Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Saga (Jewel Case) review:5 stars (Good) - Good, classic game. good. not excellent graphics, but that's expected from an old game.4 stars (Awesome game! Well worth the time!) - This game is ideal if you want to get right there into the battles and strategize. Granted its not totally like planning a battle in a game like Star Wars Battlefront, but the experience is cool anyhow. I personally liked the stages where you can take the role of Princess Leia and lead her troops, which isn't something you'd see in most Star Wars games. But the game is great if you love games like Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, and such. Definitly a keepers. Its one of those games that ya play for a while and sometimes may decide to just put it up on a shelf and pull it out again sometime in the future. Have fun with the game if you choose to purchase it, I know I did. ;) Good fortune all!2 stars (Not as good as AoE2 or Starcraft) - Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Saga is a tedious and dull game. Even if it is a clone of AoE2, it plays a lot slower and not as enjoyable. There is no special opening cinematic like in X-Wing, Tie Fighter, Rebel Assault, or Dark Forces, just a conglomeration of clips from the movies. Very lame from such a large company.

The unit scales are very awkward and poorly sized in relation to each other and the game map. Units are also one dimensional, a ground unit can not attack air units, unless it is an Air Defense unit, in which case, the air defense can not attack ground units. Air units also have a problem with scale and friendly fire from cruisers is very annoying. The AI is so aggressive that an air cruiser will destroy your entire force even if one single enemy worker walks up to them while in the cruiser's firing range.

Campaign game is very tedious, not enjoyable at all.

Lucas Arts did a very poor job in creating this AoE2 clone. AoE2 is a fantastic game, both multiplayer mode and single player campaigns (finished all the campaigns in hard mode). Lucas Arts should have used the Starcraft game engine from Blizzard, the unit scales and types would have been more suited for the Star Wars universe than AoE2 which is set in the 13th century.

Lucas Arts should have also learned from Blizzard in making a game with multiple campaign paths tied into one storyline and excellent cut scenes and cinematic. This game only has actors narrating with text.

Warhammer Dawn of War is superior futuristic RTS strategy game. Sierra's Ground Control is also better and more enjoyable game.

Am just glad that I paid $10 for this jewel case game and not the full price when it was first released. Even after having played Â# of a campaign game, got bored with it and uninstalled it. My commitment in time and money was minimized.

Well, at least the W95 version of X-Wing is able to play on my Windows XP computer. Too bad Lucas Arts has been hit and miss in creating games. Recommendation, wait for the new RTS Star Wars game in development, hopefully it will be a hit and not a dud like this game is. But it still is not as bad as Rebal Assault.
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Saga (Jewel Case) Features:
Computer Games
Action
Adventure
Military (Tactics)
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds and its dynamic Episode II mission expansion Clone Campaigns in a single package
Command legions of Storm Troopers, Clones, Battle Droids, Gungans, Naboo, Rebels, and Wookiees
Single or multiplayer campaigns on Tatooine, Naboo, Endor, Hoth, Geonosis and more
More than 50 battle scenarios representing the classic and prequel Star Wars universe
Powered by an enhanced version of the award-winning Age of Empires: Age of Kings core game engine

Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Saga (Jewel Case) is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around 9.99USD.