Empire Earth: 500,000 Years of Real-Time Strategy

Review and retrospective on the RTS game Empire Earth from 2001! Half a million years of human history (and possible future) is covered in this PC gaming classic from Rick Goodman, designer of Age of Empires.
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[@scottmarison]

Ah the good ole days... Empire Earth. I was the lead programmer for the game. Fun times!

[@christophertheriault3308]

Hey Scott! Glad to see I'm not the only SSSI staffer seeing these videos. It was quite a shock finding out that people still are fans of this game 20 years later.

[@scottmarison]

@@christophertheriault3308 yup it's pretty cool. 20 years is indeed a long time!

[@miguelelgueta5830]

@@christophertheriault3308 Are you serious? its a ridiculously good game, and a fantástic package for that era, I can't believe that you guys put that ammount of content on a game, thanks for thay, my 2002 self was all into this one, loved it so much. I still think about this game when I read about history.

[@lucasgraeff5391]

i love this game so much!

[@Gilraldys]

Thank you both of you for the memories!

[@acolytetojippity]

back in high school, for AP US History me and a friend did a report on some of the battles in WW2. We researched the events that happened, and then to present it we sat down and built custom maps/scenarios in Empire Earth (complete with scripted events and such) for us to record and narrate over while presenting to the class. Good times. We had to use some kinda dumb tricks to get some of the evets/sequences to go off correctly. Some individual units had massively buffed stats to allow them to survive moving up the beach on D-Day for example. Or the gun emplacements with massively increased LOS/range to allow them to fire down onto the beach. Special triggers to destroy a bunker or two once an engineer got close enough, a set of battleships in a completely different faction set to be allied with both sides of the combat but enemies to a fourth faction of chickens on the far edge of the map (so we could get footage of the battleships shelling the beach in advance of the invasion). All sorts of weird stuff we had to figure out to get them to run correctly.

[@UnproductiveSunbeam]

That's awesome

[@RaidsEpicly]

Do you have the footage still? I'd watch it. If the narration feels cringe to you now even just the video without overlaid commentary would be dope

[@stormcaster6322]

@@RaidsEpicly same

[@Khaliljt]

Brilliant

[@cougar2k720]

That's an awesome way to do your presentation! That's like doing machinima with game assest. You should put it on KZbin and complete with narration!

[@jnb894]

-"What is your favorite unit of all time in any strategy game?" Me: " The end is near prophet in Empire Earth."

[@ichibanmanekineko]

As I read this comment, the prophet appeared on screen!

Trident sub EE expansion I think it was.

[@Catonaut.]

don't forget to modify him in the editor to give him enough power and hp. sadly things like that didn't work in aoe 2. that was one thing I loved EE. Bombing the enemy with 8 rocket bases, where each of them did over 2.000.000 damage and raded like half the map

[@denizmetint.462]

also known as ARISTOTELES

[@kokoberi600]

he is yakazota

[@alexc1512]

4:32 Good thing you brought that Anti Air vehicle to take on those pesky cavemen and their impressive aerial fleet.

[@sinni800]

I'd be freaking out seeing friggin tanks coming up against me as a caveman... Damn cheater, yes I mean you Clint

[@hakont.4960]

Better safe than sorry. :D

[@shaider1982]

I think air to air cannot work on ground units.

[@spankyspork5808]

Hey, haven't you seen Battlefield Earth?

[@MaxUgly]

@@shaider1982 I vaguely remember only certain riflemen units being able to shoot at hot air balloons and early aircraft during the industrial or WWI era. IIRC you had to hurry up and advance to stand a chance. I forgot how much was possible in this game until I watched this video. It was so damn fun back then! I want to see if I find that old CD-ROM now!

[@bobograndman]

Ah back when games came with copious amounts of paperwork that you just _had_ to read

[@LaDeXi]

Didn't even have any paperwork with pirated copy of the game :) Don't have with the current GOG version either.

[@ZanathKariashi]

it's in the pdf file in the extras.

[@HoboTango]

Games still come with copious amounts of information. But yeah I get what you mean, it was just THAT good to get them all in physical paper, with nice drawings on the box and whatnot. I also miss that.

[@mrnice4434]

I only read then as long as the game was installing. :)

[@segamon]

Good reading material at bedtime :)

[@door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978]

- No microtransactions - No loot boxes - No DRM - No "required internet connection" I miss the 90's and the early 2000's.

[@coconut5650]

No DRM? Im pretty sure the 90s had drm but a lot worse

[@itscrumbelivable]

Yeah dude there was some pretty contrived DRM back in the 90s. More often than not the game forced you to turn to a random page of your manual and type in a random word of a random sentence just to get your game running. At least now it's far less tedious. Also, the 90s and the early 2000s were the birthplace of always-online games. I guess Runescape, World of Warcraft, Ultima Online, all never existed.

