A few days ago I sat through The Phantom Menace -again. By the time the epic final sequence came to an end, I wasn't quite sure what was worse - the film Dr the violent attack of the squits that had kept me off work for three days and stripped me of a stone in weight. The clincher was the Gungan army, that stupid race of bungling alien halfwits who take on an army of laser-wielding robots with catapults and slings - good plan boys. Wouldn't it be great (I thought) to lead their race to an ignominious end, a massacre of such epic proportions that we'd never be bothered by their annoying high-pitched voices and incomprehensible phrases that sound like someone catching their fingers in a slamming door? Of course it would, and with LucasArts announcing its latest Star Wari-based RTS, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds, you'll have the opportunity to do just that. Well, kind of anyway.
Using an enhanced version of the Age Of Empires engine, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds will span the entire Star Wars saga, which means you'll be guaranteed an opportunity to mash up some annoying aliens at some stage, especially if you decide to play as the Galactic Empire. You'll also be able to take charge of Wookies, the Rebel Alliance, Royal Naboo, the Trade Federation and yes, those bloody annoying Gungans too. In all there'll be 300 different land, air and sea units and structures for you to research and construct. This large diversity of units will allow you to take part in epic battles, based on any number of battlegrounds, be they an asteroid belt or an underwater city, with armies reaching sizes of up to 200 units. Let's just hope that we're not subjected to another C&C type game though, in which you simply mass your forces before charging the enemy. LucasArts has likened the gameplay to AOE2, so hopefully all the depth and charm from that game will also be present in Galactic Battlegrounds.
There'll be plenty of races and units that will be instantly familiar to any Star Wars fan. We've been promised that bounty hunters, storm troopers, X-Wings, AT-ATs, snowspeeders, AT-STs, Wookie Kas tanks and droids will all be making an appearance, and best of all, you'll be able to send Jedi Knights into the heat of battle. 1 don't know about you, but I've always fancied seeing Yoda in a ruck, and it'll be interesting to see how the pointy eared midget fares in a fight. No doubt ankle-biting and lightsabre kneecapping will come into the equation at some point.
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Each side will have a unique collection of upgradeable technology. They'll also have special skills, such as Jedi stamina. As well as the individual campaigns, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds will ship with a scenario editor that will let you create your own single or multiplayer levels to kick the force out of your mates on. You'll be able to throw in any combination of sides, settings and units into your creations, which will give you a near infinite amount of possibilities when making your ideal map.
It's still early days for this project, but the Star Wars licence will undoubtedly guarantee its popularity. As for the game itself, it's too early to make a judgement, but the fact it runs on the Age Of Empires engine certainly bodes well, even if it's already showing its age. Let's hope LucasArts makes a better job of this than it did with the dire Force Commander. Although, that's hardly going to be difficult, is it?
Welcome to the “Star Wars – Galactic Battlegrounds” for Mac game page. This page contains information + tools how to port Star Wars – Galactic Battlegrounds in a few simple steps (that even a noob can understand) so you can play it on your Mac using Crossover. Crossover makes it possible to play Windows on your Mac with just a few clicks! So if you haven’t Crossover yet, then sign up here and buy the program or if you want to test it first, for the 14 days trial. Or use the Porting Kit alternative.
If you don’t own the game yet, get Star Wars – Galactic Battlegrounds from GOG.com which is DRM free there and runs out of the box. Click on the links mentioned here, create an account using the signup in the top bar on the GOG.com website and buy the game. You automatically get when creating an account 14 free GOG games (+ some dlc’s) added to your account so you have nothing to loose, only to receive! Make sure the setup file is downloaded into your download folder before running the Crosstie, so that Crossover recognises the file and launches the setup automatically.
Download clementine for mac osx. Use this CrossTie… to install the GOG game into Crossover
Make sure Crossover is installed before downloading/running the CrossTie. Or use Porting Kit.
Game description:
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds is an RTS game built on the Genie Engine technology licensed from Ensemble Studios that was used to build the Age of Empires II game. An expansion pack was released in 2002.
Additional Port Information:
Graphical Cards Tested: NVIDIA 9400M graphics card, AMD Radeon 6770M
Whats tested: Playing a while
OSX 10.7.5 and 10.8.2+ compatible?: yes
Does Multiplayer work?: Not tested
Known Issues: Game intro is black black but with sound. When typing the profile name you don’t see it (but it is there and needs to be done once)
Whats not tested: Intel graphical cards
icon: Stuart Ludwig