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Empire Earth Gold Edition

Control the destiny of a fledgling civilization through as many as 500,000 years of human history. From meagre beginnings you must exploit the natural resources around you to build an empire capable of dominating the Earth. But your rise to supremacy will not go unchallenged. As was the case throughout history, rival civilizations are certain to oppose you every step of the way. New technologies, buildings and weapons become available as your civilization progresses through history. But bear in mind that advancement does not necessarily mean success. Your civilization might flourish during one

Release date
July 16, 2009
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Stainless Steel Studios
Publisher
Rebellion
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Control the destiny of a fledgling civilization through as many as 500,000 years of human history. From meagre beginnings you must exploit the natural resources around you to build an empire capable of dominating the Earth.

But your rise to supremacy will not go unchallenged. As was the case throughout history, rival civilizations are certain to oppose you every step of the way. New technologies, buildings and weapons become available as your civilization progresses through history.

But bear in mind that advancement does not necessarily mean success. Your civilization might flourish during one Epoch only to be crushed in the next...

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★ 8.8/10GOG · 4,694 ratings
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Most helpful8

★ 4 / 5
Empire Earth is real time strategy created by Stainless Steel Studios, company founded by Rick Goodman who ealier made awasome Age of Empires. Game has…
★ 5 / 5
I swear this thing has me more addicted than WoW. There's nothing quite like taking a village of cavemen and turning them into a modern…
★ 4 / 5
Empire Earth is quite the epic game. Going through the ages and exploring the units that come from each of them is a blast. From…
★ 2 / 5
[This review might be outdated, as the version of the game has since changed - GOG Team.] Not compatible with windows 10.
★ 1 / 5
The game runs but as soon as it starts, the graphics become seriously messed up. I tried every compatibility mode, every resolution and nothing works.…
★ 4 / 5
Finally works on Windows 10. A few months ago, the game would crash, but this recent update fixed it.
★ 3 / 5
I bought this game a couple of months ago and am disappointed. I loved playing random maps on Age of Empires back in the day,…
★ 3 / 5
I will agree with the rest of the positive reviews here that the historical campaigns are really well made. However the real essense of the…

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★ 5 / 5
I remember playing this as a kid, and honestly forgot about it until today. Absolutely 10/10
★ 5 / 5
I played this game all through my childhood and saw it and had to download it and play it again. It's nostalgic, an excellent and…
★ 5 / 5
I still remmenber the first time that I saw this game. It was in a internet cafe, doing a research of geography and at my…
★ 1 / 5
When i played this 25 years ago it was amazing but unfortunately by todays standards its just frustrating, the agressive zoom that was neccessary to…
★ 4 / 5
this game is good but runs a little bit laggy on modern hardware

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