A quick google search picked up a known issue with systems that runs a 64-bit OS along with 2GB RAM. There's a patch available that fixed this. Is it included?

Played quite a bit of the original EaW, but never got around to actually getting the expansion pack.

But there's also Rogue Squadron...And X-Wing Alliance...

I am sadly on the verge of a nostalgia-driven binge-buy of oldies for my ageing laptop...

Rebel Scum!

Okay seriously, I currently have this on disc so with all the other SW games on my wishlist I'm holding off for a tad (wish someone would get back to me with a good Rebellion review :P) but I cannot stress enough to the rest of the community what beautiful game this is (the 'movie camera' option while kind of useless is just too fun to play with). I'll get my GOG copy eventually, but the rest of you shouldn't wait around! :D

I passed on the Steam version of this, hoping it would come here and now I'm debating between this or Galactic Battlegrounds. Just discovered the Thrawn's Revenge mod which for Empire At War which looks good.

Will get a backup from my disks, but I'm doubt about getting now or later...

Good. I don't want to be connected with the deaths that these ships will cause! ;-)

You must be helping the Rebels :)

Good for on you.

It's a good game, but lacking depth compared to pretty much any other RTS. Space combat is much more fun than the land battles. There's also several Galactic Conquest campaigns, where you try to conquer the galaxy as the Rebels, the Empire or the Consortium (which doesn't really fit into the SW Expanded Universe).

I played the multiplayer a lot back in the days but I got bored pretty fast. Sadly, there haven't been enough patches to fix the terrible balancing (the Consortium is totally overpowered) and the technical side, especially the netcode is lacking a lot aswell. You can really feel that many former Command & Conquer devs have been working on this game. At least there are TONS of great mod out there: http://www.moddb.com/games/star-wars-empire-at-war-forces-of-corruption/mods

Only buy this if you are interested in the mods, can't really recommend the game at this price, even with the 20% discount.

Great release GOG! Highly recommended for all strategy fans! I have the retail version of the base game but I had never played the expansion.. I think I'll wishlist it for now to save some money for the other SW releases..

i assume 8 GB or the max GB of ram wont differ either?

Wow, how'd you manage to get a 5 dollar price difference from Steam? :) I can only hope you are able to talk Disney into making that 20+ games into 30 or 40+ titles, in the near future.

Give us those kids titles Disney!

I enjoyed Star Wars EaW more than Rebellion. I haven't played Rebellion in more than a decade, so my memory may be a bit sketchy.

But they are also very different games.

Rebellion is worth a few play-throughs at least. And it runs on really old computers very well, so it'll very well with you. EaW needs some power.

You send heroes on missions, recruit heroes (if you're the empire) and do space battles in 3D. Space battles are slow and you can very easily get into a battle where laser-power is lower than shield-power, so it becomes a stale-mate.

You use your planets' resources slots to add resource-mining or places to build starships or land units or some other bonus things.

All in all, definitely worth $5.99. I paid $30 for it way back in the day, and that was about the cheapest it ever got for many many years. It's one of those cult-classic type of love-it or hate-it games.

You really get to craft your own Star Wars events with the game. Nothing is set in stone. So there are no spoilers to have had if you take a look at a let's play.