Star Wars Empire At War (Intel Only Macs)

List Price: $49.99 Discount Price: $39.90

Features:

• Real-time strategy game takes place between the two trilogies through "A New Hope"
• Play with a multitude of heroes for each side, each with their own abilities
• Control the battle between Rebel and Empire forces on both land and in space
• Dual-layered game play requires you to manage both strategic and tactical levels
• Play campaign across more than 40 planets

Accessories:

PC Gamer (1-year)

Customer Reviews:

Good port of a very good PC game [Posted on 2007-07-29]
I was surprised at how well this Mac version of the PC game performed (Intel only). Very engaging with good space and land battles (really two different games). One of the strongest points is the free-form campaign game, which gives the game some pretty serious re-playability over time.

Considering how few "strategy" type games there are for the Mac still (comparatively), this is a good addition to your library if you like the RTS genre.

Tech Note: I am running a MacBook with 2GB RAM, and it seems to run smoothly in the low-mid graphic range.

Completely unusable on MacBook Pro [Posted on 2007-12-17]
Main menu is not readable (appears as blue/gray boxes) and makes the game completely unusable. Buyer beware! (running on OS X Tiger 10.4.11 with Empire 1.05 Rev A).

I Lost My Husband [Posted on 2007-12-24]
Apparently this game is a huge hit.
I gave this game to my husband as a gift and we have had only rare sightings of him since.

Game is Fun! No Problems! [Posted on 2008-02-08]
Game has worked great, seemed to crash once, hasn't since and it's been a lot of fun.

A lot of fun if you recognize what it is [Posted on 2008-02-28]
Seems that most of the negative reviews of this game don't see the game for what it is, which is kind of an animated board game. You control troops and vehicles on the planet surface, building and preparing and working out a strategy for capturing enemy bases and building up reserves of both defenses and credits (which does strike me as funny; I thought basically the Empire just took what it wanted, eh?). The strategy is similar for the space battles, except instead of ground troops and their vehicles you're dealing with capital ships and fighters, and enemy stations and outposts. (Speaking of, if you like the space strategy but would like a bit more, I'd recommend Homeworld 2 (Mac))

So if you're looking for a FPS or flight-sim type action game, move along. This game isn't for you. But if you like board games -- especially something like the STAR WARS version of RISK -- this will be enjoyable fun for you (and your kids).

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