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Beautiful!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: December 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is probably the most beautiful strategy game on the market. Definitely the best one from the AOE series. I you love strategy games, this would would be the perfect choice.

Age of Boredom

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: January 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I really liked the first two and hoped that this one would blow them away. It didn't. It really disappointed me and I stopped playing it 1/4 of the way through.

Great graphics - lame game play

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: December 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Microsoft should have just spent the time making a nice graphics upgrade to AOE2. AOE3 graphics are great but the game play is not. First off, the top civilization is Imperial - yuck. Secondly, the introduction of the 'card' system for building a home city is really boring. In addition, the unit selection is HORRIBLE, the combat units are WAY over powered when it comes to attacking walls. What's the point of a wall when a handfull of Indians chunking spears can take out a section of the wall in a couple of minutes. Also, where on EARTH is the formation selection? There are a LOT of simple 'actions' missing from AOE3 that are (in my opinion) fundamentals and are present in all the other games (AOE2, EE, RON, etc.) This game kept my interested for about 2 hours.

Overall this game is just more of the same - not worth the $50. Save your $50 and keep playing Empire Earth or Rise of Nations.

Graphics are Good...and Evil

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: June 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I played both AOE II and the Expansion extensively and thoroughly enjoyed both. This is truly enjoyable addition to the genre and will keep you playing for a while as you practice to get better and trying new skill levels. When I first started I could only win on "Sandbox" and slowly worked my way up. I can now win handily on "Expert", so you will develop a sense of appreciation in this game when you can win on every level.
The graphics are beautiful, but on max detail things can get a little choppy in big battles - especially sea battles. I have a new Intel Dual Core 3.0 Ghz machine with 2GB RAM and the latest 7800GTX nVidia card, and it runs pretty well for the most part. No other game I have looks better on the 24" widescreen. Did I mention I am still paying off my computer?
I have played a couple of LAN games with one other person and it gets VERY choppy.
Great game overall but it requires a ton of processing power and memory to enjoy the graphics to the fullest.

Fun, but could be better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty fun, but if you haven't played Age of Empires 2, you might be happier buying that, especially if you are interested primarily in single-player games.

On the plus side, the graphics and sound in AOE 3 are great. But there are a lot of little things which detract from the game. For some crazy reason, the designers of this game got rid of many of the features which made AOE 2 great.

For example, you can't garrison your military units in forts. Your villagers can take shelter in forts, but there is no way to make them automatically go back to what they were doing when you let them out.

The instruction booklet is not really complete: it doesn't explain very well how to use many of the features. It doesn't do a good job explaining the strengths and weaknesses of the various units, especially the native Americans, so it is hard to plan a strategy.

My favorite thing in AOE 2 was the ability it gave you to generate a random map using any map-type. AOE 3 does let you do that, but it is more restrictive. For example, if you want to play on a huge map--which I always prefer--you only have a few choices of terrain types. Also, you can't have 2 players of the same civilization. Ie, you can't play as Spaniards and have a computer ally which is also Spaniards.

The worst thing of all is that AOE 3 is not nearly as replayable as AOE 2. In AOE 2 you could generate random maps that were actually random. In AOE 3 the supposedly random maps come out pretty much the same every time.

Also, the maps seem very small, with not much territory to explore, which is a disappointment. Even the "big" maps are not really very big.

The developers did a great job designing ships in the game, but for some reason they only included two maps where you actually have to use ships (although there are a few others where ships are optional). Very disappointing for people who like a good naval battle!

Despite my complaints, the game is entertaining. But the little problems, taken together, make it less fun than its predecessor.

One positive thing I should mention is that the developers don't seem to have abandoned the game after releasing it. They have recently released a patch which fixes some of the little problems and makes the various civilizations more evenly balanced, and they have even included a new map in the patch. And they maintain a very good website for the game.

I also have to say that I am more impressed with the multiplayer aspect of the game than with single player. Multiplayer is really fun and seems to be improving, with a new ranking system you can use to find people of your own skill level to play against.

My sole complaint about multiplayer is that there should be some features to make rushing more difficult. Too many games end before anyone gets a chance to build up big economies or big armies. This means that if you like spectacular, epic battles, you will be disappointed most of the time. Most games seem to be won by whoever can cobble together a few soldiers quickest and kill the other player's villagers.

Unlike some reviewers, I haven't had any problems with the game being laggy, even when I use good graphics settings. I play on a Dell D600 laptop.

My life has been taken over by the Age of Empires 3

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I couldn't believe how much they have improved the game from the Age of Empires 2. Reading how to play the game seemed very confusing until you played it. The game is very easy to play. The scenarios are fun to play. Looking forward to playing online against others. Excited to buy the War Chief Expansion Pack when it comes out.

Age of Empires III

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'll admit my patience for computer games is not great, but my son absolutely loves this game. My settlements barely get off the ground before some enemy force is killing all my colonists. My son even has monster trucks driving over his opponent's buildings.

I bought this game hoping it would be relaxing, but mostly it is just another frustrating computer game that I don't think I'll ever have the time to fully master. But still I'm glad I bought it. The "violence" is little more than computer graphics acting out what kids read in history books, so I think this is much less violent than video games and other "M" or "T" rated computer games. The graphics are good and the scenarios are realistic (no matter how unlikely they may be) so I think this is a good game.

Who knows, maybe someday I'll get good at it. But computer solitaire is more my speed.

Age of Empires 3

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Noticable progress in PC gaming. To fully enjoy it, you need 128 MB (64 MB suggested as minimal req)of video memory; otherwise, game might get slow or even frozen for a few minutes.

AoE 3 could have had better Expansions...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game overall was good, but it could have been better. One of the main setbacks for me was pausing the game. Instead of the words, "Game Paused" showing up on screen like in the original AoE3, this big brown box with "Game Paused" in tiny print was there instead. It is so big that it blocked my view of 2/3 of the game screen. The new civilizations were cool when I first used them, but they never pay off. The units were weak, the buildings had few upgrades, and the whole "Firepit" thing just wasted my villager's time. The original civilizations took over the new ones very quickly if a large force was sent in. Lastly, the concept of using stealth to sneak into enemy territory was awsome, but as soon as I got within enemy range I automatically uncloaked and got torn apart. The only good parts I saw were getting many new upgrades to the european civilizations.

pretty fun... but....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: March 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The graphics can get really sweet. but I've not seen a system yet that handles them well without getting laggy. The gameplay is pretty fun. I really like the hotkey functionality for buildings (something I with other RTS games had). In the end, I realized that I like StarCraft and Warcraft III better, and don't play AOE 3 much anymore.

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