Lickety-Split Star Wars: Empire at War Q&A

[Naked_Lunch]

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<p><a href="http://www.gamecloud.com/" target="_self" title="GameFAG more like, riugth lo">GameCloud</a> has <a href="http://www.gamecloud.com/article.php?article_id=3068" target="_self" title="Now listening to: Sonny and Cher - I Got You Babe">caught up</a> with some of the dudes from <a href="http://www.petroglyphgames.com/" target="_self">Petroglyph</a>, who are wrapping up <a href="http://www.petroglyphgames.com/games/starwars.php" target="_self" title="fucken l">Star Wars: Empire at War</a> for its Febuary release. Here's a sample:</p>
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<p><strong>Gamecloud</strong> - How do the persistent elements in the single player campaign affect the game's strategy?



<strong>David Silverstein</strong> - Generally, the persistency of the
campaign and conquest game types means that you need to think about
what units to build and where to put them. When you attack planets or
get attacked at a planet, what units you have stationed there
determines what units you can bring into that particular battle. This
means that you have to think about expansion on more of a galactic
scale rather than just looking at it from a map to map basis like most
games </p>
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<p>Nothing like actual strategy in a strategy game, eh? </p>

 

[LlamaGod]

starcraft had tons of strategy

you like picked the barns your monsters came out of and how many to throw at the enemy

I was crunching the maths and dotting the 3s all night long

 

[S4ur0n27]

Wow, strategy games are getting hardcore. First, BFME2 announces that you can build buildings anywhere, and now in Empire at War you have to plan your units D:

 

[Naked_Lunch]

Unlike BFM2, though, this sounds good.

 

[S4ur0n27]

You goddamn SW fanboi

 

[Naked_Lunch]

I'm as far away from "fanboi" as possible, this looks geniunely good.

 

[Nicolai]

Hmmmmm, could prove to be an interesting feature.

 

[Jason]

I'm downloading the EAW demo AND typing this AND drinking 7up all at the same time. Will this pulse-pounding excitement ever end?

 

[Naked_Lunch]

Post your impressions and maybe if I like them enough I'll make them an article B)

 

[Jason]

It can be called "Philosophy of the Neverending Download". Only 14 hours and 10 minutes to go.