[@teubert2]

@Coconut 56 @Pokemario Fan DRM was a lot worse? Could you provide examples please? "Im [sic] pretty sure the 90s had drm but a lot worse" is just an *assumption* that could easily be BS. I have played numerous PS1 games and PC games from that time. None of them had any DRM as far as I know. MediEvil, Command and Conquer games, Warcraft, Spyro, Claw, Bomberman games, Pokémon games, Rayman, Age of Empires I & II, Earthworm Jim, Worms 2 and *many* more. I don't ever recall any type of obnoxious DRM in any of the games. Some games had a product key you had to type in when first installing the game, but other than that? There was nothing. Also, I think what OP means by "no "required internet connection"" is that there were no single-player offline games that required an internet connection for whatever reason. An example of such a game is Bioshock 2 when first installing it. A game that requires internet connection every time you play it, even in single-player mode, is Starcraft 2 IIRC. There's no need to complain about internet connection being required if something is a multi-player game. That's just plain silly.

[@itscrumbelivable]

@@teubert2 The PS1 had its own copy protection, which took until the end of its lifespan to crack, and it's well documented that several cartridge-based nintendo games had infamously aggressive copy protection. "I don't recall" doesn't mean it wasn't there.

[@teubert2]

@Pokemario Fan Copy protection for PS1? Wouldn't that only be a problem for pirates, not legal players? There might have been one or two games back then that had some kind of bad DRM, but 99,9% of games didn't have any type of DRM if you don't consider product keys during installation as DRM. Product keys aside, I never encountered any DRM whatsoever back then, and considering the fact I played so many different games back then, I think it's safe to say OP is right with the DRM part. Lending games to friends was simple and easy back then as there was no way to check (at least not in practice) if more than one person use the same disc.

[@dangernuzzles4568]

I had the Spanish version of the game when I was a kid and they voice overs were hysterical. My friends and I still quote them to this day, "NOS ESTAN ATACANDOOOOOOOOOOO!"

[@DudeWatIsThis]

Classic! My parents would tease my brother and I with it. My base would be getting torn up to shreads and I would hear my mom going "NoS EstÁn AtaCaNdOoOo" from the next room.

[@gregspencer3225]

Even just a MENTION of Age of Mythology warms my heart. That poor forgotten game...

[@sirbitesalot7162]

Which is sad though they did drop dlc for it a few years ago where they added Asian pantheons

[@ShermTank7272]

Sir Bites A lot - didn’t have much fanfare, though. I honestly didn’t know about the Steam rerelease or the DLC until somewhat recently. That sort of stuff ought to be shouted from the rooftops!

[@AreGeeBee]

Age of Mythology is better than Age of Empires IMO

[@stygian8049]

Gotta love Loki hersir spam

[@melvinjansen2338]

Wololoooo

[@iniudan]

From the sound of it, the "French" voice actor heard Monty Python and the Holy Grail more often then actual French person. =p

[@MuttFitness]

A real French accent is hard. Monty python French is easy.

[@12201185234]

I fart in your general direction!

[@rapids444]

I was coming to comment the same thing... :D

[@oz_jones]

Silly Arthur knecht!

[@AustinJFerret]

"I am French! Why else do you think I have zis outraaaaageous accent?"

[@Slick263]

That guy has only one eye in all the different time periods because it's supposed to represent you, the ageless and apparently immortal supreme commander

[@RapiDEraZeR]

Deep...

[@nichsa8984]

@Count Cobalt 15:40 elon musk or a people prediction human become technologically superior leader of supreme

[@leothelion567]

And you see the screen in 2D so that makes even more sense

[@TheNostorian]

I need an HD remake now.

[@daricx12]

Crowdfunding let's go

[@els236]

@@daricx12 People have tried to get the source code for this game in order to make a remake. Unfortunately, Rebellion studios now owns all rights to the EE franchise and it doesn't seem like they are going to do anything about it.

[@franciscocorleone1723]

-Nobody

[@akeyrtainment8507]

And not make it flopped like WC3 Refund version

[@KingMori63400]

It's called 0 A.D.

[@GlobalWarmingSkeptic]

"We've found a group of Amazonian peoples who have never encountered modern humans who continue to live primitive lives. President, what are we to do?" "Nukes. We must eliminate this imminent threat."

[@mikec.8604]

nuke twice, to be sure !

[@nghile3726]

Thrice when you found out they are North Korean.

[@Stellar001100]

*100 B-52s take off to eliminate the Amazonian threat*

[@gideonmele1556]

Nuke them from orbit. It’s the only way to be certain

[@ActitisHypoleukos]

@@gideonmele1556 subtle expansion pack reference 👌

[@dmitri8117]

This is insane, I just bought this game yesterday to replay one of my favorites from my childhood. Before I bought it, I searched to see if you made a video reviewing it and you hadn't, and I was somewhat disappointed. Now you release this review today. This is a sign.

[@IsmailofeRegime]

Quick, buy more games!

[@AIEmporium700]

Dmitri Salov this game is my childhood too. So many memories, and not to mention the scenario editor! So many hours of fun

[@bernlack]

You may not believe me man, but I was exactly in the same boat. I did the exact same thing.

