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Universe At War: Earth Assault | 
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| From: Sega of America, Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.95
Buy New: $42.99
You Save: $6.96 (14%)
New (70) Used (7) from $1.49
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 2738
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows Xp
Genre: real_time_strategy_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: DVD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 85220
Model: 85220
UPC: 010086852202
EAN: 0010086852202
ASIN: B000R2WI0G
Release Date: December 11, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Unprecedented unit and faction customization give you the ability to change units and research in the middle of combat to overcome any challenge. | | • | Full Games for Windows, Direct X compatible, Live for Windows support. | | • | Dual-layered gameplay featuring intense tactical battles and strategic global mode where you manage resources, consolidate territories, and maneuver armies. | | • | Massive-scale units that dwarf conventional RTS units. | | • | Developed by Petroglyph, makers of Star Wars: Empire at War. |
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Product Description
Save the world or destroy it as you take charge of several unique factions with awesome powers and spectacular units. Control massive-scale alien war machines that are fully customizable. With on-the-fly tactical customization, you can dynamically swap out weaponry, rework your tech tree, and retrain units in the middle of combat to thwart your foe and seize the advantage. This advance on the traditional rock-paper-scissors model of balance gives players even more control over how they respond and adapt to their opponents strategies.Universe at War: Earth Assault features large-scale environmental destruction in a persistent world level a city and when you come back, the area will still be a smoking ruin. Here, though, the environments you are fighting for are close to home, as you wage war across familiar Earth landmarks and cities. The entire globe is at your command, as you manage resources, armies, and territories in the real-time strategic mode. As your heroes lead your forces into enemy territory, you will be taken into fast-paced tactical battles where the emphasis is on combat and action. A seamless integration of both the strategic and tactical mode allows you to call in reinforcements from other territories while engaged in ground warfare and take tactical troops back to the strategic level when you win so you can use them in later battles. Universe at War: Earth Assault features innovative new multiplayer features inspired by todays top MMOs and competitive online environments, giving players achievements, rewards, and medals but in a balanced environment. Each of the games factions will have unique paths to victory with completely different styles of play, allowing players from across the globe to battle it out in persistent-style online campaigns for ultimate faction supremacy.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 There are much better games out there November 23, 2008
I wasted enough time trying to play this sorry game, so I won't waste much time trying to review it. This game had a great premise and some good ideas, but the gameplay is just too clumsy. There are much better games out there. Try Faces of War, instead!
Installs Protection Software, Many Incompatabilities, No Support November 18, 2008
Installs Securom. This is one of those copyright protection programs that you may never be rid of. Many people have had issues including myself with starting the game because incompatibilities between securom and other software makes securom think the DVD is a copy. Do some reading and you will also see that Sega offers no solution. Its been 18 months now, still no fix. Do your self a favor and try a game that does not have these frustrations.
Hail Flavius.
 Good mechanics, interesting gameplay November 11, 2008
Universe At War is a fairly accomplished RTS that presents enough new and unique elements to keep the game from becoming "just another RTS". The three factions are different enough to add a fair amount of variety in the campaigns.
The graphics for Universe At War are pretty good with the giant walkers, laser weapons, and massive explosions providing some pleasing eye-candy.
The online-multiplayer requires a Windows Live account but, from what I gather, that requirement has been made available free-of-charge to purchasers of this game.
Overall, Universe At War is a solid RTS with a good mix of variety and excitement to keep you playing til the end and then compelling enough to take you onilne to test your skills against the world.
Ok game, would have be excellent if sega fixed problems. October 3, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I pretty much agree with the other reviewers. It's a fun game to play with a few annoying things. I've only played the single-player. First of all the auto patch leads to a dead link, to find the update you have to goto the sega.com site and download it manually. Addtionally if you're running Vista like I am, it will crash randomly and run slower than mud. I almost threw the disk in the garbage. But magically if you uncheck DX10 in the settings, it will run just fine. On the upside it's easy and fun to play, it's just too bad that the various units/races seem to borrow a little from every genre in sci-fi, if done right it would have been charming, although it feels more like the developers just wanted to rush the thing out the door. it shows. Is it worth ten bucks or whatever. Yeah. Fifty? Nope.
No matter how cheap DONT BUY THIS GAME!!! September 18, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this game for under 9 bucks new from amazon, it wasnt worth it. Its not fun, not pretty, and doest seem to work right and to top it off if you wanna sign into live your gonna have to give all sorts of personal info. Like your home number!?!?!?!?! Pay more get Starcraft. Sure its over a decade older but it looks better than this and plays much better. I have a hardcore gaming computer and I have to say this gave is an insult to it. I have no idea how this game got such good reviews. The final insult is everytime i start the game it tells me i need to download an update. The kicker is the update page never loads. NEVER! Save your money for another game. Im not even gonna try and recoup money and resell this game. I would feel wrong passing on to some one else. This is going into the trash.
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