The Unexpected History of Star Wars: Empire at War
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- Опубликовано: 26 фев 2022
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Interactive Star Wars adventures ranging from the abysmal to the superb have permeated arcade, console, and PC gaming since the early 1980s. From side-scrolling platformers to demolition racers, there were no shortage of games based on a galaxy far, far away by the turn of the century. LucasArts, to little success, even dabbled in a fair few real-time strategy endeavors, none of which held a candle to 2006’s acclaimed Star Wars: Empire at War.
Set before the events of Episode IV: A New Hope, Empire at War allowed players to participate in the saga’s epic clashes on land and in space. Some considered this particular outing a spiritual successor to the brand’s first RTS game-1998’s poorly received Star Wars: Rebellion. However, Empire at War managed to succeed where its predecessors failed, thanks to the Las Vegas-based team responsible for its creation.
Though a 15-year-old title in a niche genre, there remains a thriving player-base for Empire at War, its community primarily bolstered by fan-made mods that every so often incorporate campaigns, bug fixes, and graphical improvements. Developer Petroglyph Games’ support never ceased, evidenced by the new maps and content updates that have for years provided players with reasons to revisit the memorable RTS. And since it seems as though hopes for a sequel dwindled long ago, the 2006 release counts as one experience fans will want to hold dear in perpetuity.
This is the history of Star Wars: Empire at War.
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The Empire at War game engine is actually quite amazing and Petroglyph's continued support is why this game continues to be modded and relevant today. The EaW modding community is still growing and many amazing mods still coming out! Just this weekend Thrawns Revenge, Awakening of the Rebellion, and the Remake mod have all released updates.
yeah it's too bad there aren't really other RTS's that use the same type of system.
@@TheCoolCucumber Empire at War uses the systems in an extremely simple way compared to most other RTS games. The most notable example being how there's only one type of resource to worry about. It's easy to read battles and understanding of what units do come from general knowledge of the franchise rather than implicit knowledge of the game.
Basically, it's rare to find a game with these systems that's actually friendly to new players.
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The only downside is that it's core limited.
man i really fell asleep with my phone in my hand and somehow commented this with the auto word generator...
I can remember as a kid pouring so much time into this, and that was before I found out about the wonderful world that the modding community had added, thanks for doing a video one of the greatest Star Wars games.
I think a day or two ago the star wars remake mod released their long-awaited 4.0 patch. It adds a lot of new features and changes the game quite a bit (instead of 10 ground unit slots you have 3 regiment slots that have a mix of units) but it's definitely an interesting spin!
I think I have over 1200 hours of empire at war
@@wordenfreeman here's to 1200 more!
Dude same I was 8 when it came out I’m I played it first on disk and went like 7 years without playing it then picked it up on steam I’m like 5 k hours played
To this day it boggles my mind they have not made more RTS star wars games. Like the best part of the series is the epic battles and wars.
You should do a video talking about the bad luck of many Star Wars games. I'm sure there's an hour of potential.
Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast and it's great modded afterlife
1313 and the darth maul game that never came out cause disney likes to ruin everything.
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Battlefront 3
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So there's a tradition on the EaW subreddit of reaching out to the developers annually. In 2021 the developers mentioned they are very eager to add a second addition to the series, they're actively working with higher-ups to get approval and their most recent response hinted that the dream is not only FAR from dead, but may even be closer than we think! Great video as always, thanks for shedding some light on arguably my most-played Star Wars game of all time!
Yes i saw when they said this, i really hope that they will be aloud to make a second installment
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Ugh I don’t want a canon version of EAW.
I remember when the 2021 update dropped and the hysteria from the community and myself that this game from 2006 had just gotten a patch out of nowhere.
It drew me back in immediately and rekindled my love for the game and the amazing modding community that has added so much over the years.
Reddit consoomer moment
It got a big update just a month ago Oct 2023.
Such a Great RTS and the fan made remake mod and mod community in general for the game make it so much better
Gay and mod community
One of the best Star Wars games hands down with Mods.
One of the best RTS ever created, the fan mods are also amazing
What happened to Westwood was one of the saddest thing ever happened for RTS fans. We'll never forgive EA! 😭
At least they came back as Petroglyph Studios. Weetwood Studios: "You can't win, EA. If you strike me down I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."
Argh. That two-letter name. You just burnt my eyes! You evildoer, You.
I still have this and forces of corruption on disc and steam. The chat room on forces of corruption online used to be crazy... lol
This is a big nostalgia trip for me. I loved Empire at War and it's dlc Force of Corruption. It's a shame we haven't got a new Star Wars Rts game on the same level with better graphics like Empire at War.
