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 $48.99 
MPN: 85220
UPC: 010086852202
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Universe At War: Earth Assault
Features :
Unprecedented unit and faction customization give you the ability to change units and research in the middle of combat to overcome any challenge.
Full Games for Windows, Direct X compatible, Live for Windows support.
Dual-layered gameplay featuring intense tactical battles and strategic global mode where you manage resources, consolidate territories, and maneuver armies.
Massive-scale units that dwarf conventional RTS units.
Developed by Petroglyph, makers of Star Wars: Empire at War.
Platforms :
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 2000
| Release Date: |
11 December, 2007 |
| Manufacturer: |
Sega of America, Inc. |
| Availability: |
Usually ships in 24 hours |
| List Price: |
$49.95 |
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Customer Reviews
Great warmup for StarCraft II
Rating: 4
This game has three great factions to choose from, each with unique abilities. The RTS is my favorite type of game, and this one will keep me busy until StarCraft II is released. Recommended.
HALF A GAME FOR HALF THE FUN
Rating: 3
I am a avid RTS fan ever since the father of all, the original DUNE by WESTWOOD. And I have played most of them, from the COMMAND & CONQUER and AGE OF EMPIRE series to the SUPREME COMMANDER and WORLD AT CONFLICT action-oriented approaches.
Under this light, UNIVERSE AT WAR was weighted and measured - and found lacking.
Graphically it is comparable to C&C-TIBERIUM WARS, with the explosions, and toxic clouds more impressive than the units. The later are a bit cartoonist - but, one could argue that this adds to clarity. Zooming-in is adequate, whereas, contrary to SUPREME COMMANDER (where zooming out turns the game to a combat of ...colored tiles), UaW retains its battlefield feeling even if all zoomed out.
Later into the campaign game (and similar to EMPIRE EARTH 3 and RISK) there is also a tactical overview map in which troops get moved, territories claimed and super-weapons get launched.
RTS games are sensitive to faulty faction balancing: UaW suffers no such problems. There are three factions: the Hierarchy, the Novus and the Masari - all alien (yeah, the humans are toast). Every faction has its unique units (with their own strengths and weaknesses) and research bonuses. There are 12 technologies available (across three tech-trees), but one can have...only six of those available at a time (luckily these options are editable).
Where the game looses its first rating star is its buggy gameplay: units are slow to get assigned into groups, they seem reluctant to follow orders and there is no way to set up patrol paths for sentries. All very annoying during a fast-paced Real-Time strategy game!
On this note, one cannot help but mention (once...more) the AI cheating: no matter where one decides to hide his base and how stealthy his units are, the AI opponent will find them out and pound them with a disproportionate number of firepower.
Multiplayer is through Microsoft-LIVE - a more than spectral manifestation of the usual corporate greed: in order for all the game features to be available online, one has to pay for a Gold...subscription. In effect, buying a game that is advertised to include a multiplayer will only get you far LESS than a complete onLine game. Thus, justifiably, the second rating star was withheld for the lack of half the multiplayer game.
I should had waited for STARCRAFT II...
Must buy for Christmas!
Rating: 5
Wow, theres never been an RTS Like this since Starcraft 2!
Such diversity in units, Interesting storyline and the graphics are to die for! Very enjoyable to play. My only complaint is that i wish the camera was more adjustable to zoom out further.
Giant walkers that trample through cities like War of the Worlds! I had a blast playing this game and i recommend it to everyone.
Not too graphic or violent either- so older kids can play it too. I think this game is perfect for anyone that likes pc games and theyre between 12-40 years old.
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