Why I buy this one ?
- 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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What our customer's say!

"There are much better games out there", 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", 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", 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.", 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!!!", 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.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"HALF A GAME FOR HALF THE FUN", I am a avid RTS fan ever since the father of all, the original DUNE by WESTWOOD. And I have played most of them, from the COMMAND & CONQUER and AGE OF EMPIRE series to the SUPREME COMMANDER and WORLD AT CONFLICT action-oriented approaches.
Under this light, UNIVERSE AT WAR was weighted and measured - and found wanting.

Graphically it is comparable to C&C-TIBERIUM WARS, with the explosions, and toxic clouds more impressive than the units. The later are a bit cartoonist - but, one could argue that this adds to clarity. Zooming-in is adequate, whereas, contrary to SUPREME COMMANDER (where zooming out turns the game to a combat of ...colored tiles), UaW retains its battlefield feeling even if all zoomed out.
Later into the campaign game (and similar to EMPIRE EARTH 3 and RISK) there is also a tactical overview map in which troops get moved, territories claimed and super-weapons get launched.

RTS games are sensitive to faulty faction balancing: UaW suffers no such problems. There are three factions: the Hierarchy, the Novus and the Masari - all alien (yeah, the humans are toast). Every faction has its unique units (with their own strengths and weaknesses) and research bonuses. There are 12 technologies available (across three tech-trees), but one can have...only six of those available at a time (luckily these options are editable).

Where the game looses its first rating star is its buggy gameplay: units are slow to get assigned into groups, they seem reluctant to follow orders and there is no way to set up patrol paths for sentries. All very annoying during a fast-paced Real-Time strategy game!
On this note, one cannot help but mention (once...more) the AI cheating: no matter where one decides to hide his base and how stealthy his units are, the AI opponent will find them out and pound them with a disproportionate number of firepower.

Multiplayer is through Microsoft-LIVE - a more than spectral manifestation of the usual corporate greed: in order for all the game features to be available online, one has to pay for a Gold...subscription. In effect, buying a game that is advertised to include a multiplayer will only get you far LESS than a complete onLine game. Thus, justifiably, the second rating star was withheld for the lack of half the multiplayer game.

I should had waited for STARCRAFT II...

"Must buy for Christmas!", Wow, theres never been an RTS Like this since Starcraft 2!

Such diversity in units, Interesting storyline and the graphics are to die for! Very enjoyable to play. My only complaint is that i wish the camera was more adjustable to zoom out further.
Giant walkers that trample through cities like War of the Worlds! I had a blast playing this game and i recommend it to everyone.

Not too graphic or violent either- so older kids can play it too. I think this game is perfect for anyone that likes pc games and theyre between 12-40 years old.

"Great RTS game. Easily the best this year", I learned about this game late in the development cycle. I am a huge fan of real-time strategy games, having played all of the major ones (Warcraft, Age of Empires, Dawn of War, Command & Conquer, Battle for Middle Earth 2, etc.). I usually try all of the games that release a demo first and was impressed with the demo for Universe at War (UaW), even though it didn't include a sample skirmish mode. I decided to get this game and certainly do not regret it. While quite good, it still needs a few tweaks, which is to be expected with a new release. But it's a welcome addition to a genre that has had too many duds as of late.

Gameplay: This game features the three most diverse races that I have ever seen in a game. The Hierarchy fields massive, ominous walkers that double as both assault units and production buildings. The Novus are a robotic race that is highly mobile, thanks to the ability to construct "flow" networks. The Masari--supposedly the inspiration behind human civilizations--feels a bit more convention in RTS terms, though they are still quite unique with light-dark fighting modes, no resource-collecting, and the best-looking buildings (besides the walkers) in the game. This is not like your typical RTS game, where if you can master one race then you can play them all. Each race offers a very different gameplay experience, which should add a lot of shelf-life to UaW.

