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Empires: Dawn of the Modern World Demo

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The spiritual successor to Empire Earth delivers a much stronger gameplay and an improved tactical approach. #Dawn of the Modern World  #Real-time strategy  #Empire Earth  #Empire  #Dawn  #Modern  

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Looking back at the original Empire Earth franchise, one might conclude that it perfected the “advancing from era to era” gameplay gimmick and made it as fun as it can be, while still providing the players with enough depth and tactical options to be considered a strategy game. However, the formula was in dire need of a fresh set of ideas, which is why Stainless Steel, the developers, decided to use their know-how to build something better from scratch.

The studio did not waste their creativity on titles and just named their new offspring Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, which is basically a poor attempt at hiding the game's roots. However, both the original game series and this continuation are worthy of praise, because you can definitely feel and experience the qualitative growth when it comes to gameplay, as well as appreciate the fact that the developers tried their best to filter out unwanted components and integrate fan requests, in order to please everyone.

The game at hand features the same basic ideas: build a base, gather resources to expand, train a big army and advance through the different historical ages in order to unlock better technology and defeat your enemies. This time around, on the other hand, there are fewer eras involved and advancing from one to the other requires a lot more resources, which makes the transition that much more exciting. A lot more emphasis is put on technology and research as well, while the factions differ from each other in key aspects, thus making the battles a bit more demanding, tactical-wise.

When you are not matching your wits against the AI or other players in the skirmish mode, you can undertake one of the three campaigns shipped with the game, each one of which provides you with a different story and a unique challenge. Thus, you can either tackle George Patton's problem's in Africa during the second World War, help Richard the Lionheart wage war against his own father, or hang around Asia for a while, commanding Yi Sun-Sin's army as he tries to defend his home from the invading Japanese forces.

Gameplay-wise, things are in essence the same as they were in Empire Earth, only much more refined and polished. There are still a few flaws that you need to get accustomed to, but overall, everything works toward providing you with the sturdy real-time strategy experience you wished for. The base-building is solid, there are plenty of options when it comes to army composition and the upgrades are always worth the time, especially if you choose the right ones and manage to outsmart your foes on the battlefield.

Empires: Dawn of the Modern World is comfortably sitting at the top of the food chain in its genre, hanging out with the likes of Rise of Nations and Age of Empires. However, it does have a specific and unique flavor to set it apart from everything else out there, which is why every self-appointed strategy fan should have this gem in his bug out bag.

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  file size:
274 MB
  filename:
edmw_mp_us.exe
  11 screenshots:
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