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Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

I have played almost all of the real time strategy games to be released in the past few years and most have come and gone rather quickly. This one however, will most likely be on my hard drive for months to come. Am I a Star Wars fanatic? No I would not say that. But I will say that it is a blast to be able to play the races and units familiar to the Star Wars World. And that makes it just fresh enough to garner a well deserved 4.5 GiN gems from this reviewer.

Lets get this out of the way first. This game is smokin’ folks. Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds delivers a fast paced action packed Empire stomping, Wookie howling, Rebel Alliance whooping, Jedi slashing, Sith Lord choking good time. Remember it’s all in the Star Wars universe, and it’s all good. So on to the descriptions of gaming goodness.

Galactic Battlegrounds is a fun and solid game that despite having dated graphics and a lot of resemblance to an "Age" mod, it finally delivers the RTS Star Wars game that will satisfy the fans who have waited for a long time for a RTS game worthy of the Star Wars legacy. Galactic Battleground is a must for any Star Wars and strategy game fan and while not the most original idea, is very fun.

Toegegeven, we hadden graag wat meer veranderingen gezien op de Age of Empires II-basis, maar het is toch maar mooi de allerbeste Star Wars-titel in het RTS-genre.

Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds will send Star Wars purists into a tizzy. Tauntauns on Tatooine? Dewbacks in outer space? Naboo Fighters tussling with X-Wings that haven't been invented yet? TIE Fighters with shields? And since when do Wookiees have tanks? The Star Wars universe already requires a willing suspension of disbelief, but most fans at least expect some internal consistency.

Star Wars meets Age of Empires 2. Een goede mix die helaas weinig vernieuwend is en grafisch gezien enigszins verouderd aandoet.

I've used the "two great tastes that taste great together" metaphor quite a few times in the past but I was wasting it; this is the game that that phrase is made for. A lot of people will tell you that Galactic Battlegrounds is based off of Age of Kings (known to the wider world as Age of Empires II). But despite their fancy education and their nice teeth, those people are liars. The fact of the matter is that Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds is pretty much Age of Kings right from the start.

So for the ones who played Age of Kings, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds might be a bit boring. It can be considered as an unofficial expansion of AOK if you ask me.

This is Star Wars as you never imagined it. Tank clad Wookies fighting a horde of Gungan Warriors as the Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance join forces to stop a vicious assault from the combined forces of the Trade Federation and Royal Naboo armies. Sure, the game isn't pre-designed with such a scenario in mind, but it's a possible situation. Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds takes on an almost irreverent twist as it successfully brings the Star Wars franchise to a very playable and entertaining RTS.

Bei Galactic Battleground haben die Entwickler viel Potenzial verschenkt. Die Völker spielen sich sehr ähnlich, ganz egal, ob Sie für die Gungans oder das Imperium antreten. Und die isometrische Grafik sieht bei futuristischen Truppentypen etwas komisch aus. Klar, das tolle Spielkonzept trägt auch Galactic Battlegrounds über die Untiefen der Wertungsniederungen hinweg. Denn die Missionen sind dank zahlreicher Skriptereignisse sehr abwechslungsreich. Als Total Conversion wäre es eine nette Sache gewesen. Von einer Neuentwicklung zum Vollpreis erwarte ich allerdings mehr, als eine sklavische Kopie des großen Originals.

Lucas Arts signe avec Battlegrounds un titre réellement passionnant pour quiconque possède des affinités avec l'univers de Star Wars. Le jeu en lui-même n'est pas vraiment novateur mais il permet de redécouvrir le concept du STR avec la richesse de la saga de George Lucas, et ça ça ne se refuse pas.

Pour tout vous dire, Lucas Arts s’y était déjà essayé (Force Commander, 2000), et franchement, ce n’était pas « brillant » ; que les fanatiques nous pardonnent ! Pour ce nouvel essai dans le créneau du RTS, les studios américains ont fait appel à une référence du domaine : Ensemble Studios, géniteurs de la série Age of Empires. Un sacré coup de pouce et assurément un gage de qualité ; de quoi élever Galactic Battlegrounds à la hauteur de ses influences ? Verdict.

Ohne Star-Wars-Hintergrund würde dieses Age-of-Empires 2-Abziehbild in der Bedeutungslosigkeit versumpfen.

Grafiken i den här moden, förlåt spelet, imponerar inte Lasereffekterna ser rätt fula ut, och en del enheter är inte särskilt välgjorda. Det som är bra är däremot ljudeffekterna och musiken, direkt från LucasArts filmarkiv. Galactic Battlegrounds är inte alls ett dåligt spel, men det lämnar en obehaglig eftersmak hos alla som spelat Age of Empires. Hör du inte till den skaran, och om du dessutom gillar Star Wars, då kan det här vara värt en närmare titt.

Star Wars fans, this is it - the game we've all been waiting for! No, I'm not talking about the amazing Star Wars Rogue Leader. I'm talking about the only game in which you are allowed to shoot Gungans! Yep, Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds is the name of the game and, if nothing else, this game scores points for that trait alone. I just wish you could shoot a particularly annoying Gungan, but no luck.

Poorly developed mission structure, lackluster graphics, and silly storylines hamper this game, but ultimately it becomes obvious that not a lot of work went into Galactic Battlegrounds. It seems a complete travesty that the powers that be can’t seem to get a Star Wars RTS right with all of the potential there is for something spectacular.

There’s no denying that Galactic Battlegrounds was a monumental undertaking for LucasArts. The amount of work that went into this project is very impressive, encompassing every aspect of the Star Wars universe. Instead of focusing on a specific timeline, LucasArts tapped into the classic trilogy, Episode I, the expanded universe, and was also granted the freedom to design its own stockade of vehicles, troops, and structures. Rather than scrutinizing which vehicles and factions should be included, LucasArts threw caution to the wind and incorporated everything. Within the six civilizations, players can construct and command over 300 different units for skirmishes over land, sea, and air.