STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga

Great game from what I remember. but I'm unable to play this! As soon as I start a game it will freeze up and crash, not even letting me select a single unit. I have Windows 7 and I've everything up to date.

This is it: the culmination of the venerable Barrelgrounds tradition that began with Bilbo Baggins, was preserved by Donkey Kong, was popularized by Dunkey, and culminated in Our capable hands. If you play this without Expanding Fronts, don't even talk to me. Don't even look at me. Don't even exist to me. In short, don't be dumb to me. If you're still playing this with the CD version bugs and no widescreen support, you will never be a Serious and Respected Gamer. This is it, this is the pinnacle. Video Games are Art, and Digital Sports were invented solely for this. You may talk of Counter-Strike and Dota, of Super Crate Box or LUFTRAUSERS as the best game of all time, but they were all of them dethroned -yes, even the famed Super Mario Bruddas 2- when the Barrelgrounds made their debut. And I, I am the Barrelmaker, the one who made the Barrelgrounds literal, and then put barrels upon those barrels. Therefore ignore that foolish statistic up above, in actuality I have MILLIONS of hours on this title going back MILLENNIA. You followin' me? This game's so good, I've been playin' it before it even EXISTED. This game has the exclusive and unmatched distinction of being wanted by me before I even knew it was possible. The only thing that could ever dethrone this would be if it was this exact thing (Expanding Fronts included, dum-dum) but Warhammer 40,000. (No, Dawn of War does not count.) Well, 'tis to dream the impossible dream -and if you say it's not the best game evah made, then you da worst guy evah made. A new power is rising! Its victory is at hand! Rise up, gamers! Henceforth you shall be known as Barrelriders! Tonight, we roll in the Barrelgrounds like a Bantha! Ponds for da fishies! Barrels for the Barrelgrounds! Let the galaxy ROLL!

Why did GOG credit Disney aka (credit thieving A-holes) for this game. THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. But overall i seen playthroughs of this game and i feel like I will be purchasing this title In a couple of months

Just wanted to put up that NVIDIA ShadowPlay makes the game unplayable (lol) for those who are having trouble. I grew up with this game, when AoE2HD was announced I dreamed that SWGB would get the same treatment. It will most likely remain a dream. For those who want HD/widescreen, BoekaBart added SWGB support to his famous AoE2 resolution mod, I haven't tested it on the GoG version yet but someone recompiled it here for anyone who wants to give it a shot: http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=20198&start=44

As a Star Wars RTS, this game is very disappointing. The gameplay is simply way too similar to Age of Empires II. Sure, it's based on the AoE II engine, so it's understandable that the some of the gameplay elements will be similar. However, the developers didn't really make much change in terms of gameplay, so 90% of the gameplay mechanism is identical to AoE II, and it just doesn't fit into the Star Wars setting. Farming, hunting animals, fishing, chopping down forests, knocking down buildings with a ram, etc, breaks all the immersions. What makes things worst, all the factions are functionally nearly identical, with some minor tweaks here and there. This is ok in AoE II, but definitely not in a Star Wars RTS. The only major difference between AoE II and this game is the addition of air units, but honestly it doesn't feel like it change the gamplay much. There aren't much depth in air combat (but this is kinda understandable as a game based on AoE II engine). The aircrafts, as you might expected, works like helicopters, so don't expect so see some epic dogfights between a TIE and a X-Wing. One thing I will praise, though, is some of the combat oriented campaign missions, as they actually feel like something out of Star Wars, where armies armed with blasters clashes with each other in massive battles while jedi and sith duel to the death. I will give this game 4/5 if this was a massive overhaul mod made by fan gamers, but as a professional product made by a professional gaming studio, I will say it's very mediocre and uninspiring. If you are here for the Star Wars part, you will be disappointed. If you're here for the RTS part, you might as well just play AoE II.