Guest DarthMaulUK Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 From the early screenshots and from the early preview, the following units will be in the game Empire Ground AT-AT Walkers AT-ST walkers Tie Crawlers Various Troopers Drop Ships Space Star Destroyers Acclamator Assault Ships TIE Fighters Rebellion Ground Various Tanks Various defences - Turrets Various Troopers Space Mon Calamari Cruisers Nebula B Frigates X,A,Y-Wings Corvettes These are taken from the screenshots. Over the coming months, they will no doubt be adding to this list DMUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Dark Jedi Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 I am guessing the dropships will be like transports. But will be able to fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Com Raven Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Those are afaik the sropships/ transports the clones use in Episode II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nairb Notneb Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 What about characters from the movies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Com Raven Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 I think the preview mentioned that we will see how some characters from the movies ended up on either side in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Well while Battle for Middle Earth has many flaws I like the way that the Heroes (key characters from the movies) were done. If the key chracters of Star Wars are done in a similar way I'd be pleased. (As long as they are not like they are in Battlefront e.g. unable to be killed without landing on them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadyshaun Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 You dont have to land on them just squash em with a AT-AT like I did with luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nairb Notneb Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Agreed, heroes are one thing, but Superheroes are another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 I do hope they have a decent storyline for the characters. It's still important. We'll see how heroes turn out to be. I mean, in Star Wars, no one is invincible so I doubt we'll have overpowered heroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Dark Jedi Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Yeah like a campaign for each hero. That would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokill Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 i hope these units will move like real persons and the ships will also blow up like in real movie live how detaild are the ships anyway and the litle ground troops? in a scale from 1 to 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 The characters from the movies will probably be special units or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nairb Notneb Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 I would like to see the units sticking to the movies with little branching off. I know that in order to create a good playable balance between the two civ's that's impossible, so some EU will have to get involved. I would just like to see a great RTS game that is movie driven as much as possible, I'm just that way. EU is good too to put it, it is part of the Star Wars universe anyway, just don't make up any units just for the sake of it if it can be helped, which it can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverlordAngelus Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 I'm hoping they use ships from the X-Wing games for the space combat section of the game. There are plenty to choose from and most of them are pretty good designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DarthMaulUK Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Originally posted by Nokill i hope these units will move like real persons and the ships will also blow up like in real movie live how detaild are the ships anyway and the litle ground troops? in a scale from 1 to 10 From the screens I have seen, there's Air(Snow)Speeders flying around on fire after being hit by an AT AT Walker. The trooper scale seems very small but its difficult to tell at this very early stage. DMUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthfergie Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 what's the scale on the fighters in space? are they little dots like in Rebellion...I mean I assume they have much more detail...but I guess I'd also assume them to be selected in squadrons...and gnat sized in comparison to the capitol ships. At least I hope they're gnat sized in comparison...or at least fly sized...*blinks* wow...that was an odd analogy...but hopefully you get my drift. heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Com Raven Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Well, they have /had) to make up some stuff. After all, how many rebel armor did you see in the movies? Wouldn't be much of a balanced game otherwise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokill Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 i hope you will have some nice battles and not that all characters have to be hit 100 times bevore thay die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Gaarni Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 If they don't use EU material, it's going to be a boring game. The Empire would only have the 2 star destroyer types you see in the films, plus the 3 TIE's (maybe the Lambda class Shuttle). The Rebels on the other hand would have a larger array of ships, though largely much smaller capital ships, like the Corellian Corvette and the Nebulon-B Frigate. The Calamari Cruisers would start to compete with the smallest star destroyer type, but if the game starts 2 years before Ep. IV then it's gonna take a while before the rebels can use this ship. The ground would be a slaughter. The Empire would wipe the floor with the rebels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokill Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 not if you make a trap for the imperials then the rebels will kill the imps whit full force and whit air support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 And the might of the Ewoks! Well if we ever get there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverlordAngelus Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Ok, having looked at the screenshots I can identify a number of ships. REBELS Corellian Gunship (it looks similiar to a corvette) Bulwark Cruiser 2 Different Mon Calamari Cruisers IMPERIALS Interdictor Cruisers Victory Class Star Destroyers UNSURE A ship that looks like a Dreadnaught. There are a few other ship designs which I don't recognise, which maybe designed specifically for the game or maybe they're part of Episode 3. Anyway, if you don't recognise the ships I have just listed, you can find them in Rebellion and X-Wing Alliance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK_Viceroy Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 I recognise a few Star Galleons there as well and some Loronar Strike Cruisers, I'll have a sift through them and consult my Star Wars Bible to see what they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroven Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 sweet, cant wait to send my stormtrooper army to conquer all:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Vostok Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 As Lord of Star Wars Purists, I feel I need to rant here about EU. Jan Gaarni said that without EU the game would be boring. I disagree fundamentally with that, but I understand the point of view, and it is a valid concern. Personally I don't mind a limited number of units to choose from (since that's how I play RTS games) but I can understand why people want many units to choose from and in all honestly it is a better selling point. Yet the inclusion of EU is a delicate matter. So much EU doesn't fit in all that well with the movies, and in my opinion changes the distinct Star Wars "flavour". The TIE Crawler is the perfect example, because it is one of my personal favourite stupid EU creations. The TIE design is for aircraft; it makes sense for them but not for a ground vehicle. But more importantly the TIE Crawler does not fit into the Empire's forces because their vehicles are WALKERS: they always have been in the movies and always were even when the Empire was the Republic. Suggesting the Empire would even entertain the idea of building a small, terrain-limited tracked vehicle alongside their much better armed all terrain walkers is rediculous. So my point is that while "EU" units should be included to make up numbers, they should still necessarily fit in with the aesthetic and ideals of the factions in question, which the TIE Crawler does not. The inclusion of the TIE Crawler in the promotional material this early in the process does not give me high hopes for the Star Wars feel of this RTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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