New Star Wars: Empire at War trailer released
Posted by inpheaux on November 1st, 2005 at 1:32 pm
Earlier today, LEC released a brand new trailer for Empire at War, you can check it out here (Quicktime required). If it is anywhere near representative of the final product, it looks like the teams at LucasArts and Petroglyph may have finally put together an RTS worthy of the Star Wars franchise.
Sure, it's been tried before. Twice, specifically. Ok, three times if you count Rebellion. Ok, ok, and four or five times if you count the times Force Commander was completely scrubbed and restarted. But really, I think they may have done it this time. It's just going to come down to how the control system works out, and of course standard RTS issues like balance, variety, etc.
If you're not familiar with what I'm rambling on about, here's the deal. Empire at War is the latest in a decently long line of Star Wars RTS games. EAW takes place in the uncharted territory between Episodes 3 and 4, presumably full of Darth Vader wandering around the galaxy and breaking things. EAW intends to place you in the driver's seat for this campaign of destruction, where you will command ground troops and space armadas to restore 'peace' to the galaxy. It's slated for release in February 2006, adding to the now surprisingly good early-2006 game lineup.
It looks really good so far. Really. I mean it. So go check out the trailer.
Source: LucasArts Newsletter
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