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Star Wars: Empire at War

Star Wars: Empire at War - 1.05 Rev A

be the supreme galactic commander

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Current Version: 1.05 Rev A
Release Date: 2007-05-24
License: Update
Downloads (this version): 2,453
Downloads (all versions): 3,747

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Star Wars: Empire at War puts the power to command an entire war for the Star Wars galaxy in the hands of players, giving them the freedom to determine how they play the game within the completely scalable and accessible gameplay. Set a few years before the events of Episode IV: A New Hope, Empire at War lets players wage war on the ground and in space, as well as experience the creation of the Rebel Alliance, the strengthening of the Empire and the beginnings of the Galactic Civil War.

Using an entirely new game engine created by the Las Vegas-based developer Petroglyph, Empire at War features beautifully rendered land and space battles set on memorable planets such as Yavin IV, Tatooine and Dagobah, as well as never-before-seen environments taken directly from the Star Wars films and expanded universe novels. In the game, players choose to join either the Rebel Alliance or the Galactic Empire, building and setting up tactical forces to unleash upon the enemy in real-time 3D. Memorable Star Wars hero characters can be brought into the action to help turn the tide of the battle as players build, manage and upgrade their space and ground-based units, vehicles, troops and base structures.

What's new in this version:

  • Fixes issue where there was no discernible difference between low and medium water detail
  • Adds support for pixel shader 3.0
  • Enables the heat distortion and soft shadows features

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later

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Star Wars: Empire at War Commentaryinitial impressions - Version: 1.05 Rev A, 6/16/2007 01:03AM PST

jdien
So far, looks promising (just started the campaign) but looks problematic. The camera controls are a bit frustrating, especially for the space battle where the camera angle is almost reversed to what would seem natural. I'm suspecting that there is a control to rotate the camera angle but it doesn't seem to be anywhere in the documentation or the help menu which makes it either a bug or bad documentation. Even worse though, I'm running into an occasional bug where the camera goes into a whirling dervish, making it impossible to do anything. I'm also rather unhappy about the computer's tendency to put you into fights immediately before one has a chance to assign hot keys, making it even harder to control the space battles. Perhaps it'll be better after further play. Any suggestions welcome, especially about the camera control issues.
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