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Empires: Dawn of the Modern World
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Strategy

Empires: Dawn of the Modern World

Stainless Steel Studios  /  October 20, 2003  /  Rated Unrated

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Released

2003

Time to beat

~2 hrs

Community

47

From Middle Ages through World War II, Command battles with an amazing array of historic troops and abilities - over land, sea, and air. Lead 7 civilizations; fight 3 campaigns; conquer epic maps in historical battles throughout history. Massive time line and variety of fighting units and unique civilizations across five ages: Middle Ages (950 AD - 1300 AD), Gunpowder (1300 AD - 1600 AD), Imperial (1600 AD - 1900 AD), World War I (1914 AD - 1935 AD), World War II (1935 AD - 1945 AD).
Deep campaigns contribute to a weeks of high replay value. Create your own full campaigns in the campaign/mission editor.
One of the best RTS, that has come across these eyes.
-Game Nation
Empires: Dawn of the Modern World delivers great strategic gaming that's based on great historical civilizations.
-daytrum Review
Games can be truly epic. Resources are plentiful, maps are huge, and battles are insane.
-Armchair Review
Fans of Age of Empires will want this title. Three story-based modes, another 5 eras and 7 civilizations, random map generator, and both single and multiplayer game modes. Enough to keep you busy for hours and hours.
-Elited
Make no mistake, the single-player campaigns are great, but the multiplayer gives you and your friends more freedom to create the RTS atmosphere of your dreams.
-ActionTrip
The 3D engine delivers very beautiful images and when you zoom in, you really get the feeling of being right in the action.
-FragLand Review
The three campaigns are long enough that this really is almost like three games in one.
-GameRaider’s review
Create your own games with the robust scenario editor. You can actually construct complete campaign for play.
-Gamer’s Pulse
As each chapter of history unfolds, you find yourself dealing with new technologies and unlocking more complex examples of advanced warfare. In the final campaign, airplanes and armored vehicles roll into gameplay, as well as flamethrowers, rocket launchers, and atomic weapons.
-InTheMix
The campaigns feature engrossing storylines, like Richard the Lionheart's ascension to the throne. There are points in the campaigns where players will have to make difficult choices.
-Gigex
Empires: Dawn of the Modern World has done something that not many titles have done too recently, drawn me into a world and not let me to till the wee small hours.
-Gamer Archive
With a full time line of epochs, theres a lot to keep track of. All the civilizations have different bonuses and that can turn the tide of war. Russia has weak but cheap infantry in WW2, and gets 7 workers for free. Chinese get two free town-centers, and are very versatile in their economic needs.
-Gamer’s Hell
Rule as some of history's greatest heroes in 3 epic, story-driven adventures.
Command your nation in 1 of 2 distinct game variations: Action-packed lighting warfare or strategic, long-term Empire building.
Lead 1 of 7 completely distinct civilizations during 1,000 years of history.

Empires: Dawn of the Modern World is a 2003 real-time strategy video game developed by Stainless Steel Studios and published by Activision. Set in a world-historical period that extends from the Middle Ages to World War II, the game tasks players with guiding one of nine rival great civilizations to victory. The game contains both a single player campaign as well as multiplayer gameplay mode.

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