7) Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds
It would be all too easy to assume that Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds was merely Age of Empires with a fancy skin. After all, it was developed by Ensemble Studios, the same team that worked on that iconic franchise. Yet, SWGB does more than enough to stand on its own two feet, despite its familiar mechanics. In fact, there’s enough content here to sink an Allegiance-class Battlecruiser, with six playable civilizations that all feel totally different to play and each with their own separate single player story-driven campaigns to enjoy.
Even playing as the Gungans is a good fun, allowing one to trample scores of federation robots under the paws of enormous, shield-equipped dinosaurs. SWGB might look dated aesthetically, but it’s still the best strategy game series based on the series to this day.
