Star Wars: Empire at War Review (The Italian War Effort)
Empire at War and its expansion, Forces of Corruption, are a solid entry to the early 2000s strategy gaming market. The developers over at Petroglyph still occasionally update the game to deal with decades old bugs or bring the game in 64-bit.
However, it is not the base content that keeps this game alive, but the large and dedicated modding community. If you are getting Empire at War in 2024, you are probably doing so because you heard a big modding project. EAWX (Thrawn's Revenge, Fall of the Republic, Revan's Revenge), Empire at War Remake, Awakening of the Rebellion, Republic at War, and many others. This game is more than worth the cost without a discount - which includes the base game and FoC DLC - but even if you want to wait it is still a hard recommend from me. I have nearly two thousand hours in the game, and I expect to have many more in the years to come.