9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Decent game but, false advertising, Sep 29 2010
By FordGT90Concept - Published on Amazon.com
Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Empire Earth II Gold Edition (CD-ROM)
Empire Earth II would be a five star game except that it has fairly bad performance issues on newer computers. I am running a Core i7 920 with a HD 5870 and during a 10 player skirmish (1000 unit pop cap) on a gigantic map, I often had to run the game speed at 20-50% to bring the lag down to managable levels. These performance problems drop its rating down to four star.
I rated it two stars is because, as dark elf 2319 pointed out, this game says right on the back "Single Player only." The multiplayer components of the game are, in fact, disabled. That right there takes a lot of the replay value of the game and add to it the fact that it is not properly labeled as such above, it drops down to the 1-2 star category.
If the multiplayer component of the game was the primary reason for looking at it (as it was with me), definitely stay away from this copy. It is a good game otherwise.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Misleading Advertising, April 3 2010
By dark elf 2319 - Published on Amazon.com
Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Empire Earth II Gold Edition (CD-ROM)
While this page advertises the original edition of the game complete with multiplayer, what BLS Mart actually sends out is the "Sold Out Software" edition that is completely lacking in multiplayer. I'd suggest buying the game used instead of purchasing a stripped-down version falsely advertised as being the full game.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
wretched compared to EE-1, Feb 26 2011
By John R. Krawczyk II - Published on Amazon.com
Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Empire Earth II Gold Edition (CD-ROM)
In keeping with the faster pace of game players these days, this pieces in this game move very quickly. In EE-1 I loved the close combat. In EE-2 you just grab a batch of units and throw them at the enemy. There's no chance for unit control and using your strengths against the enemies' weak points etc. Everything is just grab the units and have them attack. While good for 1st person shooters this doesn't fit in with strategy games. It looks like whoever directed this effort lost sight of their audience or target market. EE-1 (STD & AOC versions) was a labor of love by the developer. EE-2 was a bad sequel. Crashes are frequent but basically I lose interest during the game. Though I've played EE-1 hundreds of times, I've never completed a single game of EE-2.