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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.

What a piece of garbage!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 32
Date: March 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I installed this program on our PC that runs all sorts of other games and it just locks up each time. I even upgraded our video card to no avail. I have more than the minimum requirements for hardware and still can not get this game to work. Biggest waste of money. Don't buy this unless you have the ultimate gaming PC like Alienware.

Great Game, but looks like the game was created in one day.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: December 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Its an awesome game, and the first time you play it you love it! Then you play Rise of Nations, and wonder if you got the wrong game. Empire Earth is really great, but throughout the game, I keep finding little things that could have been better. All the civilizations have the exact same military units and buildings, like a Greek temple is the same as a Babylonian Temple, there is no unique units or anything. The game gets boring because the only way to win is to destroy or build wonders, which really isn't that strategic. The buildings don't look good, and the graphics are not that great.The campaigns are nice, and at least keep you interested. I think getting the gold edtition was worth it, but i should probably get Rise of Nations Gold some time, i've played it before, and i like it more than Empire Earth. Empire Earth 2 might be better, but i'd play Rise of Nations and Empire Earth before you decide. Get both if u like, but RoN is probably the better game.

An adventure through time

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Empire Earth comes with 4 engaging campaigns: Greek, English, German, and Russian. You also experience many eras: Prehistoric, Stone, Copper, Bronze, Dark, Middle, Renaissance, Imperial, Industrial, WW1, WW2, Modern, Digital, and Nano. With the expansion it adds new campaign's including a Roman Campaign. Also, it comes with a whole new Era: Space, with new units according to future units: robots and such. In the game you can build many military buildings which includes: Barracks, Dock, Stables, and much more! Graphically, the faces of the units are kind of dull: just eyes and a plain mouth. Otherwise, this is a game that is a thrilling adventure thru the ages!

An adventure through time

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Empire Earth comes with 4 engaging campaigns: Greek, English, German, and Russian. You also experience many eras: Prehistoric, Stone, Copper, Bronze, Dark, Middle, Renaissance, Imperial, Industrial, WW1, WW2, Modern, Digital, and Nano. With the expansion it adds new campaigns including a Roman Campaign. Also, it comes with a whole new Era: Space, with new units according to future units: robots and such. In the game you can build many military buildings which includes: Barracks, Dock, Stables, and much more! Graphically, the faces of the units are kind of dull: just eyes and a plain mouth. Otherwise, this is a game that is a thrilling adventure thru the ages!

Earth's Empires are yours to control

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 24 / 24
Date: March 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

In "Empire Earth Gold Edition", you are given control of one of a number of real terran civilizations, each with its own pluses and minuses.

This game includes both the original "Empire Earth", and the expansion: "Empire Earth: Art of Conquest", as well as a 250+ page strategy guide.

Empire Earth's tutorials are very good, and help new users find out how to build and maintain their people from simple, almost prehistoric men to beyond the modern age. The graphics and game play remind me of Microsoft's "Age of Empires", but the game play is not limited to one era - you can play from prehistoric man right up to beyond the space race.

One of my favorite features is that you do not have to begin at the beginning. You can set the era your people start in from the default prehistoric to the space age. Try a game set in one very specific era (such as World War Two) for a quick challenge.

I really enjoy these "God" type games - ones where you control the destiny of an entire planet. This game gives me what "Age of Empires" does not - the ability to steer my people from humble beginnings to beyond the stars.

The inclusion of Prima's guide to Empire Earth only helps add to the decision to buy this great game. Prima's guide really explains how to play, and gives some great tips on winning and even tells how to use the built in cheat codes.

One of my higher recommendations.

My new crack

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: January 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

No game has ever been more addictive to me than this one. I've always been fan of strategy games, and I've been a fan of military history since I was 12. "Empire Earth" serves all my needs, and it's gameplay is fast, kinetic, and exciting.

In the original version you have a choice among several civilizations (the expansion adds Japanese, Koreans, and some other civilizations). There are campaign missions you can play, although frankly I find them dull and some times ridiculously hard. The real catch is the "random map" game, and that is where the game rocks among others.

You are really in control of what the game will play like. Besides the usuals like difficulty and what kind of map, you also can put a limit on how much men each side can have, and - the best choice - you can choose which time period you begin and end in.

For example, if you leave this option alone you will start in the prehistoric age (cavemen throwing rocks) and end in the Nano age (we are all robots). You can update your civilization by constructing new buildings (mostly new settlements) and then paying the right amount of resources. Now, some times this might get boring, and maybe you're more partial to a certain time period. You can then choose to begin at a sooner time period and end at your favorite or preferred time period - or even just have it go right to the time period and stay there. Now, let's say you like the World War II (Modern) Era. You just have to tell the game to begin and end at that time period...viola!

The only downside to the gameplay, besides the annoying campaigns, is maybe the AI tendency to send their peasants right into enemy lands to be killed by towers or enemies. It makes you wonder how much time the AI spends on building peasants. OK, so maybe it's not annoying, but it's kind of odd. Hopefully the upgrades will fix that.

As for this collection, you may just want to buy the original game and get upgrades from Sierra. The guide-book in this Gold Edition is great, but the expansion (Art of Conquest) is...well...lacking. Each civilization gets their own special skill, but while some are fitting (the British get to construct the unit SAS unit) some are strange. The Koreans get fanaticism (because we all know how crazy Koreans are), and the French get camoflouge. This means French units, after a while of inactivity, become invisible. They have this skill since the prehistoric age! This means, for all ages, French units have a strong advantage over other civilizations with their ability to cloak themselves and lay ambushes a la guerillas...even during the Dark Ages. The additional future age may entertain sci-fi fans while others may roll their eyes and think "Great, more all-powerful spaceships." The new campaigns are odd too - Russia takes over the world, then some people go back in time to stop it. Not too strong in storyline.

However, just speaking about the game "Empire Earth" proper, it is a wonderful game. Perhaps one of my all-time favorite RTS games or strategy games period.

Very good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: November 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a very good game for the price. Made by the maker of the Age of Empires game, it offers many hours of enjoyment.

My only real complaints about this game is the fact that it really comes down to who can build walls and defensive towers the fastest early on, and who get to the nuclear age first later in the game. There is really not alot of realism or strategy in between. It certainly is alot of fun while it lasts though.

Multiplayer battles are where its at with this game. Playing online versus several hard computer opponents with a friend as an ally is a blast.

The graphics are very good for the genre and fit the game well.

The sounds and music are done well, although the music does get boring after a while (more audio tracks would have been nice).
Effects like explosions and such are all crisp, realistic and nicely done.

Botton line, if you want a really good game at a great price EE Gold will certainly fit the bill, but if you want a better RTS game, go for Rise of Nations.

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.

Great Military Game, Not Much Socio-Economic Aspect

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: June 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is an excellent game, and is much better than Empire Earth II. It's fast-paced and simple: gather resources, build an army, conquer your foes. It comes with several excellent campaigns as well. The game spans all history, so it works for whatever type of player you happen to be. It even goes three epochs into the future. There's a large array of units, buildings, etc. The only cons with this game is that it doesn't have the cultural aspect of say Civilization III. This is a military game. That's why, in the event that all players are allied to one another, the game ends. But overall it is a very good game and an excellent addition to any computer game collection.

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