Age of Empires III

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  • Release Date: Oct. 25, 2007
  • Price: $40.00
  • Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
  • Developer: Ensemble Studios
  • Platform(s): PC
  • Genre: Strategy

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    One of the most anticipated PC games of the year is almost here. Believe the hype.

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    Revising history with updated visuals and friendly natives.

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Age of Empires III - PC

my review

Age of empires is a good game for the pc it has good graphics but the controls your bad and the sound. When people attack it hard to get them to react to the attack. Even for pofisanle to control it.

Age of Empires III - PC

age of empires

this is an okay game. i like it but it could use bettr game play we think. also it has decent graphics. it isnt that bad of a game actually. my friends demon95 and dracko93 play this game all the time at there house. it is freaken awsome.

Age of Empires III - PC

The empires strike back

Building on the already numerous tools amd infrastructure of past games in the Empires saga, this instalment gives you the ability to discover the New World of the Americas as an adventerous explorer with dozens(if so chosen) of settlers and soldiers at your disposal, befriending neighboring Indian tribes and pilaging nieghboring enemy settlements.One may choose between such world powers as the French,British,Spanish, Portugese, and Ottoman Empires. As you increase production of resourses, you may begin to rise through the ages of colonial developement, obtaining upgrades, newly atainable building types,and new technologies. Also, with the click of a button, one can return to their selected country's capital city and spend obtained development points on shipments of food, settlers, and even soldiers, ships, and forts. The story mode is however simply not to my liking because after the desired goal is attained, you abandon your current settlement and move on to a new one, making it tedious to even atempt to upgrade your current settlement. In the custom game, you have the option to create and name your own city. This is an excellent addition to the Empires series.

Age of Empires III - PC

Strategie

This is a great strategie game and it is great for any game player. The game consist of alot of control and demand. A lot of attacking, this is game were you must have a good army and a good deck. The reason i gave a 4.25 is because the game is quick and there is alot of action.

Age of Empires III - PC

Not as Good as #2

Everyone who plays strategy games on their PC knows about the AOE series. One of the most prestigious and innovative series out there, but it has fallen off a bi with this game. AOE 3 does not have the addictive nature of it's father and grandfather AOE games. And for a few reasons. The graphics on AOE three are beautiful. The enviroments come to life in front of your eyes and engross you in life like battles. The ships and boats in this game are sized accordingly and look great, but the graphics have sort of forced the gameplay to be shaky. AOE's gameplay is mediocre at best and definately not as smooth as the Age of Kings was.The second game and it's expansion pack, The Conquerers, had great gameplay which allowed you to move around quickly, move units smoothly, and have fun. The third installment doesn't seem to have that dimension. Another thing that bothered me was the units that are avaliable to play with. They just aren't as creative and fascinating as the units in previous AOE games, and they don't make for good battle scenes. This is because of faulty graphics during battle scenes between foot soldiers. It's just not as fun as previous games or any other strategy games for that matter. Sure the graphics give you a lot to look at, but that's the only really strong part in the game. This game deserved it's ranking of mediocre because you just can't sit and play it all day like you can with other strategy games. The campaign is also pretty bad, because the characters and storyling just don't get you into the game. AOE 3 tried to have success with a campaign system that Microsoft's other development, Age of Mythology, pulled off. Age of Mythology did it well, but Microsoft could not manage to have the same system done twice.

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