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Age of Empires III has a great idea of advancing units and cities through eras of history, but is lacking control during battle. I am a diehard Blizzard Entertainment and Command and Conquer fan so I am comparing this game mostly to those previous titles. AOE has interesting units with a complete navy with ships that are easy to load/unload with troops. There are also war wagons, different types of calvary, and unique mercenaries you can ally with. The only real problem I have with the game is the lack of control during battle. Most of the troops dont have any problem engaging the enemy, but it is very frustrating the few times a group of soldiers walks up to the enemy and cant quite get close enough to shoot until after two or three seconds of scrambling around. Also the cannons are very hard to use sometimes, they can get stuck behind rocks or each other, and sometimes spin around in circles instead of firing. Cannons being one of the most expensive units it drives me crazy when I lose them in battle because of some glitch. One of the best parts of the game is the ability to customize your home city and the supplies/resources that can be sent. When the main city increases size after a certain amount of experience points players may pick one card; which can be sent infinitely for resources, or once for units or a special ability. The use of a home city sending supplies really creates a colonial feeling that can be taylored to your style of play. You can also customize the look of the home city by picking colors and designs. This is really uneeded however because it has no affect on the game. AOE III also has an interesting story to follow which advances through the the three acts you must complete in the campaign. It tells of the history of people involved and gives a pretty reasonable excuse for sometimes restrictive objectives. Please Rate Whether Or Not This Review Was Helpful :-)Read full review
This game is a historical fiction strategy game follow up to the popular age of empires and age of empires II. I was a player of both games and loved them for what they were. However as soon as you begin playing you are immediately blown away by the graphic detail that is now able to be utilized since the release of its previous counterparts. While the single player campaigns are rather short, and the player vs computer skirmishes are not good for anything over a newer player, the free online gaming is what still makes this game one of the best pc games. Control of many unique civilizations offer wide advantages and disadvantages to each make this a thinking game yet does not require a rocket doctor to play once you find your groove. And online game play ranking allows you to easily find players in your skill level to provide for an educational and fair battle. Great game that has maintained popularity as few other pc games has and will continue to do so until its next release and beyond. As there are still a lot of people that still play AOE II online. A great game worth every penny of the origional retail price not to mention what it can be had for used. One word of warning be sure that when buying a used copy the origional user did not use the code to make an online profile as there is only on profile allowed per key. you will be stuck using there profile which will track rank, win loss ratio's and so much more.Read full review
This game is a challenging and somewhat realistic real-time strategy simulator that makes a reasonable attempt to be historically and tactically accurate. Historical background information is provided for the playable civilizations, though the characters in the strange single-player storyline are fabricated. This game is much like AOE2, but lacks some of the more advanced tactical commands of AOE2. The main difference from AOE2 is the "home city" concept. In this version, you are playing the role of a new world explorer who has been sent by a European power to establish a colony. As you accumulate XP (experience points) by building units and buildings, exploring the map or destroying enemy units, you earn "shipments" from your home city. The home city sends resources, units, and improvements that can speed up resource gathering or strengthen military units. Your home city gains levels as you progress through the game, and you earn more powerful shipments as you gain levels. The three resources are coin, wood and food. There are no mines or lumber camps in this version, as settlers just harvest from the resource piles continuously without needing to carry the resources back to a town center or camp. There are no farms in this version, only mill-and-farm combination. Plantations can be built to create coin, and factories can be built to produce artillery or any needed resources. The seige units (artillery) are all gunpowder units in this game, as are most of the infantry and cavalry. Archers and hand infantry are good and cheap units early in the game, but after advancing a few ages, you will want to make only gunpowder units. If you decide to purchase this game, enjoy playing Age of Empires IIIRead full review
Better than previous installments 'but' could use a bit of tweaking, especially the construction (my favorite part of strategy games). Book included leaves some to be desired as well. Very detailed on game op - very little devoted to user made game/map construction and several confusing 'add on's' included in various cats...make it difficult to properly set up user made games.... -AI's as dumb as rocks (no big surprise) but would've thought updated improved version would do better job with AI component etc.... Game itself nicely done, especially cannons (both on ships (broadside attacks) and on the ground)! Fixed gun a bit too large and doesn't work well with placement building. All in all though, game scores B+ to A- Well worth playing!
This game in general is very much the key to online stradegy games in the future. Each and every thing you do has a impact on your rating and growing power. I think the fact that your home (port) or city growing with each and every game played. Makes players rush to get back on and play again!!! Its almost like you want your city level to be higher then any others you come across....(so each win is very important) The game play is great as well. Thanks in large part to how good the graphic's seem to be. The detail is rich and fluid. (with the proper video card) The real downside with this game is you really MUST have a PC that was designed for gaming. It takes up a lot pf memory and the graphics do need a HIGH end card. I seriously feel that any gamer would enjoy hours upon hours of these historic battles!!Read full review
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