This game still holds to this day. Whats even better is the modding community. The 3 major mods "Republic at war" , "the Clone Wars" , "Thrawn's revange" gave it new life.
@@AndysTake also apparently there is a possibility of a sequel sometime soon, although EA's still got exclusivity so we gotta wait until that's gone first I think. also awakening of the rebellion (AOTR for short) is a lot of fun as a starter mod since it takes the galactic civil war setting from the original and just fleshes it out a ton
As I’m sure other mention the modding community has kept this game alive. Modern huge overalls that might as well be sequels like Awakening of the Rebellion, Thrawns Revenge, Fall of the Republic (best prequel era mod IMO) , And the “Remake” mod. Sincerely despite this never getting an official sequel, try out some of those mods and you will not be disappointed!
@@AndysTake if you end up enjoying them would be interesting to perhaps see your take in another video after experiencing at least some on what that have to offer!
I always thought it would be cool to start a game as a leader in the Clone Wars, and then after Order 66 to be forced to chose a side in the Galactic Civil war... taking some of those resources from the previous conflict with you.
that exists to some extent in fall of the republic, it allows you to chose who you want to side with during order 66 and if you side with palpatine you start getting imperial star destroyers (called imperator class in game) sadly it doesn't go fully into the galactic civil war era
Remember, THIS GAME CAME OUT IN 2006! 2000-2010 truly was the golden age of gaming. And its Arguably BETTER THEN TOTAL WAR these days. And they KEPT SUPPORTING IT even till this day, they even reenabled Multiplayer. (Steam version only) The most unique thing about Empire At War is that it combines GROUND AND SPACE battles, in REAL TIME with TACTICAL BATTLES. (seriously this is just Total War in Real Time) The base game is grate, still has a bug or 2 but with the support the game continues to get (i hope) im sure they will eventually be fixed. the MODS are where its at though, Fall of the Republic if your looking for Clone Wars, Awakening of the Rebellion if your looking for something similar yet different. Then their is EAW Remake.....haven't played it yet but, it changes ALOT of things about the game that i feel makes it different from EAW is supposed to be. BUT THOSE GRAPHICS, the game never looked SO GOOD.
Jay, I think I must agree with you. Even though we have truly amazing titles from the last decade and this one as well, say The Witcher 3, God of War, Dark Souls 1-3 and Elden Ring, the games from 2000-2010 just hit different… so fricking good, rarely was I disappointed, and I KEEP PLAYING THEM 15 years later! It’s insane, man. Will definitely have to check out those mods.
@@hoplon88 Im quite serious actually. They are basically the same thing, obviously EAW is a RTS so its not quite the same but they are very similar. Total War, Turn Based Campaign map with Real time tactical battles. Empire At War, Real time campaign map (their is a pause button for both Campaign and the battles), real time tactical battles. You build buildings, recruit units, you get income every "week" to spend on units and buildings. You even have hero units just like TW WH but they are far more balanced and the AI is ACTUALLY CONFIDENT unlike TWs AI which has barely improved over the past 10 years. And just like TW the mods just make the game better, but the game itself is already good in its own right.
This was from made when great games were made. Before EA ruined it all. Before micro transactions. Starwars empire at war was amazing....lve never seen a strategy game as good ..can't believe it hasn't been remade....everyone would buy it.
its just true, that Video games in the 00's gave us more out of the box. so many games in the last decade and some change have been ridden with mtx and content reserved for a future payment.
you're right :/ I really miss the days without microtransactions and excessively long dev times.. we got massive new games almost every year or two from the same devs, now that often takes twice that time, and even then with so many more bugs and lacking features, it seems.
One thing you forgot to say: It got an update around a year ago from the devs for the modders .... and the mods are just outright better then most "modern" RTS´s
An amazing game to check out would be X-wing alliance from the 90s. There is a huge community modding project for that game that has redone basically the entire game at this point, integrated head tracking, improved the engine, and more. On top of that there is a team that brought the old Tie Fighter flight game into this new updated X-wing alliance engine, and are working on a re-imagining of the tie fighter campaign with much bigger battles taking advantage of modern technology.
If petroglyph could release a new updated version of the game people would go absolutely nuts. The game engine really slows things down and it’s a significant bottleneck. The modding community for this game has kept it alive for so long. The 4.0 release of the galactic civil war mod, Thrawns revenge, the Republic at war mods, show how much potential the game has
I'm not sure why my comment was removed. That is super annoying. I just wanted to say that this game was a big slice of my childhood and Star Wars is my Fandom of choice (although I do enjoy many!). It was nice to come home after my trip to see this video! I used to love scrolling through the star wars website for hours as a kid! I would love to watch you play one of the new mods! I only dipped my toes recently but it is so good! By the way, you asked if the drink I mentioned was Japanese or not on a previous video. I was enjoying a grape juice with bits of aloe while watching this video. You can get it only in the vending machines here!
Thank you for taking the time to comment again, hate it when YT does that! Im glad to hear you’re a fellow Star Wars fan! :D I miiiight do something on the mods at a later date, definitely a treasure trove there! Although, can you believe I’ve never played a EAW mod 👀 The drink sounds delicious! I bet there are so many drinks in Japan I’d love that I haven’t even thought of exists haha
@@AndysTake, the longer I stay the more good ones I find that I like lol. Although my usual drink is now green tea or black tea with milk which I picked up from an English friend when I was living in Galicia, Spain. I enjoy watching your content so the least I can do is share some stuff I think you might find interesting about Japan or otherwise!
@@AndysTake I also only just downloaded one of them recently. They are now so easy to download through the workshop on steam. You essentially just press one button and subscribe to the mod and boom. Updated visuals and gameplay.
