Still gives me the shivers, and still one of the best games I have EVER played. It's a shame Sierra Entertainment went down. I would gladly give my hard-earned 60 bucks for a game with the EE2 core, but updated to today's standards.
The opening lines of this song just played in my head at random the other day…it took several days of it just starting up and ending abruptly where I'd forgotten the rest before I finally realised what the song was from…I found a video that has the whole soundtrack, but this cinematic just completes the music and makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Such a powerful and dramatic thing, for a game I haven't played in many years. I love the way music can affect your emotions, but somehow video game music is always the most poignant, for me.
Perhaps if EE3 had never been the gaffe that it was, we'd still have this wonderful series today. EE needs a reboot, and this time not one that tries to appeal to a mass audience (alienating its original in the process).
I watch this video as I was starting up my Empire Earth 2 game. To play on a modern PC you have to download a mod file by Dr. Mona Lisa. He or she sadly remove the cinematic opening to the game and I wanted to re-watch it because it's been such a long time since I had seen it. Like some of the other comments said this is the total nostalgia trip so thanks for posting it!
He always stuck out as odd to me lol, he looks like he's wearing a white Basketball Jersey and cargo pants xD Maybe Shaq went back in time and joined the Ming Dynasty?
Well i predict that the war in syria will last a few more years at least 3-7 so within that time there will be giant robots and we already have military robots and basic laser and coil weapons
that series isnt political correct... but i think in future (and we will know that than!) that it is so. Because the Arabs have much money and youl develop weapons like that.
The most brilliant and creative opening game cinematic ever made. It captures the way technologies/theorems used for good, like e=mc2 is in the smoke detectors in our homes; the radio-isotopes used in medical imaging and radiotherapy and in generating power, are unwittingly exploited for use in war, like in a nuclear bomb. Albert Einstein didn't ask for a nuclear bomb. He didn't plan for it. He didn't even think it would work. But that's the way the world works. Economic > Military > Death.
EE I is better than EE II and III, but I have to admit, the intro for EE II is actually awesome. Loved the bit when it goes to the scene in some Middle Eastern place, where the insurgents (they look like insurgents, I may be wrong) are being pinned down by a mech with a machine gun, and then suddenly *BAM!* *Insurgents look amazed*. A mech which is on their side comes to save the day.
so they made the war of future in istanbul. creators of this movie seems to know anything about turkey. we dont use arabic letters, neither we wear headscarfs but anyway i liked the turkish robot ate up the one of invaders.
I love the intro especially the flow of it, it sends a powerful message. Only thing I don't like is that mech at the end...looks like a forklift from the future.
@Solarian2495 Sorry, the first long was meant to say short. I mean that while the A-bomb stopped the war, it caused extreme tensions during the Cold War, causing the Doomsday clock to go to 11:58. If either country had initiated the MAD doctrine they had planned, the radioactive effects would be disastrous, affecting the whole planet. It actually was thought that the bomb was impossible to make, and that may have prevented the construction until a later time if it had not been made.
Wow! This video of Empire Earth II is great! I loved watching it, the music goes so well with the images that appear. This game is also more! I think he was one of the best in the series, but the version 1 still wins because it has more interactivity (such as images in the background of each year) and is much more explanatory.
Until we run out of resources and take it to an intergalactic level... then even humans will be fighting for precious minerals to make warships and battle galleons out of.
I actually though the game was ok, though the visual and some times the game play is good, but what brought me to tears is that the editor is different and more difficult than that of the first one
@xWeMakeVidsx I believe that man is an monk. As a joke, that is indeed an good one, who else though that history of three kingdoms was caused to an basketballer from the future using the time machine.
the controls for empire earth 2 were so confusing that i couldnt figure it out. and it also sucks the origanal sirerra got bought out so thats why there is nobady on the multiplayer lobby in empire earth
This opening cinematic is not very original because of the concept of the civilisations'evolution in time seen already in the first game or in Rise of nations. But it's always a real delight, and this video is incredibly well made, at every point: music, images, coulours, sounds, movements of camera... evrything.