Give a try for Mods of eaw.
Woah, this is quite a surprise. By far my favorite Star Wars game despite its age, and me only starting to play it in 2020 and only now getting over 1,000 hours of playtime , thanks entirely to the fantastic modding community.
I do hope a sequel or remaster is in the near future that improves upon the RTS experience this game provided.
Just to point out, in the Star Wars RTS retrospective portion of the video, y'all forgot about the best one until Empire at War came out...Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds, which was made by Ensemble Studios. It was for all intents and purposes, an Age of Empires 2 Total Conversion...but it was still a damn fun game, and the game that made me love RTS games
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one! I never could’ve expected this but thank you so much for covering this legend of a game!
This was the only game I would play on the disc when I was a kid! Now there's so many mods that really improve the game and makes it feel like a sequel. Makes me come back to it years later on Steam. Great to see EaW get some recognition here!
Great coverage of this gem, and thanks for mentioning Remake! The team has worked very hard for many years to take EaW to new heights. Although I would have liked to have seen a couple more minutes dedicated to the modding community's work, hundreds of people have spent over a decade and half keeping this game alive and taking it to places unimaginable back in 2006. It's truly amazing what the community has been able to achieve over the last 16 years.
A couple of critiques, modding support was not patched into the game at any point, it was moddable and being modded from it's initial release.
And while the game has gotten some patches, and unexpectedly one recently, I would not go as far as to say they added content, nor that the game has received continues support as implied.
@@TheCoolCucumber You are correct in that for a 16 year old game it has received a surprising amount of support, contrary to most games which receive none after official support drops. However, since it's launch on steam the game's five patches amounts to only 14 bulletpoints, most minor. Again, while this is more then most games get it's age, and is greatly appreciated, the video implies a much greater degree of support. And while technically correct that the two maps are added/unlocked content, it's considerably minor added content, while the video again implies much more.
The game did receive additional modding support with the stream workshop feature with it's inclusion on that platform and 2017 patch , that however did not magically allow mods to be created nor did it open any new doors for modders, as is stated or at the very least heavily implied in the video. EaW has been modded from day one of it's launch, with the primary community centering around Moddb, where hundreds have been built over the last 16 years. Every single major mod for EaW found on the steam workshop with possibly the expectation of RotM, predates it's inclusion on steam or the 2017 patch.
I was 20 year's old when this game originally came out. It's still excellent all these years later.
This game is just fantastic and addictive, even today.
It has what any great game needs, a strong foundation.
Like any other legend, if it doesn't do what you want, you simply need complement it with a mod.
I remember finding about this games when I got Battle for Middle Earth.
All I could see were screenshots that took time to be loaded by the internet.
They were exactly what I wanted from a Star War game. It was like living a dream.
So beautiful it all was that I was certain the computer would never be able to run it.
I got it many years later after I finally found this game and it was above and beyond.
It also added something missing in RTS - scale.
Being able to see the planet and not just the ground, the whole battle unfolding gave it a scale I'd only come to see later in Total War.
One of my all time favourite RTS games ever! The Republic At War Mod just makes it even better!!!
would love to see a similar treatment of LOTR battle for middle earth 1 & 2
Yes please
Only thing I want
Prob one of the best rts hands down if played with Awakening of the Rebellion. Magnificent visuals
As one of the developers of said mod, I can't thank you enough for the kind words!
@@ThatOneBullet yea awakening of the rebellion and republic at war are my two favorite mods
Thanks for the praise m8, means a lot
Literally one of the best games I’ve ever played
This game is truly special, many of the mods are essentially entirely new games just using the mods engine, similar to how LoL and Dota are warcraft mods but diverge a lot from the source material. There is nothing quite like this game and it really captures the magic of Star Wars, allowing you to battle huge armies on land and in space. EAW is THE Star Wars rts game. No other game even comes close
This is by far one of my favorite games, I still play it today!
This was the first game I ever played on a pc and sunk so much time into it. It's really rare nowdays that such games stay relevant but when you build a solid foundation and provide the tool to your community and they stay alive even after 16years.
I can remember it now. It was a summer Saturday in 2010, after begging my mother for months she finally ordered this game for me. I hugged the damn mailman when it got delivered. I've never loved a game as much in my entire 22 years.
One of my absolute favorite Star Wars games. This video brought me so much nostalgia that I'm downloading the game to play again lol.
