Heroes of Annihilated Empires seems a strange title for a game, as being called the hero of an annihilated empire seems akin to be being named offensive MVP for the 2006 Oakland Raiders. Unfortunately the game is hobbled by more than just an awkward title.
The game loses a few rating points right off the bat thanks to its use of the Starforce copy protection program. If you’re not familiar with Starforce, it installs drivers on your machine that will sit there running every time you use your computer, regardless of whether or not you run the game. It also has the nasty habit of forcing you to reboot the computer after installing the game and requiring you to be connected to the internet to validate your copy of the game. Starforce is just plain obtrusive and as soon as I was done playing the game for review it was purged from system along with the obnoxious Starforce…
