Product Description

Aliens have brought war to Earth. Massive alien walkers rampage across modern-day Earth in a revolutionary RTS with unprecedented customisation, persistent multiplayer, epic destruction and cross-platform gaming.

An epic sci-fi real-time strategy game from Petroglyph, the award-winning studio comprised of team members that developed the original Command & Conquer series.

Set in the near future, Universe at War: Earth Assault sees multiple enemy factions from across the galaxy come to Earth to wage war on an intergalactic scale. Universe at War:

Earth Assault will create an exceptional strategy experience within both single-player and multiplayer battles through offering a host of new features and unprecedented customisation options never before seen in the RTS genre.

• Tactical dynamics
• Persistent, customisable multiplayer
• Truly unique factions

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3518 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sega
• Released on: 2008-01-25
• Platform: Windows XP

Manufacturer's Description

Aliens have brought war to Earth. Massive alien walkers rampage across modern-day Earth in a revolutionary RTS with unprecedented customisation, persistent multiplayer, epic destruction and cross-platform gaming.

An epic sci-fi real-time strategy game from Petroglyph, the award-winning studio comprised of team members that developed the original Command & Conquer series.

Set in the near future, Universe at War: Earth Assault sees multiple enemy factions from across the galaxy come to Earth to wage war on an intergalactic scale. Universe at War:

Earth Assault will create an exceptional strategy experience within both single-player and multiplayer battles through offering a host of new features and unprecedented customisation options never before seen in the RTS genre.

Customer Reviews

So so sega...
Well I was looking forward to this game, so I imported it from the US. I was mildly dissapointed. The campagin was fun, nice videos and so on. It was however waaaaay to short.

A fresh breath was however that there isn't any human faction, just alien kick-ass.

To get access to all the features online, you have to PAY for a gold subscription, first RTS i have played so far that you have to pay to be able to use all features. Thank you M$/$ega.

Good but no cigar
Well, first up, this game does have all the features you'd expect from a bunch of ex-westwood coders. Lots of flashy explosions, clouds of toxic stuff and so on. It's also got some real "war of the worlds" - and I mean the book here - bad guys. The walker units are HUGE and a refreshing change to the usual base-building.

I've only played a little of the campaign, watched the humans' tanks get toasted by a single walker which then got fried by a bunch of robots. Looks quite well put together though.

On the other hand, in the "scenarios" mode, played out on a strategic map, with battles occuring whenever units clash, is also fun, except that other than the units that are left there's no persistance to the areas (unlike that old WOTW game) which is a shame as sometimes all you need to do is kill an enemy commander when they're attacking, and you wind up building defences for nothing.

Haven't played the online game. And won't. I refuse to pay an anuity for a game I've already shelled out for - if they want me to pay by the month to use it, make the install free. It's almost like buying a house and continuing to pay rent !

And that's why it only gets three stars.

Rather like the star wars empire at war.
Just got this game after seeing the trailer. It looked rather good but after starting to play you can see it is a slightly improved engine of petroglphy's, which was used for Star Wars Empire At Ear. Even down to the action/battle camera mode, which star wars had in it. (limited camera movements and zoom don't help either)

If you have ever played Star Wars Empire at war you would know that the space battles were great, but the ground battles were rather poor. So like a few reviewers have mentions, it is only half a game; as you only get ground warfare.

The graphics are slightly better but it still feels very much limited and star wars like.

Also the unit caps in Skirmish modes are quite limited so you cant build huge armies.

So in all a limited game that doesn't make you feel like you want to play it for long. Back to playing Medieval 2 and Dawn of War - they seem to be at the forefront of strategies.