Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided - PC

Game Overview

Viewed: 3D First-person
Genre: Adventure: Role Playing
Media: CD
Arcade origin:No
Developer: Verant
Soft. Co.: LucasArts
Publishers: LucasArts (GB)
Released: 7 Nov 2003 (GB)
Ratings: PEGI 12+, ESRB Teen 13+ (T)

Summary

Become a part of a galaxy far, far away in a way you've only dreamed! Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided places you in the midst of the galactic struggle between good and evil. What will your role be in the unfolding drama?

Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided is the first in a line of massively multiplayer online game products. Thousands of players from around the world come together to live the Star Wars movies!


Features
  • Entirely new 3D engine designed to port ... more >>
Become a part of a galaxy far, far away in a way you've only dreamed! Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided places you in the midst of the galactic struggle between good and evil. What will your role be in the unfolding drama?

Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided is the first in a line of massively multiplayer online game products. Thousands of players from around the world come together to live the Star Wars movies!


Features
  • Entirely new 3D engine designed to portray the Star Wars galaxy in the greatest possible detail

  • A seamless universe spanning ten fully-realized Star Wars worlds, from the films and expanded universe, each with over 15 x 15 kilometers of explorable terrain

  • Define your own role in the galaxy with 8 playable species and over 30 professions; become bounty hunters, smugglers, squad leaders and more

  • Many social skills including dancing, musicianship and image designer

  • Advanced character customization tool that allows you to define nearly every detail of your character's appearance

  • Grow your character with an in-depth and flexible skill-based system of advancement

  • Highly configurable User Interface

  • Highly cinematic and tactical combat system that focuses on blasters and other ranged weapons

  • Ally and fight with the Rebel or Imperial sides of the Galactic Civil War, or remain neutral

  • Rewarding faction system that allows players to gain special perks by fighting in the Galactic Civil War

  • Battlefields, where players can square off against one another or NPCs to earn faction standing

  • Placeable Minefields, Turrets and Bases

  • Encounter and interact with 180+ unique creatures and hundreds of NPCs, including "named" characters like Darth Vader and Boba Fett

  • Robust chat system including hundreds of emotes, moods, chat styles, persistent messages and player created channels

  • Dynamic resource surveying and mining

  • Advanced crafting system

  • Completely player-run in-game economy that includes an in-game Marketplace that allows auctions and sales of in-game items

  • Jabba's Palace, and other "theme parks" offer a variety of missions for and encounters with well-known Star Wars characters

  • Dynamic Points of Interest that provide a huge supply of adventures

  • Random Mission system for shorter play sessions

  • Bounty Hunting skills and missions

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  • Natural AI behaviors, including herding, stalking and lair defending

  • Player built and placed housing, shops and structures

  • Player groups of up to twenty players

  • Player run associations of up to 500 players

  • Badge system that rewards achievement in various areas

  • An in-game Matchmaking Service, helpful for identifying players with similar hobbies

  • The chance to unlock the mysterious Force Sensitive character slot and attempt to master the most exhilarating and dangerous role in the galaxy...the Jedi

  • Full team support with future expansions and updates
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