When comparing Empire Earth vs Starbound, the Slant community recommends Empire Earth for most people. In the question“What are the best LAN party PC games?” Empire Earth is ranked 34th while Starbound is ranked 41st. The most important reason people chose Empire Earth is:
Fight in 14 different epochs. You can start 10,000 BC and develop your civilization up to the future. Each time period being notable, thus creating a change in gameplay and scenery.
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Pros
Pro Evolving gameplay and scenery
Fight in 14 different epochs. You can start 10,000 BC and develop your civilization up to the future. Each time period being notable, thus creating a change in gameplay and scenery.
Pro Informative and well paced tutorials
Starbound allows the player to go at their own pace while completing the tutorials. By the end of the tutorials the player will have the skills and equipment to succeed in the game and have fun doing it.
Pro Incredibly deep gameplay
The exploration, crafting and combat are all both very polished and deep in terms of what you can do, especially compared to other games in the genre. This makes the sandbox very fun to play in as you're never really stuck doing the same thing over and over.
Pro Boss levels
For what is a procedurally generated game, Starbound offers boss levels that once beaten unlock new sectors of space to explore.
Cons
Con Long battles
Aging up takes a lot of time making battles a lot longer. Which many may not want to sink the time into.
Con First few hours can be boring
Initially the player needs to amass enough coal to fuel their ship, which is a bit of a grind.