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Trifna is offline Trifna
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Jul 2001
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Empire Earth II review

It seems like Empire Earth II plays on similar fields to Rise of Nations, but I am very concious that RoN was done with Civ-fans and developers at the head of Big Huge Games.

So, anyone played both and can compare? Any first impressions of Empire Earth II, including its depth and capacity to "real-timing" some kind of history model? It really looks nice anyway... and I'm curious to get some RoN players opinions

rob006 is offline rob006
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I just bought Empire Earth 2 about a week ago... and to be honest, i wish i hadn't. It is a great game and everything, but it is still just more of the same. But there are 4 big things that do make Empire Earth 2 stand out.

#1 the war plans creator... but thats only useful in MP, bcasue the computer allies never listen.

#2 the map is broken up into territories which you have to build (at least)a city center to capture the territory.

#3 infantry can capture buildings. thats just cool

#4 bridges! thats all that needs to be said about that!

but graphically.. it doesnt compare to RON (but it just may be that my computer isnt to fast and i have to run graphics on medium)

Some units in Empire Earth 2 dont make sense either.... the HERC's (the walking tanks that come about in the VERY late game) are the same size as infantry. Also all nations have the same generic unit art... which becomes very noticeable when your fighting a battle with a nation thats similar in color and you cant tell your troops from theirs.

BUt EE2 is still a very good and fun game but i prefer RON (cant wait till ROL!)

Anun Ik Oba is offline Anun Ik Oba
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No kidding. RoN was and still is my #1 historic RTS. RofL will probably be my favorite also. BHG managed to grab hold of the classic Age of Empires formula for strategy gaming and expound on it to encompass all of history so well, and streamlining the gameplay at the same time.

Jim Cobb is offline Jim Cobb

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Oct 2001
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The only real advantage I see of EE 2 over RoN is the labor manger. Nice feature.

dojoboy is offline dojoboy
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I play RoN Gold, do not own EE2. But, everything I've read by fans indicates that RoN is the preferred game.

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