The incredibly useful Citizen Manager from Empire Earth II is also gone, but you won't really miss it because the resource model has been scaled back as well. Diplomatic relations are limited now to alliance and war, so players won't be able to craft specific proposals with the other players. Mad Doc has also removed complexity in other areas. Again, by itself that's not necessarily a bad thing in and of itself, but it's 180 degrees away from what I think most of us expected from the series. While simplicity has its place, it tends to go against the basic point of the franchise and is hardly sufficient to justify the box's claim that the game presents "the entire span of human history." What we're actually getting here is a game that avoids any semblance of historical accuracy and instead mashes together generic units into some broad historical and cultural groupings. The+unit+graphics+are+colorful+but+dated. Beginning in the Ancient era, you'll have the chance to progress through to Medieval, Colonial, Modern and Future as the game progresses.
You can play as the tech-heavy West, the population heavy East, or the unconventional Middle East. Where the previous games had over a dozen distinct eras and tons of historical civs with unique bonuses, Empire Earth III reduces it down to bare essentials. What could they possibly have done to depart so radically from the success of the previous game? In short, a lot.įans of the series will be disappointed that the sequel removes much of the complexity and variety that separated Empire Earth from the other RTS games. I mean, I really, really liked the original Empire Earth, and I was even a fan of Mad Doc's first sequel.
It's never a good sign when your boss apologizes in advance for assigning you a review so when Dan handed me a copy of Empire Earth III and said "I'm sorry," I was a little nervous to crack it open.
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