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last guy is an idiot

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 11 / 40
Date: October 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

IT HASNT EVEN COME OUT YET! WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT! sure there is the demo but demos are never representitive ofthe actual game, geez

Very buggy, and almost no new features, Worst "Age" Expansion ever released.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 70
Date: October 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am a big fan of the "Age" games and I am very sorry to report that
the War Chiefs Expansion is the worst "Age" Expansion ever released.
The War Chiefs Expansion offers mostly new content and almost no real new features.
No only that, all the existing bugs from Age of Empires 3 were not fixed, and were passed to the expansion.
In addition to that the biggest missing feature from Age of Empires 3 - playing Custom Scenarios Online, is not included in the expansion.
Numerous Scenario Editor's bugs that were reported to Ensemble were not fixed either.

As I said before, I played Age of Empires 3 for hundreds of hours.
In general it is a good game but the bugs are just very annoying, and it gets worse the more you play the game.

You would expect the expansion to fix all the problems, but instead they were ignored.
They went ahead and added new campaign and 3 new civilizations and few extra units and that the most of it.

If you buy the expansion you won't notice much difference when you compare it to the original game.

Ensemble advertise their "powerful scenario editor" but fail to mention that they are not supporting the editor, and that they are not planning to fix any of its bugs.
The scenario may be powerful, but it is extremely buggy and very user UNfriendly.

The list of existing bugs that were carried over to the expansion is very long.
Here is a short sample:
1. Online "Drop bug" - players can drop in purpose when they loose.
2. Gathering point for releasing combat units from war ships doesn't work.
3. gathering point for remote mines and trees doesn't work, as the settlers arrive at the remote location but don't gather resources.
4. Attack move doesn't work when you click (left click or right click) on any enemy building.
5. "Out of Sync" error in the middle of online games is still an issue one year after the game was released.
6. The "2 minute resign" bug - players can resign within two minutes from an online game and suffer no impact on their rating.
7. Numerous bugs with Walls (too long to get into).
8. Mortars don't attack buildings when they are in range unless they are instructed to do so.
9. Very often you cannot release a large number of units from a ship in one time.
10. "Obstruction Radius" bug - There is a bug with the obstruction radius of War Ships that makes them overlap with each other.
11. 2V2 in "Quick Search" online doesn't work. The option is there, the players are there, but you will never get a 2V2 match no matter how long you wait.
12. It is not possible to create a gate when there are units standing next to that wall segment.
13. Ships that carry units or train units cannot release the units unless their nose is all the way at the shore.
14. The AI has many issues and limitations, yet it was not improved at all.
15. Online games are very laggy, especially the 2V2 games.

In the past year Ensemble released 9 patches with emphasize on "Balance" changes instead of bug fixing.

There is also the issue of One CD Key per game.
Many fans complained about that.
Once a player creates an online account, he cannot change it, delete it or reset it.
Only one online account can be created per game.

As mentioned above the AI in the War Chiefs expansion is so stupid that it is very easy to beat it even on "Hard".
It is even more stupid than the regular game.

Also this game that is all about Rushing. Turtling and Booming are not viable strategies in the War Chiefs expansion.
These three strategies supposed to counter each other, but not in this game.
Defensive structures are very weak in the War Chiefs making "Rushing" the best strategy, even against "Turtling".
Outposts are good only against ships and cavalry, but very weak against infantry and artillery.
Walls can be taken down easily due to their low hit points.
Only one Fort is allowed and we can not rebuild it if it is taken down.
As a result "Rushers" have an advantage, as "Rushing" counters "Booming" as well as "Turtling".

The War Chiefs expansion is all about new content such as a new campaign, 3 new civilizations, and a few new units for the other civilizations, that's it.
The "Treaty" game type is just a new "no rush" map option to accommodate players who like to play "No Rush" games .
The "Trade Monopoly" is very similar to the "Wonder" type game that was included in previous "Age" games, so it is not really a new feature.

That is all there is in this expansion.
Almost no new features, no new physics, just some new content, that is all.
In addition to that, all the bugs from the original game are still there.

So save your money for other games such as Rise of Legends, Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth 2, and Company of Heroes.

Even the Demo is Amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: May 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

You can play as either the British or the Spanish in the Mac OS X demo. I've gotten probably over 80 hours of play time just out of the demo. I can't wait to buy the bonafide version!

Why we should get this game?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 23
Date: November 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Age of empires 3 had been a great hit on microsoft and Ensemble studios online, made players enjoy a stratejic way of playing style and controling your empire, you had been to choose thorugh out 9 civ,
But, why should we get the new Expansion "THE WAR CHIEFS",
I belive that Microsoft has been focusing more on the Native settlements then the main Civ, For the great lovers of AOE 3, This Game is just the like the new update, so GO ahead and buy it, it will be worth your money.

PCE YALL MY username: NYGladiator and i have the game so ask me if you want to play

War Cheifs is a great addition

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game introduces some fun elements to the play. The Indian tribes seem a little weak, but it is still fun to play their unique abilities.

Well worth $25 but I am glad I did not spend $50.

daughter and friend love it

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

although I have been a fan of the series I dont have the time to play so I have turned my daughter onto the game she is now hooked and is playing online w a friend..maybe not a good idea after all :)

DAAAAAAAAAAAMN!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 34
Date: February 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Yo man. Ma peeps luv ths game. Pmp it up wit a 100 GB surround, quadcore processer, and four good hard drives- and dare I say- 300+ Kbps, an u got 1 heluva nwb pwnin machine! Buy it, homes!

Pwn on,
B0tard

Poor expansion

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: January 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I found the expansion pretty lacking overall, it didn't mesh well with the original game. I honestly stopped playing it after I got this expansion.

Complete Domination!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: January 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a fun game. I wish there could be even more destruction available!

War chiefs is realy worth your money

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: December 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you are a fan of AOE3, you need to buy the expansion pack war chiefs. It adds a lot of things, and made the game a lot more cooler if that is even possible. It is worth you money. I bought it and I am having a lot of fun.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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