I really don’t want to sh%t on people’s altar in the form of this game, but let’s be honest… if you managed to build enough defense towers around your territory, nobody will be able to beat you.
@TheEkaix I agree. and I liked the graphics and effects of EE2. That's the only thing I think they should bring over to the EE1 remake and leave the rest alone.
i think this one focuses more on building your empire and civilization up etc. rather than the war aspect of it. but theres far mor eunits etc on this one. especially with the expansion. but i cnt get the expansion on mine. says i need to install the latest version of ee2 included on this disc [the expansion one] but i assumed tht was the latest version. someone help me!!! thankyou much appreciated...
Empire earth 2 is better then Age of empires 3, i have them all empire earth 2 is just better but i find alot of kids find it too complicated, it makes alot of sense and i wish online was easier to play for people who download the game cuz it's real fun
Guys, this game was made in 2006, Was it apparantly terrible? No, it is still a great game to this day, and all you need id to play for a while then you realise this game isnt so bad after all!
Dood i love this game! Empire Earth 2 owns. Yeh the sounds suck butt and all the countries units look alike. I edited the sound fx to call of duty gun shots explosions and lord of the rings battle for middle earth sounds so my Empire Earth 2 owns.
I cried, nostalgia is so strong
2022 and i am still playing this masterpiece !
The thing which touched me more in this intro is the music, the polyphony gave strength to it.
Still gives me the shivers, and still one of the best games I have EVER played. It's a shame Sierra Entertainment went down. I would gladly give my hard-earned 60 bucks for a game with the EE2 core, but updated to today's standards.
feel you bro
The opening lines of this song just played in my head at random the other day…it took several days of it just starting up and ending abruptly where I'd forgotten the rest before I finally realised what the song was from…I found a video that has the whole soundtrack, but this cinematic just completes the music and makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
Such a powerful and dramatic thing, for a game I haven't played in many years. I love the way music can affect your emotions, but somehow video game music is always the most poignant, for me.
War. War never changes.
War doe change!
@@HsienKoMeiLingFormerYANG The weapons may change, the tatics and strategies may differ. But in the end, war never changes.
Perhaps if EE3 had never been the gaffe that it was, we'd still have this wonderful series today. EE needs a reboot, and this time not one that tries to appeal to a mass audience (alienating its original in the process).
I have only played 1 and 2, and found both of them awesome, never played the third one, but apparently is sucks.
EE3 is essentially a VERY barebones version of EE2.
It is a shame what happened to really good series of its time.
I watch this video as I was starting up my Empire Earth 2 game. To play on a modern PC you have to download a mod file by Dr. Mona Lisa. He or she sadly remove the cinematic opening to the game and I wanted to re-watch it because it's been such a long time since I had seen it. Like some of the other comments said this is the total nostalgia trip so thanks for posting it!
Late but you can switch the cinematic on in the mona lisa setting. It's turned on by default so uncheck the box and you should be good
This just gave me so much nostalgia, omg
the musics are just wonderfull
When videos on UA-cam say they were uploaded “17 years ago”, I feel old lol
This game is pure nostalgia
0:58 this guy to me always looked like he was wearing some summer shorts xD
Eru Guaranì omg same
He always stuck out as odd to me lol, he looks like he's wearing a white Basketball Jersey and cargo pants xD
Maybe Shaq went back in time and joined the Ming Dynasty?
2:57 EE2 predicted syria war without the giant robot
lol!
Well i predict that the war in syria will last a few more years at least 3-7 so within that time there will be giant robots and we already have military robots and basic laser and coil weapons
that series isnt political correct...
but i think in future (and we will know that than!) that it is so. Because the Arabs have much money and youl develop weapons like that.
That's Istanbul, Turkey. You can see the Hagia Sophia.
