Definetly worth more than a 7.3!!!
First: why such a short review if there is so much to tell about the game? I could fill five pages easily if I wanted to.
Second: things I don't agree with that are in the gamespot review:
-Turrets being ridiculously powerful: cool, finally you need to do more than building 50 tanks and crush the enemy. Besides, they're not THAT overpowering. Maybe experiment a bit more with tactics next time!!!
-Modular building is talked about as if it is standard. It's not, it's cool how ED build connector pipes to well, connect, their buildings. They also have cool walls with magnetic rails on them. On top of those rails, you can build a variety of moveable turrets. Awesome idea! LC can build towers piece by piece so you get a cool base filled with skyscrapers. UCS can teleport small groups of units around the map...
-No superweapons! ED Ballistic missile can wipe out a single building, but it can be easily stopped by building antimissile units (they also work against rockets from units). LC has ripper, which is incredibly tough UFO with powerful laser. It's also very slow so plenty of time to intercept it. UCS can teleport around plasma bombs but they take some seconds to go off, in that time you can destroy them. So no real superweapons to speak of, which is about time. It's finally about strategy!
-Voice acting is not as bad as Gamespot might make you believe. It's not really good or anything but it's decent.
-Graphics: Me and Gamespot do agree here. Personally I think this game looks better than Age of Empires 3
-Missions being no fun: I do have fun with the missions!! But granted, skirmish and multiplay are this games best point. But who cares wether you spend a 100 hours in missions or skirmish??? It just means this game rocks!
Overall I'd say this game is just a tiny bit short of being a true classic, but as always in the Earth series this game is really underrated!! I just think it goes a little to deep for the more simple RTS players amongst us. Guess you gotta love these kind of strategy games...