Empire Earth II

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7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 119 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 64 out of 119
  2. Mixed: 36 out of 119
  3. Negative: 19 out of 119
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  1. JamesK.
    May 4, 2008
    10
    Best Game Ever
  2. MatiasK.
    Jan 4, 2005
    10
    The Best Epich Strategy Game Ever!
  3. TroyM.
    Jul 30, 2005
    10
    Best game ever!!! u cant miss it.
  4. TJWendle
    Jul 30, 2005
    10
    The best game ever!!! you have to buy this game.
  5. DanD.
    Jun 4, 2005
    10
    I liked it.
  6. DanielM.
    May 25, 2006
    10
    I thought this was a brialliant and very stratigical game.
  7. RicH.
    Jan 27, 2009
    10
    This game is a masterpiece. The unit response times are beautiful, there's a huge range of epochs - each home to different units and building types - even in the year 2009 the graphics are still sturdy and quite impressive. This game is simply great. No flaws what-so-ever. The online mode makes this game so great.
  8. aa
    Oct 22, 2007
    10
    One of the best RTS's of all time
  9. Nikitosss95
    Feb 13, 2021
    10
    I have never played EE1, however I grew up playing this game and I loved it, especially the campaign; EE3 is pure garbage though
  10. Goobers
    Sep 1, 2005
    9
    Awesome Strategy game. As good as Civ or AOE. Great detail and depth.
  11. KateR.
    Jul 13, 2005
    9
    Great Game. Still addicted.
  12. Samaritan
    Sep 22, 2005
    9
    I am the Age of Empires series expert and this game is cool.
  13. SoulSurgeon
    Feb 5, 2012
    9
    One of the bets game I have ever played. Played 6 hours a day for a long time...I got my life back.

    It lagged a lot..old machines couldn't handle the unit masses. Multiplayer was sooo good. Learned about history from this game....loved the expansion of it Art of Supremacy.
  14. Genek13
    Nov 20, 2019
    9
    Sequel to one of the best RTS in history, which improves everything comparing to the first one.
    Visuals and sound design was very good back then.
    MP fun to play as hell - especially with friends.
  15. FidelGastro
    May 16, 2020
    9
    One of the best RTS i played years ago as a child.

    This game is simply a masterpiece. I love the huge amount of "epochs" - each has different units and building types.
    To be honest graphics could be better even for 2005 game.
    This game is simply one of the greatest.

