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Don't say I didn't warn ya...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: August 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First off let me just say I am an avid gamer, I love all kinds of games as long as it captures my interest and I am easily captivated. This game installed into my computer and got shelved within a week of playing it. This game had the potential of being something great but lacked heavily in the graphics and interface department, someone over at EA should get there butts chewed for this. At first glance it's rather deceiving unless you have a place to play it first before you buy it, this game will rob you of your money, I'm glad it went down to 20 bucks because like the idiot that I am, I brought it when it first came out. Even then it's not worth spending 20 bucks for it. Let me start by saying how the game actually felt like when I first played it, I had a confusing time with the interface, now I have played strategy games and SIMS like Age of Mythology and Casino Empire and for love of me I could not figure out what to do with the controls. I had to sit there and read the manual word by word in order to understand it. After several hours with the manual I began to see the potential this game could be but spending so much time on the manual I was hoping to see awesome graphics display or something but all I got were a few cut scenes that an an old game like Starcrafts cut scene could've easily put this game to shame. I don't understand why the developers would make a game so confusing for the average person and not compliment it with nice graphics so they could at least keep their interest at bay until they figured out how to play the damn game. It's obvious this game isn't intended for the norm. I believe rocket scientist or brain surgeons would love this game because it'a a challenge just to figure it out. In a word "stinks"! And to charge 30-40 dollars for this game when it came out is absurd. ..., for every one good game EA puts out there, there are 10 that's sure to suck. Last time I'm buying from them. Consumers you have been warned.

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

For kindergarden kids

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 15
Date: November 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a game for 5 years old. A real economy does not function like that at all! It needs a government, rules, accounts and so on. It is impossible to really control anything in this game where really annoying things happen (why prevent those stupid potatos to reach this stupid tavern for the only reason that a piece of mud road is missing!). This is not the sort of thing that makes a game funny!
I am still looking for a strategy game where invading your neighbour is not the only way to win and where the economy functions on a truly realistic basis. This is not the one (despite fun graphics)!

Slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 22 / 32
Date: August 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

As a big fan of strategy games, I was excited to see 1503 A.D.. I bought it and followed the tutorial, thinking all along of building an empire and once again ruling the world!

What I found was one of the slowest moving games ever. I mean slow, man. Take it from me, I have spent hours working on a Sim City, or building just the right combination of strength in an Age of Empires. This game is so damn slow that it takes days, literally days, to get any real excitement out of it.

The basic premise, as far as I can tell, is that you need to gather a few islands to farm and develop and then start trading with yourself and other civilizations. Building your empire and shipping tobacco, whale blubber, and the like to each island. Taking the money you earn to build things. This is a sound concept and could have been much better if it didn't feel like it was truly "real time".

The problem is that it takes so damn long to develop, it just becomes a hassle, and you just wait and wait, and nothing more happens. So it's kind of like a slow Rails Across America with ships not trains, and Age of Empires without the fear of getting invaded.

Overall, there are a lot more interesting games out there, why bother waiting around for this one to get interesting.

Not that great

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Build through power, build through peace and build through pure frustration. This game is so complicated, that its a drag to play. First of all I'll start by saying that the graphics look spectaculaire. Secound of all it takes for ever to do any thing in the game. You'll try to explore, manage a growing empire and build a thriving colony over many many days of playing. You'll constantly run into money problems and to this day I still can't figure out how to set traid routs. Dureing this game you will rarely get attacked on land and your traid boats will conatantly get harrsed by pirates and your enemys. This game looked good on the rack in the store, but when you start to play it you'll relize that the game isnt that great. If you want a good stratigy game, get strongholed or age of empires.

i thought newer was better?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: June 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

basicaly 1503 ad isnt that fun. its to complex and to much stuff that dosent do much but you need to continue on in the game. 1602 ad is a really fun game if you buy this and dont like it there is a good chance wat you wanted is somthing like 1602 ad.
1602 is just cpmlicated enough and has many challenges like pirate muraders and valcanoes, and drought, so if you dont like it you should give a try to 1602 ad. why becuase its better.

This game is sooooo boring!!!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 17
Date: January 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game used for really cheap so I'm not mad about the money I wasted but I am ticked about the time I spent trying to figure this stupid game out. First, the tutorial taught me just about nothing. I had to read the manual over and over again. My sheep NEVER had enough grazing land even though everything was cleared. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to make or buy tobacco. I only found 2 cultures and I couldn't even sign a treaty with one of them. If I managed not to lose my scout, the only thing I ever found was more mineral deposits that did me no good because I couldn't build on any other islands but my own. All I did was watch my money go down and down and down. I wish they would of made this game a little more user friendly. It might have been enjoyable then.

1503 AD -limited

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: September 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I found it to be more complex than 1602 but better graphically. It does have several problems. All of the functions I had read that were supposed to be usable; were not. I had done a lot of research on it and supposedly you could board ships, capture enemy territory by building your warehouse over the almost destroyed one and others were nothing but hype. You find out in a text file on the CD AFTER you buy the product that not everything works. I think it was done on purpose so people would buy the expansion where it does work; European version. There is no official editor, like in 1602, but after a crash course in german I did find an unofficial one. The game is funner to play than 1602 but not worth the full msrp; in my opinion. It is worth buying at the low prices now for it. One last thing, support is very limited for this game, another lacking area. Have fun.

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!

I Prefer 1602 A.D.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: July 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Although the game has better graphics, 1602 A.D. was more fun. What I loved about 1602 A.D. was a map creator. I was very dissapointed to see it was not in 1503 A.D. The game looked so good unfortunately it wasn't. It's is also way to hard. I suggest you buy 1602 A.D.

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