I STILL Can't Believe This is REAL - Star Wars: Empire at War 2022 Review - Star Wars Day Special 

Not to mention that Petroglyph pulled a fast one and released a patch after 15 years for the game that made it even more accessible for modders :D

This game still holds to this day. Whats even better is the modding community. The 3 major mods "Republic at war" , "the Clone Wars" , "Thrawn's revange" gave it new life.

Great game, from a more civilized age.

As I’m sure other mention the modding community has kept this game alive. Modern huge overalls that might as well be sequels like Awakening of the Rebellion, Thrawns Revenge, Fall of the Republic (best prequel era mod IMO) , And the “Remake” mod. Sincerely despite this never getting an official sequel, try out some of those mods and you will not be disappointed!

Funny fact, this was the first game I played as a kid and it’s still high on my list due to have good and replayable it is.

I always thought it would be cool to start a game as a leader in the Clone Wars, and then after Order 66 to be forced to chose a side in the Galactic Civil war... taking some of those resources from the previous conflict with you.

I love the mods in this game, they make it a completely new experience. I hope if they ever make a sequel to this game they'll keep mod support

Remember, THIS GAME CAME OUT IN 2006! 2000-2010 truly was the golden age of gaming. And its Arguably BETTER THEN TOTAL WAR these days. And they KEPT SUPPORTING IT even till this day, they even reenabled Multiplayer. (Steam version only) The most unique thing about Empire At War is that it combines GROUND AND SPACE battles, in REAL TIME with TACTICAL BATTLES. (seriously this is just Total War in Real Time) The base game is grate, still has a bug or 2 but with the support the game continues to get (i hope) im sure they will eventually be fixed. the MODS are where its at though, Fall of the Republic if your looking for Clone Wars, Awakening of the Rebellion if your looking for something similar yet different. Then their is EAW Remake.....haven't played it yet but, it changes ALOT of things about the game that i feel makes it different from EAW is supposed to be. BUT THOSE GRAPHICS, the game never looked SO GOOD.

a golden age indeed , classic

This was from made when great games were made. Before EA ruined it all. Before micro transactions. Starwars empire at war was amazing....lve never seen a strategy game as good ..can't believe it hasn't been remade....everyone would buy it.

One thing you forgot to say: It got an update around a year ago from the devs for the modders .... and the mods are just outright better then most "modern" RTS´s

its just true, that Video games in the 00's gave us more out of the box. so many games in the last decade and some change have been ridden with mtx and content reserved for a future payment.

I'm not sure why my comment was removed. That is super annoying. I just wanted to say that this game was a big slice of my childhood and Star Wars is my Fandom of choice (although I do enjoy many!). It was nice to come home after my trip to see this video! I used to love scrolling through the star wars website for hours as a kid! I would love to watch you play one of the new mods! I only dipped my toes recently but it is so good! By the way, you asked if the drink I mentioned was Japanese or not on a previous video. I was enjoying a grape juice with bits of aloe while watching this video. You can get it only in the vending machines here!

The Ewok-Suicide-Bomber unit from the Syndicate still lives rent free in my mind today.

An amazing game to check out would be X-wing alliance from the 90s. There is a huge community modding project for that game that has redone basically the entire game at this point, integrated head tracking, improved the engine, and more. On top of that there is a team that brought the old Tie Fighter flight game into this new updated X-wing alliance engine, and are working on a re-imagining of the tie fighter campaign with much bigger battles taking advantage of modern technology.

If petroglyph could release a new updated version of the game people would go absolutely nuts. The game engine really slows things down and it’s a significant bottleneck. The modding community for this game has kept it alive for so long. The 4.0 release of the galactic civil war mod, Thrawns revenge, the Republic at war mods, show how much potential the game has

Another weakness of the Imperial ships is the MC30c frigate. The Rebel A.I loves to spam that ship lol. Amazing video! :D

It's not the stock campaigns that make this game great, it's the mods. Mods like Thrawns Revenge have been continuously developing and tweaking this game ever since it was releassed all the way up to this day. There are story campaigns that when played in sequence can cove all the way from the Clone Wars right the way up to shortly before the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. There are also newer multi-player modes but the single player campaigns are what show the real strengths of this game. Also some of the mod campaigns actually manage to make the ground combat fun which is something that the original never really managed to do.

