Empire Earth 3

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 12 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

0
Average:

0
Bad:

12

Pros:

Three varied factions; interesting turn-based world-domination mode.
Strips away a lot of the bloat from the first two games.

Cons:

Inscrutable combat; frustrating AI; many game features not implemented well.
Just three main civilization types, Overly simplistic worlddomination campaign mode, Ineffective AI, Mixedup units with some bizarre, unfunny specialties, Spectacularly annoying unitacknowledgment dialogue.

TechSpot is supported by its audience. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more.

Last revision on February 17, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Three varied factions; interesting turn-based world-domination mode
Strips away a lot of the bloat from the first two games

Reviewers Didn't Like

Inscrutable combat; frustrating AI; many game features not implemented well
Just three main civilization types, Overly simplistic worlddomination campaign mode, Ineffective AI, Mixedup units with some bizarre, unfunny specialties, Spectacularly annoying unitacknowledgment dialogue

Expert reviews and ratings

One of the many things that I love to immerse myself in when I'm not playing games is history. Really well written historical texts are not just dry recountings of fact, figures, names, and places. They come alive, almost like a good...

By Armchair Empire on February 03, 2008

Empire Earth III seems like the WalMart of strategy games – you can find almost anything you want, but most of it is utter junk. Sure, its cool to watch your troops go from bronze spears to laser guns. But then again the Age of Empires and Total...

By Game Chronicles Magazine on December 19, 2007

What do the player get when the player cross a little bit of Civilization with real time strategy from Age of Empires? The answer my friends isn't blowing in the wind, it's Empire Earth III. There are many aspects to this game that keep me...

By Gaming Nexus on December 05, 2007

The PC market has always been well known for first person shooters and real-time strategy games, one of the reasons for this is that these genres lend themselves so well to the control scheme on the PC; this is why we tend to see a lot more of the...

By Play TM on December 03, 2007

del.icio.us | Digg This | Glink It The first Empire Earth game was an outstanding success. Gamers loved it since it allowed them to advance through many different epochs (ages) in one game. Each era granted players new buildings, technology, and...

By GameZone on November 26, 2007

VIDEO: Head over to our videos page to check out all Empire Earth III footage!During Empire Earth II's postmortem meeting, one of the developers said, "OK, here's what I'm hearing: 'It's just too complicated.'" Another guy on his...

By 1Up on November 19, 2007

Can somebody give me my money back please? Empire Earth III is by far the worst game released in 2007. Empire Earth was amazing, Empire Earth II had some clever ideas but the physics were not done well, and Empire Earth III follows in the footsteps...

By GamePyre on November 18, 2007

Its never a good sign when your boss apologizes in advance for assigning you a review so when Dan handed me a copy of Empire Earth III and said "Im sorry," I was a little nervous to crack it open. I mean, I really, really liked the original Empire...

By IGN Gear on November 16, 2007

The Empire Earth franchise was once one of the big guns in strategy gaming. The original was named GameSpys 2001 Game of the Year, thanks to a huge scope and the best RTS editing tools available at the time. The sequel, while perhaps overly complex,...

By GameSpy on November 16, 2007

While it may be a lot smoother and simpler than its predecessors, Empire Earth III has been dumbed down to the point of irrelevance....

By GameSpot on November 16, 2007

Load More Reviews…