Empire Earth

Great game, agree with everything about it except the zoom feature is worthless because you cannot play the game zoomed in. Also, as to what that other person said about the planes, you can upgrade the fuel capacity to allow longer flight time. The thought of having no fuel and having unlimited flight time is ridiculous because your plane would be able to go from building to building and nuke the sh1t out of them without returning to the airport to refuel. Also the game is not hard on easy. It is extremely hard on the hardest setting but it is extremely easy on the easiest setting. Try playing against 3 or more computer players on medium. I find this to be most fun and challenging. As opposed to one on one.

I got this game a few months ago and I haven't stopped playing it since! You pick your time period, which can be almost anytime (Stone Age, Middle Ages, WW1, WW2, Modern time, Digital Age and Nano Age, aka, the FUTURE!!) You can zoom in close to the action and see all the fightin', unlike Starcraft where you feel like you're a bird watching a war. Getting some modern Time Marines, bazookas and Tanks, close up view and watching them fight feels like you're in the war itself. The cavemen are funny. They club each other to death or throw rocks at each other. In the Nano and Digital ages (the Future), you can fight with Robots and Cyborgs and Spaceships! It's also got a map editor! YAY! AMAZING GRAPHICS AND SOUND. BUY IT JUST FOR THAT!!! My only complaints are that it's HARD. When I got it, I went to "Random Map" to play a regular game to train in, and I set the computer easy, set the time to WW2, after 5 minutes of reading the instruction manual, I was off. The Computer smoked me. So I made it I started with 20 citizens and him with 1. It still smoked me. And the only other thing is that almost all the planes have to run on fuel, so when they run out they go back to the airport. Extremely Hard when you're giving bomb raids to the enemy's base and all your planes turn around and go back! Then that gives the other planes time to build up, catch up and Blow them to BITS!!! Oh well. An Almost Perfect game. My Rating: 98%

Empire Earth has all the elements you need in a good strategy game.

Great graphics and sounds, good story lines and a challenge. Although the game seems too difficult at times as the computer opponent sends wave after wave of units which can often slow your progress down to much.

The added element of magic doesn't seem to work as well as it does in other games and the computer uses this to its advantage all too well, turning your empire to nothing more than rubble. Frustrating!

This high difficulty level will be welcome to those up for a good challenge.

You can choose what time period you wish to play in (Roman Empire Age, World War, Future, etc.)

All units are well designed, as is the scenery.

Gameplay is great (besides the magic elements), with many units to choose from including hero units which are becoming more popular in this style of game. (Units with more HP who automatically replenish their own life, and in this particular game, replenish the life of units nearby)

Overall a good game worth your time especially if you enjoy strategy games. Not as good as Age of Empires (an earlier game made by the same people who made this game) but still worth a look.

8/10