New Games Tagged '3D, core, rts' on The Great Games Experiment New Games on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg New Games Tagged '3D, core, rts' on The Great Games Experiment en-us Empire Earth 2 Mad Doc Software's Real Time Strategy sequel to Stainless Steel's original Empire Earth.

Command armies throughout fifteen historical epochs, from the stone ages to the future!

Building on the original Empire Earth gameplay, Empire Earth II includes:

  • Up to ten different players in one game.
  • Over 350 different units, including civilization specific units such as the German Teutonic Knight, Egyptian Royal Elephant, and Chinese Dragon Archer.
  • A full diplomacy system for interacting with human and AI players.
  • Military, Economic, and Imperial Crowns to struggle over, each giving unique advantages such as powerful leaders and unique doctrines.
  • Fifteen unique civilizations.
  • New UI enhancements such as Picture-in-Picture, the Citizen Manager, and War Planner.
  • Players can build roads and bridges to move their troops.
  • Invisible spy units, fighting with different methods than traditional military units.
  • Full Campaigns in ancient Korea, medieval Germany, and the lifespan of America to the future.
  • Turning point scenarios based on the battle of Normandy and the Three Kingdoms period of China.

Developer: Mad Doc Software
Publisher: Sierra Entertainment
Released: Spring 2005
]]> 26 May 2007 10:25:50 Earth 2150 The first all-terrain, 3D real-time strategy game has landed on American shores. More than eye candy, its revolutionary 3D engine takes the genre in a new direction. Water levels rise and wash out a once passable area. Meteor showers rain down from above. Volcanoes erupt and destroy once fertile land. And full warfare occurs beneath the surface of the earth.
]]> 09 Mar 2007 01:03:11 Sins Of A Solar Empire Sins of a Solar Empire is an innovative real-time strategy game featuring seamless transition between epic strategy and tactical combat modes, initiating what is already becoming known as the RT4X sub-genre. A galaxy of intriguing aliens, powerful starships, and colossal planets comes to life with stunning 3D graphics, unparalleled sense of scale, and a cinematic musical score. Explore and conquer nearby planets and distant solar systems by applying brute force, cunning strategy, elegant diplomacy, economic mastery, and researched technology.
]]> 18 Feb 2007 06:10:30 Empire Earth
Essentially the 3D successor to designer Rick Goodman's previous successful title "Age of Empires", with a similar interface, great sounds effects, but with a much broader historic scope.

Forge the Greatest Empire the World Has Ever Seen!

Reign as a Greek conqueror, Roman emperor, medieval monarch, Renaissance prince, or benevolent despot. Select from 14 epochs in world history including the Bronze Age, the Renaissance, the Imperial Age, World War II and the Digital Age and establish an empire for the ages.

In Empire Earth, the military option is just one possible path to victory.

Additional Game Features:

  • Choose from 14 different epochs spanning 500,000 years of human history, from the Prehistoric Age and ending with the Nano Age, and even beyond by adding the Art of Conquest expansion.

  • Select from four epic single-player campaigns, and choose from 21 civilizations or create your own.

  • Campaign with legendary heroes of the past like Hannibal and Alexander the Great.

  • Deploy 30 types of aircraft, Spitfires, F-15s, B-2 bombers, and 40 types of ships - ships of the line, U-boats, aircraft carriers.

  • Visit natural catastrophes such as plague, famine and earthquakes on your adversaries.

  • Construct Wonders of the World that endow your civilization with special powers.

  • Fixed isometric view of the visually rich environments means no camera management required.

  • Major campaigns include Greek, English, German and Russian campaigns as well as a learning campaign.

  • Includes a robust campaign/scenario editor!

  • Designed by Rick Goodman, lead designer of Age of Empires, utilizing the Titan engine.

  • Full Multiplayer enabled for even greater challenge.


Developer: Stainless Steel Studios
Publisher: Sierra Entertainment
Released: November 13, 2001


Minimum System Requirements
Windows 98, Me, or 2000, Pentium II - 350 MHz or higher processor, 64 MB of RAM, 450 MB of hard disk space, DirectX 8, SVGA monitor supporting 1024 x 768 resolution, AGP (4 MB) or PCI (8 MB) 3D video card that supports 1024 x 768, 16 bit color resolution.
]]> 26 Jan 2007 09:23:17 Allegiance Allegiance, the multiplayer space-combat game from the minds of Microsoft Research, combines the challenges of tactical squadron-based combat, intense one-on-one space dogfights, and amazing graphical and sound effects into a space-action experience like nothing you've seen before.

Allegiance is an online multiplayer game featuring a mix of 3D space combat, and real-time strategy.
]]> 16 Dec 2006 12:55:54 Homeworld Homeworld's epic tale begins in the far reaches of the universe. You were the benign lords of a peaceful society located in the center of a lush spiral galaxy. For as long as anyone could remember, no one challenged your peaceful existence. But then came the conquerors, invading with the sole purpose of overtaking your world. Billions died, and the survivors were relocated to a cold, lifeless planet on the edge of the galaxy. Hundreds of years later, all knowledge of your previous existence has been lost. Only vague myths remain, until the discovery of an ancient tablet buried within the ruins of a half-destroyed craft in the great-banded desert. This Guidestone reawakened the knowledge of your ancestry, and set your race on the path home - coordinates leading straight into the heart of the galaxy. Sixty years ago, construction began on the giant Mothership that will carry millions of your people into deep space. Construction is now complete. Your journey to the Homeworld begins here...
]]> 14 Dec 2006 12:19:35 Battlezone Taking place in an alternate 1960's Battlezone features 2 campaigns, with the USA and the Soviet Union battling across the solar system over alien technology and bio-metal.

1998 Activision 3d remake of the arcade game of the same name, but remade into a hybrid of a tank sim, fps and rts. Also features multiplayer modes including death match and strat.

Features include

  • Innovative Command System menu that integrates troop and resource management for full control from within your vehicle.
  • 3-D topographical radar displays your base location, unit placement, field of vision and enemy position.
  • Nav Beacon Cameras that can be set up for for surveilance purposes or to stage attacks.
  • Scrap scavengers, Unit-building factories, Tanks, Solar arrays, gun towers, resource meters, numerous weaponry options that can be balanced according to your resources.

There are updated texture/asset files available, and due to continued fan devotion an alternate server.dat, as well as numerous community made maps.

Still a good looking and immersive game!
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