Galaxy in Turmoil

Galaxy in Turmoil for PC is an action game set in the Star Wars universe, and a fan remake of the unfinished Star Wars: Battlefront III. Free Radical Design, the creators of e.g. the shooter series in 2006. Two years later the project was abandoned, despite the fact that the creators assured it was 99% done.

Russian studio Frontwire decided to try and recreate the game, sharing the general dissatisfaction of the fans with the road taken by the 2015 Star Wars: Battlefront, the reboot of the franchise. Despite many doubts concerning Star Wars’ copyrights, now belonging to Disney and Electronic Arts, the game was eventually digitally released on Steam. Moreover, the game is completely free, which on the one hand solves some of the legal issues, and on the other serves as advertising for its creators and a demonstration of their skills.

Mechanics

Even though the mechanics have been largely modernized, the general concept of the gameplay in Galaxy in Turmoil contains solutions known from the first games in the Star Wars: Battlefront franchise. The game utilizes two points of view: FPP and TPP, and the gameplay is centered on dynamic, epic battles involving infantry and land-based and airborne vehicles (with a strong focus on the ability to smoothly switch from one to the other). You can play as an infantry soldier, fighting hordes of foes on the surface of a planet, or as a pilot of a fighter, and battle your enemies in the air on in space. Of course, you use a wide range of iconic weaponry from several eras of the Star Wars universe (from the Colne Wars to the civil war) and explore a variety of locations such as Hoth, Coruscant or Tatooine.