Galactic Battlegrounds, worth getting?

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-02-28 09:15am

Ok, I'm going to try and get atleast one computer game sometime in March and I'm thinking about getting Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds+Clone Saga expac. So, I was wondering, are they worth getting?

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-02-28 09:31am

I think that Galactic Battlegrounds is a very fun game (all the blasters flying around), and I like it more than Age of Empires.

OTOH, if you have already played AoE you'll get the feeling it's exactly the same game except that troops behave differently (ranged attacks are the norm, etc).

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2003-02-28 09:34am

If you like killing gungans and other intergaltic scum get it!

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-02-28 10:13am

Have fun watching your AT-ATs killed by rebel infantry. Stupid game.

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2003-02-28 11:47am

Vympel wrote:Have fun watching your AT-ATs killed by rebel infantry. Stupid game.

for a computer game some connsesions have to be made. Have you ever played Command And Conquer? Infantry can kill Tanks in that one too and it is still a good game

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-02-28 07:38pm

This game sucked more than a Whitehouse Inturn. If you really like it i'll see ya it for a score in GBP.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-02-28 07:39pm

It's worth getting if you're a fan of the Age of- series. But make sure you get the Clone Campaigns add-on, it makes the game a lot better. Now that I think about it, I don't even know if you can get it without the Clone Campaigns anymore.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-02-28 07:55pm

I've looked at the box the game comes in and it looks like it'll be fun. What it really comes down to though is if it can run on my machine. I have enough diskspace and ram for it, but I only have like a 400MHZ Pentium 2 processor.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-02-28 07:58pm

Aya wrote:I've looked at the box the game comes in and it looks like it'll be fun. What it really comes down to though is if it can run on my machine. I have enough diskspace and ram for it, but I only have like a 400MHZ Pentium 2 processor.

It should work, but you might experience some slowdown when there are a lot of units on-screen.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-02-28 08:01pm

That happens with all RTS's I've played. Hell, Warcraft 3 damn near killed my comp, lol.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-02-28 11:30pm

SW:GB is one of the most heinous games EVER.

Avoid.

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2003-02-28 11:37pm

Not really. It was interesting for a bit, but as it wore on it became increasingly obvious it wass just an AoE2 mod.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-02-28 11:42pm

Demo ran fine on my 350 PII.

That said, avoid. It sucks.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-28 11:45pm

I've only read the review on Game Revolution, but they weren't impressed and neither was I.

EDIT: Darth Garden Gnome tells it like it is below.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-02-28 11:45pm

If you've played AoE, don't even bother . It's just a mod. If you haven't, I might suggest it, since it's basicly the same game. Still, you should just buy Age of Mythology instead.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-03-01 12:19am

So much for that. I was at a site looking up info about the game, all of factions have the same damn units! I'll just get a sims game, lol. Unless of course, anyone has suggestions?

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-03-01 12:23am

Was Force Commander supposed to be any good?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-03-01 12:28am

From what I read, Force Commander was worse.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-03-01 12:32am

Is Medieval Total War any good? I have Shogun and figured it might be good to have that one too.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-03-01 01:12am

Aya wrote:That happens with all RTS's I've played. Hell, Warcraft 3 damn near killed my comp, lol.

Man, I got MoO3, Warcraft 3, Alien vs Predator 2, and some other games loaded on my computer, and I experience no slow down whatsoever.

Must be hell to have anything less...

Oh, and on topic, I found Galactic Battlegrounds to be an exceptionally pleasing RTS game, and the expansion even more so.
It has it's flaws, but they aren't any big problem, since the game fucking kicks ass.

Get it and the expansion pack.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-03-01 01:14am

weemadando wrote:SW:GB is one of the most heinous games EVER.

Avoid.

Acutally I found it to be quite good.
Although I've never played AoE, so who am I to tell?

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2003-03-01 01:29am

This game fucking rocks! However, get the two pack. GB was fun right when it came out, but there are some major flaws in it. However, if you get Clone Campaigns, it makes up for this. (You can upgrade your ATATs to shoot air targets. Namely Rebel Speeders. Hint Hint) If you decide to get it, I'll run some games with you and help you out. Never know, might want be able to join the Dark Guard. Heh.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-03-01 01:34am

DG_Cal_Wright wrote:This game fucking rocks! However, get the two pack. GB was fun right when it came out, but there are some major flaws in it. However, if you get Clone Campaigns, it makes up for this. (You can upgrade your ATATs to shoot air targets. Namely Rebel Speeders. Hint Hint) If you decide to get it, I'll run some games with you and help you out. Never know, might want be able to join the Dark Guard. Heh.

I agree; Clone Campaigns makes it much better.

And Force Commander was horrible.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-03-01 02:03am

I don't really play multiplayer games online much, because I suck.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-03-01 02:07am

Aya wrote:I don't really play multiplayer games online much, because I suck.

But playing is the only way to improve. With RTS, it can be really intimidating, but don't let that stop you. Play with some friends who don't care if you suck, and then work your way up from there.
Multiplayer is one of the best features of the Age of- series, so if you get one, you should play multiplayer. Don't limit yourself.