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Summary: Great RT strategy game!!!
Review: I loved Age Of Empires 2 but the only thing I wanted was for more modern units and ages. Well This is it! From The Stone Age to WWII to Space this game has it all! Highly recommended.
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Summary: THIS GAME IS TERRIBLE
Review: 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.
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Summary: Great Game!
Review: I think this game is fun and will work in almost any computer (no need for alienware) to run this game, but the graphics are good so i would reccomend this game to anyone because it's a fun game. I like the nukes in it.
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Summary: Earth's Empires are yours to control
Review: 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.
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Summary: Earth's Empires are yours to control
Review: 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.
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Summary: Great Game
Review: It is a really fun game and I enjoy it a lot. The campaigns are very detailed and lengthy. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is that it is verrrrry complex and might be hard to get the hang of!
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Summary: My new crack
Review: 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.
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Summary: My new crack
Review: 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.
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Summary: Great Game
Review: Simply put this may be the last RTS game you will ever need. It can fill any RTS niche and do it all within one game. You can select any era of play starting with the prehistoric age where your citizens must hunt and gather as they had not learned how to farm at that point and you can play up through an advanced space age with giant mechs, robots, and laser infantry. Most often I'll pick one age and not advance past it. If I want to play a modern day game I can sellect the Atomic II era and play with Apache Helicopters and B-52 nuclear bombers. You can zoom all the way in to ground level and while it is a nice feature it is almost useless in a combat situation. It is best when you are finishing off an enemy and you want to see the action close up. Another nice thing I like is that the aircraft fly realistically. Airplanes take off, fly around and then have to land when they run out of fuel. I've seen some reviewers give bad ratings due to their computers locking up. This is not a problem with Empire Earth. I had the same problem but did a little research into it and found out that the Zone Alarm firewall program has some compatability issues with Empire Earth as well as a few other games. I switched to Symantec Internet Security and haven't had any problems since. Note that Zone Alarm will lock up your machine if you are playing Empire Earth EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT PLAYING ON LINE. Once again, this is NOT a problem with Empire Earth. To sum it up, this is the RTS that I keep coming back to even when there are more advanced RTS games on the market. Keep an eye out... Empire Earth 2 is coming soon. :)
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Summary: One of the best RTS titles ever.
Review: Simply put this may be the last RTS game you will ever need. It can fill any RTS niche and do it all within one game. You can select any era of play starting with the prehistoric age where your citizens must hunt and gather as they had not learned how to farm at that point and you can play up through an advanced space age with giant mechs, robots, and laser infantry. Most often I'll pick one age and not advance past it. If I want to play a modern day game I can sellect the Atomic II era and play with Apache Helicopters and B-52 nuclear bombers. You can zoom all the way in to ground level and while it is a nice feature it is almost useless in a combat situation. It is best when you are finishing off an enemy and you want to see the action close up. Another nice thing I like is that the aircraft fly realistically. Airplanes take off, fly around and then have to land when they run out of fuel. I've seen some reviewers give bad ratings due to their computers locking up. This is not a problem with Empire Earth. I had the same problem but did a little research into it and found out that the Zone Alarm firewall program has some compatability issues with Empire Earth as well as a few other games. I switched to Symantec Internet Security and haven't had any problems since. Note that Zone Alarm will lock up your machine if you are playing Empire Earth EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT PLAYING ON LINE. Once again, this is NOT a problem with Empire Earth. To sum it up, this is the RTS that I keep coming back to even when there are more advanced RTS games on the market. Keep an eye out... Empire Earth 2 is coming soon. :)
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