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(34 customer reviews) 37 of 41 people found the following review helpful
This surpasses AEII!,
March 13, 2007 Jessica M. Landreth - See all my reviews
= Fun: This review is from: Age Of Empires III (Video Game)
This far surpasses Ages of Empire II. This is the game update that should happen for the previous game.
Patience is key, and a few spare hours do not hurt much, either.
I'm more glad I bought this (and waited for it) for MAC than PC.
This game was worth every penny, and even my husband, who is hard to impress, was kinda impressed by how smooth everything played. You really have to admire 17th & 18th century warfare to LOVE this game. A little knowledge about who was ally and who was enemy makes the game all the more fun.....
Enjoy!!
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Beautiful but Imperfect,
January 10, 2009 David N. Allen "AOEnthusiast" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
= Fun: This review is from: Age Of Empires III (Video Game)
I'm really more on the fence about this game than my score indicates. It's really more of a 3.5 than a 4.
As for the Pros, first of all it's gorgeous. The game utilizes different lighting very effectively which provides different regions of the American hemisphere their own unique aura (for the most part). The Yukon winter, the subtropical fauna, the Caribbean waters, and the New England fall are all portrayed very well. It's also nice to see such a variety of regions portrayed (who else would have thought to include Patagonia but Ensemble?).
Next, the graphics engine really is a pioneer among RTS games. To see a cannonball shot from a culverin, scream over the landscape, smash into a town center, blow out the windows and a corner from the building's steeple, come out the other side, and come to a rolling stop a few relative feet from the building with splinters falling around it sets a standard that no other RTS from here on out can afford to not meet. No...Read more
29 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Great Sequel raises the bar again,
February 4, 2007 S. Weidenbach (Chicago. IL USA) - See all my reviews
= Fun: This review is from: Age Of Empires III (Video Game)
This game is awsome! Very well done. Anyone who has played the previous age of empires should catch on very fast. Even if you havn't played before it won't take long to get the hang of it. I have a 2ghz intel mac and have no problems. Graphics are amazing as well as the gameplay.
