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Friday, February 27, 2009

Review: Age of Empires III

Age of Empires III


Intro

With Age of Empires III, you can command one of the eight mighty world powers that are fighting to conquer the New Word! This classic game allows you to crush your enemies with your your military might: Devastating cannons and infantry with rifles. You can even take control of your naval fleet and get strategic waterways! You can build impressive buildings and forge a thriving empire! Its all yours to have with Age of Empires III


Overview

Age of Empires III is the stunning 3-D game unlike anything you've ever seen before. The game gives you an amazing amount of control over your empire. You can wage wars, build an economy, make cities, claim land, rule the high seas, and much more. The goal of the game is to conquer the New World, before your seven other enemies beat you to it. You have a home city that is the center of your empire. The stunning graphics are amazing

. The water acts like water; it glistens, foams, and even has reflections! Read on to discover the finer points of this amazing game!


Key Features

MacSoft intuitively combined great graphics and great playability to create Age of Empires III! There are many things that you can do in this game, so I'm only going over a few of them.


 • Explore uncharted territories to stake your claim in the New World

 • Command powerful rifled infantry and a naval fleet

 • Gain valuable experience to level-up your Home City and strengthen your economy, technology, and military

 • Lead one of eight civilizations: Spanish, French, British, Dutch, Russian, German, Portuguese or Ottoman

 • Fully 3D graphics, destructible environments and dynamic physics



Playability

This game is great for ages 10 and up. The game is based on warfare, but it also includes more peaceful ventures like growing your economy. On the war side, Age of Empires gives you an incredible amount of control over your side of the battlefield. You can control a wide variety of troops of infantry, cavalry, artillery, Native American warriors that are on your side, mercenaries and even naval vessels! You also can assign different actions to your army, like Volley, Charge, or Bombard. And, if you can't choose, you can have the game automatically choose the best and most tactical of the formations for you! On the peaceful side, you can build your economy so you become a thriving empire! Your Home City regularly sends you supplies and military reinforcements. As you get better, your Home City gets stronger, allowing you to do a wider variety of things like unlocking new types of soldiers and buildings, expanding your 'tech tree', or even customizing your cities! Even your citizens have a voice.  You can watch them go about their daily lives, and get their opinion on how your doing or advice to plot your next move.


Pros

 • Great graphics

 • Plays smoothly

 • Easy to play

 • Rich dialog

 • Did I mention the graphics...


Cons

 • Too short - could use more hours of gameplay

 • Other than that - none!







Conclusion

Age of Empires III is an amazing addition to your video game collection. Its awesome graphics combined with the intuitive gameplay make for the best combination. It is a great strategy game that you can't skip!



System Requirements 

  • Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later
  • 1.4GHz or faster PowerPC G4 or G5 or Intel Core processor
  • 512MB RAM
  • 3D graphics card with 64MB VRAM
  • Internet access or LAN for online play


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