Empire Earth 2

[Cole]

I'm tired of seeing this game rather...shadowed by Age of Empires 3 and other RTS's out there.
Being created by Mad Doc Software(Creators of the Expansion to Empire Earth, not Empire Earth that was stainless steel studios).

There are...many previews on this game... I guess I'm just tired of not seeing this game getting...what it deserves. It dosn't look the best but it sure sounds great.
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/empire-earth-2/586243p1.html
"That's when I got the Empire Earth equivalent of a diplomatic bombshell. The Mayan player sent us a war plan. The entire time we had been fighting a losing action against the American-Mayan alliance, the Mayan player had been sending spies out to secretly sabotage the American player's defenses. Now that everything was in place, though, he was ready to turn. Five minutes later, everything suddenly changed. American towers stopped firing arrows and all the British troops that had been hiding in my territory suddenly charged into battle (along with my pitiful Roman legions, for all the good they did), and the Mayans did the same on the other side. The American empire wasn't long for the world once that happened. "

"The power of the human mind is expressed through Empire Earth II's new diplomacy screens. Basically a trading and communication interface, it allows players to work out trades and treaties with each other that go far beyond just declaring war or asking for an alliance. The game's diplomacy screen puts everything up for grabs. Players can offer treaties to one another that are peppered with terms, inducements, and conditions. Say, for example, a player needs a specific resource, but his or her own territory is a bit short. They can then offer a treaty to another player in which they trade resource rights back and forth, but don't allow military units to cross the border. If this is unacceptable, the second player can make a counteroffer, asking the first to declare war on a third player in exchange for access to the needed resource."

With it's picture in picture camera and all the other things this game will offer... with all the previews I seen...the previewer always seemes to be impressed. A territory system. It's overall a very unique RTS. The graphics are great to the eye. Each country has there own buildings graphics, unit graphics..etc..everything.


When empire earth 2 is brought up I usually see alot of negative...or at least not to many really positive comments for it vs other RTS's that are coming out.

I really want alot of you to take another look at Empire Earth 2... go to http://www.strategyplanet.com/empires/

Soo many previews.... arm would get soar if I listed em all.
http://pc.ign.com/articles/585/585609p1.html?fromint=1
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/empireearth2/preview_6117775.html
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/empire-earth-2/584546p2.html
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/previews/previews_story.php(que)id=114025

I will buy this game the minute I can.

 

[mr_natural48]

I have been waiting with anticipation for a while now, reading up on any info I can about Empire Earth 2. It really does sound like it's going to be a worthwhile game and at the moment this and Brothers In Arms are the only two games I am excited about playing.
Like you said, it doesn't look all that great (visually) but the gameplay sounds very exciting to say the least and if Mad Doc can pull it off hopefully it will get all the respect it deserves.

 

[Fishlore]

I for one am very excited about EE2. I loved the first one, but the diplomatic improvements in the new one sound absolutely amazing. Hopefully they can pull it off, judging by the review it sounds like they have.

I'm just hoping that the AI with regards to the new diplomacy features is strong. I'm not an MPer. If SP can get the diplomacy right I'll be happy.

 

[Cole]

I'm just hoping that the AI with regards to the new diplomacy features is strong. I'm not an MPer. If SP can get the diplomacy right I'll be happy.

Thankfully there is no cheating AI like in the oringal Empire Earth. I hope they developed great AI. Ai using this diplomacy features really good with be.....breathtaking..

 

[Lucid]

I'm not TOO excited.
It seems as though it's going to be REALLY complex.
Those crown specials, I never bothered with them in EE1...Too many, most weren't specific to THAT time period.
I hope that's fixed with the new one.

 

[Cole]

Dosn't sound like it's going to be really complex. Sounds like it has things that no\few other games actually have.

 

[Fishlore]

The new citizen manager is a cool touch. It will definitely make things a lot easier. Since that will give you more time to do things other than worker watch, you can spend the extra time in diplomacy screens.

I agree the crown specials may be a bit much, but like anything practice makes perfect.

 

[Adrien C]

Loved the first one, the Napoleonic era was the best era for an RTS.