[@planescaped]

I'd blow 200$ on Suikoden 2 but I don't think LGR is gonna be reviewing that anytime soon. >__>

[@gumunduringigumundsson9344]

I played it alot. Its great!

[@turkenheimer4448]

Did you seriously make a video about Empire Earth without mentioning the epic Music?!

[@PunkHippie1971]

🎶 Heeeee oooo haaa... Heeee haaaa hoooo.... Heeeee oooo haaa.... Heeee heeeey hoooo... 🎶

[@migueeeelet]

It's curious, cause the music is forgettable, but it fits in so well at the same time... Perfect background music I'd say

[@sneakycactus8815]

@@migueeeelet forgettable? It's been stuck in my head ever since I first heard it over a decade ago. Same with halo, timesplitters 2 and timesplitters future perfect. My childhood theme songs will never leave my heart

[@FriKuShAxP]

i only remember Prince of Persia Warrior within music the sims 2 music and empires earth II music :)

[@far_centrist]

armipotentis hostilis formidabilis sanguinis aedifico exploro imperator supera!

[@stupidmonkey1015]

Omg Empire Earth that bad boy and "YOU'RE UNDER ATTACK" sound is timeless

[@Calliopa_22]

As far as I remember (and I do remember) it's "WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!"

[@XY-dc4yp]

Nothing like a bunch of short swords with upgraded attack and speed (and fanaticism in Aoe) raiding your mines and farms, when that alarm sounds it’s already too late lol

[@Leon-oc4em]

Lmao, it's such a violent scream in spanish

[@doge777]

Hell yeah dude :) i playing to EE in GameRanger's to my friends ^__^ Sorry for bad english...

[@Lighthammer18]

Ah, the EE house mystery has been solved at last. I remember being confused about the function of houses all those aeons ago. Now I know, it brings relief to my very soul.

[@RedBaronSurprisingly]

yup, at that time i had no idea what the house is built for.

[@carlosfred8673]

All of the voices sound like something straight out of South Park.

[@randombrokeperson]

The guy in the expansion cut scene Clint showed sounded like a cousin of Napoleon Dynamite.

[@Hesperell]

Leave them alone, you schwein!

[@jamiepilkey]

As an archaeologist, I still wonder what civilization survived off harvesting pumpkins for food.

[@MuttFitness]

Join our civilization. We have pie!

[@Kakkarot22]

they'd definitely have a reallybad time, i accidentally starved myself for a week once eating nothing but a delicious pumpkin fish cheese soup i made a ton of

[@naturesinterface6663]

Well, pumpkins are a squash... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_(agriculture)

[@Kakkarot22]

@@naturesinterface6663 yes, but maize and beans are the backbone there, highly calorie dense foods, the winter squashes are mainly a vitamin supplement in that system

[@fortheloveofnoise9298]

Somone with good taste in squash.

[@nozyspy4967]

I remember when this game came out. I preordered it and the day it came out i went to the shop first thing in the morning with my Mum to pick it up. The anxious wait while the guy rummaged around behind the counter for the box! Those were the days!

[@TurokroIV]

"Grigor, Grigor your life is in danger!!"

[@ronyan]

Ah, a potato truck.

[@v44n7]

Dugh?

[@maroonalienware]

game was lit =)

[@pannedesalle4142]

Hhahahahahahhhaha i can hear this

[@denizmetint.462]

*"It has been for months, if not for years, Pyotr. What is it now?"*

[@Krenki5555]

I loved playing matches with AI on the biggest maps. For me Empire Earth stood out from other strategy games with the insane length the matches could take. I remember some matches I played against AI could take multiple days to end. I also remember getting Empire Earth III from a local store and being absolutely disgusted by it when I first played it. Also.. _WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!_

[@stolemycoconut5448]

If your into ai games check out age of empires 3 this game still runs great nowadays and doesn't take any effort to simply start, can handle modern hardware etc. Lots of mods and I myself am working on an ai for the game the games are spot shorter but hell can be alot of fun and even intense!

[@davidmiller9485]

@@stolemycoconut5448 yeah... no. EE3 was the one game in the series i did not like.

[@sneakycactus8815]

@@davidmiller9485 he said age of empires 3. Not empire earth 3. And yeah. EE3 is shit. We don't talk about it anymore.

[@Gappasaurus]

“What be your business in our fair town?” 👨🏻‍🎨 “Omelette du fromage” 🧝🏼‍♂️

[@guendoff2400]

LOL DEXTER LOL

[@piratekingthaszar7912]

Take your cheese omelet and get out!

[@PabloEscobar-vh6jq]

Omelette au fromage **

[@dgerdi]

„Singing“ In Dexters Laaabratoooory....

[@kaganmeiya2149]

There is definitely an audience for this kind of game. They don't make RTS games like these anymore. I totally forgot this game even existed. Thank you for the video.

[@manupainkiller]

Rise of Nations, the microsoft's copy of Empire Earth, which was made in 2005 I think. But this game had a remaster in 2014, it is quite played on Steam.

