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netcenter first impressions

Empire Earth has been released, and we wanted to know what people thought of it. So here are our readers First Impressions of Empire Earth. Many people sent in long impressions and some short. So we have 2 areas. Below is links to the longer ones, and below those links are the short ones. They are all very interesting to read, so knock yourself out! If you have a first impression you want here

Long Impressions (Click on the Authors Name to read it)

Amazing! Wonderful! It is the best game ever created! Thankyou for listening to my speech
-Julian Burlton
< Short Impressions

Earth Empire was awesome the best game i ever played tottaly knockout as far as i am concered it should be at the top
- Colin R. O'Haran

I got it on the 14th I got up at 4:30am to play the game. Idropped so many nukes on my enemies it not even funny(but maybe a nuclear winter). It was worth the wait Napoleon.
-Thomas Seidita

EE has great potential, but it's going to fall flat unless new scenarios and campaigns are created. The random game is too broad and unbalanced and the original campaigns only cover a portion of the epochs. I think the siege weaponry should have had accompanying personnel like the machine gunner. And I agree the the reviews that the AI is too good at economy and too poor at tactics, the large units move too fast, the human units die too comically, and resource gathering should have mirrored the epoch (pick-axe mining in modern age). Personally, I think EE would have been much better if it incorporated supply lines. The random game should have had a tech tree to restrict the unit types- minimally a 'no religion' option. In general, EE needs to eliminate the AOE model and go with ones that are proven to be fun, challenging and replayable. I do want EE to succeed- I see at least 3 or 4 good games in there, but I think it will require additional development.
- Charlie Stear

The problem I have with the game, and believe me , its very frustrating- Rick Goodman left to design this game after AOE , but before AOK. Now this means we have no garrisonning, and no formations. The formations we DO have arrange the units after they get to their destination, as opposed to during.The other problem is ... you get through the epochs WAAAAY to quickly. Provided you have the resources, which are easy to get( I rather prefer the gold mines in AOK to the ones in EE). I enjoy EE, but it just p****s me off. Dont get me started on the computer, either. After wondering why this ocmputer advances to the next age the millisecond I do, I go into the map editor and discover theres a checkbox allowing the computer to cheat. So, obviously the AI is so godawful it has to cheat in order to pose a significant threat to the player.
- Grimores

Me and my housemates have been playing it non stop, It is fantastic to be able to have a multiplayer game were there are so many choices available, being able to have epic world war 2 battles is the best, and the fact that this is just one part of the game is amazing.
- Dan

My first impressions of Empire Earth:
It looks too much like Age of Empires in 3D...
I even recognize some of the sounds that seem to have been borrowed from AOE2. (guard tower, archer building) The 3D IS good. Looks very impressive, good detail, unlike the weird little people in Black & White. I haven't seen most of the game yet. I get the feeling it takes WAY too long to evolve to the next epoch. (You need to save up a lot of resources, and there's a limit on how many citizens can work on one resource at a time...) I fear that the diplomacy model is EXACTLY like that in AOE, which would essentially make this game quiet boring, because then we're back seeing who can build the most units in and clobber the other guy... I would like to see something in the league of Civ 3, which I feel has one of the best diplomacy models around. Initially I thought this game was going to be a cross between Civiliation and Age of Empires, but now I feel that the only thing they used from Civilization is the fact that the 'team' you control is called a 'civilization'.
From the screenshots I feel that this game is going to get better the further I get into it, but my VERY first impression was that it wasn't anything new, just AOE in 3D...
- BAz

Having just played my first games of EE I must admit to being impressed! One problem I really despise is the abandoned buildings (walls especially) that somehow remain under the control of the enemy! This may work after automated servomechanics are discovered but an abandoned wall in pre -indusrial periods should be the property of any player who can occupy/hold it. In addition we all know an AI can perform tasks faster than a human player and yet I still see this tired practice used in place of a well designed AI! Lets not turn a strategy game into a reflex game for sugar hyped children. Now to the scenario editor, This is by far one of the very best editors ever! It would be nice if it was actually supported. Editors are often advertised as part of a games features and yet any attempt to get assistance with them results in a response claiming that "we do not support any user edited/created aspects of the game etc." This policy is all to common and is also very bad customer relations.
- Angela West

Having played it at a friends house on the day of release I was blown away, I went out the next day for a copy, brought it home and found it to be totally unplayable on my machine!! rang the tech line, got zero help there! my system is higher spec than my friends but with different components, any one else with the following setup beware, AMD K62 500mhz - 128mb ram - Geforce2 mx 32mb graphics - SoundBlaster AWE64 sound - 52 speed CD ROM - 20gb HD, plays like a snail, help me please....
- Tony Linton

Good !!!!!!!! I can't stop to play it until late midnight all thought tomorrow got to work.
- Teoh Kean Yaw

Its ok, plenty of units, random map can be a little tedious, nearly impossible to win without playing for 8+ hours. But really a great game, have to say I was hoping for Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from ships, and maybe a Modern Epoch navy rather then the same stuff used in WWII, but really, a good game.
- Mike Smith

I love this game! Empire Earth is the best game science AOK. It has 50 times the units and as many animals as the original AOE. This game also has GREAT combat, unit don't attack just one guy, they will attack a group ... that is if needed. The Heroes are also great fun to play with. All I need to know is just what are diplomats? They are cool to have walk around and try to protect. But otherwise, this game is great! The air units are also great, along with the sea, the land, and the buildings. YEAH! Gotta go play now, hahaha!
- James Folcik

This game must have taken quite a lot of time to create. There is no other game that comes close to this. WarCraft and StarCraft take a seat. Not only is this game historically accurate (pretty close), but the graphics are outstanding. I would recommend this to anyone.
- Keslux

Man I played the Atomic age Moderen...and it blew me away!! So many options...like attack with tanks, ships, plane. The nuke...the wonders...the calamities...the.....the game is awesome!!
- Geno Zuccaro

Hey Dude,
EE is the radest game to come out in a while that has caught my very discriminate eye. It has pushed real time strategy games to the ultimate level. This is not a repackaged version of earlier games, but an original. Game play has gone from a few hours a game to half a day (but that could be just me, i was just trying to see everything in the game before ending it).
Graphics are top notch although I'm disappointed in how the buildings look as they are built; that detail is overshadowed by everything else in the game. I've predicted such a game a long time ago, and I'm excited to see that it has finally come to light. This game has a lot to offer, and has many new units and buildings around every new epoch reached. What's cool is that from the beginning caveman ages to the digital epoch and beyond you will be in struggle with the nearby cultures. The area maps are rich in detail all the way down to the swaying of trees and wheat. The game interface is just like that of previous games which makes this game easy for anyone to cross over to. In general this game kicks ass.

- SLURGE31

Saw your request about comments. Well here goes- I'm very disappointed with the mulit-player. No score, no friend enemy "sign", the multi-players rooms are TERRIBLE. No friends list, NO RECORD. NO RATING SYSTEM. NO RATING SYSTEM!!!!!!!! In the game itself i'm disappointed with no way to sell your extra resourses in a "market" I think this game has the potential of being the "greatest RTS game EVER" I truly love this game but I wish these features were available. It would turn from a great game to the best RTS game ever made. IMHO. Thanks. For whatever it's worth I'm a lot older than most RTS in multi-player. 45 yrs. old.
- CouncilmanJohn


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