@@jonathanbeutel5984 yeah definitely, I’ve noticed. It’s awesome that EAW has steam workshop support. And I’m excited to hear about more drinks in upcoming videos ;)
I mean those things are called capital ship killers in the lore lol, so makes sense they'd be good against the empire which only really has capital ships
Some of you may not know this, but this game was a sort of successor to Star Wars Rebellion 1998. I don’t know why we haven’t got a new land and space Star Wars strategy game with modern graphics. It could be so great.
It's not the stock campaigns that make this game great, it's the mods. Mods like Thrawns Revenge have been continuously developing and tweaking this game ever since it was releassed all the way up to this day. There are story campaigns that when played in sequence can cove all the way from the Clone Wars right the way up to shortly before the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. There are also newer multi-player modes but the single player campaigns are what show the real strengths of this game. Also some of the mod campaigns actually manage to make the ground combat fun which is something that the original never really managed to do.
@@AndysTake Try it, it will blow you away from how much deeper the Galactic Conquest experience becomes. If you want to see empire at war completely changed and with 2016 Visuals take a look at the Remake mod. There are so many things, that were thought impossible, achieved by the modding community of this game.
Hi Andy! Just recently I begun watching your videos and its incredible the good variety of games you cover. I remember seeing an old friend playing this game and thinking how cool it was, but at the end I never knew how It was called and I started playing other RTS like Warcraft, and just forgot about this one. Now that I've seen the video I'll probably give it a try!
Thank you so much for saying that, juanjo! :D That's awesome, I'm so glad you get to play it now! Let me know what you think of it once you've spent some time with it!
I feel like space battles were more fun and more spectacular but land battles gave much more tactical options and let you win against overwelming forces
DUDE! Time stamp 5:51, was that the Arc Hammer with that Imperial fleet? If so, AWESOME tribute to another great Star Wars Game; Dark Forces. I hope you plan to review Star Wars Rebellion. I know the game gets a lot of hate but it is my favorite and I'd love to see a modernized version of the game.
Woah woah woah woah, wait.... Andy is real? I always assumed he was a well programmed AI with a love for total war conversion mods 😂 May the fourth be with you all ❤️
Hey, Chelsea! :D Hahaha, you wouldnt be too far off! But Andy is indeed real! My "introduction" was with the Kingdoms video on monday ;) feel free to check it out if you haven't already :D
@@AndysTake I havent, thanks for letting me know, I have so much in my feed and so many notifications I sometimes miss things. I will check it out ;) Thanks for always being an awesome creator Andy, love your work!
My first attempt at modding a game directly was Star Wars Empire at War to get the clone wars mod working. It was really frustrating because I didn't know much about computers, but incredibly worth it once I finished
Hands down one of my favorite SW games and also one of the first games i played on pc when i was smol 👌 Planning on making a remake of the game in the future as i'm currently learning how to code and make games. (No this is not supposed to be a brag of any kind) You simply can't trust any big studio to make a solid game anymore 😕
I always play galactic conquest as the empire, I built the Death Star and destroyed every planet, had a fleet of 78 star destroyers, 176 victory class cruisers, 20 broadside cruisers, 20 tartan cruisers, 78 acclamator cruisers and 4 interdicter cruisers used to prevent hyperspace jumps and to completely destroy the rebel fleet
I'm a world record holder for the game, and I couldn't be prouder. This game is honestly beautiful. And thanks to modders (and even the Devs for releasing patches EVEN IN 2022) for keeping the game alive even if it's just for singleplayer content. Clone wars content has never been so good
Just got this with the Forces of Corruption expansion on the 4th. Best purchase I made. Personally, I love the space battles more than the ground battles, especially when I'm on the Rebellion taking on the Empire. It's funny to watch the Empire throw everything at you and lose twice as many forces as you do before they eventually achieve victory.
If you *don't* think the mods are fully-fledged games on their own, you should play them again. The level of polish on mods like Republic at War and Thrawn's Revenge are just... I have no words.
Thanks for the tip, but fun fact: there actually is a need, I find, as the filter on the mic itself helps with softening (removing “static” etc), while the actual pop filter removes most of the large pops from plosives :)
guessing the 79 is because mods aren´t counted and it is those mods that make the game have this long life. i am still playing the game after 16 years because of those mods and new versions of my favorite mods have just been updated. Always a good thing
When I first played Empire at War, I loved the space combat and tried to skip the fighting on the worlds. With the present perspective, I can say that I was the Covenant. Nowadays, I just play Sins of a Solar Empire Interregnum mod.
I’m on my first playthrough of this game now, basically a blind playthrough of galactic conquest as the empire, all 42 planets. (I did play the tutorials of course, and no mods yet) and my strategy is that the rebels can’t take planets if every choke point and planet is protected by a big fuck off fleet. I just reached day 30 in the war, and had my first engagement with the main rebel fleet. It was Home one, a few blockade runners, two missile cruisers, and a few nebulon Bs. I showed up with two ISDs, 3 victory class SDs, 3 acclimators, and like 8 patrol craft. Rebel fleet didn’t stand a chance.
2:38 The Empire are the bad guys? I thought in History they taught us that the Rebels are the bad guys, maybe not, just kidding, I believe that Rebels or Rebellions in a common sense, are good, or there are reasons behind it, lol! But I'm not a Star Wars Fan, but I love it! I wanna buy this game in 2022 and thank you for this review video! :D
well, if you wanna be technical the rebellion blew up a massive space station which was being worked on by MANY MANY civilian workers, ig the rebels (lorewise) are attempting to do the right thing for the right reasons but still sometimes make mistakes, the empire is just your standard oppresive regime with evil/militaristic leadership. ig they both aren't really good and it just comes down the lesser of the two evils if you wanna think about it like that haha.... i would get this game its a great star wars game, especially with mods.
@@AndysTake I haven't tried Fall of the Republic as far as I remember, but there are several clone wars mods that basically have the same concept but do it differently. Of the ones I have tried, Republic at War is the one I liked most. It has a really awesome galactic conquest map and it's so well made with so much attention to detail that it barely even feels like a mod. This might also be true about Fall of the Republic, I don't know.
