Empire Earth revisited
I ripped out a game I had lying around and chucked it on again. I forgot how much fun Empire Earth (EE) could be, and also that I hadn’t given it nearly enough of my time.
I am a huge fan of RTS games, but havn’t played through many since the serious time wasting days of Red Alert and Command and Conquer.
On the old machine EE played a bit slow, at a low res and was probably the reason that it went back on the shelf. But today was its time to be re-born.
On the new pc with tones of processor and ram the game runs perfectly, at the top resolution with all options on. From what I saw yesterday, the game is massive. There are 10–13 age’s to navigate thought, starting off in the Prehistoric age going all the way through to the Nanotech age.
I decided to explore the tech hierarchy by playing a skirmish game against the computer, but it took nearly 4 hrs to get through the first 3 ages.. The requirements to do the upgrade a huge and the time to collect the resources are long so it extends the game. That said, it makes you have to balance your civ.. Do we spend all resources becoming a technological master, or invest in a solid army to cut down and destroy the opposition?
Initial impressions, after playing for about 1/2 a day, is that it seems to have a great balance and upgrade structure. I hope to get this on the list of games to play at the next sharkeyLan.
