While Empire Earth I and II were both great games, Empire Earth III feels like 3/4 of the features were removed.
User Rating: 3 | Empire Earth III PC
I've played Empire Earth since the first one came out. When the second one came out, I thought it was good, but in a way I still preferred the first. Both games had lots of options in the way of resources, diplomacy, tech tree, and units. While some gamers didn't like this, I always loved the freedom. Empire Earth III is not so great. Sure, the graphics look better, but nothing special by today's standards. Nearly all the different eras are gone, and the tech tree has been reduced to a handful of options. Diplomacy is now just war or peace, no options in between. I couldn't play too much of this game. It was too painful. I'm glad I still have my copies of Empire Earth I and II. Empire Earth III is going to be one of my games that collect dust until I throw it away. There were always many simple RTS games out there, and Empire Earth wasn't one of the. Now it is. If you really want to play this game though, try the demo first. If you like the demo, then you might be able to justify spending $30 bucks on this game. But wait for it to go down in price a lot. $50 is just a ripoff for this game.
