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the chance to join in a coalition. What’s more, with

days we have magically powerful smartphones

Empires at War being taken offline, this is a great time

which let us take our gaming adventures with us

to bring back this genre... Paradox, are you listening?

when we take those frightening steps outside.

Story-Driven RPG
Like Mass Effect
With a Star Wars RPG you could do that weird

Now, I’m not looking for a faux AAA title that’ll
drain battery faster than the Millenium Falcon can
complete the Kessel Run, but something a little
easy that I can jump in and out of at a moment’s

‘full circle’ thing that you often see. Mass Effect has

notice. Let me build a third Death Star in the style

taken a lot of inspiration from Star Wars, and with a

of Fallout Shelter, or perhaps a Rebel Base on

similar style game, Star Wars could take galaxies of

some outlying distant planets. I can sign in when

inspiration from Bioware’s iconic series. Build your

I wake up, build some crucial rooms (obviously a

Jedi from any number of races, explore countless

trash compactor), hop out and by the time I sign

galaxies, solar systems and planets, and assemble

back in, it’s built and I’ve got a bigger Death Star

a troop of trustworthy scruffy nerf herders to follow

with more money to splurge. EA, I’m looking at you

you into battle. Hell, it wouldn’t even be too difficult

and your oddly ironic pride in this department. ■

to weave in some cameos and missions from iconic
characters in the universe, and you could even use the
renegade or paragon dialogue options to sculpt into a
rebellious Sith a la Anakin, or a hero Jedi like Luke.

Star Wars City Builder Like
Tapped Out/Fallout Shelter

Gary Jamroz Palma

DID YOU KNOW?
Banthas were actually just
elephants dressed up in fur.

Unfortunately, we can’t spend all of our time
with our feet up and controller in hand, luckily, these

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