

I just want a solid RTS with a worm's eye view of big stompy AT-ATs. Boxiness aside, I see screenshots of it today and something about the scale and the camera angles seems so much more Star Warsy than the later, better Empire At War or Galactic Battlegrounds managed. Perhaps it was just made too soon perhaps it should have waited a little longer for the technology to catch up. If Force Commander had looked better - epic rather than blocky - its sludgy pace and irritating interface would have been easier to take on the chin. Even AT-ATs aren't cool when they look like they've been assembled from a cut-out cardboard model on the back of a cereal packet. It's a banal observation I realise, but Force Commander's key problem was that it looked awful. Annoying, buggy and boxy: a far cry from the slick action I'd hoped it would somehow have despite all that I'd heard. I didn't make it past the first few levels. Star Wars does Command & Conquer? It's still the dream for Nerdly Men & Women Of A Certain Age really, isn't it? Even after Force Commander. Almost everything I'd read seemed unimpressed. Most importantly, Force Commander intends to let you re-create the ground battle sequences from the classic Star Wars films by letting you take control of Imperial walkers, Rebel defenses, and more. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. Star Wars: Force Commander is a traditional real-time strategy game that has fully three-dimensional graphics and a few original gameplay ideas.

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