Empire Earth -- my new addiction.

[MrFun]

I played Empire Earth and its expansion for the first time last night and I congratulate myself for being able to quit a game, and getting to bed before 1:00 AM.


I borrowed the CDs for the game from a friend because I didn't know if I would like it. Now that I have fallen in love with Empire Earth I plan to buy the sweet-deal package (both titles for $20).


I do have one question though. When I played a random map, single player game last night, I put on the reveal map cheat before starting and I chose the huge-sized map. The question is . . . . . .

what are the stars and space beyond the edge of the map? Are those areas of the world that will become explorable later, in later epochs of the game?

[DrSpike]

EE is quite mediocre imo. If you like it though it might be worth checking out RoN, which is similar in style, but better.

[Sava]

Re: Empire Earth -- my new addiction.

Originally posted by MrFun
I congratulate myself for being able to quit a game

wow, if quitting a game of Empire Earth deserves congratulations, I should have won something a long time ago...

[MrFun]

Originally posted by DrSpike
EE is quite mediocre imo. If you like it though it might be worth checking out RoN, which is similar in style, but better.

The problem I have, is that RoN has technology and epochs go by WAY too quickly. That is, IIRC from comments here in this forum about that game in the past.

I like a game with a slower, more epic feel to it.

I do have that one question about Empire Earth that no one has answered yet. And while I'm at it, I got a second question: Is there a way to increase the maximum number of players for a single player game beyond eight?

[adamskydancer]

I've played Empire Earth for a few times before, the graphic was cool , but gameplay was kinda bad, I can't use to it..still prefer WarcraftIII

[Kuciwalker]

Re: Empire Earth -- my new addiction.

Wow. I didn't know my opinion of you could drop any further.

[Sarxis]

Ron's tech prices and research rates can be slowed way down, as well as the game speed (relative to RTS game rates). I enjoy playing the game on the slowest speed with slowest and most expensive research rates - gives me a chance to get tactical.

But I was a beta tester for Empire Earth, and RoN is far better IMO.

[MrFun]

Well guess what? I changed my mind about Empire Earth after playing it some more. I'm going to return it to my friend and let him know what I think.

Not sure why I was initially excited about the game, but it quickly wore off. Now I'm thinking about caving in, and buying Civilization IV but maybe I can hold out until the price goes down for Civ IV.

[snoopy369]

mmm Civ IV

I suspect prices will go down when the expansion comes out. That's normal, isn't it?

[MrFun]

An expansion is coming out? I guess I need to visit the Civilization IV forum again -- been quite some time since I last visited that forum.

[Nostromo]

I hope it wasn't the peer pressure that made you change your mind

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Sarxis
Ron's tech prices and research rates can be slowed way down, as well as the game speed (relative to RTS game rates). I enjoy playing the game on the slowest speed with slowest and most expensive research rates - gives me a chance to get tactical.

But I was a beta tester for Empire Earth, and RoN is far better IMO.

Indeed.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by MrFun
Well guess what? I changed my mind about Empire Earth after playing it some more. I'm going to return it to my friend and let him know what I think.

Not sure why I was initially excited about the game, but it quickly wore off. Now I'm thinking about caving in, and buying Civilization IV but maybe I can hold out until the price goes down for Civ IV.

Wow, fast u-turn. A good one though I think, and I still think you'd like RoN. I am pretty unbiased since I'm not really a fan.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by DrSpike


Wow, fast u-turn. A good one though I think, and I still think you'd like RoN. I am pretty unbiased since I'm not really a fan.

I'm a fast learner.



What about Age of Empires and its expansions? Is that an RTS game, or a turn-based game?

[DrSpike]

RTS. Good, but a little dated. RoN has more in it.