Empire Earth: Gold Edition

“The gameplay is slower than most modern RTS games.”

“The mechanics and design of this game is second to none, but the AI was primitive and heavily relies on cheating to win.”

“While some mechanics show their age, the core design remains compelling enough to secure its place among the most influential real-time strategy games ever made.”

“Let me start off by saying the obvious, the graphics including the terrain textures and unit sprites have not aged well.”

“Yes, sometimes buggy, sometimes AI is stupid, sometimes placement is janky, graphics are kinda primitive - it's the perfect early 2000s war-themed real-time strategy game.”

“Doesn't zoom out far, and it's still the old graphics, but it's scratching a serious itch for me.”

“I hope they fix that quickly though and that it isn't just gonna be left in a buggy state like rereleases of older games usually do.”

“Do I want to spend my time troubleshooting these issues instead of the seller who is trying to sell it to me in this state?”

“Yes, sometimes buggy, sometimes AI is stupid, sometimes placement is janky, graphics are kinda primitive - it's the perfect early 2000s war-themed real-time strategy game.”

“The developers are cheap and don't want to update the game properly. No one uses Windows 98 or XP anymore. I'm really disappointed with the performance I'm getting. I don't want to open patches every time I launch the game. It's a waste of money. I had the original CD back in the early 2000s and it worked better than on my current PC.”

“Either I became worse over time, or the better performance of modern hardware gives an unfair advantage to the AI.”