Empire Earth II

1. MatiasK.

   Jan 4, 2005

   10

   The Best Epich Strategy Game Ever!

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2. DanielM.

   May 25, 2006

   10

   I thought this was a brialliant and very stratigical game.

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4. 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 backSequel 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.… Expand

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5. 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 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

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6. 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 areWhile 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

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7. HughBetcha

   Feb 28, 2005

   4

   An ugly dull clone of Warcraft/Starcraft whose reach exceeds its grasp.

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8. GeorgeH.

   Jul 27, 2005

   1

   It is one of the worst games i have ever played, however the first game is one of hte best games ive played.

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