The mods for this game are insane!

I absolutely LOVED empire at war. I was so hoping this game would get a remake or sequel one day... my favorite star wars game

Space battles=God Land battles= meh

Some of you may not know this, but this game was a sort of successor to Star Wars Rebellion 1998. I don’t know why we haven’t got a new land and space Star Wars strategy game with modern graphics. It could be so great.

And you don't even talked about the myriad of awesome mods the game have

Woah woah woah woah, wait.... Andy is real? I always assumed he was a well programmed AI with a love for total war conversion mods 😂 May the fourth be with you all ❤️

Hi Andy! Just recently I begun watching your videos and its incredible the good variety of games you cover. I remember seeing an old friend playing this game and thinking how cool it was, but at the end I never knew how It was called and I started playing other RTS like Warcraft, and just forgot about this one. Now that I've seen the video I'll probably give it a try!

I do not know, what inspires more dread in anyone, than having to face down Vader AND Thrawn in a single battle.

When video games where actually something to remember

I like the macro rts wich means I get times where I'm waiting for things to build and units to move wich let's my zoom in and watch the war happen

So many good mods for these games.

Must play mods. Remake Mod, Thrawns Revenge, and Awakening of the Rebellion. Try them. You won't be disappointed if you love a challenge

And with the expansion pack you could play as the Consortium or the criminals.

2006 was a great year for RTS fans with battle of middle earth II and this game..

DUDE! Time stamp 5:51, was that the Arc Hammer with that Imperial fleet? If so, AWESOME tribute to another great Star Wars Game; Dark Forces. I hope you plan to review Star Wars Rebellion. I know the game gets a lot of hate but it is my favorite and I'd love to see a modernized version of the game.

This game made me fall of my chair. How in the name of all that is gaming goodness can a 16 year old game stand the test of time this well?

This game, og battlefront and age of empires was my childhood for PC games. On PlayStation it was gran Turismo games.

9:40 there is a mod for that - Empire at War: Fall of the Republic

Diamond in gaming history ...love this game

Man your first 2 strategy games matched mine. My cousin got me into the Battle for Middle Earth 2 and Empire at war. So much fun

Empire at War had the battle mode that Star Wars Rebellion needed, and Rebellion had the grand RTS elements that EaW needed

I always play galactic conquest as the empire, I built the Death Star and destroyed every planet, had a fleet of 78 star destroyers, 176 victory class cruisers, 20 broadside cruisers, 20 tartan cruisers, 78 acclamator cruisers and 4 interdicter cruisers used to prevent hyperspace jumps and to completely destroy the rebel fleet

My first attempt at modding a game directly was Star Wars Empire at War to get the clone wars mod working. It was really frustrating because I didn't know much about computers, but incredibly worth it once I finished

How is it possible that this never was developed further. Like people will die trying win the lottery but not see the lottery they already posses.

Hands down one of my favorite SW games and also one of the first games i played on pc when i was smol 👌 Planning on making a remake of the game in the future as i'm currently learning how to code and make games. (No this is not supposed to be a brag of any kind) You simply can't trust any big studio to make a solid game anymore 😕

This is actually the first game i played that actually got me to strategy games such as Hearts of Iron 4

When I first played Empire at War, I loved the space combat and tried to skip the fighting on the worlds. With the present perspective, I can say that I was the Covenant. Nowadays, I just play Sins of a Solar Empire Interregnum mod.

If you *don't* think the mods are fully-fledged games on their own, you should play them again. The level of polish on mods like Republic at War and Thrawn's Revenge are just... I have no words.

This game is one of my all time favorites. Absolutely fantastic and the mods are insane.

I knew I heard Closed on Sundays in the background lol Great video!

I'm a world record holder for the game, and I couldn't be prouder. This game is honestly beautiful. And thanks to modders (and even the Devs for releasing patches EVEN IN 2022) for keeping the game alive even if it's just for singleplayer content. Clone wars content has never been so good

Also must fight them with an interdicter, then they can't run.

