[h1]Empire Earth II - An old game with an interesting idea.[/h1]
[b]Idea[/b]
The main idea of the game is that there are 15 eras, starting from the Stone Age and ending with the future. The package includes the original Empire Earth II and Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy. 3 companies with 8 levels each in the original and 3 companies with 5 levels each in the DLC. Each company has its own era period. They touch on history a little, but they don't have a good plot; it's basically just a battleground with quests and conditions.
There are a lot of factions in the game, but there are almost no differences between them, with a few exceptions. The game does not have any diplomatic mechanics, at least not in its current state. All you can do is make a plan for an attack, or send resources and soldiers to someone, or create an alliance (for free or in exchange for resources).
[b]Resources[/b]
About resources in the game, there are a lot of different resources for each era, such as old eras where you don't need uranium or oil. And in the future, you won't need tin. On the one hand, it's an interesting idea, but it's essentially a simple grind. In the same Warcraft, there's only gold and wood, and that's enough. The game itself is quite long, and if you want to complete the campaigns on high difficulty, the levels can last an hour or more. The battles take a long time to complete, but this is a good feature related to exploration.
[b]Technology research.[/b]
Research technology is one of the main mechanics of the game there are only 3 types of research (War Economy and Imperial) 4 improvements for each type. Each improvement is saved until the end of the game Even if the era has grown a lot. To move to another era you must study at least 6 technology and then there is a choice you can go to the next era by gaining a quick advantage in technology or you can study the remaining 6 studies and only then go to the era by becoming stronger than your opponent (if he studies only 6 studies out of 12) Each era has different studies. After studying 4 studies of one branch, you will receive a crown that will give you 1 special bonus (for example, the military can strengthen archers or artillery, and there are many other bonuses). The crown is passed on in turn between all players, but if you switch to another era, all the studies will change, which means that you will lose the crown until you restore the necessary studies.
There are a lot of units, despite the small differences in the factions, but the tanks are just regular units with different types of armor and attacks. The game progresses slowly, with a slow transition between eras, but it's still quite interesting for its time (20 years ago). The companies can be challenging. However, the bots are quite dumb, which can be a bit frustrating.
There are a lot of units, despite the small differences in the factions, but the tanks are just regular units with different types of armor and attacks. The game progresses slowly, with a slow transition between eras, but it's still quite interesting for its time (20 years ago). The companies can be challenging. However, the bots are quite dumb, which can be a bit frustrating.
[b]GRAPHICS PROBLEMS![/b]
There are texture bugs in the game due to the Gold Edition, but they can be solved by adjusting the graphics settings. Simply lower the quality of some textures from high to medium and experiment a bit.
[b]Empire Earth IV[/b]
Empire Earth IV - A modification that's worth mentioning if you've played the original and enjoyed it, you can try this modification (especially with friends) The mod completely breaks the game, taking it to an absurd level where there's no balance. Tanks are now 20-40 times more expensive, but they're now REAL tanks that can destroy everything. A vast number of building units have been added, and the balance has been completely compromised. The mod has huge bugs that can crash the game and bots just break down due to new content (you can only play normally with people), but it's worth a try. He's very fanciful and absurd.
[b]Result[/b]
This game deserves a 6-7/10 rating, and it's easier to say that it doesn't try to jump above its head. For me, the game is still great because it reminds me of the past. One of the first strategy games I played, along with Warcraft and Lotr. If you like strategy games like this, you can play it, but don't expect anything extraordinary.