I still have this game physically from many years back. A few years ago I also tried out a mod that included Star Trek ships for space battles. It was really cool to see a Galaxy or
Sovereign class starship take on Imperial Star Destroyers.
SW: Rebellion was one of my favorite games of all time. Had no idea it Was poorly received
I love it as well but I know I am in the minority.
still prefer SW Rebellion over EAW.
EAW's grand strategy 'layer' just wasn't as good as Rebellion's. The RTS segment was a mixed bag, too: I never liked EAW's ground combat, and while the space combat was fine, I never thought that it was 'great'.
I wish Rebellion would get a remake/remaster, even if it's just to update UI/UX (I guess the 3D space battles could do w/ an overhaul, too).
would be cool if you could try and simulate the Katana Fleet and then have all 200 or so dreadnaughts on-screen.
It was one of my favorites as a kid. I bought it on steam a couple years ago and played it again. I still liked it but the main issue I had is that it is way too easy.
This is still my comfort game.
I mostly play with the Republic at War mod, but I’ll sometimes realize it’s 2 AM.
One of my favorite games of all time, such a amazing experience in both ground and space battles. There is nothing more satisfying than ordering all your batteries on a Imperial Star destroyer to attack some rebel frigate and obliterate it in a few volleys or establish dominance on the ground by removing the rebel sympathizers from a colony. The mods also add so much depth and replayability to the game and some add very interesting mechanics or difficulty. Some change the timeframe, so you can fight against the Seperatists, thousands of years bevor yoda was even born or even after the fall of the Empire. If there is a vehicle, hero or ship you ever wanted to commandeer in a Star Wars video game - this is the place to go!
10/10 must have for any RTS fan.
one of my favorite games & rts of all time! the mods are amazing, thanks for covering it, needs more recognition
1998's SW Rebellion is a hidden gem of a game, in my opinion.
I loved SW Rebellion, I played a lot, but almost everybody I talk to hated it.
recently in an interview, it was said that 2 new star wars RTS's are in development so there is hope for a sequel
Mag was amazing the only game I actually woke up at 3am to play before school thank you for making the video on Mag one day there will be a game like its equal
I love this game so much, it’s the game that got me into RTS. I still play it now and again
This is probably the game i have spent more hours of my life, been playing it since it came out, one the best RTS experiencies and a plus if you are fan of SW.
I love this game.
It still amazes me how well these videos are made. Absolutely incredible work as always
One of my favorite Star Wars games, and RTS games of all time. Played the shit out of this as a kid.
One of my favorite games, the space battles were amazing.
That intro using Clash of Destiny is perfection.
This game is consistently one of the most most played star wars games on steam at any given point. It's currently outpacing every star wars game made in the last decade.
Unfortunately I bugged mine out and it’s now unplayable 😢. Could be the mods I installed?
Don't know how many hours of my childhood went into this game, its truly a great game. The ground combat was very mediocre but the space combat was superb.
Really wish they get a green light for a sequel, would be a dream come true
mods this game lives from mods its inasne how much they improve the game
If it wasn't for the modding community I probably would've never tried it. But man ami glad I did. I love that game so much. Nothing has been similar to it
You’ve touched my heart deeply ,I’ve played that game sooo much as a kid now a adult an recently downloaded it … that nostalgia never hit so different before
So great, to see another game from my childhood, i spent thousands of hours in, to get attention in a video.
Thank you GVMERS. Much love.
i spent so much time on this and still do today !!!!! so grateful to those who keep uploading content on the Steam Workshop !!!
GVMERS you are so amazing at what you do! Dont ever stop!
Thank you so much for doing this! Such a nice suprise!
EaW is proof that a fanbase if passionate enough about a solid product it will continue to live forever
One of my favorite star wars games, and one of my favorite games period. Alot of good times with this one. Really glad you touched on the sound design, it was top notch. And the unit voice line interactions. Really made it a cut above to hear the pilots of the fighters you sent into battle speak their last words, or get pumped about a kill.
Indeed! Oh, what a surprise to hear of Empire at War here. It's a great game and mods like Awakening of the Rebellion or Thrawns revenge deserve a better look at, they basically offer a future sight of what a proper sequel to Empire at War could be!
The haunting scream of that fighter getting blow away. The game took sleep from you in more then one way.
"Rebellion" was an amazing game. Critics' reaction is really baffling, I never knew it got such bad reviews.
Rebellions only to flaws was poor Ai and graphics with space combat. it was way to easy to win the core even on thew hardest difficulty. but still had fun. EAW is a spiritual successor
Maybe because its not transparent?
