Empire Earth 3

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Product Features

• Battle across the entire globe or create a randomly generated globe to conquer
• Choose both the starting location and starting era
• Civilizations are divided into the three factions each with its own tech tree, units, structures and game play style
• Each Civilization's tech tree allows players to create completely custom civilizations of their own choosing
• As your empire spreads cities and outposts will grow and improve. Units and structures evolve over time.

Product Details

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• ASIN: B000Q8UPKQ
• Item Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 6, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,557 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

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Product Description

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Empire Earth III takes the real-time strategy franchise and gaming genre to the next level. The game puts the planet Earth into Empire Earth by introducing global perspective to conquering the world. The globe serves as the battleground between the 3 factions: Western, Middle-Eastern and Eastern. It is up to you to command an empire that covers the span of human history.

Features:

• Battle across the entire globe on a detailed Earth made up of 60 skirmish maps representing real locations on the globe
• Players can choose both the starting location and starting era
• Each faction has its own unique tech tree, units, structures and game play style allowing players to create custom civilizations
• Cities and outposts grow and improve
• Units and structures evolve over time

Product Description
Empire Earth III take the legendary real time strategy franchise to new heights. Customize your own civilization based upon one of three unique factions; Western, Middle Eastern, Far Eastern. Build an empire across a fully persistent globe that is yours to conquer as you command your armies through the span of human history and beyond. In Empire Earth III, the world is yours for the taking.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

61 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do not, repeat do not buy this game !, November 13, 2007

By	Anza Borreggo "Anza Borreggo" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

I loved the gaming experience of the open skirmishes of EEII Exp. and the graphic quality was good. These guys at MadDoc completely ruined this game. The graphics are poor at best even at the more extreme settings. Performance is atrocious. The user interface has changed for the worse. Game play suffers greatly compared to EEII. Apparently they were not able to use the original game engine and it certainly shows. I completely wasted $50 on this worthless gaming experience. I've been playing strategy games since the original Command and Conquer and beleive me you WILL be dissappointed if you buy this mess. Since we can't return opened games, please show these misrepresenting jerks by not purchasing this rip-off.

41 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save Your Money, November 21, 2007

By	Charles P. Van Pelt (Charlevoix, Michigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This is the worst game I have ever owned. It seems like a cross of the video play of Zeus or Poseiden and Rise of Nations. Please save your money and spend it on a good game like pong.

54 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK...WELL, SORT OF, October 28, 2007

By	NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

The EMPIRE EARTH series have always been trying to occupy the ground between the CIVILIZATION and the AGE OF EMPIRES franchises. Their downfall was mostly their over-complication - in this way, limiting their audience. So EE2 (although a great game!) came and went mostly unnoticed; this was the release that should have been the comeback. Well, it managed to come back as AGE OF EMPIRES 2½ - at the most...

There are a number of "innovations" in this third installment. One of the first thing you may notice is the global perspective. In a (real or randomly created) planet earth map (similar to the one in RISK III, although more detailed and interactive) strategic movements and provincial decisions are made. Improvements are built and battles are fought in the provinces level, in maps both detailed and beautifully rendered.

The graphics you will either love or hate! Whereas AGE OF EMPIRES III went the way of unit realism, EMPIRE EARTH III features clear "cartoonish" units (similar to those of WARCRAFT III) with detailed natural movements. Buildings, aided by their size, are much more realistically designed and...destroyed.
Weather effects are a nice touch. The first time it snows and everything turns white you may find it amusing. Then you will realize that it actually makes it harder to discern both units and the outline of your own camp!
Zooming is possible, yet it too manages to feel uncomfortable as the camera movement follows a parabolic (not a straight) trajectory.

There are three cultural spheres of influence (Western, Middle-Eastern & Eastern) within which you can either choose or customize the civilization you will control. Each civilization group features its own tech tree and the gameplay is pretty much balanced. You do have to figure out the strengths and weaknesses of each to be victorious.
The controls are well designed and intuitive, do not clutter up the screen, and the building menus are at easy reach.

What is inescapable to notice is that EE3 is a much LESS complicated game: whereas EE2 featured 14 distinct civilizations spanning 15 epochs and in search of 4 resources, EE3 features only 3 distinct civilizations (with their respective tech-trees), spanning only 5 epochs (Ancient, Medieval, Colonial, Modern & Future) and collecting only 2 resources (raw materials & wealth). The number of units (and their possible upgrades) also got reduced.

So is this EMPIRE EARTH - FOR DUMMIES?
I guess experienced TBS/RTS gamers will be somewhat disappointed: not only is the level of complexity reduced, the game feels more like an action RTS than ever. More casual gamers, though, will enjoy it more - and I guess it is those later gamers that have been targeted by VIVENDI UNIVERSAL this time. Take your pick based on your experience.

I probably should had awarded it no more than 3 stars, but here is hoping they decide to clean up their act on the next installment.

This was once an innovative series. It did not deserve this...