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with this one. I didn’t get into the main game, as

DID YOU KNOW?
Lucas’s initial draft of the script was too
long so most of it was culled and were
eventually expanded and fleshed out
into what would become The Empire
Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

the tutorial missions contain a lot of unskippable
narration, but you take control of one of the sides
of the main conflict in the Original Trilogy: Rebels
and the Empire. With a mostly top-down perspective
(unless you zoom in), you complete missions to
control the galaxy and eliminate the opposition.

Will I Keep Playing?
Wars universe! So I assume it will have less sides

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to play as, being more ‘kill the rebel scum/Empire

it. Similarly to how I felt when I first played Total

forces’. Going by past experiences, I reckon I’ll play

War: Rome, there’s just so much to remember…

as the Empire if I get the option. I like to be evil in

You have to move your troops into orbit from

games, as shown by the amount of times I’ve sold

the planet if you want to go to another one, then

slaves in Fallout 3… Namely -- every time I play.

back down to the planet to invade it. You can hire

What It Actually Was

SO I TRIED... STAR WARS
EMPIRE AT WAR

Probably not, though not because I didn’t enjoy

Exactly what I thought it would be, but with more

smugglers to steal money, send droids to steal
tech, construct a limited amount of buildings per
planet… I like my games simple, and Empire At War

land-based skirmishes instead of all set in space.

is anything but. There is plenty here for strategy

It breaks things up nicely, at least in the tutorial,

fans to play with, but for someone who really likes

and the Star Wars influence is certainly very strong

their platformers, it’s a little too complicated. ■

By Andrew Duncan

ach edition of So I Tried… I will
try a game that I have never tried
before. Will I find something new
to love? Will I find something new
to despise? I’ll take a full half

hour, no matter how bad it gets or how badly I do,
to see if this is the game for me. This time I went
for the PC version of Star Wars Empire At War.

What I Thought It Was
Much like Star Trek Armada, this will see me
building up a base and sending out forces to collect
resources and ships. Build ships, destroy enemy
ships, what have you. But this time, based in the Star
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