age of empires 3 preview

**Big_John** · 05-01-2005, 20:21

for any rts fans out there.. looks like it could be interesting.
personally, i hope this one is a complete overhaul..
didn't care for the previous incarnations much.

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/age-of-empi.../608322p1.html
http://aoe3.heavengames.com/

screenshot galleries (many high-res)
http://media.pc.gamespy.com/media/72...44/imgs_1.html
http://aoe3.heavengames.com/gallery/aoe3-earlyshots

**GoreBag** · 05-01-2005, 21:19

I loved and played extensively AoK. Therefore, I await impatiently the release of AoE3, but I'm also a bit afraid that these fangled and jaw-dropping graphics will rape my crappy graphics card.

**Mikeus Caesar** · 05-02-2005, 00:58

I posted a thread about this a while ao, with links to the official AoE3 website.

**Leet Eriksson** · 05-02-2005, 11:16

The new preview says you can't play the natives, unfortunate really, but you can ally with them.

Interestingly the Ottomans are one of the nations in the game added as a "what if" nation, which peaked my interest considerably

**doc_bean** · 05-03-2005, 11:03

They've said on several occasion that theya re sticking very close to the AoE formula, so don't expect too many innovations.

**Colovion** · 05-07-2005, 06:45

I was speaking with a Dev on the AoMH site and he said that at the beginning they'd setup their entire way of gameplay very similar to the Settlers of Cataan board-game style. Then they went back and changed a bunch of things to give it a half-way between AoE style and Settlers style.

It'll be good I'm sure - ES has yet to thoroughly dissapoint me. AoM was a small let-down, but it was also great fun to play... just not as long of a staying power on it as AoK.

**DisruptorX** · 05-07-2005, 22:25

Originally Posted by doc_bean

They've said on several occasion that theya re sticking very close to the AoE formula, so don't expect too many innovations.

You mean the carbon copy Dune II formula? That's a pity...

**Tsavong** · 05-07-2005, 18:10

Originally Posted by NeonGod

I loved and played extensively AoK. Therefore, I await impatiently the release of AoE3, but I'm also a bit afraid that these fangled and jaw-dropping graphics will rape my crappy graphics card.

I am in the same position, thow if all else fails I still got AoK

**Tsavong** · 05-07-2005, 21:41

Originally Posted by NeonGod

I loved and played extensively AoK. Therefore, I await impatiently the release of AoE3, but I'm also a bit afraid that these fangled and jaw-dropping graphics will rape my crappy graphics card.

I am in the same position, thow if all else fails I still got AoK