@@AndysTake My favorite mod is Awakening of the Rebellion 2.9.3: All Wings Report in (long title ik), its my favorite mod and to me the most replayable (tho i have yet to try thrawns revenge). Like you said you wish that you could play in the prequal era Fall of the republic is a fun mod for that, so is Republic at War.
There’s 2 mods: Thrawn’s Revenge, and Fall of the Republic, that are the best mods in this game. Since you’re a clone wars fan I’d suggest Fall of the republic first, because you get to experience all the Jedi in land battles and amazing republic and CIS ships.
I still play this gome just modded and I totally forgot that the empire has the Arc Hammer in the base game. :D If you looking forward to play this game I can recommend Awakening of the Rebellion(Really hard but so cool mod) and Empire at War Expanded:Thrawn's Revenge(Post ednor Imperial Civil war era mod with tons of unique factions and nice heros+mechanics) lastly Empire at War Expanded: Fall of The Republic(Clone wars era mod from the Thrown's Revenge team,ths one is new and not as polished as Thrawn's Revenge but still one of the best mods),there are EaW Reworked but I didn't try that one so I can't say an opinion about it.
Sadly I never played "Star Wars: Enpire at War", no time for that. I always liked playing "Star Trek:Armada" though. Are there mods like those for that as well?
"Sad" Fact: Petroglyph, the dev team who made Empire at War and Forces of Corruption also wanted to make an "EaW 2", but since the SW licence was on EA's hands at the time, they got refused, and right now they've been working on a new game (not Star Wars) and it's unlikely that we'll be seeing an EaW style SW game any time soon, but it's very clear they want to do it, since they still release updates for EaW Also, since you're a Prequels guy, I recommend you to try Fall of the Republic, an FoC mod made by the people who made Thrawn's Revenge
I got this game as a kid and quite honestly... It is probably the game I played the most as a youngling. It would had been Battlefront 2 if I didn't lose that disk in a motel... Long story... :(( Also a game I have massive nostalgia for. I am glad that Empire at War could help me cope with that loss and quite honestly even surpass the nostalgia in a way. Battlefront 2 is more illusive nostalgia as a lot of my thoughts are related to missing the game. Meanwhile Empire at War could run on most computers I owned so it became a go to game when going on trips and around the place and since my dad is a fan of driving and camping trips... This means Empire at War almost feels like a massive part of my childhood. And I honestly think that I can't even imagine what I would be like without it. I was young. I am a 2001 kid... I am also a fan of Lego and stuff and this year with the release of the Tie Interceptor set had me pog facing real hard. I haven't bought it yet... But EaW made me love the Tie Interceptor even more than the original Tie Fighter and find the sight of a Tie Interceptor more nostalgic for me than any other Star Wars ship. Because I played FoC quite a lot. And when people play this they ask me what my opinion on Thrawns Revenge or this or that mod is... And quite honestly the truth is... While I imagine those mods are GREAT... I have just been playing vanilla mostly. 😂 I dabbled in Republic at War mod before the workshop update. And I have even made my own personal custom maps. Theed City, which is something I made for when I play Republic at War but it works on unmodded too of course, and Tantive IV... Which is a land battle inside the Tantive IV... With vehicles. It is a little nonsensical but I think personally I love the level design I made. It's an asymmetric push map with the very start of the level having the iconic blasting down of the door scene. Not perfectly accurate of course but still I could show and impress my friends with it. The corridors are not as... Smooth as I wanted but unfortunately the map editor has some limitations when it comes to that. Either way it works pretty decently. There is also a little spawn for the Consortium if you want to do a little bit of trolling. 😁 I have forever wanted to do something similar for the Battle of Hoth but unfortunately I think the main issue is Hoth is pretty flat and the main issue is you can't really make trenches that easily in the editor. But either day... One day I will and I will then consider actually sharing them online I guess. All and all... Autistic Comfort media / Out of Ten. It may not be the GOAT game. But it's my personal GOAT.
One of the rare times we got Star Wars RTS game for some reason. I don't recall any other SW rts beside this and Battlegrounds, which let's be honest was just reskin of Age of Empires 2. Don't get me wrong, we played the shit out of that one back in the day, but even back then it was obvious to us they just did reskin of AOE2.
Small question: should I buy it in 2024? I'm going to buy a PC both for videogames and for school, now it's in the middle of summer, and I'm looking to get this game too. Should I?
Just saying, it would be an immediate click from me if I saw a "Part 2:" of this episode on modded EaW. I put in hundreds of hours before I finally caved and downloaded some mods (pretty easy on Steam actually). Yes the new ships, and bases, and scale, and economics are amazing. But I wasn't expecting it to look so freakin beautiful. The space battles are on another level. Plus John Williams bringing the heat overtop of all that... srsly, it's worth checking out, even if you don't make a video about it. Cheers
@@AndysTake Tbh it's been a little while for me (Anno 1800 takes up every free second right now lol). Empire at War: Remake 4.0 - The Grand Update and Clone Wars(/Republic at War) were both amazing to play. Anyone else with more experience, feel free to chime in here!
SWEAW in a nutshell: Rebels: Mon Mothma wont shut up long enough to defeat the empire. i lost 3 planets to the death star before she stfu so i could acquire Luke. Empire: Just ignore Tarkin he's an idiot. Zann: Aww your loyal to how cute #Corruption. Thrawn's Revenge Mod: Nuke It From Orbit its the only way to be sure.
yeah, it hat space and ground battles but lets be honest... the ground battles weren't fun. I always let the ground battle auto-resolve since I didn't like them, but oh boy, did I love the space battles
there are three great mods that cover all the time periods clone wars, the rebellion and the imperial remnants and you should also checkout the X-wing and Tie fighter games which have some great update mods
I don't remember this game looking like this. I remember it having very small maps to fight on, and very complex game mechanics. I gave up on this game before I ever got to see any planet surface combat.