[@ferretyluv]

Kagan Meiya Civ V?

[@kaganmeiya2149]

@@ferretyluv Civ 5 is not RTS in the real sense but still a good game. Rise of Nations rocks though solid game.

[@RodrigoLopez-oc6xc]

I remember playing a skirmish for 5 hours and still not being able to defeat the AI, I really loved the challenge of this game.

[@v44n7]

It cheated so much, you could killed all their citizen but they still had resources to attack and defend always with infinite amounts of hordes. I was 7 when I play this game for the first time, man... back then I didn't understand the concepts of cheating in AI. I spended entire days fighting AI, when I got bored of trying I was used to just start another game in a new era. What a glorious game.

[@Wasper216]

One million sold copies within one year was a huge success back in 2001 now in 2019 seven million sold copies within a month is considered "failed to meet expectations" 🤣🤣🤣

[@Selvyre]

AAA games have some ludicrously unrealistic sales expectations. Probably as a direct result of ludicrous amounts of money going into development and advertisement. Add some on "If we made [x] profit, we need to make 1.1[x] profit next time for stockholders!" and you get even massive hits being looked upon as failures. It's absurd.

[@Shenaldrac]

@@Selvyre And it's their own fault too. Who spent from mid 2000s until now hyping up and pushing graphics above actual fun gameplay? The AAA industry. Now they're stuck with the generation of gamers they created, who demand high fidelity graphics even though they're expensive to have nowadays, as diminishing returns have thoroughly kicked in. So they "have" to spend 100+ million dollars on each game because otherwise the people they trained to care about those expensive things will not buy the game. It's a a very sad state of affairs.

[@thegreatandpowerfultwily394]

Shenaldrac I'd gladly take inferior graphics if it meant more development time can be dedicated to gameplay, and story. But sadly, prettier games draw more attention, so the whole situation perpetuates itself...

[@Shenaldrac]

@@thegreatandpowerfultwily394 So would I. But the AAA industry has made its bed, and now it has to lay in it.

[@noahprussia7622]

Now you have to pay for a good team of graphic-designers, and a good team of advertisers, and you gotta pay your stockholders who always want more and more money, and you gotta pay your other employees, and you gotta pay your development team to figure out a way to jam in micro-transactions, and you gotta pay for servers because everything has to be multiplayer, and so on

[@sweton2372]

Me and my father used to play this well into the night when i was younger, damn those times were great :)

[@denizmetint.462]

Apparently, you not only have good taste in games, but also good taste in avatars. I salute you, young Sweton.

[@Edv7S]

glad to hear im not the only person with that experience hahaha, good times

[@DonkeyFilms]

14:13 You can tell that the voice this guy was doing started to hurt his throat and was regretting it the further he was recording lmao

[@Pandaoniman]

"Even if the AI leaves a bit to be desired, considering how much it tends to cheat." Rolls on cavemen with tanks... then mechs.

[@els236]

That's likely because he set it up for him to start in modern era, while AI starts as normal. Seriously though, the AI DOES cheat in this game. If you play a random map, even though everyone starts with, say, 1500 stone, which is enough for about 6 or 7 towers, the AI just spams their whole coastline with towers. They seemingly don't actually have ressource costs to build stuff.

[@Jasza676]

@@els236 Ayee. AI in EE, not unlike the original AI in AoE I & II, treats resources merely as a suggestion. Gathers them mostly just for show. Expands like a blob wherever, including random walls on land maps and throwing civilians into warzone to try to rebuild whatever just got destroyed. Just like AoE AIs neither is it concerned with Fog of War, it just always knows where all your stuff is. It apparently even knows what type of units the player is producing and adjusts their own production to that without ever needing to see them legit way. AoE II HD came with a much needed AI overhaul that finally made AI fair, yet still competent. Sadly EE got no HD/remake release, so its AI will still remain in such simple state for more and more years...

[@DorianApryl]

Hard level AI just spawns infinite amount of resources and produces units at reduced speed and cost. One time I played a random map I captured 95% of it, surrounded the AI base of walls of towers and despite having almost all resources I could not finish it off completely. I had the scenario locked at the Bronze age so in the end I just loaded the save in the map editor and added myself a couple of nuclear bombers. The only way to kill that AI was to cheat

[@Eferor]

I think I played this game as much as AoE II

[@planescaped]

I remember not actually liking it. Not sure why... I actually preferred playing Black and White around that time. XD

[@tidbet]

He should review aoe 2 soon!

[@MedIevalCyrax]

I played Age of Mythology a lot more.

[@Zeropointill]

Really digging this channel. Every video is a huge nostalgia trip back to when my dad was building up his pc's so we could play the latest games, or shareware floppies/cd's we got growing up. Even something mundane like changing a sound card and hearing it's specs takes me back to when my dad would get the latest Soundblaster card, and suddenly Doom was a hundred times better. Cheers buddy, love seeing all the history behind so many games and hardware i grew up with.

[@LGR]

Thanks!