Still one of my favorite RTS games of all time, as well as one of my favorite Star Wars games of all time.

Had to blink a few times when video started as I thought it was Matt Damon. Legend for this review though mate 👏

This with the remake mod is the best star wars gaming experience.

Just got this with the Forces of Corruption expansion on the 4th. Best purchase I made. Personally, I love the space battles more than the ground battles, especially when I'm on the Rebellion taking on the Empire. It's funny to watch the Empire throw everything at you and lose twice as many forces as you do before they eventually achieve victory.

Fun Fact: the black fluffy stuff on your Shure Microphone is Pop protection. No need for another one

Which one is the best galactic strategy game? Sins of a Solar Empire, Endless Space, Stellaris, this one...?

Recommend you space invade with only a wings, you are basically unstoppable

2:38 The Empire are the bad guys? I thought in History they taught us that the Rebels are the bad guys, maybe not, just kidding, I believe that Rebels or Rebellions in a common sense, are good, or there are reasons behind it, lol! But I'm not a Star Wars Fan, but I love it! I wanna buy this game in 2022 and thank you for this review video! :D

I thought I was the only one who loves the prequels imagine a total like game but it’s clones and droids yes pls

Small question: should I buy it in 2024? I'm going to buy a PC both for videogames and for school, now it's in the middle of summer, and I'm looking to get this game too. Should I?

One of the rare times we got Star Wars RTS game for some reason. I don't recall any other SW rts beside this and Battlegrounds, which let's be honest was just reskin of Age of Empires 2. Don't get me wrong, we played the shit out of that one back in the day, but even back then it was obvious to us they just did reskin of AOE2.

Ah another Empire at War review to add to my collection.

Check out Fall of the Republic, it's a great Clone Wars mod!

I got this game as a kid and quite honestly... It is probably the game I played the most as a youngling. It would had been Battlefront 2 if I didn't lose that disk in a motel... Long story... :(( Also a game I have massive nostalgia for. I am glad that Empire at War could help me cope with that loss and quite honestly even surpass the nostalgia in a way. Battlefront 2 is more illusive nostalgia as a lot of my thoughts are related to missing the game. Meanwhile Empire at War could run on most computers I owned so it became a go to game when going on trips and around the place and since my dad is a fan of driving and camping trips... This means Empire at War almost feels like a massive part of my childhood. And I honestly think that I can't even imagine what I would be like without it. I was young. I am a 2001 kid... I am also a fan of Lego and stuff and this year with the release of the Tie Interceptor set had me pog facing real hard. I haven't bought it yet... But EaW made me love the Tie Interceptor even more than the original Tie Fighter and find the sight of a Tie Interceptor more nostalgic for me than any other Star Wars ship. Because I played FoC quite a lot. And when people play this they ask me what my opinion on Thrawns Revenge or this or that mod is... And quite honestly the truth is... While I imagine those mods are GREAT... I have just been playing vanilla mostly. 😂 I dabbled in Republic at War mod before the workshop update. And I have even made my own personal custom maps. Theed City, which is something I made for when I play Republic at War but it works on unmodded too of course, and Tantive IV... Which is a land battle inside the Tantive IV... With vehicles. It is a little nonsensical but I think personally I love the level design I made. It's an asymmetric push map with the very start of the level having the iconic blasting down of the door scene. Not perfectly accurate of course but still I could show and impress my friends with it. The corridors are not as... Smooth as I wanted but unfortunately the map editor has some limitations when it comes to that. Either way it works pretty decently. There is also a little spawn for the Consortium if you want to do a little bit of trolling. 😁 I have forever wanted to do something similar for the Battle of Hoth but unfortunately I think the main issue is Hoth is pretty flat and the main issue is you can't really make trenches that easily in the editor. But either day... One day I will and I will then consider actually sharing them online I guess. All and all... Autistic Comfort media / Out of Ten. It may not be the GOAT game. But it's my personal GOAT.

man ive been playing this game for years, glad people still talking bout my favorite RTS. If you have not check out the mods, they are the best

I bought it in 2006 and still play Republic at War regularily to this day, I just can't get enough haha

Try Thrawns Revenge with the ship and troop mods and larger Galaxy. It’s amazing.