@@AndysTake You might be right, tho some of this looks familiar to what I played especially the space combat stuff. The really small battle area was was very familiar. I remember like the first mission having to get my capital ship through a maze of asteroids...it was nearly impossible.
@@sithsquid1 hmmm… I don’t think that’s a first mission in this game. For the Rebels you’re playing in Space with smaller ships, and as the Empire the first mission is a ground level.
Well, the title states "empire at war in 2022". This is why I was pretty disappointed of the fact you didn't really mention the amaazing mods which truly kept this game alive. I think pretty much noone plays the game now for its intended purpose but rather for the literally amazing mods which people like corey loses gave us. Nonetheless good video, was just really disappointed. Try out Thrawn's revenge/Fall of the Republic/Republic at war, some of my favourite mods
Love that game to bits since release. But seriously, ISD and MonCal cruisers aren't that good. They only have Turbolaser and Ion cannon batteries, which are only good against cruiser class ships and up. They're useless against fighter and bomber craft. And thus you get a stone paper scissors type of game. Bomber>capital ships>cruiser/frigate>bomber.
Not to mention that Petroglyph pulled a fast one and released a patch after 15 years for the game that made it even more accessible for modders :D
Man that’s awesome! Are they even alive anymore? What do they do now??
@@AndysTake Most recently they remastered the command and conquer collection iirc :)
@@asgerkrogh5671 oh interesting :)
@@asgerkrogh5671 not a huge fan of those games but still, good for them for doing this kind of work!
Shame the GOG edit didn't get the update.
This game still holds to this day. Whats even better is the modding community. The 3 major mods "Republic at war" , "the Clone Wars" , "Thrawn's revange" gave it new life.
I've sunk so many hours into Thrawns Revenge and Fall of the Republic. Playing my New Republic campaign as I write this.
Don't forget the remake mod
Republic at war and the clone wars mod are really outdated, fall of the republic is the new one plus you forgot about aotr and the remake mod.
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Yep, same, those 2 are amazing
@@coltooon946 Republic is getting updates again so it's more worth the time than it already was
Great game, from a more civilized age.
You said it!
Galactic battlegrounds is 10x betterz that's why no one played this game back in the day.
@@diego2817 Galatic Battlegrounds was just Age of Empires 2 in a Star Wars Coat, was it not?
@@MrGiselbart not entirely, the engine was heavily modded support different mechanics, shield generators, air units, cores etc...
@@diego2817 Who are you to speak for everyone else? I played the hell out of it and I wasn't the only one. Don't put everyone in the same bag as you.
Funny fact, this was the first game I played as a kid and it’s still high on my list due to have good and replayable it is.
I love the mods in this game, they make it a completely new experience. I hope if they ever make a sequel to this game they'll keep mod support
Yeah so many love the mods :D
@@AndysTake also apparently there is a possibility of a sequel sometime soon, although EA's still got exclusivity so we gotta wait until that's gone first I think. also awakening of the rebellion (AOTR for short) is a lot of fun as a starter mod since it takes the galactic civil war setting from the original and just fleshes it out a ton
@@cornblaster7003 yes, I’ve heard they’re actively working on it right now! I’m so excited, I really hope it’s going to be an Empire at War-like game
@@AndysTake there is Fall of the Republic. there is your clone wars era right there
I am a bit late here but the fall of the republic mod is incredible and that all of the mods in general make the game one of my favorites to this day
As I’m sure other mention the modding community has kept this game alive. Modern huge overalls that might as well be sequels like Awakening of the Rebellion, Thrawns Revenge, Fall of the Republic (best prequel era mod IMO) , And the “Remake” mod. Sincerely despite this never getting an official sequel, try out some of those mods and you will not be disappointed!
I definitely will, thank you for the tips! I think Fall of the Republic is first on the list :D
@@AndysTake if you end up enjoying them would be interesting to perhaps see your take in another video after experiencing at least some on what that have to offer!
I always thought it would be cool to start a game as a leader in the Clone Wars, and then after Order 66 to be forced to chose a side in the Galactic Civil war... taking some of those resources from the previous conflict with you.
That sounds awesome, dude!
that exists to some extent in fall of the republic, it allows you to chose who you want to side with during order 66 and if you side with palpatine you start getting imperial star destroyers (called imperator class in game) sadly it doesn't go fully into the galactic civil war era
@@cornblaster7003 daaaaaamn! Will definitely check that out!
Remember, THIS GAME CAME OUT IN 2006! 2000-2010 truly was the golden age of gaming. And its Arguably BETTER THEN TOTAL WAR these days. And they KEPT SUPPORTING IT even till this day, they even reenabled Multiplayer. (Steam version only) The most unique thing about Empire At War is that it combines GROUND AND SPACE battles, in REAL TIME with TACTICAL BATTLES. (seriously this is just Total War in Real Time)
The base game is grate, still has a bug or 2 but with the support the game continues to get (i hope) im sure they will eventually be fixed. the MODS are where its at though, Fall of the Republic if your looking for Clone Wars, Awakening of the Rebellion if your looking for something similar yet different.
Then their is EAW Remake.....haven't played it yet but, it changes ALOT of things about the game that i feel makes it different from EAW is supposed to be. BUT THOSE GRAPHICS, the game never looked SO GOOD.
Jay, I think I must agree with you. Even though we have truly amazing titles from the last decade and this one as well, say The Witcher 3, God of War, Dark Souls 1-3 and Elden Ring, the games from 2000-2010 just hit different… so fricking good, rarely was I disappointed, and I KEEP PLAYING THEM 15 years later! It’s insane, man. Will definitely have to check out those mods.
better than total war? yeah right.