[@greenboy1916]

I will be honest I always preferred this to age of empires. I had a lot of fun just playing custom scenarios. I would make scenarios based off of my time in Afghanistan as well as historical re-creations. It was so much fun.

[@v44n7]

I was used to create a huge unit with tons of HP and killing It with many armies, incredible and powerful scenery editor tools. There is nothing like It like old games like WC3, age of empire and many others

[@rogercheetoofficial]

"Nuke 'em back to the stone age" you nuked em back to the paleolithic era

[@Stellar001100]

*"Nuke em until they devolve into dinosaurs."*

[@Knightfire66]

you cant nuke them back. the progress is saved. when even nearly all of them die and you destroy the buildings. when 1 can survive he has all the knowledge so he can rebuild everything... but it would be nice that you lose all knowledge when for instance the last academy gets destoyed...

[@nichsa8984]

earth empire human with AI the conquest of universe

[@krex44]

@@Knightfire66 without a town hall or capitol, he would be the only citizen then as you need 5 to upgrade a settlement into a TH

[@fXBorgmeister]

This had me literally in stitches. Especially the bit where you sent the B-52's against the cavemen.

[@TyPhenirW0LF]

Complains about A.I. cheating: next sequence plays clips of his aircraft nuking the Stone age A.I. team. It is very cool!

[@gregoriysharapov1936]

The wit is amazing.

[@florianzippel6778]

I will never forget that one empire earth multiplayer game that I played when I was a kid. It was a 3 vs 3 map divided by a river with extremely high population limits per player. The three opposing players attacked us with hundreds, hell, thousands of stone - and later bronze age units. One of my teammates and I tried to hold off the attack by spamming an insane amount of those overpowered towers while our third guy was isolated and just teching throughout the game. A few hours into that stone-age world war, just before we nearly lost, he arrived and save the day with a couple machine guns and airplanes. Absolutely great memories.

[@marnixmaximus3053]

God I wish that were me...

[@warhammernerd52Daxx-Lorenzo898]

*Stone Age Man vomiting death sound*

[@Calliopa_22]

Ho-ach xD

[@vnshngpnt]

Holy shit, the memories

[@warhammernerd52Daxx-Lorenzo898]

Yeah, me too

[@alancrust]

warhammernerd52 Yeah XD

[@BierBart12]

OUAAACH Just as legendary as the Scientist death sound from Half-Life.

[@Bl00dwerK]

That SIERRA logo will forever remind me of SWAT3.

[@hellishinc]

By far my favorite FPS of all time. 4 just wasn't the same.

[@TerraMuncher]

For me it brings back memories of No One Lives Forever.

[@dwartbg1]

Half Life ?? Counter-Strike 1.0 ? Gunman Chronicles ??

[@opimentoso]

Mee too.

[@randomfaca]

Reminds me of Arcanum. Played that game so much

[@DeadEyeJedi]

11:38 - "I fart in your general direction!"

[@user-lf9dz8pi9i]

اتقوا الله :translate

[@emmedigi89]

11:42 "Well... ah, um... Can we come up and have a look" "Of course not! You are English types." "Well, what are you then?" "Ah'm French! Why do you think I have this out-rrrageous accent, you silly king?!" "What are you doing in England?" "Mind your own business!"

[@SylvesterLazarus]

500k years. 490k done in the first 15 minutes :]

[@GeorgTheGr8]

*_When they say time flies, they really do mean it_*

[@The_Goose2]

do you exist in 300 places at once i see you everywhere now

[@Michelle-cz4gd]

@@The_Goose2 Im pretty sure he's the second coming of Justin Y.

[@Zeropointill]

@@Michelle-cz4gd i dunno man, that's a tall order. that guy is fucking everywhere.

[@st.zahren5683]

thanks justin y for starting this shitty trend

[@wembley636]

Only if your enjoying it, if not then it doesn't fly by... as they say, "a watched pot never boils" basically if you watch the kettle boil the water it seems to take longer than if you didn't watch it...

[@stefanking98]

>Shows Aoe 1 and 2 boxes *Tfw we are still waiting for an Age of Empires 3 video...* Jokes aside, wonderful vid! EE, the timeless classic with a gameplay that stays fresh to this day :D

[@benediktgeierhofer4146]

First rule of empire earth...we don't talk about 3 Second rule...WE DON'T TALK ABOUT 3

[@v44n7]

2 is bad too in comparison to 1, but yeah there is 3? lul

[@amedicabg]

Benedikt Geierhofer 3 is the only one I played. I didn’t get the hype for the series. I didn’t know. I DIDNT KNOW. F in chat for me

[@mekal779]

Empire earth series for me goes EE:1 EE:2 Empires dawn of a modern world EE:3 was so bad

[@GAndreC]

Could not get 3 to run for longer than 2 minutes it just crashed and crashed and crashed or refused to load

[@Elenrai]

@@amedicabg F 1st one is dank as fucc

[@kgpspyguy]

Man, this brings me back. I used to play this game back before Epstein didn’t kill himself.

