This is one of the heroes of the Empire at War modding community, and as a mod has been going since 2006. Not only does it fully expand on all of the game’s core concepts, adding in new story content, new ships etc., it also makes the game look pretty as well. This is the second most popular mod across Steam and ModDB, and it’s easy to see why. There’s a newer Star Wars: Clone Wars mod on ModDB as well as this mod – The Clone Wars 4.0 on Steam.Įmpire at War Expanded – Thrawn’s Revenge
#Order of war mod mods#
There are alternative Clone War-era mods as well, if it’s something you fancy exploring in more detail. It looks pretty well made, and you can read an official change-log if you want to see how it’s been maintained and tweaked over the years. It’s heavily inspired by the films, but it also takes notes from the cartoon and expanded universe content as well. It is a total conversion that sets the action during the Clone Wars, replacing the Empire with the Galactic Republic and the Rebellion with the Confederacy. This Clone Wars-era mod stands as the most popular example of its type across Steam and ModDB (and the most popular mod, period.). Still, if you want your Star Wars space battles to get turned up to 11, then this is the mod for you. In fact, there’s been so little work to improve land combat that I think it’s disabled completely when using this mod, if this FAQ is anything to go by.
It’s worth noting all of the work has only gone into the space-part of the game. This mod is available on both Steam and ModDB though even on Steam there are some specific installation instructions you need to follow. Thankfully, it does plenty more than that, adding new ships, mechanics, and other content. If this mod did nothing more than make the game extremely pretty (which it does) then that would be enough.
There hasn’t been a truly decent entry for a while, but Star Wars: Empire at War can be considered one of the greats in this space. If we were to be picky, the one area that could do with some TLC is perhaps Star Wars strategy games. There’s been ups and downs for sure, but generally speaking this is an IP that gets the right treatment more often than not. We’ve been served pretty well by Star Wars games over the past couple of decades.