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Great Game!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 23
Date: March 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I dont have the game yet but i tried the demo and the game is awsome i cant wait for it to come out! You can build your own kingdom and wage war on everyone else. Its based a long time ago and its really fun!

will this title ever ship??

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 42
Date: March 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

so ship already, then we'll know, won't we

Delayed 3 times over 3 years. Now out and ADDICTING!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 18 / 19
Date: April 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The first few nights I spent 10 hours solid playing. This is not good for school. Incrediblly addicting. I like economic simulations that don't focus on war. This is a one of a kind game that gives you a choice to war or not because the AI follows your actions. It has a new twist on the economic scheme in that it is a less comunistic form of government. The funds you acquire are from the sale of items at the market square (Capitalistic). The game takes long in progressing from level to level moving from pioneer, setteler, citizen, merchant, aristocrat. The education system is expanded from the last game of the series (1602) to include research for warfare units as well as larger ships, wells, larger textile manufacturers etc...
You will like this if you like CaesarIII, 1602ad, Tropico.
But you will not like it if you like to just war and avoid the whole economic thing as in: Starcraft, AOE, C&C Generals.
Allthough if you like both CaesarIII and AOE then you'll love 1503a.d.

Great Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: April 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Wow, I've never been pulled into a game like this!
Once you started building your medieval village your inhabitants won't let you stop: "We need food, we need spices, more building materials, please..."
And this all looks incredibly detailed.
I have to go back and explore some more islands ;-)

!! Best Game !!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: April 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game! I can hardly turn away from my PC and take care of my daily business. I am so caught in trying to make my kingdom the greatest of all.
Very exciting and relaxing at the same time ... time passes by so fast - next thing you know its 2 pm and it feels like you just started.
Get it - you'll love it!

Arg!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Well this is a perfect example of what happens to a good game idea that gets developed in a vacuum. While the inherent idea behind the game is sound, the interface is astoundingly annoying.

The game itself is reminiscient of Knights & Merchants but without the complexity. Your buildings will instantly spawn if you have the building materials. Don't worry about building a transportation infrastructure within your colony because people/carts can easily move through each other. Oh and if you want to clear some land then it's much faster just to build a road through it and then demolish it since instant road building is a lot faster than having a woodcutting actually cut down the trees.

Well enough logical error with the game. You'll find the interface to be so-so(sans the lack of a pause)... I'll still play the game but it's painful to think of the wasted potential it could have easily attained.

I love it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 33 / 41
Date: April 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I am in love with this game!
As a woman I do not play very much. That's how it used to be anyway...
Times change - ever since I started playing 1503 A.D. it is hard to concentrate on anything else.

Here's why:
I started to explore the world of 1503 A.D. to find the perfect island to settle and start building my empire.
Once I found it and explored it to find out about the ressources I started to set my first little buildings. Next thing you know is that all these tiny people come out of their cabins and start working - sooo cute!
After a while - and after many more buildings - my little village started to grow.
If I keep my people happy my village will soon turn into nice little city with big houses, university ...

If you are looking for something to relax and have fun at the same time - this is the perfect entertainment!

Very worth buying!

WHOEVER THOUGHT UP THIS GAME SHOULD WIN A MEDAL!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: April 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have only had the privelidge of playing the demo, and this game [is real fun]! The Graphics are superb, the music is
perfect for playing into the early mornings (which you will probably do), and the game design is a 10/10. I would reccomend this game to anyone who enjoyed the SimCity saga, and anyone who also likes conquering their neighbors, but not with large-scale battles. It is, without a dobt, one of the best empire-building RTS' that has ever been made.

It's good, but........

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have not yet played the full version game, but i played the demo and i have to say the game is a bit confusing! It's not as organized as there last game 1602 ad! I was expecting a lot of neat graphics, and yea the art work is good, but where in the heck is the graphics! Moving objects like ships are moving pictures! Animations! I absolutely love the feel and theme of 1503 and 1602, but I think Empire Earth is a better game! ... Over all its an ok game!

Changed my mind: I LOVE IT

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 24 / 26
Date: May 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The initial version of this software AD 1602 was fun to play, a kind of post-Renaissance Sim City. After a long wait, the 1503 version was released.

At first I hated 1503, thinking it was overly complicated. Well, switched to ENGLISH version (yuh! not smart, I was playing a version in German, the original language of this game) and I broke down and played the tutorials. Wow! There's a lot here. Not only are the graphics stunning, but the economic play is complex and interesting to the end. The formula to success (many aristocrats) is not as it was in 1602. In this case, trade balance is all; if you dare an agressive and too early expansion, your economy can take an irreversible downward spiral, and the cathedral starts softly playing the Miserere from Mozart's Requiem (haha, an anachronism but damn funny, you guys!)

Lots to love here, a great computer game, indeed.

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