Empires: Dawn of the Modern World

I would love to be able to play the game, but the cursor icon is frozen in the middle of the screen on the main menu so I can't see where the mouse is when I'm clicking. I've contacted the help desk about my issue and they couldn't resolve it. I'll change my review when I find a solution, but for now 1 out of 5 for not being playable.

Empire Earth was great. What Empires DotmW adds are unique units and slightly better graphics and a huge population limit. @People who cannot use their mouse cursor in the game... i had the same problem (windows 7 64 bit). I solved it with compatibility mode XP service pack 2, run as administrator.

This download is very exact to the actual game that is on the CDs. Everything from the bugs of the CDs but still contains everything that made this game very good. The game holds up very well to today's games, mechanics and all. The downside is that the resolution sizing is messed up abit so you will have to deal with low resolutions until further investigation reveals a solution.

I bought this game out of pure nostalgia and the fact that I haven't been able to find a digital copy of this game anywhere since I started looking about five years ago. Retail discs of this game are incredibly expensive on Amazon and eBay, so I literally saw the name and hit the buy button. I don't think I've purchased another game quicker. Empires is my all time favorite RTS game, and probably my favorite strategy game period. It beats out Age of Empires, Star Craft, Company of Heroes, Civizilation, etc. The fact that you can start your civilization so early and advance through WW2 makes this game pretty unique, and the units that are available during each time period are well thought out and balanced. Each era has a unique campaign that is decently long and includes fun, strategic gameplay. At $10, you would be hard pressed to find another game as fun as this one. I'd highly recommend it to any RTS fan. PICK IT UP!

I was bought this game when it first came out as a Christmas present and I thought it was going to be just another Age of Empires clone and thankfully I was very wrong. It has elements of AOE, what game of this type doesn't but this is just different enough to stand on it's own, in some ways I prefer it to AOE as it reflects history accurately and reflects historical events very rarely covered. It's well voiced, it's well written , it's well constructed, overall it's a pretty excellent strategy game and it doesn't get samey in the way AOE is as every level is different so you start every new level without knowing what to respect. If you like strategy games , you should own this along with Empire Total War and Stronghold.