@@hoplon88 Im quite serious actually. They are basically the same thing, obviously EAW is a RTS so its not quite the same but they are very similar.
Total War, Turn Based Campaign map with Real time tactical battles.
Empire At War, Real time campaign map (their is a pause button for both Campaign and the battles), real time tactical battles.
You build buildings, recruit units, you get income every "week" to spend on units and buildings. You even have hero units just like TW WH but they are far more balanced and the AI is ACTUALLY CONFIDENT unlike TWs AI which has barely improved over the past 10 years.
And just like TW the mods just make the game better, but the game itself is already good in its own right.
Mass Effect 2 was released in January 2010. No doubt the capstone on the best gaming era.
Wow I played it back then and you telling me multiplayer still strong and going?
Mods to play with multiplayer ?
a golden age indeed , classic
Take me baaaack
This was from made when great games were made. Before EA ruined it all. Before micro transactions. Starwars empire at war was amazing....lve never seen a strategy game as good ..can't believe it hasn't been remade....everyone would buy it.
its just true, that Video games in the 00's gave us more out of the box.
so many games in the last decade and some change have been ridden with mtx and content reserved for a future payment.
you're right :/ I really miss the days without microtransactions and excessively long dev times.. we got massive new games almost every year or two from the same devs, now that often takes twice that time, and even then with so many more bugs and lacking features, it seems.
One thing you forgot to say: It got an update around a year ago from the devs for the modders .... and the mods are just outright better then most "modern" RTS´s
An amazing game to check out would be X-wing alliance from the 90s.
There is a huge community modding project for that game that has redone basically the entire game at this point, integrated head tracking, improved the engine, and more. On top of that there is a team that brought the old Tie Fighter flight game into this new updated X-wing alliance engine, and are working on a re-imagining of the tie fighter campaign with much bigger battles taking advantage of modern technology.
If petroglyph could release a new updated version of the game people would go absolutely nuts. The game engine really slows things down and it’s a significant bottleneck. The modding community for this game has kept it alive for so long. The 4.0 release of the galactic civil war mod, Thrawns revenge, the Republic at war mods, show how much potential the game has
You’re so right. I REALLY hope that we get fabled new Star Wars strategy game soon, and that it’s an Empire at War-like, but even more ambitious
The Ewok-Suicide-Bomber unit from the Syndicate still lives rent free in my mind today.
Looooool epic
Suicide bomb ewoks are best ewoks
This game, og battlefront and age of empires was my childhood for PC games. On PlayStation it was gran Turismo games.
I'm not sure why my comment was removed. That is super annoying.
I just wanted to say that this game was a big slice of my childhood and Star Wars is my Fandom of choice (although I do enjoy many!).
It was nice to come home after my trip to see this video! I used to love scrolling through the star wars website for hours as a kid!
I would love to watch you play one of the new mods! I only dipped my toes recently but it is so good!
By the way, you asked if the drink I mentioned was Japanese or not on a previous video. I was enjoying a grape juice with bits of aloe while watching this video. You can get it only in the vending machines here!
Thank you for taking the time to comment again, hate it when YT does that! Im glad to hear you’re a fellow Star Wars fan! :D
I miiiight do something on the mods at a later date, definitely a treasure trove there! Although, can you believe I’ve never played a EAW mod 👀
The drink sounds delicious! I bet there are so many drinks in Japan I’d love that I haven’t even thought of exists haha
@@AndysTake, the longer I stay the more good ones I find that I like lol. Although my usual drink is now green tea or black tea with milk which I picked up from an English friend when I was living in Galicia, Spain.
I enjoy watching your content so the least I can do is share some stuff I think you might find interesting about Japan or otherwise!
@@AndysTake I also only just downloaded one of them recently. They are now so easy to download through the workshop on steam. You essentially just press one button and subscribe to the mod and boom. Updated visuals and gameplay.
@@jonathanbeutel5984 yeah definitely, I’ve noticed. It’s awesome that EAW has steam workshop support. And I’m excited to hear about more drinks in upcoming videos ;)
@@AndysTake, oh no. I'm going to become the drink guy in the comments :D
The mods for this game are insane!
I know, they're crazy! Which is your favorite? :D
Fall of the Republic - no AAA rts garbage even comes close to what Corey and his team accomplished!
@@AndysTake Thrawn’s revenge is really great especially because of the new updates
Another weakness of the Imperial ships is the MC30c frigate. The Rebel A.I loves to spam that ship lol.
Amazing video! :D
Thank you so much! :D hahaha those damn rebels!
Victory counter spam up until ISDs XD
I mean those things are called capital ship killers in the lore lol, so makes sense they'd be good against the empire which only really has capital ships
Some of you may not know this, but this game was a sort of successor to Star Wars Rebellion 1998. I don’t know why we haven’t got a new land and space Star Wars strategy game with modern graphics. It could be so great.
It's not the stock campaigns that make this game great, it's the mods. Mods like Thrawns Revenge have been continuously developing and tweaking this game ever since it was releassed all the way up to this day. There are story campaigns that when played in sequence can cove all the way from the Clone Wars right the way up to shortly before the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. There are also newer multi-player modes but the single player campaigns are what show the real strengths of this game. Also some of the mod campaigns actually manage to make the ground combat fun which is something that the original never really managed to do.
What’s so great about Thrawn’s revenge? :)
@@AndysTake Try it, it will blow you away from how much deeper the Galactic Conquest experience becomes. If you want to see empire at war completely changed and with 2016 Visuals take a look at the Remake mod. There are so many things, that were thought impossible, achieved by the modding community of this game.
I absolutely LOVED empire at war. I was so hoping this game would get a remake or sequel one day... my favorite star wars game
The hope still lives :)
Hi Andy! Just recently I begun watching your videos and its incredible the good variety of games you cover. I remember seeing an old friend playing this game and thinking how cool it was, but at the end I never knew how It was called and I started playing other RTS like Warcraft, and just forgot about this one. Now that I've seen the video I'll probably give it a try!
