New game idea: EMPIRE EARTH HD

[Snackalac]

So for all of you who love AOE 2, there is one better strategy game out there, and its empire earth (the original). And its made by the same guy!! (after aoe2)

If the developers of the HD are looking to ressurect another strategy classic, this game would be it. If you have never played it, download it and try it out.

The only downside: The music isnt AS good. Not terrible though.

[-sb- zveroboy]

Empire Earth was published by Sierra, not Microsoft, so this discussion probably ends here.

[the cup]

Nope, AOE 2 is faaaaaar better than EE. Its a good game, but it pales in comparison. The soundtrack is almost as good imo.

[Shibe One]

They're both good games but posting this here is pretty stupid since it wasn't even developed or published by Microsoft. It was published by Sierra.

[Shiro]

As previously pointed out, Empire Earth was published by a different company, so this discussion won't achieve much, I'm afraid.

That said, EE was a very good game for its time, but aged poorly, unlike Age of Empires II, which remains good because it relies on 2D sprites that didn't lose any quality over the years.

[Snackalac]

Don't talk to me about graphics! People who play age of empires are not playing for the graphics. (Ps. The ability to zoom-in in Empire Earth was merely a gimmick. It was not used for competetive playing. When played normally, from so high, It looks the same/better than AOE.)

Empire Earth campaign was worse than AOE's... But the multiplayer was slightly better... so if you are only speaking on account of the single player, you are uninformed.

While Empire Earth was not the "chess game" that AOE is, EE was incredible in different aspects -- In fact, it was more like the game "Risk", as it was a 'vaster' game. It was about advancing through the (15?) historical "ages" faster than your opponnent. It was also vaster in both aspects of board/land control and miitary diversity. It brought war planes into the picture, cavemen, and robots. Cmon -- no other strategy game has succeeded so well!

[archonbish]

Tbh as for everyone else who keeps saying that EE was made by Sierra and not Microsoft are correct on just that aspect. But like it's been said by the original person who started this discussion I do believe that he said that the person who had helped with AOEII also had a hand in developing EE which in fact is true just look it up. Now as far as a new version of EE goes I'm all for it and would like to see not just a new version of EE but a new version of EE2 and 3 as well cuz I love both AOE and EE franchises.