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An entirely absorbing game experience.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 42 / 44
Date: March 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The Empire Earth gold edition is identical to Empire Earth with the exception of including the expansion pack and an excellent strategy guide in one package that is about the same price as the original game!(to date) This game has some very attractive features which I shall mention. First, you know the graphics are excellent when you zoom in on your machine gun and you see shell casings flying as it fires. Second, the Empire Earth mission editor is one of the best editors I have used.(It is similar to AOE II) The editor, coupled with the expansion allows infinite options for gameplay. All this is great, but my favorite feature is the fact that this game allows you to fight in any era! From the battle at Waterloo, to the sands of Iwo Jima, to the mountains of Mars, It offers in-depth strategy gaming with ease of play. If you like Microsoft's Age of Empire series, you will love this game!

What a game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 24 / 25
Date: April 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Attention Age of Empires lovers. Okay if you have played, conquered, and are now bored with the ease of Age of the Empires...you have met your match. Everything that frustrates you and bothers you about Age of Empires, has been corrected and or improved in Empire Earth. Although not released by the same company, the co-creator of Age of Empires also co-created Empire Earth. Here is the breakdown.

1) Age of Empires was too easy. Okay veteran AOE players know, all you have to do is mass produce Castles and certain units, and there is now stopping you. Not so with Empire Earth. There are far more units, and some units are not affected much by others. So if you like archers...watch out for swordsmen, if you like swordsmen, watch out for spearmen...and if you like spears watch out for archers...such is the game.

2) Age of the Empires was to limiting. With maximum amounts of 200 units it made things incredibly difficult to really do anything. How would you like a population cap of 1200 divided equally among the players involved...What that means is if you only have two players you get 600 units.

3)Age of Empires was too short. Playing a Deathmatch in Age of Empires things were far too easy. Moving up through the ages took only as long as it takes to build a building. Plus getting to the top age didn't take long at all. Well now there are a total of 16 ages...if you just push through to get to the top ages quickly, you will find yourself beaten. The computer is much more aggresive.

4) I will admit that the first thing that drew me to Empire Earth was the diversity in units that you could produce, although I will say that I prefer to have the game end before the nano-age...the one where humans are replaced by robots, and lasers are fired instead of bombs and bullets. But it's still cool to play when it's that intense.

Downsides.
You're right I wouldn't be being honest if I didn't not inlcude some downsides. Here it is.

1) For those just starting with strategy/sim games...don't buy this. There are a whole lot of things going on at the same time, and if you are not experienced you'll get frustrated and lose intrest in the game incredibly fast!

2) It is a memory hog!. If you are buying this game...save up and buy a memory upgrade at the same time. This game will use up ALL of your virtual memory in a hurry, unless you have alot to spare. In this day and age you can find 256 megs of ram for around 15-30 dollars, not only will it make the game enjoyable, but it will make everything on your pc run smoother.

All in all, the pros heavily outweight the cons...bottom line...buy the game!

GREAT GAME FOR A GREAT PRICE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 18
Date: April 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is perhaps the best game I've ever had the privilage to play. The games graphics are awsome and the game play is insane it is so realistic. All the military units are historically correct and there is a large amount of civilizations to choose from. If you liked the Age of Empires series, you will love this game. There is no poulation limit like on AOE of 200 men now you can have up to 600. The game itself it very cheap and definitley worth more than its retail price, only running you about fourty bucks for the game the expansion and the strategy guide all together. The AI is intelligent and some what difficult, even on easy. You'd have to master the game before you even think about playing on the hardest difficulty. There are a total of sixteen ages and hundreds of units to build from. The campaigns are great and also historically correct. You'll get your bang for your buck with this game!!! Take a look at the screen shots on amazon to get a little taste of what the game is all about.

WOW

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: July 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a really cool game. If you have a pretty up to date PC then this will work really good. It allows you to play up to 15 epochs and the computer is challenging and fun. The only problem is graphics or at least it had poor graphics on my computer.

GREAT GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: July 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

GREAT GAME A LITTLE COMPLICATED YET THATS WHAT MAKES IT FUN!!!

More outstanding empire building - thru the ages!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 56 / 60
Date: September 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I can still remember when I played the original AGE OF EMPIRES, wondering to myself if they would be able to make the same general strategy game using modern weaponry. As I loved the original AE, I held out hope that they would someday be able to pull it off.

