A decent, good game. Not as great as AOE3, but still a good game.This is a very wide game. Read on.
The concept of this game is absolutely the same as in EE original game. Your goal is to crush the opponents, but now in whole new diversion. I won't talk about them, becouse i belive/hope that other reviewers wrote down.
Gameplay is excellent. You can actually plan your attack, and you must watch that you don't attack at wrong time. Maybe a 10s rain will cause damage, or your soldiers could not see anything in the fog. That concept was brilliant.
Graphics are poor. Animations are so-so. Depends on what you watch. If you watch villagers, how they chop wood or how they mine, they are absolutely the worst you could even imagine, but some other impressed me. Unit animations in wars, such as cannons, catapults, archers etc... those were really great made. See reflections aren't that good. They are much worse than in Railroad tycoon 3. Sound is so-so either. I think that for intro movie music should be a little more decent, loudly and so on, such as in CAW,aoe3,RON,... In game sounds are good. Nothing to complain there and nothing to note as for special effect..
Game is decent. If you are a RTS player you should really get it. For your money it's fully worth it. Otherwise if you aren't, i would prefer you not to buy it, try demo first or rent it somewhere.