Empire Earth

If one is playing through ages, the game is pretty tough with 7 other AIs playing against you. As with Age of Empires, however, the game gets pretty dull if you're playing a fixed time period. The highlands terrains are always the most difficult because you have porous frontiers but, once you establish your territory; the AI seems to lose its will to fight pretty quickly. What you have then is just hours of expanding your territory without much resistance; the time taken is just to move your units and finishing off what's left of the AI.

The graphics are great and the game is difficult in the evolutionary mode: but the advantage is in the overkill of the technology and not the AIs sophistication: this is made evident in the fixed period games. The graphics are great though and the weaponry is extensive.


Don't buy this game..even at this price   December 5, 2003
 3 out of 7 found this review helpful

EE is a classic example of an over-engineered game. A couple of reasons:
1)While some people might like the appeal of the massive time line it encompasses, it just seems cheezy to me to have jet fighers facing off against cavalry.
2) The AI is devious. That would be a good thing if you had all the time in the world, but actually hunting down a single unit to win the game is annoying. Also, when you are playing against two or more AI players, once you attack one the other(s) comes in and hammers you. The manual discusses this explicitly and warns of the impending consequences, but it still doesn't make any sense. It is almost like you are playing all the AI players at once from the very first nanosecond of the game. Some players may find this a challenge, but I feel cheated. At least in other games the AI players take time to realize that you are progressing too quickly and then band together. EE's approach is unrealistic and nonhuman.
3) Units. Three words to describe - rocks, scissors, paper. Yawn. It makes sense, but EE emphasized this to the point of absurd across the timeline (other reviewers joke about bowmen taking out a tank or somesuch folly - it really isn't funny if the tank is your unit.) And the controls are fickle and not terribly intuitive. For instance, I never figured out how to effectively use the modern artillery cannon,
4) Graphics and gameplay. (Warning - conspiracy theory alert.) I have this theory that whenever a computer game is about to be improved upon from a graphics perspective the game studio and its programmers rally around a new graphics technology that differentiates their appproach from the past product. It simply must be better because it is NEWER. Well, IMO the graphics are annoying and lack certain elements to give you the geewhiz 3D that you don't even need. This slows down everyone's PC (read all the reviews) and doesn't make a difference towards gameplay. In some respects, it may hamper the gameplay.

In summary this game was frustrating and annoying after about three weeks. I still find myself playing AOEII more than any other game on the market. And that really is the major point, once the novelty wears off, what game do you want to own. Not this one, IMHO.


Great Game Real time empire building   December 1, 2003
 1 out of 2 found this review helpful

Empire Earth is a cross between Warcraft and Age of Empires. Build an empire and take over the world. Great funny for the whole family. I saw a copy for $5.50!!! Buy it. Enjoy it. Many hours of game play. Great Yule gift, and since it is an older game it is cheap now. Wyatt Kaldenberg


Possibly the GREATEST GAME EVER   November 8, 2003
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This game is one of the most magnificent and well rounded games ever. Firstly, I would like to warn a certain audience of gamers. This game IS NOT IN ANY MEANS for people who don't like to "think" in their gaming. This is for those who love to MASTER something, and it takes a long time. The graphics are amazing, even in 2003, two years after its release, its playability is nearly endless- as long as you love it. I can sort of see it as a cult game- those who like it, love it; and those who dislike it, hate it. The AI is decent enough to play constantly, but it really shines in Humanvs.Human play, where the over 120 units can create COUNTLESS strategies. Land, Naval, Air combat is amazing. Using the zoom, you can view battles from an amazing point of view. Nuclear bombers, aircraft carriers, cruise missile subs, all this is included. There is 5 resource types, and tons of buildings and technologies. The only thing that is slightly disappointing is the diplomacy(AI), which is really non-existent. However, features like the Civilization creator and the in-depth campaigns easily make up for it.

I suggest this game for a gamer who loves to play games intelligently, who is a perfectionist, and who likes multiplayer gaming. It is in my opinion the greatest computer game ever created. Thank you Sierra!!!!


Wow   November 7, 2003
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I thought there can never be a better strategic game then AOE.
How wrong I was. Empire earth is heaps better and it's more addictive then AOE.
I think it's important to add that Empire Earth is not a game that freezes your computer as some other games do. It is a perfect game by all means.
Before you start playing it - make sure you have plenty of time!!