Posted on: March 19, 2019
zollac
Verified ownerGames: 365 Reviews: 3
Uninspiring as a Star Wars RTS
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.
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