Star Wars: Empire at War
From the lives of soldiers to the deaths of planets, you are the supreme galactic commander. It is a time of galactic civil war. Take up the reins of the Rebellion or assume control for the Empire. Whichever…
Star Wars: Empire at War is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Petroglyph Games, released 16 February 2006 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Star Wars: Empire at War is
Star Wars: Empire at War is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Petroglyph Games and released in 2006. It was published by Aspyr Media. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Alamo.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Star Wars: Empire at War is a 2006 real-time strategy video game developed by Petroglyph Games and published by LucasArts for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Set between Episode III and Episode IV, it focuses on the fledgling struggle between the Empire and the Rebels. In October 2006, an expansion titled Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption was released.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Star Wars series
Star Wars: Empire at War is the 146th of 334 entries we hold in the Star Wars series. The next entry was LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy in 2006. Its critic score of 73 is almost exactly the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Angry Birds Star Wars II at 100.
How it was received
Star Wars: Empire at War holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 46% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 120 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium III 1.0GHz or AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz and 512 MB of RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Star Wars: Empire at War launched on 16 February 2006, within three weeks of The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Muv-Luv Alternative and The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Muv-Luv Alternative, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Star Wars: Empire at War yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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