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Posted January 20, 2015
Take command of the greatest Star Wars™ battles!

<i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Galactic Battlegrounds Saga, an RTS classic depicting major conflicts of the Star Wars™ films, is available for the first time in digital distribution on GOG.com!

Released in 2001, <i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Galactic Battlegrounds was the first Star Wars™ RTS to find success among critics and fans alike. The game's basic formula was a recipe for success. It employed tried and tested gameplay mechanics inspired by the critically acclaimed Age of Empires series (Star Wars™ Galactic Battlegrounds was developed on the very same engine, which contributed to its overall familiar feel), and brought them straight into the realm of Star Wars™, offering fans a brand new way to influence the major conflicts depicted in Star Wars™ films.

The package available here includes the Clone Campaigns expansion pack, which introduced a whole new campaign covering the start of the Clone Wars, with two extra playable factions (CIS and Galactic Republic) and a slew of additional units. In total, Star Wars™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga includes an impressive eight playable factions, each with its own story-filled single player campaign.

Take direct command of the greatest movie battles in <i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Galactic Battlegrounds Saga, DRM-free on Windows - for the first time in digital distribution - on GOG.com!

Wan't to see the game in action? Here's <i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Galactic Battlegrounds Saga wit &lt;hb&gt;Quill18</span> in the Twitch.tv/GOGcom archive.
Post edited January 22, 2015 by G-Doc
Posted January 20, 2015
Now I see where 'PHOTON MAN' came from :-)
Posted January 20, 2015
Just got it and the music and colors seem fine, though I didn't try any 'water' levels yet and the color of the cursor seems a little funky.
Posted January 20, 2015
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tinyE: Just got it and the music and colors seem fine, though I didn't try any 'water' levels yet and the color of the cursor seems a little funky.
Tried a Team island map... AI is difficult even on easy, since the actually slaughter all their "Peasants" to make room for a huge army. Water looks fine. No color problems like in the hard copy version.
Post edited January 20, 2015 by Soccorro
Posted January 20, 2015
Insta-bought it! :D

Thanks for listening to my messages to get this game on GOG, and thanks even more for fixing the colour issues!
Posted January 20, 2015
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gandalfnho: Never played Force Commander, but always read about being bad, same about the 4X Star Wars - Rebellion
Rebellion is very decent. I still enjoy booting it up sometimes (and generally get my ass handed back by the AI because I'm careless and overconfident)

Just don't expect a classical 4x. It's more a "space guerrilla" game where each player runs around the other, trying to take out their leaders/production centers/fleets
Post edited January 20, 2015 by Kardwill
Posted January 20, 2015
Just played through the first 4/5 missions of the tutorial campaign and I'm loving it. I was never big on AoE, but for some reason I can totally get behind this reskin. Weird, huh? Anyway, it runs like a charm on my Win 8.1 lappie. I'm happy. :)
Posted January 20, 2015
Digital release of Battlegrounds?!
Glory, glory, Hallelujah! All is forgiven GOG: past, present and future!
Posted January 21, 2015
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mistermumbles: Just played through the first 4/5 missions of the tutorial campaign and I'm loving it. I was never big on AoE, but for some reason I can totally get behind this reskin. Weird, huh? Anyway, it runs like a charm on my Win 8.1 lappie. I'm happy. :)
Get out of my head! I just did the same, and feel the same! Not really an RTS guy, but man Im really digging this. Which is odd, as I never play my copy of AoE II HD. Its quite strange.

Good after work game. Nice and relaxing.
Posted January 21, 2015
I am sure I bought this when it was released, but I don't remember a thing about this game.

Edit: Watched some youtube videos, and I definitely own it on cd. I doubt I own the expansion though. Tempted to buy this now.
Post edited January 21, 2015 by qwixter
Posted January 21, 2015
Started playing this and still plays great even after all these years. Classic rts stuff
Posted January 21, 2015
The only star wars game i was ever interested in
Posted January 21, 2015
AAAAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

Come to PAPA!

Aannndd... Insta-bought!

Now we just need Empires At War and its expansion Forces of Corruption. Then my complete Star Wars collection will have finally been converted to DRM-free, after which I will be one happy lil' ewok!
Posted January 21, 2015
Fantastic RTS game!
Posted January 21, 2015
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jackster79: after which I will be one happy lil' ewok!
The ewoks always bugged me; not for being cute, but something about their involvement in the series never seemed kosher. Only this morning was I able to figure out why.
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Posted January 21, 2015
Will definitely be buying this. As a Star Wars fan its pretty fun, though it has its quirks. The flying units seem a little out of place if I remember correctly. X-Wings and TIE Fighters pretty much just hover over their targets I believe. No strafing runs in other words. Too bad they didn't hire Ensemble to do a proper RTS from the ground up rather than just reskinning AoE II, which at the time was my all-time favorite game. I guess this way they were guaranteed a game that was at least decent.
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