Empire at War trailer released

Post by **Vympel** » 2005-07-22 09:57pm

http://media.pc.ign.com/media/713/713904/vids_1.html

It fucking rocks.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2005-07-22 10:10pm

I'm such a geek. That gave me goosebumps and made me tingly. I want it.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » 2005-07-22 11:36pm

Looks like Lucasarts might finally make an RTS that doesn't suck.

This may be just the motivation I need to save up money for a computer that doesn't suck.

Anyone know when this thing is supposed to be released?

Fire Fly · Post by **Fire Fly** » 2005-07-23 01:26am

February 2006. Says in the trailer also.

General Brock · Post by **General Brock** » 2005-07-23 05:19am

Hmmm-mmmmm. Time to start saving for a major system upgrade. I take back every nit-picking thing I ever said against this game.

Son of the Suns · Post by **Son of the Suns** » 2005-07-23 06:43am

Holy shit look at the video with the Deathstar on it....

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2005-07-23 07:46am

*Picks jaw up from floor*

<Joey Stiles> OH MY GOD!</Joey Stiles>

thats fucking fantastic looking. The units look amazing.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2005-07-23 08:15am

So pretty.. Now if only we could acutal pilot those TIE's.

Come on Lucusarts, you know we would pay hard cash for a massive graphics update on TIE Fighter.

Mange · Post by **Mange** » 2005-07-23 12:10pm

Wow! That was really nice!

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2005-07-23 12:14pm

Son of the Suns wrote:Holy shit look at the video with the Deathstar on it....

"Sniff", they kept a big handle and "Commence primary ignition"- ...
Must have game

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-07-23 12:28pm

Son of the Suns wrote:Holy shit look at the video with the Deathstar on it....

I suspect this game has 'destructible environments'.

DrkHelmet · Post by **DrkHelmet** » 2005-07-23 12:35pm

the .303 bookworm wrote:
Son of the Suns wrote:Holy shit look at the video with the Deathstar on it....
"Sniff", they kept a big handle and "Commence primary ignition"- ...
Must have game

Commence primary marketing tool.

Losonti Tokash · Post by **Losonti Tokash** » 2005-07-23 04:12pm

Ho-lee fuck.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2005-07-23 05:43pm

What's the planetary unit set up like? The infantry is reminding my heavily of Dawn of War, which would fucking rock as I could buy ten units of infantry, only increase the unit cap by ten and then march off with a hundred little soldiers to wreak havoc.

Techno_Union · Post by **Techno_Union** » 2005-07-23 06:14pm

Wow... I want that really bad.

Is there a list anywhere for the units (ground and space) that you are allowed to control?

Son of the Suns · Post by **Son of the Suns** » 2005-07-23 06:16pm

Is it just me or does the space combat interface look alot like the Star Trek: Armada 2 one on steroids? Also, appearantly Darth Vader is a playable unit, like having a hero unit in Warcraft.

Tiger Ace · Post by **Tiger Ace** » 2005-07-23 06:19pm

This thread is an exact copy of our last EaW thread(the one Vs SC).

The game looks pretty untill you compare it with other stuff. Armada 2 with a DS and ground combat WC3 style.

Techno_Union · Post by **Techno_Union** » 2005-07-23 06:22pm

Son of the Suns wrote:Is it just me or does the space combat interface look alot like the Star Trek: Armada 2 one on steroids?

Reminded me more of SW:Force Commander in space.

And I don't think you build bases and all that like in ST:A I & II... though I could be wrong.

Either way, yeah, it does remind me of Armada II, but mainly because there's a SW mod where you can get the Empire and the Rebellion when you play -- but the graphics are far better for Empire at War.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2005-07-23 09:28pm

I'm sorry, but... how the fuck am I going to control all of those units at once? Unless they have the most amazing AI ever constructed, they're going to flop around like retards and this game will have to have equally retarded enemies to not be impossible.

Lord Woodlouse · Post by **Lord Woodlouse** » 2005-07-23 09:55pm

I'm buying it no matter what. I only hope it's good.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-07-23 10:50pm

Lord_Woodlouse wrote:I'm buying it no matter what. I only hope it's good.

You might want to actually wait until there are some reviews out before taking such a gamble.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2005-07-23 11:03pm

Pretty graphics.

Other than that, I don't see much that we haven't seen before.

Vicious Enigma · Post by **Vicious Enigma** » 2005-07-26 02:22am

I have a pic from the game in my Avatar!

You know what really made me drool is the damage models of the starships! For instance check out these:

Damaged:
http://empireatwar.filefront.com/screen ... s/17585/89

Nose blown off!:
http://empireatwar.filefront.com/screen ... s/17585/73

BLOWN IN HALF!!!!:
http://empireatwar.filefront.com/screen ... s/17585/78

And if you want to drool some more here are tons of high quality shots:
http://empireatwar.filefront.com/news/S ... Page;17585

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2005-07-26 03:07am

Me Want!

And in otther news, Battlefront II will hit store shelves on November 1, the same day as the DVD for ROTS.

General Brock · Post by **General Brock** » 2005-07-27 03:06pm

They seem to be putting a lot of time into this game; I've been hearing buzz about it for awhile. It should work out pretty good, and be a little more than eye-candy. SW games that flop seem to do so not because of pressure from Lucasarts to crank out a title, but the developer's own unwillingness to hold back from the SW trough and shove a game through wth minimal ammenities and buggy bells.