[@kgpspyguy]

@Bernard Matthews Turkey Drumsticks Epstein ordered 4 fried chickens and a coke before he didn't kill himself.

[@morradi10000]

Friday afternoon and new upload from LGR. What a start to the weekend.

[@robepicboy]

Man, thank you for doing this video. One of my favorites from back in the day.

[@pablogomez2107]

9:59 lacks one eye... still can look through binoculars

[@arnissonsondahl8584]

Realistically, half of is double the price.

[@DannyWilliamH]

Still the best RTS ever, IMO. I still play it.

[@alcodelcololex5327]

Can I buy it off you? Lost my copy after I moved and I miss my childhood game.

[@Farrel_Jonathan]

@@alcodelcololex5327 you can download it free on steamunlocked

[@KrautGoesWild]

Did they finally fix the Space Bomber's complete inability to hit any moving target?

[@Richter.Belmont]

Excellent RTS. Played hundreds upon hundreds of hours of this classic online back in the day. Thanks for your epic channel LGR!

[@johnmirra6707]

Damn this needs a reboot, this is freaking awesome.

[@pedroduran8927]

The studio who developed that game just they broke.

[@sgs3054]

Man thank you soo much for making a video about my favorite rts (ee2 and ee1)

[@ironw6806]

This was my favorite Xmas present I ever got! I loved this god damn game!!

[@georgemachappy]

Oh my god the nostalgia. I'm glad you got the terribad voice acting in even if my favorite campaign cutscene wasn't in there...the Novaya Russia one where one of them shouts "LOOK OUT, SUICIDE BOMBER" before a catastrophically scripted truck drives up, disappears into thin air, spawns an explosion effect, and then an entire line of nearby civilians scream out in cookie cutter unison at the same time before falling like synchronized swimmers.

[@JVDAWG1]

That's the UFAR campaign iirc.

[@Shenaldrac]

From what I remember, the instruction manual also contained walkthroughs of the campaigns, which was really neat!

[@worldview2888]

This is ONE OF THE BEST games i have EVER played in my life. the way the game is is just so unique even at that time. its just amazing. i can really say if you remaster it HD the concept is not even old for this era that we are in.

[@strain42]

Awesome video on a great old title. Now you've got me pretty excited to hear you talk about Age of Mythology sometime.

[@ffffuchs]

The campaigns were simply great. In the German campaign for probably first time I ever you could live out the eternal fantasy of Germany winning World War 2. But the Russian campaign, damn. For starters it was hard as balls, as a kid I played the first mission countless time until through some gamey way but I won, only to get thrown into dust the next battle again. In the end I kept cheating because I just couldn't do finish the missions without them (but many years later I re-did it completely clean :) ) Then as the story progressed it started to tackle some pretty serious philosophical and ethical concerns about war, transhumanism and AI, stuff I never even imagined before as a 12 year old and picked my interest in machine intelligence. Oh and making your own civilization and playing with the editor was fun. Together with a friend we made a WW2 eastern front campaign with cutscenes and everything, obviously the campaign ending in mopping up the remaining Russian resistance in Siberia. Then we started a grand campaign of Hungarian history, with the idea of the first mission being nomadic raids until the Hungarian colonization of Mars lol. But it just proved too great and complex task and after finishing the 2nd mission half-assed we just stopped doing it.

[@peterthepeter7523]

Did you find out how spies are used in the last mission of Russian campaign? When i was playing it years ago on max difficulty i had to fight giant robots with regular tanks. It was very hard and long but i managed to do it. I loved Russian campaign. Partilally because you get to live out the eternal fantasy of Russia kicking everyone's ass but it was also interesting story and gameplay wise. Fighting against EU forces which giant battle robots with regular infantry and tanks was tough but fun. And who doesn't like mechs with orthodox church crosses on them? Also Russian localisation which i had changed Grigor's story making him well intentioned politician trying to overthrow corrupt oligarchic government that had fake democracy and becoming something like a Stalin (throwing his enemies to labour camps and creating a dictatorship but also successfully developing economy) and not a criminal he was in the original. That made last scene with Grigor seem out of character.

[@EagleSix52]

wait.. Germans didn't win ww2 in that campaign i remember that you play basically 1939-1940 blitzkrieg however instead of going historic routes they just made a level where you launch operation sea lion

[@RandomCBRN]

@@peterthepeter7523 You're supposed to get the spy next to a target building, and while you have the spy selected you select the building he's next to. That way you can steal the tech from it. Edit: as for the last scene with Grigor seeming odd -- I read a fan theory that the first two scenarios are basically from Sergei Molotov's perspective of past events, so basically the first two scenarios are the version of events that Novaya Russia's propaganda told. Then everything from the third scenario to the end is from Molotov's own experiences, and he realizes that Grigor was never a "well-intentioned person who turned evil," but always evil from the start.

[@mbos14]

try playing it while beeing around 12 and not knowing a word of english the misions where so hard to do.

[@Calliopa_22]

Dude, the first Russian mission wasn't a problem but the second one! Whew, that was nearly impossible! Everybody in the EE community knows the struggle of the ships in the harbour.

