Empires: Dawn of the Modern World

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• 1,000 of the most significant years in history: rule from 950 AD to 1950 AD
• Historically-based civilizations: command 1 of several distinctive nations
• Historically-accurate units and abilities; battle on land, at sea, and in air
• Single- or multi-player game mode; lead troops to battle in story-based campaigns
• Spectacular graphics: cutting edge 3D graphics and a zooming camera

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000C6EC2
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches ; 9.6 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 21, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,781 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Empires: Dawn of the Modern World is a unique real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a millennium of human history!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

48 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Empires Cool game play.., April 27, 2004

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Erica Khamari "eschue1" (Glen Burnie, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Empires: Dawn of the Modern World (CD-ROM)

After playing some other strategy games online, I decided that I was ready to actually buy one. So I was off in search of finding one that was good, and while I was at the store one day came across Empires: Dawn of the Modern World. Unlike most games that I have bought in the past, I didn't install this game untill about two weeks after purchasing. However when I did install it I got an error message saying that the game key was invalid. I tried many times, still the samething. So in my frustration I called customer service. At first the customer service rep asked if I was typing in caps or lower case, then he told my to email them my system details. Come to find out I didn't have the right video card that supported the graphics for this game. I have since upgraded my video card and reinstalled the games...and have been playing ever since.

Despite having to upgrade my computer just to use this game might seem to be a hassle to same, but hey, after all I would have had to of upgraded anyway. So now for the real meat and potatoes.

As I have mentioned earlier I had played other war strategy games online(renting them online), I have played both Rise of Nations and Age of Empires II using this service. And I must say that Empires is a better game as far as graphics and game play is concerned. The 3D graphics are very good and you can zoom in closer then in other games.

Now for the game play, Empires goes from Medieval up to World War II. You can chose between England(UK for WWI and WWII), the Franks(France), Korea, China, the United States, Russia and Germany. Each civilization is unique, for example if you chose England and start off during the Medieval Age then you can build a mind on a site that has either gold or stone. However if you chose the Franks, you will have to have several villagers mind the gold instead. Building walls around your town center is highly recommended if you don't want your civilization to be invaded. There are three campaigns to choose from: Richard the lionheart, Captain Xi, and General Patton, these campaigns take a long time to complete...I still haven't finished Richard's campaign yet.

I would have given Empires a whole five stars, but there are a few things that I think that it can improve upon, thus only four stars. The civilizations are only available up to a certain point; if starting from the Medieval time and you chose England, by the time that you reach WWI you will have to choose a Modern civilization i.e. the UK. Another thing that I feel is a disappointment in this game is lack of options for the civilizations. Example being you can't choose the USA to start off during the Medieval time (for obivous reasons) but it would be nice if they had the colonies as an option instead of the USA only being available from WWI and on.

Overall I recommend Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, despite it's few draw backs. I have certainly enjoy playing this game as a single player and as a multiplayer, playing against friends.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A really fun game, highly recommended, November 15, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Empires: Dawn of the Modern World (CD-ROM)

Empires is such a great game. I wasn't sure when I first heard about it, but I played the demo and really liked it, so I decided to get the game. Wow! There's so much in this game! This is by far the best real-time strategy game I've ever played. It was easy to learn, but has so much depth and is so fun that I'll be playing it for a long time. The single player campaigns (there are 3 of them) were a blast! Good stories and very well constructed with lots of ways to win. I've also enjoyed playing random map games against the computer. Trying to beat the next difficulty level is a whole game itself! (I'm pretty good at beating level 5 now, but there are 10 levels!) Plus, you can play people over the Internet.

I highly recommend this game. If you liked Age of Empires and Age of Kings, this is like AOE 3, except all the civilizations are really different, with lots of cool units and special "classified projects", which are like special powers you get to use on your enemies. And you can play all the way to World War II!

28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For the skillful RTS player who likes history & strategy, October 9, 2003

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J. B. Lawton "jblii" (Newton, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Empires: Dawn of the Modern World (CD-ROM)

I've been fortunate to see this game in full version development and have played the demos (single and multi-player). If you love historically based RTS, or just like strategy games, you should definitely enjoy Empires: DMW. The graphics are outstanding, the game is rock solid and options for players of the different civs provide VERY interesting strategic choices.

In multiplayer mode the game will be enormously interesting and challenging because of the options available to the human player. In single player mode, more casual "empire building" players will find a tough but fair AI to compete against, and there will be many difficulty levels to choose from depending on how tough you want your opponent to be.

This is a very, very high quality game in an era when there's a lot of junk out there. But you have to be willing to learn the game and take on a bit of a challenge, and appreciate historical differences in the many civs in the game. If you have the skills to play, you will be richly rewarded!