Well, there is no reason to wonder anymore: our friends at SIERRA have done it. EMPIRE EARTH and its expansion set (both included in EE GOLD) takes us all the way from the dawn of mankind up thru the modern age and even into the future with spaceship and robotic battles and the like.

For myself, the most satisfying component of the game is being able to play with modern-day weapons. Build tanks, artillery and various troops for huge land battles. Build air-forces with fighters and bombers. Build navies with submarines, aircraft carriers, battleships and frigates.

Your civilians form the backbone of your military apparatus as they're the ones who collect the necessary resources (i.e.: wood, food, gold, stone, iron, etc) for your campaigns. You're the one in charge; how you utilize your resources is up to you. If you fail, you're the one who is accountable. If you are victorious, you're the one who deserves all the accolades and glory!

The most remarkable thing about the game for me is its symmetry. There is no one single "unstoppable" weapon in your arsenal. The most powerful weapon is the B-52, with which you can nuke your enemies. However, you had better protect it with great care; send it by itself on long-range bombing sorties and it's sure to be shot down by enemy fighters, anti-aircraft batteries or soldiers with STINGER missiles.

You may create TRIDENT submarines with powerful cruise missiles that can strike targets deep inland. However, these submarines are also the easiest for your enemies to sink: protect them at all costs!

Apache helicopters are devastating against tanks and other land targets, but are highly vulnerable to STINGERS and are downright helpless against enemy jet fighters. Jet fighters are susceptible to the fierce fire of anti-aircraft batteries. However, anti-aircraft batteries are hapless against tanks. All units have their strong points, and all units have their weaknesses, be they ground, sea or air.

If you like strategy games, I cannot recommend EE enough. If you like building armies, blowing stuff up and upgrading the prowess of your military, this is certainly the game for you. Just beware: it's about the most addictive game you will ever play!

EE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A great game if you want a challenging, fast-paced free-for-all.
With the patch, difficulty selectable.
Challenges your:
management skills(resources, time)
long range planning(strategy, unit upgrades)
reactions(tactics)
patience.
It's worth the price, unless you want to keep your hair......

Great fun, but with a few concerns.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: November 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First of all, this is a fun game! Playing against the computer is actually challenging if you set difficulty to "hard". If you typically play RTS games against the computer rather than against other people, this is the game for you. If you want to move up from "Command & Conquer", this is for you. And, if you want a great deal, you can't miss at this price.

I deducted one star due to the combined effect of the following:

1. I play this game on what was a high-end Windows 98 machine when It was new. The game has been a little unstable, actually dissapparing in a blink and leaving me staring at my desktop! (The autosave is a great idea!) I recommend a newer computer, even though the box says Windows 98. I shudder to think of what happens to people who run this on the minimal recommended system.

2. When I quit out of the game, I am forced to wait for several minutes in front of a black screen while my machine calculates game statistics. At first I though the machine had locked up and I did a hard reboot. I wish I had the option of just quitting without calculating these statistics.

3. A lot of mouse-clicking confusion. Some common actions require all left clicks, and some require a combination of left and right clicks. I've played for hours and I still find myself trying several times to get something done becuase it seems so counter-intuitive.

4. On a moralistic note, I'm just a bit sad that seemingly the most effective way to win is to use your military to kill civilians. Civilians are the backbone of your civilization. The machine slaughters yours, and you end up using weapons, including nukes, on the enemy civilians to slow down your opponent. Just makes me feel a little uneasy. Good thing they're just objects in a computer's memory.

THIS GAME IS TERRIBLE

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 10
Date: November 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I played this game once. THEN I SOLD IT. IT KILLS ITSELF because when you put the disk in the computer freezes. My computer never freezes. WHEN IT WORKS IT IS SO EASY. PLAY AGE OF MYTHOLOGY, RISE OF NATIONS, and CIVILIZATION 3 CONQUESTS INSTEAD.

Great game set and such a deal!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought Empire Earth and paid $39.95 and the add on was $29.95. This is such a great game; I thought it was worth every penny I paid. Now I see this whole game set is going for $14.50. It's a great game with many, many hours of play. Easy to learn. Buy it. It's a steal. Great Yule gift for the brats. Wyatt Kaldenberg

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