1UP writes: "Mark real-time strategy off whatever remains on the list of genres that require mouse-and-keyboard controls. Other RTS titles have met with varying degrees of success on consoles already, but Universe at War decisively puts an end to any lingering arguments. Granted, you have to get the hang of it, but once you do, its control system never gets in the way of playing the game. And with three wildly different races (Hierarchy, Novus, Masari) and a number of modes to use them in -- online and off -- Universe at War offers plenty of enticement to do just that".