Maybe soon
Fun fact, the same orchestra that was hired to play the music for this game was the same as the one used for *Elden Ring*
The most brilliant and creative opening game cinematic ever made. It captures the way technologies/theorems used for good, like e=mc2 is in the smoke detectors in our homes; the radio-isotopes used in medical imaging and radiotherapy and in generating power, are unwittingly exploited for use in war, like in a nuclear bomb. Albert Einstein didn't ask for a nuclear bomb. He didn't plan for it. He didn't even think it would work. But that's the way the world works. Economic > Military > Death.
Nostalgia is indeed very strong
I'm always watch the intro every time before I play the game, not many games has intro nowadays
Best game all time. I really love it! :-)
1:22 Flying saucer near the right bottom corner of the screen.
Could explain how that stone pyramid caught fire...
Wow, this opening is better than ingame intro.
This was my childhood. I want a remake of EE 1 or 2. It can't end with the crap that was EE 3
damn, it is Ayasofya (Hagia Sofia) and Arabic alphabet isnt using in Turkiye since 1928.. Yet it is a game and have many fantasy elements ofc.
that is the war of end times...
EE I is better than EE II and III, but I have to admit, the intro for EE II is actually awesome. Loved the bit when it goes to the scene in some Middle Eastern place, where the insurgents (they look like insurgents, I may be wrong) are being pinned down by a mech with a machine gun, and then suddenly *BAM!* *Insurgents look amazed*. A mech which is on their side comes to save the day.
i remember this in my children days... my gosh what i ve played many of hours with this game x)
EE2 AoS is by far my favorite game.
so they made the war of future in istanbul. creators of this movie seems to know anything about turkey. we dont use arabic letters, neither we wear headscarfs but anyway i liked the turkish robot ate up the one of invaders.
if you go onto the HP of EmpireEarth II, look in the download-section. there you find the sountrack ; ) this song is also added ^^
this game is so OLD but so fucking AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love the intro especially the flow of it, it sends a powerful message. Only thing I don't like is that mech at the end...looks like a forklift from the future.
awesome movie man
the game is great
but where did you downloaded this?
'cause I want it to
I found this game in an attic now i cant look back
I have to say. Best opening I ever saw
yeah
it is istanbul
@Solarian2495 Sorry, the first long was meant to say short. I mean that while the A-bomb stopped the war, it caused extreme tensions during the Cold War, causing the Doomsday clock to go to 11:58. If either country had initiated the MAD doctrine they had planned, the radioactive effects would be disastrous, affecting the whole planet. It actually was thought that the bomb was impossible to make, and that may have prevented the construction until a later time if it had not been made.
This video is awesome, wow, very good this game too... i have searched this for a long time... and it is a very good video, good quality too!!
What an underrated game.
They also show China, the Aztecs, the US fleet at Normandy, and Japan.
IGN gave 8.9
i'm struck dumb,this game is worth more than 10 anywhere
Wow! This video of Empire Earth II is great! I loved watching it, the music goes so well with the images that appear. This game is also more! I think he was one of the best in the series, but the version 1 still wins because it has more interactivity (such as images in the background of each year) and is much more explanatory.
'the magical moment when the flame ignites'
out of all EE games, EE2 AoS is by far my favorite :P
Awesome game and awesome intro/all cinematics!
Until we run out of resources and take it to an intergalactic level... then even humans will be fighting for precious minerals to make warships and battle galleons out of.
omg epic. must get this!!!
I actually though the game was ok, though the visual and some times the game play is good, but what brought me to tears is that the editor is different and more difficult than that of the first one
Yes.
believe me it is like that I have the game it's amazing
17yrs ago??? Wtf i wasnt even born
i agree with you mate
Epic trailer !!!!
@SonicSpeedy862 yeah i have to agree with you!
@xWeMakeVidsx I believe that man is an monk.
As a joke, that is indeed an good one, who else though that history of three kingdoms was caused to an basketballer from the future using the time machine.
I feel old as hell
the controls for empire earth 2 were so confusing that i couldnt figure it out. and it also sucks the origanal sirerra got bought out so thats why there is nobady on the multiplayer lobby in empire earth
beautifull
EPIC...
