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wEaViL - Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:38 pm
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Anyone planing to buy this? Just thought I would let ya'll know that I was able to get it 3 days before its release and give you a little review.

The graphics are great and the game play is alot like the other AOE games... so far the only difference is mostly a more 3d like enviroment and of course new's times and civilizations. You can get a idea of how it looks from there screen shots at www.ageofempires3.com. They also have a demo out for it too.

Only down side to the game is the hardware it requires.
Windoes xp
1.4 Ghz cpu
2 GB hd space
64 Mb graphics card

All in all I say its a great game and if you like games like this then get it.

1stStrike - Sun Oct 16, 2005 6:12 pm
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Those hardware requirements aren't steep at all. If your PC can't run AOE3 then it's way past time to upgrade.

Anonymous - Sun Oct 16, 2005 6:55 pm
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howya get it 3 days b4?

Quan Chi2 - Sun Oct 16, 2005 7:39 pm
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Crack it.

Assassin2684 - Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:19 pm
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Or he has sources at which they are game testers and he can get games before they come out. Just like how I can get the ps3 before it comes into the usa.

Spyed - Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:09 am
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Wow, the civilisations in that look awesome!

(I'll be buying this too)

Agurus - Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:57 am
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I heard it sucked, it got a 8.2 out of 10 on gamespot.com; but the graphics look better than the previous.

Spyed - Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:59 am
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Agurus wrote:

I heard it sucked, it got a 8.2 out of 10 on gamespot.com; but the graphics look better than the previous.

8.2 is actually good (compared to SS which would get 0.0023).

Anyways..

All it takes is for the person on gamespot.com to have got his fingers sticky while eating a donut at the same time as playing AOE3 and get cross and say 8.2!!!

Agurus - Mon Oct 17, 2005 12:05 pm
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No SS would get a score based on it's gameplay and cat., yeay a 0.0023 vs a Xbox360 or w/e

Spyed - Mon Oct 17, 2005 12:09 pm
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Agurus wrote:

No SS would get a score based on it's gameplay and cat., yeay a 0.0023 vs a Xbox360 or w/e

0.0023 vs MS paint

Cyan~Fire - Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:43 pm
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Requiring Windows XP? That's ridiculous.

I love AOEII, but it's one of the worse programmed games I play. It sucks up resources like crap for no noticeable gain. Total Annihilation, an older RTS game with better (3d model instead of rotated bitmap) graphics uses less resources. So basically, I don't think Ensemble Studios will change.

And the file formats it uses are ridiculous too. For example, the format for user-made scenarios is so space inefficient that it deflates them. You know why? Things like leaving 256 bytes of space for player's names when you can only type in 29. Like having a 256x256 array of 3-byte structures that contain two values, the terrain type (0-28), and the elevation (0-8). And this doesn't waste space, but definitely something to complain about: it stores player 1's inital view as an integer pair, while 2-16 it stores as a float pair. WTF? Oh, and the scenario leaves space for 16 players and 5 resources, but it only uses 8 players and 4 resources. So unbelievably retarded.

Heh, can you tell I've written a scenario editor program for it?

Solo Ace - Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:20 pm
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I can't, but I can tell you waste too much time.

Cyan~Fire - Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:04 pm
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Better than doing the homework I'd be doing otherwise.

wEaViL - Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:03 pm
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Anonymous wrote:

howya get it 3 days b4?

I got lucky and the peeps at circuit city put it on the shelf too early

It wouldn't ring up but the cashier didn't know any better... here's a lil reinactment of the convo

blah blah blah to the front desk
this game won't ring up
it's not a new release
ok i'll just fool the system
ok I rang it up as a service warenty
have a good day sir

So yeah.. lucky me

Agurus wrote:

I heard it sucked, it got a 8.2 out of 10 on gamespot.com; but the graphics look better than the previous.

In all honesty, how often does any website or gaming mag rate a game between 9.5 and 10? Its very rare.

wEaViL - Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:43 am
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Well I was wrong... someone scored it a 9.5

Here are the reviewers, there score, and date rated.

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IGN ** 8.8 / 10 Oct 14, 2005
Game Zone ** 9.5 / 10 Oct 16, 2005
1UP ** 7 / 10 Oct 14, 2005
Yahoo! Video Games ** 3.5 / 5 Oct 14, 2005
eToychest ** 75 / 100 Oct 16, 2005

The average of these sites ratings came up to the 8.8 you saw

Agurus - Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:20 pm
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I would like to try it my self some times, I can't wait to see the new exploosive effects w/falling parts. Hopefully better than Mythology!

wEaViL - Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:31 pm
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Also instead of shooting arrow's at buildings your unit's throw lit torch's (I think) at the buildings

Donkano - Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:52 pm
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1stStrike wrote:

Those hardware requirements aren't steep at all. If your PC can't run AOE3 then it's way past time to upgrade.

I got all those requirements minus the graphics card.... damn shitty 32MB!

Spyed - Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:21 am
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I think i'll use Spanish Or British when I get this game

wEaViL - Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:01 am
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i've been using british

So far I like them...
Online play is alot of fun compared to just playing the comp.. more of a challenge

Spyed - Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:28 am
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Yeah I think i'll use British too

then we can have a small mutiny if we ever play each other online

Agurus - Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:56 am
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I agree, online play is much more of a challange then vs computer. Though I love the odd games people create, like on in AOE2 it was like Soldier Castle or Blood w/e in that you have a contuios surplus of soldiers and go raid you enimies castle. $$

Spyed - Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:29 pm
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I wish Subspace just had a better map making program.

newb - Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:30 pm
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How is that relevant to the topic?

Anyway, online play is better, it basically has more of a challenge. More people = More fun.

Spyed - Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:31 pm
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We could have a MGBF Aoe3 ladder