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Strategy / tactics

Star Wars: Empire at War

by Petroglyph Games·published by LucasArts, Aspyr Media

1 February 2006Teen27
PCWindowsMac

Reader score

7.6/ 10

54 votes

Where to get it

Trailer

Gallery

43

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Key art

About

Set loosely between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, Star Wars: Empire at War is a strategy game spread over the Galactic Empire. Players command either the Imperial or Rebel forces and engage the enemy in space and on land, while boosting their own economies and building units and support buildings. In addition to classic Star Wars units and vehicles, Empire at War also includes heroes units. Players can control Darth Vader, Han Solo, and many other classic characters.

Space combat allows the player control over squads of smaller starcraft and larger capital ships. Enemy hardpoints can be targeted allowing players to knock out shield generators, flight hangers, and other ship systems. Land combat is unit and vehicle-based and relies on securing reinforcement points to land additional forces and using build points to construct defenses.

Empire at War offers several modes of game play. The Empire and the Rebellion each have their own story-based campaign, there are several freeform campaign options where players can adjust the settings and select the victory conditions. Empire at War also supports multiplayer options online.

Ways to play

Modes

Single playerMultiplayer

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Engine

Alamo

Expansions

Included in

Star Wars: The Best of PCStar Wars: Empire at War - Gold Pack

Languages

5 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English
French
German
Italian—
Spanish (Spain)—

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Supported Systems/Models

x86 (32-bit)

Drivers/APIs Supported

Hardware TNL

Media Type

CD-ROM, Download, DVD-ROM

Sound Capabilities

DirectSound3D

Input Devices Required

Keyboard, Mouse

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Mouse

Additional Hardware Required

3D Accelerator

Multiplayer Options

Internet, LAN, Modem

Multiplayer Game Modes

Bots, Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS), Team

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

Number of Online Players

2-8 Players

Steam

Workshop

Save Game Methods

Auto-save, Manual Save

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium III

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 2000

Min. RAM Required

256 MB

Min. DirectX Version Required

DirectX 9.0c

Min. CD-ROM Drive Speed Required

8X (1.2 MB/s)

Min. Video Memory Required

32 MB

Video Modes Supported

Full screen

Video Resolutions Supported

1024×768, 1920×1200

Box art

Also known as

EaW — Common abbreviation

Star Wars: El Imperio en Guerra — Spanish title

Star Wars: L'Impero in Guerra — Italian title

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Aspyr Media

Released

1 February 2006

Platforms

PCWindowsMac

Age ratings

ESRBTeenPEGI12USK12ACBMClassInd14DJCTQ14KMRB12-year+

Standing

Top 5% by visits

Tags

Diagonal-downFree cameraReal-timeReal-time strategy (RTS)Multiple units/characters controlPoint and selectSpace flightSci-fi / futuristicWarLicensed