Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
by LucasArts Entertainment
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Video Game Reviews of Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
Customer Review: G-B is a Cut & Paste copy of AOE
Summary: 2 Stars
AOE II was one of my favorite games when it came out. It had a well ballanced core game with lots of extras thrown in. When I heard that Lucas Arts had purchased the AOE game engine I expected that they would use to create similar game based in the Star Wars genra, the very best of the sci-fi cult genras. Boy was I surprised to find that instead of a game similar to AOE, Lucas Arts created a game exactly like AOE. Not only did they take the game engine, but they also copied the tech trees, storytelling style, even the openning menus are exactly the same as those in AOE. All Lucas Arts did was to draw their own starwars bitmaps and sprites to paste over the knights and horses of AOE. This makes for a very disappointing game.
This is not to say that what was kept from AOE is bad or that Lucas Arts did absolutely no original thinking, just that the tech-trees, balance of power, and even the feel of the AOE game just doesn't fit with Star Wars and even seems silly at times. For example: the -monument- structure in G-B is obviously copied from the -wonder- structure in AOE. Now, while a wonder is a demonstration of a civilization's might, a relavent concept in AOE; why on Earth or Tatooine would the Rebel Alliance build an enourmous monument?! And why would that be a definative blow against the Empire?! Its all very silly!
The entire game is done this way, from the graphics, to the game play to the cutscenes. While the game works and is playable, what Lucas Arts should have done was keep the AOE engine, but build the tech trees and story engine from scratch. It would have been truly awsome if the AT-AT's had the same presence on the battle field in the game as they did in the movie. As it is, you get these things which act more like the cavalry they were pasted over from AOE. The infantry is like the infantry for AOE, the "mechs" are really the cavalry, each and every ship has an exact duplicate in AOE, and "heavy weapons" are really just catapults, batteringrams and the famouse AOE trebuchets in disguise. Even the things new, such as aircraft, Jedi, shields and generators feel very artificial in their roles in the game.
The game is playable, But it is not Star Wars, and not a very good RTS. I was sorely disappointed when I recieved it as a gift.
Customer Review: Excellent game
Summary: 5 Stars
This game is great. True, it is an old game and indeed, it had great graphics for its time. I bought this game back in 1998 and I still have it. It was originally made for Win95 and right now I have WinXP and it still works without any problems. Nor had I to download any patches. This is my kind of game. I love that you can choose between playing as the Rebellion or the Empire. This is a strategic game. You have to make recoinassance missions to uncharted planets plus you have to develop your own planets by building mines and refineries in order to get maintenance point in order to be able to fortify yourself by building shipyards and training facilities to be able to either rule the galaxy by the Evil hand of the Emperor or to bring the total freedom to the galaxy.Customer Review: So-so
Summary: 3 Stars
The game is, well, so-so. I feel as though some of these comments are obviously those of the producers', etc. There seems to be two kinds of reviews here: 1. Honost--giving few stars, or several to be kind or open-minded. And 2. Dishonost--all out "THIS IS THE BEST GAME I EVER PLAYED!!!" Ah, yeah, RIGHT! Surrrre...Anyway, the game isn't bad. It can be a fun game if, like me, you're a big Star Wars nut. But as some reviewers have said here, if you've played AOK, it might be a waste of time (and money!)
Customer Review: Love Star Wars... Hate Lucas arts games
Summary: 1 Stars
I heard of this game and I thought it would be the greatest thing I have ever played. I always wanted a Star Wars strategy game being able to crush the filthy rebels with your imperial army. But I went to the web site I looked at screenshots, played the demo and man this game sucks balls. The graphics suck tremendously and I don't like how they created so many new vehicles and people that aren't really to interesting. If you want to play a decent star wars game get Star Wars Force Commander its not the greatest but its allot better than this game. I swear Microsoft or someone needs to start making Star Wars games, LUCAS ARTS SUCKS.Customer Review: I overrated it
Summary: 1 Stars
If I could rate it any lower, I would. The graphics suck, the plot is dumb, and it gets annoying really quickly. Don't let the ads fool you. All the people have the exact same warrior types, that it's just boring. If you want to see Sci-fi action battles, buy Starcraft because this game truly sucks.