Like the ability to sustain more units is increasing both mine amd refineries at the same time, units taking a lot of time to build at first, the start is very slow (few heroes for diplomacy, few ships to move around)
I’ve been saving up for a gaming PC for a couple of months now and Empire at War is among the first few games I plan on getting. Also yes I know I don’t need something top of the line to run the game.
This guy is a true laser tag dominator.
star wars rebellion/confrontation was a great game for its time. i still go back and play it now and again
Tons of modders keeping this great game alive
This game is amazing, I really hope the studio gets the chance to make a sequel.
wonderful vid, as always!
Petroglyph really are a gem of a company. They recently released a 64 bit patch for EaW 17 years after release, and the modding scene is more active and invigorated than ever.
💯 EAW is one of my all time favorite (classic 6th gen?) rts's. And always will be, not many games like it at the time, and still maybe even now. Well maybe some of the AoE games but still.
Never got to play this one 😔
Great coverage!
There were so many things what were done better in Supremacy aka Rebellion ... for example the research system... sabotage units... you were able to catch and imprison certain Main characters ... or send troops to check out system to find them then send out troops or characters to release them and many other features what were left out from Empire at War.
Production quality for these videos is outstanding
One of my favorite RTS! I still remember swarming the enemy before they could retreat into hyperspace
Ooooohhhhhh, I remember playing this back in the day. I Actually enjoyed it a lot and this history is definitely unexpected. Thanks you guys for letting me learn the history of Empire at War.
There's some good news for a possible EAW sequel. As of early January the lead dev of EAW was asked if anyone in EA/Lucasfilm games was interested in making an EAW 2. The Answer: YES!!
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This game has an almost gross amount of replayability due to the outstanding community and dev support. I love this game.
I loved this game so much that I had to have all three versions of it: hard copy, steam version and a pirated one.
Awesome analysis, guys!
great video thanks. hope this boosts the optics on empire at war and the modding community
Wooooo, finally!!!! I have over a thousand hours on this game. I truly appreciate you doing this!
Petroglyph is an amazing studio I am afraid they will close soon as the RTzs genre has been in a massive decline for years. Dark times indeed
Holy shit yes!!!
Gvmers needs to cover Star Wars games more often!!!
I remember finding this channel with the documentary on Battlefront 3.
I remember waiting for this to come out! I had a poster of it on my bedroom door from the pc magazine that did a preview of it! Can't believe it was almost 20 years ago!
I need to play this so badly, I love klepacki and those Westwood guys so much
The hell you say. One of my favorite RTS games
I've been playing this game nonstop for the last few days! its amazing
Man, I just happened to have the hankering to watch a review for this game and see that this came out 4 hours ago. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
_This is where the fun begins._
My favorite RTS of all time. I hope you will do a video on the Jedi Knight series one day. It would be worth it.
Thanks for the vid
I played SO MANY hours of Rebellion, Empire at War, and Galactic Battlegrounds. Absolutely loved those games.
I'm still playing it to this day one of the best Star Wars game ever
Best RTS game Ive ever played, love the history revamp for this gem of a game!
Awesome video! Thanks so much for covering strategy games and I would love to see more strategy game franchise exploration: Heroes of Might and Magic, Total War, Age of Empires, any of the Paradox grand strategy games, XCOM, Civilization and so on.
At launch, I also didn't find the ground combat to be all that impressive and it's interesting that that came from developers, many of whom worked on Command and Conquer, which had really good ground combat. Perhaps there were engine or technical limitations that limited the scale and possibilities for deeper ground combat.
I really need to go replay this now.
Awesome video, guys!
I know it's empire at war but SWTOR MUSIC FOR THE WIN! Played for 3 years since beta, played off and on, now I'm back into it!
Loved this as a kid.
I ADORE the Command and Conquer Gamez. No wonder I love this game.
Great video as always ! Please do a Lord of the Rings Battle for middle series one ! ✌️🙏❤️
I still come back to this occasionally
As someone who plays empire at war all the time they really should make a second one but with all the moders who know the game the best
Absolutely loved this game and still do. I remember cackling with glee at pushing the lever to fire the Death Star's superlaser. "Commence primary ignition."
One of my favorite RTS games ever, I still own the disc for this and the Zahn DLC
Luckly i checked the channel, because this didnt showed up in my YT time line......
As Always a great informative video.
awesome video
Did this guy do the voice overs for How It’s Made??? Literally sounds exactly like him
This game rules. I finally picked it up again and played some mods and it was amazing
I still play this game till this day, played this morning