Empire Earth – Page 2 – My Game Reviews

Empire Earth: The Rare Case of a Video Game showing the future of Naval Warfare

Empire Earth Nano Age Aircraft Carrier Nexus.

In Science-Fiction, space is the great frontier that every author focuses on. However, the waters are as important as the deep expanses of space. Empire Earth clearly shows that the battles in the oceans of Earth will be as important.

In one of my games that I started as a skirmish on a Mediterranean map. I was engaging a rival computer player with my computer ally. This was on Easy and yet the AIs were acting in their usual dumb ways. They would have moments of brilliance but then spend time attacking walls slowly instead of building their economies.

I took a leisurely pace with the game, not spending too much time worrying about the AI.

When I was ready, I began preparations to strike.

The Naval battles in the Nano Age are quite exciting and have some weight to them. The developers really put effort into this section of the game, giving the ships a distinctive look in comparison with what we know in our current age.

When you see the submarines in the Nano Age, they are sleeker and have more angular structures to them. Most science fiction has a tendency to ignore the submarines also.

The inclusion of blue water ships in science fiction is something we should see more of in video games. It helps to revitalize a genre that sometimes get too stuck with space.

Empire Earth: Wonder Victory in the Nano Age

Here are some screenshots of my Nano Age Wonder Victory on a Mediterranean Map with two enemy ais, Great Britain and New Russia.

Empire Earth Guardian Soldier and Medic

Empire Earth Zeus Cybers vs Centurions.

An Army of Centurion Tanks in the Nano Age

Empire Earth Nano Age Cities

Empire Earth Nano Age Fortress

Empire Earth Nano Age Barracks

Empire Earth Nano Age Farms

The Temple of Zeus under construction in the Nano Age

Empire Earth: The Sea King II

Empire Earth and the Cheating AI

With ChatGPT being so popular, I made a trip back to one of my favorite games, Empire Earth.

When I used to play this game as I was younger, there was a sense of how annoying it was. The AI in random matches and campaigns was often cheating constantly. While I understand that Computers cannot really match the thinking of a human, it is really frustrating to see the AIs cheat their way through a game.

In the above screenshot, you can see an example of how the computer is limited in its thinking.

As soon as I bulit three wonders, the AI makes a beeline to attack it. It is very obvious and it is clear that the AI running on a script and its not very creative here.

I was playing on the settings Small, Mediterranean as it is my most favorite of the maps,

However, there was another sign of the AI cheating here. Wherever there is water, the AI sends its citizens to go build on the shore just to make sure it has a dock ready to pump out some ships to harass me.

The AI knows where to harass me, which is typical in these games of this era.

There is one thing that I do enjoy about it cheating, however. The AI is aggressive even on Easy. There is one thing to say about the AI on the Easy mode; it isn’t easy.

The AI is challenging for sure and that makes the game worth playing in this current age of handholding and mobile games.

This is why we should cherish older games.