
The Japanese are opponents in the game's campaign mode, but they are not playable in the game. to 1950 A.D., which is during the ages of World War I and World War II. The other five civilizations roughly cover the years 1900 A.D. to 1900 A.D., which covers the first three ages: the Medieval, Gunpowder and Imperial ages. The first four civilizations exist from 950 A.D. Multiplayer mode features groups of allied players called clans, which appear on the Empires Heaven clan list. The player also chooses the size of the map and the amount of units that each player can create. Maps are randomly generated for each match, but conform to a general landform chosen by the host player of the match. The modes, civilizations, and map types are available in both single-player and multiplayer. Two to eight people or artificial intelligence opponents compete in either the shorter, battle-oriented Action Mode or the longer, defense-oriented Empire Builder Mode. Though as of 2007, this game is no longer supported by GameSpy for online play. The Koreans defending their base against an attack.Įmpires multiplayer component, powered by GameSpy, is freely available to any player who has an updated] version of the game. Throughout the game, citizens gather resources and deposit them in Town Center structures. Resources-food, wood, gold, and stone-are required in different combinations to build structures and armies. A unit can be ordered to scout, guard, act defensively, or act aggressively. These units have strengths and weaknesses in a format similar to Rock, Paper, Scissors each type of unit affects other units differently Each unit represents one soldier or machine, whose speed and range depend on its type and civilization. The game features land, sea and air units, whose availabilities depend on the selected era.



To win, players must develop and micromanage balanced and organized armies. Matches end when all but one player have resigned or been defeated the last player standing is awarded the victory. A real-time strategy game, Empires requires players to command armies and combat opponents from a complete 3D perspective to achieve victory.