    If i had to desribe it in one sentence its a unknown brother of W3,AoE and SC.
    9/10
  16. BradC.
    Jun 24, 2005
    8
    While not outstanding a good edition to the Empire Earth Series.
  17. FredB.
    Dec 11, 2006
    8
    Much shiner than its predecessor with a better interface and some awesome new features like territories and capturing buidlings. I must say, however, that I preferred EE1's complex array of specialized counter-units to EE2's simple rock-paper-scissors system. Also, the campaigns are bland, incorporating few cinematics and no dialogue. Still, a fun and challenging game with Much shiner than its predecessor with a better interface and some awesome new features like territories and capturing buidlings. I must say, however, that I preferred EE1's complex array of specialized counter-units to EE2's simple rock-paper-scissors system. Also, the campaigns are bland, incorporating few cinematics and no dialogue. Still, a fun and challenging game with visible crews for unenclosed vehicles and artillery.… Expand
  18. babaganush
    Apr 24, 2014
    8
    i felt the game was insanely difficult to take out 1-2 computers fighting against you and i would normally have 2-3 allies, so a full blown 8 person match i can imagine would take forever, but i enjoyed the game and still have it, others complain its too slow and hard but i seen reviews for empire earth 3 which i have never played and all the reviews claim its too easy and dumbed down, soi felt the game was insanely difficult to take out 1-2 computers fighting against you and i would normally have 2-3 allies, so a full blown 8 person match i can imagine would take forever, but i enjoyed the game and still have it, others complain its too slow and hard but i seen reviews for empire earth 3 which i have never played and all the reviews claim its too easy and dumbed down, so you cant please everyone.… Expand
  19. FRIST_008
    Jun 23, 2021
    8
    после идеальной первой части,изменения в этой части я воспринял негативно, не в штыки так как игра всё ещё хорошая
  20. Jackie_Jackson
    May 26, 2022
    8
    Мои вертолёты были сбиты камнями и палками но Я смог отомстить ядерной боеголовкой потому что Я здесь главный альфа сомец
  21. Bonedoc
    Sep 27, 2005
    7
    I'd give it a higher rateing if it didn't freeze while loading saves so often on my Falcon Mach V. Honestly, you would think it would run without a problem on a puter that runs Doom and Half-life on the highest possible settings.
  22. mriguy
    May 9, 2006
    7
    I loved the original EE and keep hoping that Sierra finds a better developer or Mad Dog improves. EE could be the ultimate stategy platform. By bigest complaint is the sound. EE1's charactors evolved. It was cool to hear the cavemen grunt. Germans should speak German, Italy, Italian etc.. There are a lot of nice features but I HATE the oversized leaders. Stainless Steels EE1 was I loved the original EE and keep hoping that Sierra finds a better developer or Mad Dog improves. EE could be the ultimate stategy platform. By bigest complaint is the sound. EE1's charactors evolved. It was cool to hear the cavemen grunt. Germans should speak German, Italy, Italian etc.. There are a lot of nice features but I HATE the oversized leaders. Stainless Steels EE1 was cleaner but Mad Dog could still make this the best RTS if theye just cleaned up some items and listen to all the community feedback, maybe EE3. There are a lot of good ideas in the forums. It's the commuunity that makes the RTS. If the customer's support and feedback dies so does the product. I like the addition of spies and the elimination of magical charactors. I could write a 5 page report about all the features that could be improved. I rate it an "Almost, but you need to fix this this and this.."… Expand
  23. AlphaO.
    Apr 22, 2005
    7
    I've had the game 24 hours. So far it's a bit disappointing. The only graphical improvements I can see are minor: The water uses pixel shaders to gain a slight "sheen" and the people models are slightly better ... frankly it's hard to tell it isn't Empire earth 1. A lot of the "new" features (IE borders, trade caravans etc) are just the "old" features of other games I've had the game 24 hours. So far it's a bit disappointing. The only graphical improvements I can see are minor: The water uses pixel shaders to gain a slight "sheen" and the people models are slightly better ... frankly it's hard to tell it isn't Empire earth 1. A lot of the "new" features (IE borders, trade caravans etc) are just the "old" features of other games (civ3, rise of nations etc.) so it just feels like a mishmash of a rehash. It's not BAD.. just not great. I've finished the four tutorials. .. and haven't yet mustered up enough interest to play the campaigns.… Expand
  24. EdoardoDellaV.
    May 1, 2005
    7
    Very similar to "Rise of Nations", it's a pity that the previous "Empire Earth" was much better than "Rise of Nations"!!! In this game there isn't the possibility of custom civilations, and the presence of useless and complicated "special powers" only make the game more complicated and not user-friendly. Good graphic and audio, but small maps and the game is too fast leaving Very similar to "Rise of Nations", it's a pity that the previous "Empire Earth" was much better than "Rise of Nations"!!! In this game there isn't the possibility of custom civilations, and the presence of useless and complicated "special powers" only make the game more complicated and not user-friendly. Good graphic and audio, but small maps and the game is too fast leaving little time to devise strategies. Civilizations unique units are somewhat useless since they don't advance through ages. Nukes do very little damage. The civilian managment screen is a excellent idea and a very powerful tool!… Expand
  25. LuisV.
    Jul 21, 2005
    7
    Cool game.
  26. Maslab
    May 21, 2008
    7
    I do especially like dropping nukes and other various bombs on fledgling civilizations, but there isn't that much strategy required. Build a bunch of units and charge. That's about it. However, it is very fun if you just want to blow up stuff on a massive scale.
  27. Chimp
    Apr 23, 2005
    7
    Empire Earth II is not a bad game. Just like the first one, it has way too much stuff. There are so many ages and civilizations, but each age("epoch") has about 7-16 military units total, with a couple special units for each civ. The game itself copies Rise of Nations so much its insane, but thats not necessarily a bad thing, i think its good. Now there are cities and the civilzations are Empire Earth II is not a bad game. Just like the first one, it has way too much stuff. There are so many ages and civilizations, but each age("epoch") has about 7-16 military units total, with a couple special units for each civ. The game itself copies Rise of Nations so much its insane, but thats not necessarily a bad thing, i think its good. Now there are cities and the civilzations are more distinct. My biggest problem with this game has to be its graphics-just so you know, if you've seen screenshots in ads for the game, the game does not look like that. AT ALL. i put it on max resolution, all settings maxed including shadows, and it looked nowhere near as good as the picture, especially for the units. the pictures they show have to be in at least 2048 resolution, something few people can have. So unless you can get it to look like the screens, the graphics arent too great, especially the water, which comparing to what we have been seeing lately, sucks. the gameplay has tons of things to do like war plans, but i can already tell no one is actually going to use them in multiplayer games. although ive only played the demo, i know from experience with the first one that the game is simply a technology race, without time to use any of the nice features that come with it.… Expand
  28. Lapinas
    Oct 21, 2019
    7
    While the original game plays it very safe with the actual gameplay, the sequel is much more interesting in terms of concept.