The game comes with a few different gameplay modes. For single-player, there is the campaign, a Risk-style global scenarios mode, and skirmish. The campaign allows you to play all three races, in addition to the beleaguered humans whose planet has become a battlefield for aliens. It's a good story with decent missions, though the missions are fairly conventional for an RTS game (i.e., build a base, destroy enemy base, kill enemy leader, escort this VIP, etc.). There are 20+ missions in all, which will introduce the basic gaming concepts. Additionally, there is the global scenarios mode, which is well done. This is similar to the strategic layer of games like Rise of Nations, W40K: Dark Crusade, and the Total War series, where you can move armies around a global map and initiate real-time battles when you invade a territory occupied by an opponent (or vice versa). Finally, there is skirmish mode, which can be customized in a number of ways. There are about 20 maps, with the usual overabundance of 2-player maps. Any battle that lasts any amount of time can become epic in proportions, much like the end-game of Dawn of War or Battle for Middle Earth 2 where super-units and devastating special powers come into play. At that point, you might end up witnessing upgraded Hierarchy Walkers stomping around the map, or a fully functioning and expanded Novus flow network zooming Novus forces all over the place, or strategic use of the Masari light & dark modes that can suddenly turn a battle. That's in addition to special abilities for nearly every unit, flexible research trees, superweapons, 3 distinctive heroes for each race, and so forth. It all comes together really well to offer some exhilarating gameplay.

The game has only a few minor flaws that should be mentioned. In my opinion, most of these issues do not affect gameplay, but some might be annoyed by them. The interface works pretty well and does not obstruct the view, but it will take some getting use to regarding knowing how to do certain things quickly. There are hotkeys that are helpful and can be customized. The camera perspective is pretty typical for most RTS games, but the huge size of the walkers can make things a bit claustrophobic occasionally. Also, there is no way to set unit formations (though some units like Ohm bots automatically line up). I don't really miss these options, but some might. The game can require a good amount of micromanagement at very competitive levels, since every unit has special abilities, research choices can be changed on the fly, Heroes require attention to get the most out of them, and so on. If you are serious about playing online or beating the computer (the AI is pretty decent) on the hard setting, I suggest that you master one race at a time.

A word about online play. I don't typically play online, and UaW will probably not be any different. There is enough single-player content here to justify buying the game, and the modding tools should be out soon. However, for online gamers, it should be known that this game operates through the Games for Windows Live (GFWL) system. You can sign up for a silver membership and play custom skirmishes for free, but you'll need a $50/yr gold membership to play ranked matches, stat keeping, etc. In 2-3 years from now when many games will probably be using GFWL, the fee may be justifiable assuming that the service is good. However, for now, I would settle for the silver account and see what happens. It's too bad that this otherwise great game had to be a test case for GFWL. I really hope that the decision to go with GFWL is not a fatal blow to the game's online potential, which is huge.

Graphics: Beautiful game, period. It looks as good as any modern RTS game. It doesn't have the fantastic unit animation of Dawn of War or the moody, artistic maps of Battle for Middle Earth 2, but it's a visually appealing game. I think the Hierarchy has the best-looking units, the Masari has the best-looking stationary structures, and the Novus have the most fascinating transportation system to watch. Special effects such as explosions, superweapon launches, hero special abilities, and so forth are well done.

Sound: Some good voice acting, distinctive music for each side, and appropriate sound effects. Each hero has personality, thanks to both the campaign story and their acknowledgment soundbites.

Documentation/Technical Issues: The manual, while functional, leaves out a lot of information. For example, there is no specific information on research trees, Novus patches, Hero abilities, and the like. Fortunately, you can find all of this at the Petroglyph website, and the in-game tool tips are useful. But this really should have been at your fingertips in a manual, or at least a .pdf file on the game dvd. I have had no technical issues with this game. No crashes, freezes, black screens, nothing. The delayed release date apparently allowed Petroglyph to polish the game pretty well.

Value/Recommendation: In my view, this is the best RTS game to hit the market this year. The developer took a lot of chances by making the 3 races so vastly different, but it really works well. Actually, the game is quite balanced for a new release, though I suppose there will be some tweaks in forthcoming patches. If you like getting into the single-player content of a RTS game, there is a lot to like in this package. A gold membership with GFWL is a bit more difficult to recommend at this point. It all depends on how big GFWL becomes over the next couple of years and how well the gold membership can be justified (I got a one-month free trial of gold membership with the game, which I suppose is standard). Anyhow, I highly recommend this game to anyone into RTS games (you might want to try the demo first, though).

Pros:
+Three very diverse and fun races
+Great graphics and sound
+Well-done global scenarios mode
+Competent skirmish AI
+Hero Units

Cons:
-Decent but unimaginative campaign
-Camera perspective may take some getting used to
-Inability to set unit formations
-GFWL may hamper multiplayer appeal
-inadequate manual

Overall Score: 4.25 stars (out of 5)