Empire Earth III

 PC
Metascore
50

Mixed or average reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 40
  3. Negative: 18 out of 40
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  1. GameSpot
    35
    While it may be a lot smoother and simpler than its predecessors, Empire Earth III has been dumbed down to the point of irrelevance.
  2. GameSpy
    40
    PC strategy gamers have a lot to choose from on store shelves these days, and bugs, muddled combat, or weak AI aren't things that strategy fans have to live with. It pains us to admit it as fans of the franchise, but this Empire is definitely in decline.
  3. Eurogamer
    40
    Empire Earth 3 simply tries too hard to be popular. In doing so, it strips out everything that made it good in the first place and forgets to replace it with something equally worthwhile.
  5. Game Revolution
    16
    Honestly, if the game didn't try to make you hate it, it would be perfectly tolerable, maybe even enjoyable.
  6. GameShark
    33
    Add in gameplay flaws and a shallow experience, and this game is sure to turn off even some of the biggest Empire Earth fans.
  7. Gamer 2.0
    43
    Empire Earth III isn’t an abomination to RTS gaming, but it certainly doesn’t begin to approach recommendable.
  8. Gamers' Temple
    48
    The Empire Earth series may just end with this whimper of a game.
  9. GamerNode
    45
    The game tries to reach out to more gamers but fails completely. AI pathfinding is broken, gameplay aspects are barely implemented and performance is a stinker. Stay away from this game.
  10. Thunderbolt
    40
    Quite simply Empire Earth III is a game you should never play in your life. It’s boring, it’s structured as well as the leaning tower of Pisa and in one of the best seasons gaming has ever seen, it really shouldn’t be on the shelves.
  11. Jolt Online Gaming UK
    45
    Removing micromanagement is one thing, but when the gameplay goes out of the door with it, it becomes a serious case of throwing the baby out with the bath water.
  12. GameTap
    30
    It's definitely not a sequel for EE fans, as its massive reduction is, quite frankly, insulting to anyone who liked the previous games.
  13. Game Almighty
    35
    Empire Earth III doesn’t live up to the scope and complexity of its predecessors, and if anything, shames the previously good name of Empire Earth.
  14. PALGN
    45
    Empire Earth III ultimately proves to be a predictable, tired, uninspired lump of a game.
  15. Games Master UK
    47
    In an attempt to be a game for all, it turned into a game for no one. [Jan 2008, p.78]
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  16. Gamer.nl
    30
    Even if you would get this game for free I advice you not to play it. The game lacks any depth and it has the crappiest voices ever.
  17. Armchair Empire
    40
    I can understand a game being derivative, but only so long as it adds something good to the mix. Empire Earth III fails to meet up to the standards of the games that came before it. It has failed to learn from its own history.
  18. GamingExcellence
    32
    It’s just simply not fun to play.
  19. YouGamers
    48
    In a year of excellent RTS titles, Empire Earth 3 has nothing to offer. In an effort to garner mass appeal, the game has been dumbed down to the point of irrelevancy.

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#50 Most Discussed PC Game of 2007
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#35 Most Shared PC Game of 2007

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User Score
3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 74 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 74
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 74
  3. Negative: 52 out of 74
  1. FidelGastro
    May 16, 2020
    4
    After Empire Earth II masterpiece... this was absolute disaster.
    I dont want to make a long boring description so i will describe it in one    After Empire Earth II masterpiece... this was absolute disaster.
    I dont want to make a long boring description so i will describe it in one sentence : If you want to have good Empire Earth experience, go play Empire Earth II

    I cannot go higher than 4/10    … Full Review »
  2. Zaryte
    Sep 5, 2013
    0
    Worst RTS i've ever played in my entire life. Empire earth 1 was good. Empire earth 2 was fantastic. Empire earth 3 lacked everything the 2Worst RTS i've ever played in my entire life. Empire earth 1 was good. Empire earth 2 was fantastic. Empire earth 3 lacked everything the 2 previous games had.

    Empire Earth 2 had 15 epochs. Empire Earth 3 has 5.
    Empire Earth 2 has dozens of factions to choose from in skirmish mode. Empire Earth 3 has 3.

    There's no variety in EE3 at all. They've dumbed it down completely.

    How can a company go from making one of the best RTS's of all time, to making yet an even better version, to making the worst game in history?

    Good features like the cycle unit production was removed, now you have to spam click a queue of units to make an army. Diplomacy sucks now. Cant make roads anymore, that was a great addition that was unique to the empire earth series.

    There's no longer a map generator in skirmish mode, now you have to select from a preset list.

    The wosst thing of all, the new resource system. Before there was 8 resources, now there's 2. And the way you gather them is a complete joke.

    And now millitary units can build. Makes no sense at all. Everyone drops their swords and bows, gets out a hammer and nails and starts building.

    Can't stress enough how disappointing this game is. Empire Earth 2 is leagues ahead of this game and will remain to be the best RTS of all time until Mad Doc get their act together.

    Some really good things from EE2 that I don't see in EE3:

    Nuclear missle silos
    Submarines
    Weather
    being able to make individual aircraft
    the variety of resources
    roads
    bridges
    wall towers
    satalites
    helicopters

    The list goes on and on and on. the list of things Empire 3 has lost dwarfs the list of additions. We've bought a new game which is 1% of Empire earth 2. Waste of money. Not even worth doing a single level of campaign being as Empire earth 2 has so much more content.    … Full Review »
  3. Calciferus
    May 18, 2012
    0
    For the first 5 minutes, I was like "How the hell could I waste for this kind of crap". Retarded, abysmal piece of garbage that defiles itsFor the first 5 minutes, I was like "How the hell could I waste for this kind of crap". Retarded, abysmal piece of garbage that defiles its predecessors.… Full Review »
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