    Graphics are improved, but not very markedly - the textures are still bland, units still move around by floating. The gameplay, however, has multiple elements that are more common in 4X or Grand Strategy games rather than RTS ones. The map is divided into    While the original game plays it very safe with the actual gameplay, the sequel is much more interesting in terms of concept.

    Graphics are improved, but not very markedly - the textures are still bland, units still move around by floating.

    The gameplay, however, has multiple elements that are more common in 4X or Grand Strategy games rather than RTS ones. The map is divided into terittories, which are claimed by building a City Center in them, which is important for your population cap since you can only build a few houses (further, buildings are built much slower in unclaimed teritory). Diplomacy involves making possibly quite complicated alliance agreements (to the point of determining a specific period of real time during which players are allies). To aid team play, a feature called "War Plans" was introduced, where one can lay out specific routes on the map to help coordinate players' army movements. Periodically, "crowns" are given out to players for achieving top scores in a certain category (Military, Economic, etc.), which allows players to activate special bonuses related to the field (for instance, Military crown allows you to boost your infantry units). However, the most interesting feature by far is having a second screen. Along with your primary display that takes up most of the screen, you can also set a smaller screen to keep watch on a certain location at the bottom of your screen, essentially acting as a second pair of eyes on you, which is a feature I've personally haven't seen in other many other strategy games - certainly not RTS games.

    However, the game still has issues. While the era bloat has been reduced, it's been replaced with resource bloat, because along with the four classic resources (Food, wood, stone and gold), you now also have Tin, Iron, Saltpeter, Oil and Uranium, resources that also rotate in and out depending on the age you're in (for instance, Tin only appears in eras 1-6) - an unnecessary complication to say the least. Combat is still uninteresting, mostly revolving around direct counters, and techs are mostly just stats bonuses, which are also era-locked - you can't get techs from era 1 if you're from era 2.

    Overall, it's an RTS with novel concepts that's worth checking out for the curious, at least in the numerous campaigns, though it hasn't aged very well, much like the other EE games.    … Expand
  29. AnonymousMC
    May 11, 2005
    6
    disapointing the could patch it up to 8 of 10 for me if they improve the field of view, you see just too little to fight with your big units on the small screen, even medium formation of 8 tanks doesnt even fit on screen so all the nic ideas of war plans and so on are useless if yount make the big picture in the main screen.
  30. Wiebe
    Feb 26, 2020
    6
    Watered down more simple version that gets boring very quickly after some time
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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 39 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 39
  3. Negative: 2 out of 39
  1. Game Informer
    75
    Given both its de-emphasis on low-level tactical decisions and its ambitious scope, EEII resides in a bizarre no-man's-land between "Civilization III" and "Kohan II." [May 2005, p.124]
  2. GameSpy
    80
    I can think of very few games that I could play for the next 10 years (or until I get eaten by that monster in the woods) and never run out different ways to play and different strategies to explore. Empire Earth II is one of those games.
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  3. IGN
    89
    A deep and satisfying real-time strategy game. The campaigns are great, the multiplayer is super fun, and skirmish allows for tons of single player satisfaction thanks to some terrific AI that'll give you fits.
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