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If you think Empire Earth 2 is one of those plain, simple RTS games, then you are wrong.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: February 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Now I have played a lot of RTS (Real-Time Strategy) games in my spare time. But I expected Empire Earth 2 to be like the first Empire Earth game except for graphics. I was wrong when I downloaded the demo of EE2 (Empire Earth 2). I was excited even though it was a demo! Realistic battles and expanding your puny, Stone Age men to lasers and mechs in the final epoch (epic if you can't pronounce it). Soon, I bought the game and boy, was it incredible! Now what is exciting is that you can have the total population to 2000! Except you won't be able to create all those soldiers. Anyway, I have played EE (Empire Earth) it was interesting, but I wanted more than what I got in the first game. I wished for something like a thing inwhich you can just use a scroll and let the A.I do the sorting when it comes to gathering resources. When I played EE2, it had even more than what I barganed for: A War Planner system that uses teamwork with your allies, A Citizen Manager, and many more that I never expected in a RTS game, ever! The game is alive with weather that affects gameplay, hurricanes, blizzards, and sandstorms don't cause damage; however, they do affect line of sight and airplanes have to return to their base. I experienced a hailstorm once during my conquests. And if you want to see a battle close-up, press PgDn for down and PgUp for up. And Crtl left and right arrows to rotate incase you were were reading the EE2 guide too fast.

I enjoyed starting in Epoch 1 in humble beginnings and I will list you the epochs and what they mean

Epoch 1= Stone Age
Epoch 2= Copper Age
Epoch 3=Bronze Age
Epoch 4=Iron Age
Epoch 5=Dark Age
Epoch 6=Middle Age
Epoch 7=Renaissance Age
Epoch 8=Imperial Age
Epoch 9=Enlightment Age
Epoch 10=Industial Age
Epoch 11=Modern Age
Epoch 12=Atomic Age
Epoch 13=Digital Age
Epoch 14=Genetic Age
Epoch 15=Synthetic Age.

EE2 is based on historical nations and every epoch is based on historical times (except for Genetic, Synthetic, and a bit of Digial Ages). In time, as you learn techologies, you will be able to advance through time. What I also like is that in the orignal game you start in 500,000 B.C and you stop at the future ages. But in the sequel, it starts at 10,000 B.C, giving even MORE historical accuracy.

There are 80% more buildings than in EE and more units and civilizations! 3 more epochs have been added to the orignal 12 in EE, and many more features such as territories. It feels like a RTS version of "Monopoly". And through the start of Mankind, people have been scattered after the Tower of Babel affair (they wanted to reach Heaven but God made their language different and they couldn't finish the tower). But they made certain tribes and soon, they became nations. And if you betray the A.I they will call you Judas (When Judas betrayed Jesus). I thought that was fine for the game not to hide any Christian words.

And the units are great, from swords and shields to lasers and mechs, the sci-fi world has not been revealed in the final epoch (15.) And along the way, you must build certain buildings both economical and military to survive. The A.I has improved big time. You have to build your armies quickly, or the enemy will rush you with a large army! And nobody wants that, now do they?

I think that the EE2 deserve some credit for their hard work on Empire Earth 2.

P.S There is an expansion for Empire Earth 2. I won't review it until it comes out, but if you are curious, it is called Empire Earth 2: The Art of Supremacy.

this game rocks big time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 14
Date: May 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is the ultamate stratigty game.Ever changing wheather conditions and citizen management control. plus the multiplayer option of quick start.Which is basicly a great thing for this game. it incorpeates civ unique units with each cicilization.
And there are a few easter eggs that are unlocked when you buy the pre-sell dvd. if you want to know more about the game. go to sierra.com.

2nd best strategy game(after warcraft III of course)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 37
Date: August 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

2001 of the year when i discovered empire earth.
i was walking in the street and i saw this cd shop
so i went in to buy a couple of video games, when i saw the game:empire earth in a cheap plastic bag with a lame tiny poster
so i said what tha hek i'm gonna take a risk i gonna buy it, back home i installed it, everything's fine, intallation complete; i clicked on play and suddenly my world just got better , the startegy game that i always dreamed of was there on my pc, empire earth baby, you better memorise the name cause the sequel is gonna be even better.the company that is releasing the game is the same who made the fantastic homeworld 2, so if you have any experience about homeworld 2 you'd be really impressed.and if the 1st one was declared the best game of 2001 then the 2cnd on is gonna be the best of 2005,2006 and 2007. WANT MORE INFO BOUT THE GAME VISIT WWW.SIERRA.COM.

Shipping Sucks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 26
Date: April 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I ordered this game on april 25 and selected 1 day shipping so it would be here the day it came out April 26 which cost $15.00 then I go to track it and it says it won't be here till May 4-11 thats 1-2 weeks. Other than that the game is very fun keeps you playing it for a long time the animations in this game are great and the diplomatic part where you can make treaties is pretty cool

Shipping does stink

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 38
Date: April 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I ordered this item on April 26th and picked 2 day shipping which was $9.99. Later on I checked when it would be here and it said May 2nd. That is 6 days and I didn't pay for 6 days I paid for 2. I could just go out to the store to get it instead of waiting 6 days. The first game was great though so I can't wait for this one. It is the only game that I played for 6 months without getting another game and I love it and still play it now.

Dont Blame EE2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: January 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Alot of people say that the game lags well dont blame EE2 for all you know your computer could be infected mine used to be like that I got it cleaned out and now I can play fine or get a better graphics card like my friend bottum line its not a virus magnet

This game has good graphics and is just plain fun so please give it a break

FROM Cavalry Riders TO ROBOTS from Pitch forks to NUKES

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

now me and my friends always would play the first together online it was a blast But one day one of my friends logged on and said that they are making a sequel WOW! so we waited until finally it came out but it wasnt as popular as we whould have hoped we were woried it may have been a stinker but when we got on we saw that it was in fact the KING of RTS it truely feels like you are in an actual war with weather blood stains

However it does lagg a little but its worth it dozens of years to choose from TONS of civilzations and the Max POP is 2000 WOW the campaign may be a little boring but scrimishes rock and online play unimagineable

Needs Expansion but good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: August 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Ive been a huge fan of the first and when i heard about the second i counted down the days and finally it came out it was amazing much better then the first great graphics tons of options and Extreamely fun online and its free and 8 people can play at once and can make alliances and betray your allies and then NUKE them like crazy or use spys to make there reasourses posines or just make a huge army of GIANT robots and go slauter your enemy so as you can see theres tons of differnt ways to play 15 ages hundreds of buildings and dozens of units however if you got a crappy computer it will lag but its still fun so throw out War Craft or Age of Empires because the KING of RTS is here so buy it log on and kill

awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: November 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this game is the best strategy war game i have ever played! you can play the time epocs of caveman to future! you can build atom bombers, musketeers, ironclads, robots, battleships and millions of other units! make trade routes, declare war, make armys, and all kinds of things! even make your own costum battle! each different country has 3 special units that only they can make, for instance germanys 3 special units are barbarians, german knights, and panzers. BUY THIS GAME!!!!!

very challenging game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game for my husband who is a computer game freak. This game is very challenging and very exciting. The graphics are fantastic.

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