Empire Earth 2 video interview

The first Empire Earth was a good game that may just need a sequel to become a great license.

Here's a good video clip of lead designer, Ian Davis, being interviewed about his next title, Empire Earth 2. Davis comes across as confident and calm — a hard task in the midst of a game development project.

When a new RTS game comes out, there's usually a lot of hype about how different the experience is from all the others on the shelves. We usually discount that kind of talk, promptly, but in this case, you may want to listen to the hype.

Though Davis doesn't seem to be reigning in the scope of the sequel, he does seem appropriately focused. The part of the interview where he discusses dynamic resource trees and AI is especially intriguing. The whole picture-in-picture feature (i.e. a second game screen on your screen) sounds like overkill, but we're looking forward to seeing it in action.

[via Game Gossip]