STAR WARS™ Rebellion

Essentially this game plays a lot like the strategic map of a Total War game. However it is so much deeper than Total War. Each planet has a diplomacy rating. which will make it neutral or join one of the two game factions. These ratings can be influenced by sending diplomates and spies as well as winning space battles in a sector. Other than in most other RTS games, production times are much more realistc in this game. Producing big ships takes a lot of time. Battle damage remains active after battles and repair times are long also. This usually means, that space battles are decisive. There are many small encounters, where usually one side retreats. However, whenever boths sides commit to a fight, stakes are high most of the time, as the outcome can swing around half the sectors loyalty. Planets can be held by force even when you are not welcomed but the lower you popularity the more troops you need to prevent uprisings. This is where spies can do a lot of damage by taking out just a few of the garrision units. Tactical battles are very simplistic in terms of the damage model and orders you can give. Also from Windows 10 onward, you have to use dgvoodoo in order to fix the graphical issues in that mode. The only drawbacks of this game are some of the very outdated design decisions made by devs when compared to todays standards. The camera in battles is controlled by clicking on arrows in the user interface. You can't just fly around with it using keys or moving your cursor to the windows edge. Worst of all hover is the UI of the galaxy map. Keeping track of what is happening can be hard as you have to navigate through layers of windows to actually do what you want or get the information you need. It is still usable but not great. Is it worth getting? Yes, if you want a much deeper Empire at War and can live with the outdated UI, this game will keep you playing for many hours.

Awesome game of old. Cannot be compared to newer version as this mostly is about strategic settings and environment of Win95. On other side, its got complexity never seen elsewhere. Wanna build Death Star or two more? No problem. Wanna get Luke to a Jedi Master? Be my guest. Wanna build and wage war in ancient-era 3D space battle with Rebel vs. Imperium spaceships and starfighters, you are on the right place. Just, the game is not easy to learn, but achieving the superpower is awesome.

This is a game where you can recruit members for either the Rebellion or Empire, gain experience through accomplishing missions, and occasionally train as Jedi. You can built up colonies so they can build ships or train troops and shore up defenses. All of that is fine if VERY click intensive. The downside is the game will frequently crash and if you've played for any length of time without saving you can lose large chunks of your progress.

so much fun love comming back to it.

Old and clunky but a real gem if you can get past the learning curve!