1 – Empire Earth
Empire Earth is firmly planted amongst my top 3 most played RTS from my childhood, alongside Red Alert 2 and Age of Empires. It was basically the latter 2 put together, but in 3D, with more of everything, be it nations, units, gameplay options, you named it. It might feel weird to say this, but at the time, Empire Earth felt like the ultimate evolution of RTS. You could take a nation from the Stone Age all the way to the distant future, and seeing your decisions materialized throughout thousands of years of human evolution was really cool. In one Saturday afternoon, you could start a game and be fighting each other with stones and sticks, and by 10PM you would be fighting in the First World War, and the next morning mechs would be stomping around the battlefield, laying waste to everything in sight. So many good memories from this one, and if I could ask for just one remaster in my lifetime, Empire Earth would be it.
I hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane and found some games you might have missed when you were younger. Or maybe you’re a young lad yourself looking to see what we, dinosaurs, used to play before smartphones and games as a service were a thing. If you have any hidden gem you would like to tell me about, please comment or email me at strategyandwargaming@gmail.com and I’ll add it to the list with your name on it!
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