Best Part!!!!
This opening cinematic is not very original because of the concept of the civilisations'evolution in time seen already in the first game or in Rise of nations. But it's always a real delight, and this video is incredibly well made, at every point: music, images, coulours, sounds, movements of camera... evrything.
I love playing this online whit my friends, Manuman11 and UKofKronberg
Listen to the song "Its instabul, NOt constantinople"
@keaien EE2 did support wide screen
@Solarian2495 Thats under debate. It saved many in the long term, but is it beneficial in the long term?
@Gvantya You forgot GlobalHawk and many more others.
Robots are already fighting it.
@sporepid Yes, but more realistic looking (no lasers, just missiles and machine guns).
People use GameRanger to play this game on internet, is more dynamic.
I really don’t want to sh%t on people’s altar in the form of this game, but let’s be honest… if you managed to build enough defense towers around your territory, nobody will be able to beat you.
2 Zarathustra799
could it be that the track are little bit longer than in the game??
@TheEkaix I agree. and I liked the graphics and effects of EE2. That's the only thing I think they should bring over to the EE1 remake and leave the rest alone.
@PhilipCanto I liked 2 the most first the second.
@LegionnaireScout i bought it, and it's a wonderful RTS
the modern fighters in arab country are masai, with the herc tecnology as made in the campaign
@MrComfyAustralia yeah you can all the way until like the space age, but without space ships
i think this one focuses more on building your empire and civilization up etc. rather than the war aspect of it. but theres far mor eunits etc on this one. especially with the expansion. but i cnt get the expansion on mine. says i need to install the latest version of ee2 included on this disc [the expansion one] but i assumed tht was the latest version. someone help me!!! thankyou much appreciated...
@PhilipCanto
Empire Earth 2 was the best one. Well IMHO.
maybe someone knows where we can download this music
btw very nice trailer/intro. i like it and it looks great ;) i never played the game =(
2:56 OMG is Istanbul!!
Empire earth 2 is better then Age of empires 3, i have them all empire earth 2 is just better but i find alot of kids find it too complicated, it makes alot of sense and i wish online was easier to play for people who download the game cuz it's real fun
1:04 jersey?
HES WEARING A TANK TOP!!!
@joezetank ... well it does
Can anyone translate writings(sorry if written wrong, i'm not english speaking) on 2:57?
i love this cinematic! the bridge, the muslims, everything!
Guys, this game was made in 2006, Was it apparantly terrible? No, it is still a great game to this day, and all you need id to play for a while then you realise this game isnt so bad after all!
They dont, one of the campagin takes places during 1898.
esa es la version demo, la version completa del disco tiene otros videos y mejores
rocks with oil can explain
2:54 Is that ISIS conquer hangia sophia, istambul turkey?
isis did not exist in 2006
i think
but this cinematik show the future
+Christian Theodorus empire earth 2 predicted future
mindblown
mindblown
EE1 Russia campaign predicted 2014(2018-19) conflict in Ukraine.....mind blowing!
@Hamster307 Dude, robots ARE fighting it :) t'scalled a predator drone and unmanned tanks
Lol the controls weren't confusing at all i was a complete noob and I understood everything
Spontaneous Combustion.
No, is Istanbul, Constantinople was until 1453, I don't believe that in the future will be called Constantinople again...
i got an advert for a call of shit duty content pack, and so ends this perfect day :(
if only it really played like that
one question how can stone burn?
Aliens....
-Giorgio Tsoukalos-
@sevevouga LOL
i knew that i wasnt sure
can ya play modern as modern age?
i havent played this b4
Dood i love this game! Empire Earth 2 owns. Yeh the sounds suck butt and all the countries units look alike. I edited the sound fx to call of duty gun shots explosions and lord of the rings battle for middle earth sounds so my Empire Earth 2 owns.
EE1 is in my belief simular to the most epic game ever: AOE 2! EE2 were okay, and EE3 were soulless.