Classic [RTS] strategy games Empire Earth 1, 2 & 3 arrive on Steam, [expanding availability beyond GOG] (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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While they were already on GOG, the Empire Earth games have now arrived fully on Steam so you can jump into this classic RTS series.

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[-] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 2 points 4 months ago

I would argue Rise of Nations is rather playable (in context of modern UI/UX expectations), but maybe it's because I did play it a lot as a kid. And I believe it support modern resolutions, although maybe UI scale is an issue.

[-] Zagorath@quokk.au 1 points 4 months ago

For context, although I enjoy them because of nostalgia, I would not consider any of the pre-DE Age of Empires games to be "playable" in this sense, either. Little things like shift queuing, intuitive (read: grid-based) hotkeys, and queuing arbitrary combinations of techs & units.

Also relevant is the importance of modern matchmaking with a reasonably healthy scene.

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