Thank you so much for saying that, juanjo! :D That's awesome, I'm so glad you get to play it now! Let me know what you think of it once you've spent some time with it!
Space battles=God
Land battles= meh
Hahaha the space battles were definitely my favourite as well, but I really think the land battles were fun as well!
Commanding legions of storm troopers supported by AT-ATs and AT-STs was peak Star Wars!
@@jonathanbeutel5984 oh yes! Hey man I saw one of your comments and was gonna respond, but it got removed or something :O
I feel like space battles were more fun and more spectacular but land battles gave much more tactical options and let you win against overwelming forces
@@Asraeks I think you’re right, some of those heroes and units were amazingly balanced and had some super fun abilities!
And you don't even talked about the myriad of awesome mods the game have
Very true! This is based on the vanilla game, might cover the mods in the future :)
@@AndysTake you shouñd try Republic at War, which make the Clone Wars playable in the game
Which one is the best galactic strategy game? Sins of a Solar Empire, Endless Space, Stellaris, this one...?
DUDE! Time stamp 5:51, was that the Arc Hammer with that Imperial fleet? If so, AWESOME tribute to another great Star Wars Game; Dark Forces.
I hope you plan to review Star Wars Rebellion. I know the game gets a lot of hate but it is my favorite and I'd love to see a modernized version of the game.
So many good mods for these games.
Absolutely, really need to dive into them one day soon
Man your first 2 strategy games matched mine. My cousin got me into the Battle for Middle Earth 2 and Empire at war. So much fun
the GOATS, man, bless our childhood
I do not know, what inspires more dread in anyone, than having to face down Vader AND Thrawn in a single battle.
Diamond in gaming history ...love this game
I like the macro rts wich means I get times where I'm waiting for things to build and units to move wich let's my zoom in and watch the war happen
Yea that’s one of the great things about RTS games like this :)
I knew I heard Closed on Sundays in the background lol Great video!
When video games where actually something to remember
Must play mods. Remake Mod, Thrawns Revenge, and Awakening of the Rebellion. Try them. You won't be disappointed if you love a challenge
9:40 there is a mod for that - Empire at War: Fall of the Republic
I’m definitely checking that out :D
Empire at War had the battle mode that Star Wars Rebellion needed, and Rebellion had the grand RTS elements that EaW needed
This game made me fall of my chair. How in the name of all that is gaming goodness can a 16 year old game stand the test of time this well?
It's fantastic!
Woah woah woah woah, wait.... Andy is real? I always assumed he was a well programmed AI with a love for total war conversion mods 😂 May the fourth be with you all ❤️
Hey, Chelsea! :D Hahaha, you wouldnt be too far off! But Andy is indeed real! My "introduction" was with the Kingdoms video on monday ;) feel free to check it out if you haven't already :D
@@AndysTake I havent, thanks for letting me know, I have so much in my feed and so many notifications I sometimes miss things. I will check it out ;) Thanks for always being an awesome creator Andy, love your work!
@@chellybub Thank you for saying that :) and yeah, there’s so much in everyone’s feed haha. Have a great one!
2006 was a great year for RTS fans with battle of middle earth II and this game..
ah it was amazing
And with the expansion pack you could play as the Consortium or the criminals.
My first attempt at modding a game directly was Star Wars Empire at War to get the clone wars mod working. It was really frustrating because I didn't know much about computers, but incredibly worth it once I finished
Hands down one of my favorite SW games and also one of the first games i played on pc when i was smol 👌
Planning on making a remake of the game in the future as i'm currently learning how to code and make games.
(No this is not supposed to be a brag of any kind)
You simply can't trust any big studio to make a solid game anymore 😕
This is actually the first game i played that actually got me to strategy games such as Hearts of Iron 4
Based!
I always play galactic conquest as the empire, I built the Death Star and destroyed every planet, had a fleet of 78 star destroyers, 176 victory class cruisers, 20 broadside cruisers, 20 tartan cruisers, 78 acclamator cruisers and 4 interdicter cruisers used to prevent hyperspace jumps and to completely destroy the rebel fleet
This game is one of my all time favorites. Absolutely fantastic and the mods are insane.
Yes indeed :D
I heard that it has a remake mod can you point me to that?
I'm a world record holder for the game, and I couldn't be prouder. This game is honestly beautiful. And thanks to modders (and even the Devs for releasing patches EVEN IN 2022) for keeping the game alive even if it's just for singleplayer content. Clone wars content has never been so good
How is it possible that this never was developed further. Like people will die trying win the lottery but not see the lottery they already posses.
Check out Fall of the Republic, it's a great Clone Wars mod!
I definitely will!
This with the remake mod is the best star wars gaming experience.
Where can I get that remake mod? I would love to play this again on modern PC. :)
Just got this with the Forces of Corruption expansion on the 4th. Best purchase I made. Personally, I love the space battles more than the ground battles, especially when I'm on the Rebellion taking on the Empire. It's funny to watch the Empire throw everything at you and lose twice as many forces as you do before they eventually achieve victory.
Still one of my favorite RTS games of all time, as well as one of my favorite Star Wars games of all time.
If you *don't* think the mods are fully-fledged games on their own, you should play them again. The level of polish on mods like Republic at War and Thrawn's Revenge are just... I have no words.
Fun Fact: the black fluffy stuff on your Shure Microphone is Pop protection. No need for another one
Thanks for the tip, but fun fact: there actually is a need, I find, as the filter on the mic itself helps with softening (removing “static” etc), while the actual pop filter removes most of the large pops from plosives :)
Had to blink a few times when video started as I thought it was Matt Damon. Legend for this review though mate 👏
Loool hahha why Matt Damon tho haha
@@AndysTake just that good looking mate 😂😂 spitting image
guessing the 79 is because mods aren´t counted and it is those mods that make the game have this long life. i am still playing the game after 16 years because of those mods and new versions of my favorite mods have just been updated. Always a good thing
great to hear :)
If you think this is good. Try the Star Wars mod "New Dawn" for the game Stellaris. It's amazing!
