About Star Wars Battleground:
I played quite a bit more than what my Steam hours are showing as I was mostly on the Expanded Fronts mod and finished all the campaigns that way. It feels pretty good to come back to a childhood classic after nearly 20 years. Is it an old clunky game? Sure. Is it an AOE II clone? Yup. Is it still fun? As long as you’re tempering your expectations, yes! I was a bit disappointed at how bare-bones the storytelling is with the “cutscenes” having no music, atmosphere or barely any narration but the scenarios themselves are pretty fun and varied. If you add the Expanded Fronts mod on top, which is fantastic, there’s a lot of graphical improvements, factions and maps to enjoy. I’m glad I gave this old girl one final ride. This is an AoE reskin, but in a good enough form that it’s worth playing, ESPECIALLY for Star Wars fans. It has a lot of stories to tell and it has some interesting mechanics. It also has a crazy amount of art that fills out the star wars galaxy, and some great mods that add in the ability to play as Geonosians and the like. If you like strategy games, or if you like star wars, this is a good game to introduce you to the other. And if you like both, you probably already own this. Great game. plays like age of empires 2. spent hundreds of hours as a kid playing this when it was new.
