AOE3 demo!!!

[The_Doctor]

http://www.fileplanet.com/156731/150...pires-III-Demo

You should have heard the noise I made I read "Age of Empires III Demo Released". It sounded like I was breathing in and out at the same time.

[Drisos]

AOE has always been a nice game.... I think I'll download this

[The_Doctor]

It is pretty good.

I like the home cities.

Make sure you switch on the advanced unit orders or you not be able to give your units advanced orders.

[LeftEyeNine]

Downloading it right now..

I have seen many RTS's up to now. Critics being made about "this RTS bringing a fresh air for RTS genre". Most of them never did.

And I now have a criteria that if some RTS does not have the gameplay feeling of AOE series. I stay away from it..

(What ?! This forum is Total W.. What the ?!!.. Erm..)

AOE series rule forever..

[LeftEyeNine]

Aah ! That's the best single player AOE experience ever (what AOE series were always accused of lacking) !

The two (or three?) scenarios were absolutely not enough to satisfy me.

The explorer unit is a very interesting invention. It carries the Warcraft's hero invention and montages it into AOE series, though it is not as RPG-oriented as it is in W3.

Graphics are tremendous, I absolutely need a new graphics card to have a smooth and eye catching AOE3. However, I am curious about the functionality of the Havoc physics engine used in the game. I could not notice any significant effect of the engine, maybe it's just because the demo is short and I only had 2 hours of fun, could not pay attention to that. I am not a game critician.

Homecity adds a brand new strategical element into the game - that's for sure. Congrats to ES on inventing that.

That's all I can make up to summarize my AOE3 demo experience right now. But I am really hopeful that AOE3 will help me enjoy the forthcoming winter in front of my PC.

[Dutch_guy]

It seems ok , but being a demo it does have it's flaws though

what to think about the Tomohawk soldiers that you're not able of seeing... the only thing I see is a black circel on the ground were the soldier is supposed to be.
And there isn't an easy way to see the current population cap, haven't seen it in skirmish.
And to bad walls can't be upgraded.

That said , I do like the whole idea of trade posts and native americans , and the graphics look great.