When I first played Empire at War, I loved the space combat and tried to skip the fighting on the worlds.
With the present perspective, I can say that I was the Covenant.
Nowadays, I just play Sins of a Solar Empire Interregnum mod.
I’m on my first playthrough of this game now, basically a blind playthrough of galactic conquest as the empire, all 42 planets. (I did play the tutorials of course, and no mods yet) and my strategy is that the rebels can’t take planets if every choke point and planet is protected by a big fuck off fleet. I just reached day 30 in the war, and had my first engagement with the main rebel fleet. It was Home one, a few blockade runners, two missile cruisers, and a few nebulon Bs. I showed up with two ISDs, 3 victory class SDs, 3 acclimators, and like 8 patrol craft. Rebel fleet didn’t stand a chance.
Also must fight them with an interdicter, then they can't run.
2:38 The Empire are the bad guys? I thought in History they taught us that the Rebels are the bad guys, maybe not, just kidding, I believe that Rebels or Rebellions in a common sense, are good, or there are reasons behind it, lol! But I'm not a Star Wars Fan, but I love it! I wanna buy this game in 2022 and thank you for this review video! :D
well, if you wanna be technical the rebellion blew up a massive space station which was being worked on by MANY MANY civilian workers, ig the rebels (lorewise) are attempting to do the right thing for the right reasons but still sometimes make mistakes, the empire is just your standard oppresive regime with evil/militaristic leadership. ig they both aren't really good and it just comes down the lesser of the two evils if you wanna think about it like that haha.... i would get this game its a great star wars game, especially with mods.
Play the mod Republic at War if your more of a prequels guy
Was debating on buying this today and you’ve sold me on it, I feel ashamed I never got it before now haha
Oh wow, I’m glad I could convince you then! I hope you enjoy it! :D
If you like the prequel/Clone Wars era, I would suggest also checking out the Republic at War mod for this game.
@@_chew_ what’s the difference between fall of the republic and republic at war?
I haven’t figured out the mods yet idk what’s up:/ but I got a mission in im liking it so far
@@AndysTake I haven't tried Fall of the Republic as far as I remember, but there are several clone wars mods that basically have the same concept but do it differently. Of the ones I have tried, Republic at War is the one I liked most. It has a really awesome galactic conquest map and it's so well made with so much attention to detail that it barely even feels like a mod. This might also be true about Fall of the Republic, I don't know.
man ive been playing this game for years, glad people still talking bout my favorite RTS. If you have not check out the mods, they are the best
Heck yeah! I definitely have to check the mods out, I think my first one is Fall of the Republic or something!
@@AndysTake My favorite mod is Awakening of the Rebellion 2.9.3: All Wings Report in (long title ik), its my favorite mod and to me the most replayable (tho i have yet to try thrawns revenge). Like you said you wish that you could play in the prequal era Fall of the republic is a fun mod for that, so is Republic at War.
There’s 2 mods: Thrawn’s Revenge, and Fall of the Republic, that are the best mods in this game. Since you’re a clone wars fan I’d suggest Fall of the republic first, because you get to experience all the Jedi in land battles and amazing republic and CIS ships.
On the steam workshop for this game you can get fall of the republic mod for this
I still play this gome just modded and I totally forgot that the empire has the Arc Hammer in the base game. :D If you looking forward to play this game I can recommend Awakening of the Rebellion(Really hard but so cool mod) and Empire at War Expanded:Thrawn's Revenge(Post ednor Imperial Civil war era mod with tons of unique factions and nice heros+mechanics) lastly Empire at War Expanded: Fall of The Republic(Clone wars era mod from the Thrown's Revenge team,ths one is new and not as polished as Thrawn's Revenge but still one of the best mods),there are EaW Reworked but I didn't try that one so I can't say an opinion about it.
Sadly I never played "Star Wars: Enpire at War", no time for that.
I always liked playing "Star Trek:Armada" though.
Are there mods like those for that as well?
Star Wars Supremacy is still light years ahead of any other Star Wars strategy game...
I thought I was the only one who loves the prequels imagine a total like game but it’s clones and droids yes pls
Yes please!
i got news for you buddy, The FOC Fall of the Republic Mod
Ah another Empire at War review to add to my collection.
Then it’s a good collection ;)
"Sad" Fact: Petroglyph, the dev team who made Empire at War and Forces of Corruption also wanted to make an "EaW 2", but since the SW licence was on EA's hands at the time, they got refused, and right now they've been working on a new game (not Star Wars) and it's unlikely that we'll be seeing an EaW style SW game any time soon, but it's very clear they want to do it, since they still release updates for EaW
Also, since you're a Prequels guy, I recommend you to try Fall of the Republic, an FoC mod made by the people who made Thrawn's Revenge
I got this game as a kid and quite honestly... It is probably the game I played the most as a youngling. It would had been Battlefront 2 if I didn't lose that disk in a motel... Long story... :((
Also a game I have massive nostalgia for.
I am glad that Empire at War could help me cope with that loss and quite honestly even surpass the nostalgia in a way. Battlefront 2 is more illusive nostalgia as a lot of my thoughts are related to missing the game. Meanwhile Empire at War could run on most computers I owned so it became a go to game when going on trips and around the place and since my dad is a fan of driving and camping trips... This means Empire at War almost feels like a massive part of my childhood. And I honestly think that I can't even imagine what I would be like without it.
