Each Walker contains a number of ‘hard points’ where modules (structures, basically) can be attached. They order their units in batches, which are teleported onto the battlefield next to their parent.
They ignore terrain… or rather, can navigate any terrain, including water and cliffs. Part siege weapon and part unit factory, Walkers can crush enemy buildings (and units). The Hierarchy’s Walkers are one of the most memorable and iconic parts of the game. But that’s how Walkers work in Universe at War. Almost no games across the whole of RTS allow a player to march their base across the map and use it to crush the enemy base under foot. They have a UFO unit that utilizes Foos to attack enemies or heal allies…Īnd then, of course, there are the walkers. These drones ‘beam’ resources up to the mothership, and cows and humans on the map give a massive resource boost when harvested. They utilize stompy Reaper Drones for gaining resources. They call in units and structures by carving crop circle style glyphs.
The game’s antagonists, the Hierarchy, are stereotypical ‘invading aliens’ with a hint of UFO, a dash of Grey Aliens, and a generous dollop of War of the Worlds. Universe at War takes this camp to 11 by basing the game’s story and factions firmly in B movie sci-fi tropes. Command and Conquer and Red Alert are famous for having a bit of camp in their premise, or at least in their cutscenes. Let’s start with a bit of broad strokes though. When starting to describe Universe at War, the first thing that you must come to terms with is that there’s no easy comparison, mechanically, for other games. ( You can join the community on Discord if you want to play with other people) What are we working with? Hierarchy It’s a clever game with many unique and interesting systems, and some of the most diverse asymmetric faction design in any RTS ever released, full stop. In many ways and in spite of the negative tone of the paragraph above, I feel that Universe at War has often been overlooked. It was also rushed to launch, with a planned Human faction scrapped. Published by Sega through Games for Windows Live, the title was fraught with persistent issues related to patching, and players were required to be signed up for Windows Live in order to participate on the ladder. Their next game, released at the end of 2007, was a cross-platform real time strategy game for both the Xbox 360 and PC called Universe at War: Earth Assault. Empire at War, in fact, was re-released on Steam fairly recently with included multiplayer. The new studio, who were notable for having among their founders a number who had previously worked for Westwood Entertainment, had developed what is still considered to be one of the best Star Wars RTS titles to ever come out. In 2006, Petroglyph Games released their first title, Star Wars: Empire at War, to widespread acclaim.
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