it is on the same engine as Age Of Empires 2.....would pull away from how slow and long AoE2 is. But no. Average game is like 45mins. I am more of a Star Craft player where you can beat someone in like 15mins....20 on avarage. Sure some game last an hour or 2 in SC but not ALL of them. I waited and waited for this game and even bought it somewhere in it's 1st month of shelf like.....disappointment.

well, well...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 30
Date: September 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

To the Aussie who was a little bit rude: if the game isn't out yet, how can you say it's gonna be good if the game isn't out yet? If a game like FOCOM was a lemon, and it has all the big anticipation like GBG, why should I write good things about a game similar to FOCOM ? FOCOM has a problem with compatibility with video/sounds cards, it has nothing to do with the specs of any PC, that's why everybody hated FOCOM. Try to understand first and then criticize about spelling, 'mate

To the others: Yes, I haven't played the game, but is sad that a great company like LucasArts cannot come up with something better than AOE2, perhaps when the game arrives, then all reviews would be valid or not...we shall see...

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