I was young. I am a 2001 kid... I am also a fan of Lego and stuff and this year with the release of the Tie Interceptor set had me pog facing real hard. I haven't bought it yet... But EaW made me love the Tie Interceptor even more than the original Tie Fighter and find the sight of a Tie Interceptor more nostalgic for me than any other Star Wars ship. Because I played FoC quite a lot. And when people play this they ask me what my opinion on Thrawns Revenge or this or that mod is... And quite honestly the truth is... While I imagine those mods are GREAT... I have just been playing vanilla mostly. 😂
I dabbled in Republic at War mod before the workshop update. And I have even made my own personal custom maps. Theed City, which is something I made for when I play Republic at War but it works on unmodded too of course, and Tantive IV... Which is a land battle inside the Tantive IV... With vehicles. It is a little nonsensical but I think personally I love the level design I made.
It's an asymmetric push map with the very start of the level having the iconic blasting down of the door scene. Not perfectly accurate of course but still I could show and impress my friends with it. The corridors are not as... Smooth as I wanted but unfortunately the map editor has some limitations when it comes to that. Either way it works pretty decently. There is also a little spawn for the Consortium if you want to do a little bit of trolling. 😁
I have forever wanted to do something similar for the Battle of Hoth but unfortunately I think the main issue is Hoth is pretty flat and the main issue is you can't really make trenches that easily in the editor. But either day... One day I will and I will then consider actually sharing them online I guess.
All and all... Autistic Comfort media / Out of Ten. It may not be the GOAT game. But it's my personal GOAT.
One of the rare times we got Star Wars RTS game for some reason. I don't recall any other SW rts beside this and Battlegrounds, which let's be honest was just reskin of Age of Empires 2. Don't get me wrong, we played the shit out of that one back in the day, but even back then it was obvious to us they just did reskin of AOE2.
Make one of these for the Empire at War Remake Mod- great video
Recommend you space invade with only a wings, you are basically unstoppable
i understand why they did not add campains to the moded versions but it would be so cool if they tried
Thrawn's Revenge mod for this game is an absolute masterpiece.
Tell me, what’s so good about this mod? And why does it focus on Thrawn?
Is this game on Steam?
Yes, and it’s on sale for like 6 bucks atm
I bought it in 2006 and still play Republic at War regularily to this day, I just can't get enough haha
Small question: should I buy it in 2024? I'm going to buy a PC both for videogames and for school, now it's in the middle of summer, and I'm looking to get this game too. Should I?
Just saying, it would be an immediate click from me if I saw a "Part 2:" of this episode on modded EaW.
I put in hundreds of hours before I finally caved and downloaded some mods (pretty easy on Steam actually). Yes the new ships, and bases, and scale, and economics are amazing. But I wasn't expecting it to look so freakin beautiful. The space battles are on another level. Plus John Williams bringing the heat overtop of all that... srsly, it's worth checking out, even if you don't make a video about it. Cheers
Which mod? :) I’m thinking of checking out Fall of the Republic!
@@AndysTake Tbh it's been a little while for me (Anno 1800 takes up every free second right now lol). Empire at War: Remake 4.0 - The Grand Update and Clone Wars(/Republic at War) were both amazing to play. Anyone else with more experience, feel free to chime in here!
The mods for this game are amazing too thrawn revenge and awakening of the rebellion are top tier
from the golden years
Is there custom battles like other strat rts Games?
Prequel trilogies are my favorite too bro ! Episode 3 is the best of all time
Yes indeed :D
SWEAW in a nutshell:
Rebels: Mon Mothma wont shut up long enough to defeat the empire. i lost 3 planets to the death star before she stfu so i could acquire Luke.
Empire: Just ignore Tarkin he's an idiot.
Zann: Aww your loyal to how cute #Corruption.
Thrawn's Revenge Mod: Nuke It From Orbit its the only way to be sure.
yeah, it hat space and ground battles but lets be honest... the ground battles weren't fun.
I always let the ground battle auto-resolve since I didn't like them, but oh boy, did I love the space battles
Dude check the mods
Mods are the reason that I play this game till this day
The mods for this game make is soooooooo much better
Dude the prequels are sick. All star wars is sick. Star wars is silly good fun!
there are three great mods that cover all the time periods clone wars, the rebellion and the imperial remnants and you should also checkout the X-wing and Tie fighter games which have some great update mods
Just got this on sale. Should i play vanilla or is it better to play the remake mod directly?
There is a mod on steam, Republic at war. Gives prequel to this.
I still have this game on cd. However I lost the code to install the game. Gonna have to buy it on steam I guess
At the moment of this post the game is on special at steam $6.99 is there is a good time to get it is now.
I don't remember this game looking like this. I remember it having very small maps to fight on, and very complex game mechanics. I gave up on this game before I ever got to see any planet surface combat.
For real? Maybe you’re thinking of another game?
@@AndysTake You might be right, tho some of this looks familiar to what I played especially the space combat stuff. The really small battle area was was very familiar. I remember like the first mission having to get my capital ship through a maze of asteroids...it was nearly impossible.
@@sithsquid1 hmmm… I don’t think that’s a first mission in this game. For the Rebels you’re playing in Space with smaller ships, and as the Empire the first mission is a ground level.
Well, the title states "empire at war in 2022". This is why I was pretty disappointed of the fact you didn't really mention the amaazing mods which truly kept this game alive. I think pretty much noone plays the game now for its intended purpose but rather for the literally amazing mods which people like corey loses gave us. Nonetheless good video, was just really disappointed.
Try out Thrawn's revenge/Fall of the Republic/Republic at war, some of my favourite mods
Is the game on the PlayStation?
Love that game to bits since release.
But seriously, ISD and MonCal cruisers aren't that good. They only have Turbolaser and Ion cannon batteries, which are only good against cruiser class ships and up. They're useless against fighter and bomber craft. And thus you get a stone paper scissors type of game. Bomber>capital ships>cruiser/frigate>bomber.
still do and Star Wars Galactic Battlergrounds until windows 10 hates using it.. -.-