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Empires Cool game play..

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 47 / 53
Date: April 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

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.

For the skillful RTS player who likes history & strategy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 28 / 31
Date: October 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

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!

A really fun game, highly recommended

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 23 / 24
Date: November 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

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!

Wow, I'm not a huge RTS fan, but I loved it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 15
Date: November 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First off, I'm not a great gamer, so I'm not in touch will all the great strategies, etc. I don't play too many games a year, but this is one I'll be sticking with for quite a while!

For me to get attached to another RTS is amazing since I usually don't like RTS games much. I played Age of Kings some and liked it, but others I tried were just bleh..

This game made me so happy! A friend got it for me, and since I hadn't played RTS in a while, I was a little suprised. We played it mostly against the computer and I'm so addicted! Since every civ is 100% unique (all the powers, units, colors, sounds, even starting citizens) I feel like its a brand new game to explore every time I play. We love playing against the AI mostly, but when my friend is busy I played the scenarios.

The scenarios impressed me a lot. I tend to like multiplayer with friends the most, but the stories and cinematics here are awesome!

I could go on and on, but I need to finish typing this so I can finish the YI campaign!

THIS IS A MUST BUY!!! ok ok, I'm a little excited about it... =)

The New King of "Empire" Games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: November 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Wow... all I can say is WOW. Does this game deliver. I am an avid RTS player with games like Age of Empires I & II, Clone Campaigns, America, Cossacks, American conquest, and Rise of Nations and this one blows them all away - easy! I have never written a game review, but had to write this to express how great this game is. Medieval period is great, up to WWII, but finally I get my favored, but much neglected Napoleonic period (Imperial age), and the art and graphics are absolutely gorgeous! The camera can fully rotate, the art is smooth and clean (not like Age of Mythology or Empire Earth, both dissapointments for me). You can zoom in right up close. The sound effects are awesome and realistic, and the scenario editor is easy to use and gives some extras. I just can't reccommend this product enough. The game is designed for "Wargamers", not farmers, so if you want to get quickly in the action and stay in it, this is the one. Plus, this game cleaned up my new Win XP system! That's right, all of my games were buggy and unstable until I installed the full version of Empire DMW, and voila! Hours and hours of fun with no problems. Must be the Direct X 9.0b the disc includes. So if there are some of you out there who may be experiencing some problems, despite a specs-rich system, maybe this game will work for you too. Plus you will love it. I never thought I would say it, but it beats AOE, and RON hands down! RTS generals, buy this game, you will not regret it.

Empires: Dawn of the Modern World

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: January 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game, Empires Dawn of the Modern World, is one of the best in RTS gaming history. However, I do not say "the best," only "one of the best." The game has strong points and some flaws.

In this game, one advances through ages, just as in many other RTSes. The ages are Medieval, Gunpowder, Imperial, WWI and WWII. Although these are good choices, there is one drawback: When advancing into WWI, the player has to change his/her's civilization to a more recent one. It is easy to accept the fact that the Franks (one of the civilizations available) had changed somewhat from 1500 to 1914, but the US (another civilization) was around before 1914. In fact, it was around during the middle of the Imperial age. Also, China (a pre-WW civilization in this game)played a major role in WWII, and is still one of the most powerful nations on earth!

The gameplay in this game is almost exactly like the gameplay in Age of Empires. One builds a base and a couple of barrackses, tank factories, stables, or whatever, and then launches an attack on the opponent's base. However, with the addition of some special abilities for units, buildings, and even wonders, this game improves on Age of Empires. Also, every unit in this game is unique to its civilization, even townspeople. While not going as far as such RTSes as Rise of Nations or Rome: Total War, the game does have its allure.

If there were a graphics rating availabe, this game would get 5 stars. Not isometric, this game has beautifully programmed 3D graphics and in-game cinematics.

Empires: Dawn of the Modern World is definitely recommended for first time RTS gamers as a good all-around RTS, but longtime RTS gamers might find this game a little repetative.

this game is AWESOME!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 18
Date: October 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ive played the demo of this game, and lets just say "i was blown away" ive seen strategy games simalar to this like Age of Empires series, but enlike those this one starts at the mideval age and ends at WW II. I highly reccomend this game for the serious strategy gamer... also any other person out there who is looking for an awesome game. Any other srategy game to this day has now met it's match! Again, Empires: Dawn of the Modern World is best strategy game I have ever played.

BEST GAME EVER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 15
Date: October 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

[Wow] this is a great game. If any of you gamers have ever played EE AOC, this game is pretty much an upgrade to the same drivers. BUT, the graphics and online play have been boosted up a noch giving you grade A performace. Also, some clans form EE AOC have moved up to empires such as **USMC**.

GET THIS GAME AND PLAY YOUR LIFE AWAY!!!...

The next great sequal to Empire Earth

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: November 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you liked Empire Earth, you will definitely like Empires. I have played the World War II missions and the Prince Richard missions and they both have a good story, challenging to play, and just a lot of fun.

The negatives are that when you move naval ships around they seem to get lost and keep moving all over the place and forget to fire sometimes. I have also gone up to attack some germany troops and they just sit there while I shoot at them without firing back...this is a bug.

These are a few shortcoming, but the graphics, story, and gameplay are all well thought out and makes the game a lot of fun to play.

THIS GAME IS AWESOME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: November 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I must say, this game looked like it'd be just another Age of Empires, but I'm totally blown away! And that's just from the demo! The demo is great, but it doesn't have it all, like all the civs and ages but, it was still incredible. My brother and I play it all the time, and if he won't play, the internet supplies me. It's an incredible game, but if you're not sure about it, go to www.empiresrts.com and get the demo, believe me, you won't regret it!

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