[@bibdid7893]

I used to play this game so much! Thanks for covering it. I love it too much, despite the ai cheating a bit!

[@tommyb6429]

I dunno why I got recommended your channel but I'm glad I did. Your videos are fantastic.

[@PeaceLoveAndGuns]

And thank you for continuing to put out fun videos!

[@AB-bg7os]

Even after all those years my friend remembers *EVERY DIALOGE FROM THIS GAME*

[@urbplay]

I just love Empire earth, great video clint! You should do a review of Rise of nations LGR forever!

[@Deanout]

This game was my childhood, thank you for bringing attention to this game again. This is still the gold standard that I hold games to, both in terms of scope and the scenario editor. That thing gave us so many hours of playtime. I'm pretty sure there's still an active community that has a working version of the multiplayer running actually! Commenting this before watching because I'm nerding out haha, so if you cover this I'm sorry in advance. Edit: Yup, you just mentioned NeoEE. I'm gonna go ahead and subscribe now, lol.

[@j_delay4691]

Thank you so much for covering this game! My Dad and I LOVED this when it came out. We both played it to death.

[@SPEARHEADGLOBAL]

Can u make a video on 'Rise of nations' too?

[@warmage247]

Yes Please!

[@thesquad-airsoftgamingnerf9643]

We need this!

[@thechief4114]

Yess, I still play R.O.N

[@NorthernLights96]

I loved it! But I think it’s such an underrated game.

[@sgs3054]

invading afghanistan

[@gigglysamentz2021]

So much nostalgiaaaaa! Omg the way the buildings rise I love eeeeeeet!!!

[@rivennon766]

Press [Enter]: Type "my name is methos" = Once you knew it, there was no forgetting. This game and Battlezone 2 = My youth. This game is just Epic.

[@HereWasBob]

And "creatine" gives you iron right?

[@rivennon766]

@@HereWasBob Yep!! :)

[@Mohnasman]

Another quality video Clint! Keep it up!!

[@jadonderby2599]

do black and white 2 by lionhead studios I'm sure you will love it

[@fonesrphunny7242]

IMHO you can't talk about that without talking about the original. I would approve of a B&W retrospective.

[@LGR]

I plan to cover the original B&W first. Really enjoyed the Bullfroggy-Lionhead strangeness of those games back in the day.

[@AnthonyShuker]

Why black and white 2? It only has a small campaign and that's it. The first one is classic

[@Draganox25]

@@LGR yesssssss

[@XFreeStyleZX]

@@AnthonyShuker Because it's more iconic

[@cogentoverlord3355]

This was my favorite game as a kid! I hope I can find my old disc somewhere.

[@NATE6661000]

You review it finally! Been asking you since the beginning.

[@Grandmastergav86]

Love this game. Excellent video Clint.

[@BinBintheRiceCake]

"Ready to nuke em back to the stone age!" General Granger, is that you?

[@nibblrrr7124]

gotta see the new stuff. i didn't know hermione went on to have a muggle military career. :^)

[@jbiehlable]

;)

[@wythore]

My God, 2001!!! I feel so old. I grew up in the 90s playing the heck out of Age of Empires 2 with my dad and when Age of Mythology came out I asked him to buy it for me. He didn't an decided to buy Empire Earth instead so we could play it together and hell we did!! As of today, it's one of the best gifts I have received, and even today I still read that manual that came with it Also, I remember it blew my mind how we could zoom down a lot almost like an action game!!!

[@no_mangodwire6492]

The empire series was way before it's time I would really like to see a modern remake or at least and RTS like it

[@LethalOwl]

Can't wait to see your review of Empire Earth 2, now. My personal favorite :D

[@dschlangoe6255]

I bought this game on GOG months ago and no matter how hard i tried, it would not run for more than 5 minutes without crashing horribly. It bummed me out to an extreme because i loved playing this game as a kid, even though i had no idea what i was doing until i was about 10

[@crass340]

try reading the game's section in pcgamingwiki. they always have some useful tips for older games

[@ap_astrix]

Dat Guy Chaos I know how to solve your problem. Right click on the application go to comparability mode and set it to Windows 7. Next launch the game and go to game settings and change the resolution to any 32 resolution, also change a graphics to TnL and then click ok That should be it and it should work.

[@LiamB1708]

I played it a few months back and think there's an unofficial patch. Check PC gaming wiki, like Crass said.

[@ap_astrix]

Liam Liam yes the NeoEE multiplayer server patch apparently lets you run it on windows 8 and windows 10. I myself use it for online multiplayer.

[@Swordie100]

Besides the compatability modes and unofficial patches, run it on a virtual machine. The game by today's standards has low specs so it would run fine.

[@AngPur]

Fun fact: the reason why you cannot turn the camera except in cinematic cutscenese is save for some basics like walls, towers, etc, none of the buildings had a backside.

