The moment I saw it, I bought it. While it's an old game (that IS why you're on GOG, no?) - it's a great management sim which totally has the Star Wars look and feel. The events in campaign mode loosely follow the movie timeline - with events from the movies. And BTW you CAN play either side. The constant onslaught of events gives the feel of a galactic campaign, and your ability to build and use the various means at your disposal (Soldiers, fleets, guerillas, hero characters, and the list goes on) allows you to play in your own style. Do I want to bombard planets? Should I use guerillas, or build up resources for Naval offensives? Will I send Leia to gain a planet's favor? Shall I wait until I have super high tech? On the negative side, though, being older, it doesn't have the RTS elements with the same quality as Empire at War. The fleet battles are clunkier, and the ground battles are off-screen. That said, it is a more focused on the large-scale plan for the strategic and operational levels of the war. Overall, this is a great game if you like management sims and Star Wars.
This is what I was waiting for when I joined GOG.com. This series is what has had me looking around for a while now! Now I don't have to try to find it on eBay, and I don't have to reconfigure anything to make it work, and it's all legal! Welcome home, QFG! This is where you belong.
