Each trooper has their own individual health bar, and medical droids can assist in the field by healing wounded allies in real time. But it’s an inviting experience start out on easy mode for a while, learn to manage individual groupings of troopers, and get a feel for how different units function. You can amass up to 200 individual units this way, so prepare for a large-scale assault, with hundreds of warriors battling it out for victory. By fighting for territory and managing resources, the game raises your army’s “tech level,” granting you access to new kinds of units, such as special troopers, vehicles, and more powerful weapons. You’ll also fight alongside special characters like Attichitcuk (Chewbacca’s father in the Legends era), a Jedi Master named Echuu Shen-Jon, Princess Leia Organa, and of course Darth Vader. Here’s your chance to explore the geography of your favorite locales with a bird’s-eye view of the action, or see even more of Theed’s baroque architecture than you might have glimpsed in The Phantom Menace.Įach Galactic Battlegrounds campaign puts you in control of a unified faction from a galaxy far, far away - the Confederacy, the Empire, the Gungans, the Naboo Royal Guard, the Rebel Alliance, the Trade Federation, the Wookiees. During each campaign, you’ll be issued mission-specific objectives that fit the settings and stories you already know and love, including iconic planets from the original Star Wars trilogy as well as Episodes I and II: Geonosis, Hoth, Kashyyyk, Naboo, Yavin 4, and more. With the addition of the Episode II Clone Campaigns expansion, included in the Saga edition available on GOG.com and Steam, Battlegrounds gives you access to eight story-based campaigns filled with variety and narrative depth.
It’s a gorgeous, richly detailed tour of the Star Wars universe with a strong focus on all-out warfare.įeaturing robust single-player campaigns, multiplayer, and a training mode - along with easy, moderate, and hard difficulty settings - there’s no end of replay value here. Released in November 2001, Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds is a full-fledged real-time strategy (RTS) game, developed in-house by LucasArts using Ensemble Studios’ renowned Genie engine, the same technology that powered Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (1999). In this oft-forgotten gem from the golden age of Star Wars gaming, you command whole armies as they charge into battle.
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