[@nezomegamob]

Big fan from the UK! My nightly addiction watching LGR videos

[@kingconcerto5860]

This was my favorite RTS in the early 2000's... EVERYONE was talking about Age of Empires 2 constantly, and every one of those people I asked "Have you played Empire Earth?" To this day, myself and my father are the only people I know in real life that have ever heard of this forgotten masterpiece.

[@StripezTheBeast]

Man, this game was my entire high school. During lunch breaks me and a few friends took thumb drives and played this on the school computers. Would play 2v2v2v2 games that would take days to complete. Amazing game.

[@gigglysamentz2021]

2:39 "Apparently depth perception is not a requirement for military leadership!" Ha ha ha ha ha XD

[@narlpunx]

Well, the naval character has some resemblance to Admiral Nelson.. and he did alright.

[@Stryker98]

Ecks Dee.lol

[@lewisirwin5363]

10:00 Countered by the fact One-Eyed Patton still has binocular vision through his eyepatch!

[@planescaped]

@@lewisirwin5363 Holy shit how did I not notice that. That's monty python stupid.

[@ichigokarasu]

I love the music you've been using in the past few years. Classy, yet evocative of an upper class mall with a Borders attached to it, in the 90s.

[@Bobylein1337]

Goddamnit, I LOVED the campaign and cutscenes of Empire Earth back in the day. I would say it's one of the best campaigns I played in classic RTS games. And the editor had SO many content, that was never used in the base game, I played so many hours with it..

[@Mae-nr7wr]

i miss this game, we played this game SO MUCH in multiplayer games. our local library had this game so we would duels with players and who was the best player. it was great fun

[@Calliopa_22]

Do you play EE anymore? I've been searching forever for someone to play online with. The AI get *kinda* boring after a while xD

[@Mae-nr7wr]

@@Calliopa_22 it has issues running on new computers .. i play it sometimes but not as much as i used too actually on default settings, the AI will cheat, and get resources for free! if you go into the editor you can turn this off :3 it makes the game much more fun would love to play multiplayer again on this one day hehe

[@Calliopa_22]

@@Mae-nr7wr I have an extra hard drive with windows 7 on it for old games so it still works for me! Yeah, I know all about the AI cheats but the thing is, the cheats are there for a reason. The AI cannot do ANYTHING without them. It's kind of funny though. Anyway, I'll just have to wait for my brother to get his own pc, then we can play lan.

[@WolfBetter]

I used to love this game, I should play it another time.

[@TwistedCloud]

1.1m views means im not alone who played this game in 2008, this has been my entire childhood and feel so good to know that its still remembered in 2024

[@rubenaguilar1360]

I love empire earth and empire earth 2, I hope to this day someone honors this masterpiece and remakes it

[@jorno1994]

i love this game, but the AI is so broken and cheats soooo much.

[@thebes56]

yeah it does

[@nimmen]

you can take advantage of this fact though later in game

[@andrewlekkas]

@@nimmen how ?

[@EagleSix52]

there is a way to prevent it from happening you can check it on the Google

[@GermanTopGameTV]

Its still so much easier to win against the hard AI then it is to win against the other players online. I installed the Neo EE Patch to play online, and there always is a group of at least 25 people online. Every single one of them utterly destroys me. I'm going through the dark ages when suddenly ww1 planes appear over my island lol.

[@sanelythinking7700]

Empire Earth? Totally worth it to make EE2 video! Omg what a game!

[@sgs3054]

G E T T H O S E N U K E S

[@-eurosplitsofficalclanchan6057]

Ikr EE2 is still really good up to this day

[@dubselectorr345]

you CONTINUE to review all my favorite old games! Man I miss how good this game was

[@jimmyolano929]

Great! The best strategic games in decades! Thanks a lot for the review!

[@spartz117]

I bet you'd love the hell out of Rise of Nations

[@soulcheese7149]

Best old school RTS

[@jay22alco]

I realy miss game packaging like this.

[@proof4469]

I really miss you

[@JetpacksWasYes2]

@@proof4469 I miss you aswell

[@proof4469]

@@JetpacksWasYes2 I really miss comments like these

[@ungabunga7879]

CONGRATS ON 1 MIL :D

[@Foto_gui]

Thanks for the video. It keeps the game alive :D

[@nathangamble125]

DAMN IT! I'm on the verge of tears at what we've lost. Why don't games come with cool user manuals and fold-out tech trees any more??

[@tobitaktlos3241]

@Allen Polley Sound Design because technology evolved.

[@voidling2632]

Indie scene came up, manuals would be too expensive to make

[@dgerdi]

Nathan Gamble Too much casual gaming. The developers just don’t dare to make a „hard to learn“ different game anymore. Back in 2000 Gamers were usually nerds. Mean - intelligent, mostly male (yes, girls liked Sims - get lost) persons. Today - judge for your own.

[@Calliopa_22]

When you have over 2000 hours in-game a know EVERY SINGLE CUTSCENE LINE! That is when you know that you have a obsession

[@sondreavik5337]

Been looking for this game at least once before but had like literally no memory of it, though seeing it right now it all comes back to me! Excellent video and great fucking game!