Empire at War? Bah, bah I say!
I despised that game because of the methods is used to maintain "balance" and that it was an EU wankfest. Where did the Venator go again? Oh right, they dumped for the stupid Victory Class SD. The mini star destroyer with WINGS FOR FLYING.
I hate the EU.
Paticularly EU created ships like the Galaxy Gun or Sun Crusher. Wooo watch us outdo George Lucas MY SHIPZ CAN BLUEW UP SUNZ.
Sins in a nice game in multiplayer almost inherintly because of how it handles politics. I actually don't think its core gameplay is all that unique, but it's still a blast because it's awesome to build your empire against another player's and work with (ahem, secretely against) your friends to conquer some dudes.