When my old Empire Earth install stopped working with a windows update all the way back in 2008, I decided to pick this game up. It wasn't the best experience, they tried some new gameplay ideas which I found interesting but dropped the ball in other ways. The graphics were dated even then, the campaigns weren't what I expected, and probably the most damaging thing was their attempt to chase the trends seen in other games in the genre, falling right into the RTS decline at the time. Something I can praise is while the graphics weren't the best, the designs were very solid and gave each faction a distinct feel, and you really get that feeling of your faction changing over the eras. They did a good job making each one play differently as well, and it was quite fun doing a few games as each faction and figuring out their strengths and weaknesses. The Middle-East faction has some cheesy tactics you can pull with stealth, which was definitely my favorite part of that.