Was debating on buying this today and you’ve sold me on it, I feel ashamed I never got it before now haha

"Sad" Fact: Petroglyph, the dev team who made Empire at War and Forces of Corruption also wanted to make an "EaW 2", but since the SW licence was on EA's hands at the time, they got refused, and right now they've been working on a new game (not Star Wars) and it's unlikely that we'll be seeing an EaW style SW game any time soon, but it's very clear they want to do it, since they still release updates for EaW Also, since you're a Prequels guy, I recommend you to try Fall of the Republic, an FoC mod made by the people who made Thrawn's Revenge

I still play this gome just modded and I totally forgot that the empire has the Arc Hammer in the base game. :D If you looking forward to play this game I can recommend Awakening of the Rebellion(Really hard but so cool mod) and Empire at War Expanded:Thrawn's Revenge(Post ednor Imperial Civil war era mod with tons of unique factions and nice heros+mechanics) lastly Empire at War Expanded: Fall of The Republic(Clone wars era mod from the Thrown's Revenge team,ths one is new and not as polished as Thrawn's Revenge but still one of the best mods),there are EaW Reworked but I didn't try that one so I can't say an opinion about it.

Thrawn's Revenge mod for this game is an absolute masterpiece.

There’s 2 mods: Thrawn’s Revenge, and Fall of the Republic, that are the best mods in this game. Since you’re a clone wars fan I’d suggest Fall of the republic first, because you get to experience all the Jedi in land battles and amazing republic and CIS ships.

I didn't know Matt Damon reviewed games.

On the steam workshop for this game you can get fall of the republic mod for this

SWEAW in a nutshell: Rebels: Mon Mothma wont shut up long enough to defeat the empire. i lost 3 planets to the death star before she stfu so i could acquire Luke. Empire: Just ignore Tarkin he's an idiot. Zann: Aww your loyal to how cute #Corruption. Thrawn's Revenge Mod: Nuke It From Orbit its the only way to be sure.

Sadly I never played "Star Wars: Enpire at War", no time for that. I always liked playing "Star Trek:Armada" though. Are there mods like those for that as well?

i understand why they did not add campains to the moded versions but it would be so cool if they tried

Make one of these for the Empire at War Remake Mod- great video

from the golden years

still do and Star Wars Galactic Battlergrounds until windows 10 hates using it.. -.-

There is a mod on steam, Republic at war. Gives prequel to this.

Just saying, it would be an immediate click from me if I saw a "Part 2:" of this episode on modded EaW. I put in hundreds of hours before I finally caved and downloaded some mods (pretty easy on Steam actually). Yes the new ships, and bases, and scale, and economics are amazing. But I wasn't expecting it to look so freakin beautiful. The space battles are on another level. Plus John Williams bringing the heat overtop of all that... srsly, it's worth checking out, even if you don't make a video about it. Cheers

Dude the prequels are sick. All star wars is sick. Star wars is silly good fun!

Just got this on sale. Should i play vanilla or is it better to play the remake mod directly?

People are STILL WAITING for a newer release!

If you think this is good. Try the Star Wars mod "New Dawn" for the game Stellaris. It's amazing!

Dude check the mods Mods are the reason that I play this game till this day

Is this a pure strategy game, or does it have elements of adventure/RPG as well?

Literally playing Thrawns Revenge mod as I found this lol

The mods for this game make is soooooooo much better

Prequel trilogies are my favorite too bro ! Episode 3 is the best of all time

wait what? i am new to this chanell, is this that chad guy from breaking bad???? wtf ! this is crazy

Play the mod Republic at War if your more of a prequels guy

until you get: synchronization error detected.

Empire at War came about because of Homeworld...

I don't remember this game looking like this. I remember it having very small maps to fight on, and very complex game mechanics. I gave up on this game before I ever got to see any planet surface combat.

Is there custom battles like other strat rts Games?

Back when games were made with thought…

As a series I loved the OT more but ROTS is Lucas's magnum opus

so cal kestis is reviewing games now