But I’m back in 2020, over 10 years later and I’ll be damned if, EaW’s gameplay doesn’t still hold up.
I had played dozens, if not hundreds of hours of EaW post-launch, and as most of us tend to – eventually moved onto other titles. These titles accrued strong long-term fanbases that have been playing and modding the game since. Later in the same year, they returned on October 24th, 2006, with it’s highly anticipated expansion Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption.
For those unfamiliar with Empire at War (EaW), here’s the background context – nearly 14 years ago on Feburary 16th, 2006, Petroglyph Games brought Star Wars to the RTS scene with sprawling land-based fights, and glorious space battles.
