<s>
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
video	O
games	O
developed	O
by	O
Stainless	O
Steel	O
Studios	O
and	O
Mad	O
Doc	O
Software	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sierra	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
are	O
historical	O
RTS	O
games	O
that	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Empires	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rick	O
Goodman	O
,	O
who	O
designed	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
and	O
Empires	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dawn	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
World	I-Application
,	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
lead	O
designers	O
of	O
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Empires	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Art	I-Application
of	I-Application
Conquest	I-Application
was	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
expansion	O
pack	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
but	O
before	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Empires	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dawn	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
World	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Empires	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dawn	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
World	I-Application
was	O
not	O
technically	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
and	O
sometimes	O
referenced	O
as	O
the	O
spiritual	O
sequel	O
to	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
designed	O
by	O
Rick	O
Goodman	O
and	O
the	O
SSSI	O
team	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
many	O
throwbacks	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Empires	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dawn	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
World	I-Application
was	O
much	O
more	O
condensed	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
1,000	O
years	O
and	O
only	O
nine	O
civilizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
two	O
years	O
after	O
Empires	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dawn	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
World	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Mad	O
Doc	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Vivendi	O
,	O
since	O
Stainless	O
Steel	O
Studios	O
left	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
develop	O
Empires	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dawn	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
World	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
II	I-Application
used	O
revamped	O
graphics	O
and	O
weather	O
effects	O
,	O
but	O
still	O
retained	O
the	O
original	O
feel	O
of	O
Empire	O
Earth'''s	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
received	O
relatively	O
well	O
(	O
about	O
79%	O
on	O
average	O
according	O
to	O
MetaCritic	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
little	O
lower	O
than	O
the	O
original	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
and	O
Empires	O
:	O
Dawn	O
of	O
the	O
Modern	O
World.thumb	O
|left|200px|A	O
screen	O
shot	O
from	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
IIEmpire	O
Earth	O
II	O
:	O
The	B-Application
Art	I-Application
of	I-Application
Supremacy	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
for	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
expansion	O
pack	O
added	O
several	O
new	O
campaigns	O
,	O
civilizations	O
,	O
units	O
,	O
and	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
II	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
received	O
worse	O
than	O
its	O
expansion	O
pack	O
predecessor	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
considered	O
bad	O
for	O
its	O
lack	O
of	O
innovation	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
campaigns	O
it	O
offered.Empire	O
Earth	O
III	O
,	O
also	O
called	O
EE3	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
computer	O
game	O
by	O
Mad	O
Doc	O
Software	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Vivendi	O
Universal	O
on	O
November	O
5	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
II	I-Application
did	O
nearly	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
79%	O
average	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Empires	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dawn	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
World	I-Application
had	O
a	O
closer	O
rating	O
to	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
than	O
anything	O
else	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
81%	O
average	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Empire	B-Language
Earth	I-Language
mobile	I-Language
averaged	O
about	O
77%	O
.	O
</s>
