S-m-i-l-e
09-08-2005, 10:10 AM
AoE III - Demo
Link: http://www.ageofempires3.com/
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Link: http://www.ageofempires3.com/
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ThomasMahler
09-08-2005, 11:58 AM
I just played it. Feels a lot like AoE 2 (that's good) but the 3d stuff makes navigation a little confusing (that's bad). Nevertheless, I'd say this game could totally rock, especially in multiplayer with VoIP. Must buy, for sure :)
tlggungor
09-08-2005, 12:09 PM
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this game is amazing....to congratulate game programmers and game physics engine
Chango
09-08-2005, 01:10 PM
The demo looks great! :thumbsup: - but after playing it for two hours yesterday I realized that I'm
soo tired of the RTS-genre. It is the same old gathering and pouring out soldiers by
clicking all over the map like an alcoholic on crack!!. Naah! It's better to wait for CIV4!!
but that's just my humble opinion! - the rest of you enjoy!- it's a good game if you like RTS!
soo tired of the RTS-genre. It is the same old gathering and pouring out soldiers by
clicking all over the map like an alcoholic on crack!!. Naah! It's better to wait for CIV4!!
but that's just my humble opinion! - the rest of you enjoy!- it's a good game if you like RTS!
Signal2Noise
09-08-2005, 02:44 PM
...Naah! It's better to wait for CIV4!!
...
Agreed. I can't wait for Civ IV. In fact, just last night I decided to reinstall Civ III and Alpha Centauri (requires patch for Win XP) on my CGI-only laptop to prepare myself for Civ IV.
But, being an AoE fan I'll probably succumb to AoE3 as well. I'm abstaining from the demo, tho'. I want a fresh experience when the full-meal-deal gets released since it's been quite a while since I got over my addiction of AoE2.:thumbsup:
When are Civ IV and AoE3 being released, anyway?
...
Agreed. I can't wait for Civ IV. In fact, just last night I decided to reinstall Civ III and Alpha Centauri (requires patch for Win XP) on my CGI-only laptop to prepare myself for Civ IV.
But, being an AoE fan I'll probably succumb to AoE3 as well. I'm abstaining from the demo, tho'. I want a fresh experience when the full-meal-deal gets released since it's been quite a while since I got over my addiction of AoE2.:thumbsup:
When are Civ IV and AoE3 being released, anyway?
Chango
09-08-2005, 03:38 PM
AOE III : 10/25/2005
CIV IV will ship before this coming Halloween !.
All info from Gamespot! .
CIV IV will ship before this coming Halloween !.
All info from Gamespot! .
byanfu
09-08-2005, 06:01 PM
Age of Empires is my all time favorite game. I have really been looking forward to this for a long time. I’m not much of fan of that particular time in history, but I’m looking forward to downloading this as soon as I get home.
d_jnaneswar
09-08-2005, 07:53 PM
thanks for the link s-m-i-l-e..
EdHarriss
09-08-2005, 09:04 PM
- I don't play very many games.
- But when I do, its almost always RTS and AOE is at the top of my list.
- Thanks for posting this!
- But when I do, its almost always RTS and AOE is at the top of my list.
- Thanks for posting this!
Ckerr812
09-08-2005, 09:06 PM
wow..what a disappionment that was.
Pretty bad art work as well, I expected more. The cut scenes are just unbearable, and the little still shots it looks like someone rigged and posed these people right out of school, I mean that one explorer girl the little pic of her, the arm is so straight....couldn't someone just bend it so it looks a tad more natural...arghh..that drove me nuts..lol
All in all I expected more.
Pretty bad art work as well, I expected more. The cut scenes are just unbearable, and the little still shots it looks like someone rigged and posed these people right out of school, I mean that one explorer girl the little pic of her, the arm is so straight....couldn't someone just bend it so it looks a tad more natural...arghh..that drove me nuts..lol
All in all I expected more.
meta87
09-09-2005, 02:37 AM
What! Doesn't work on Windows 2000 :( :( :(
Ollarin
09-09-2005, 03:41 AM
What! Doesn't work on Windows 2000 :( :( :(
They are discriminating us Win2K users!
GAH! Now i need to buy a new comp...This sucks...
*Goes in corner and sulks because he can't play the demo*
They are discriminating us Win2K users!
GAH! Now i need to buy a new comp...This sucks...
*Goes in corner and sulks because he can't play the demo*
byanfu
09-09-2005, 06:07 AM
I had a chance to download it and try it out, I feel disappointed with the demo too. With all the games I have been playing lately this one feels outdated, even with all the nice added physics.
blz
09-09-2005, 06:29 AM
very disappointing, i agree
ThomasMahler
09-09-2005, 08:08 AM
They did fake the screenshots, didn't they?
Before:
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2005/067/reviews/925735_20050309_screen005.jpg
And after:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/TehLegends/age31.jpg
That's quite a difference. Nevertheless, the gameplay still rocks, it totally feels like the old game, so I don't worry about it too much. It still looks great and, more importantly, feels great, too.
Before:
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2005/067/reviews/925735_20050309_screen005.jpg
And after:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/TehLegends/age31.jpg
That's quite a difference. Nevertheless, the gameplay still rocks, it totally feels like the old game, so I don't worry about it too much. It still looks great and, more importantly, feels great, too.
AA_Tyrael
09-09-2005, 09:16 AM
its totally dissapointing
For start the GUI is huge , covering as much as half the screen with no way to scale it down, unless vital gameplay options are turned off
The villagers drop off the resources automatically without the need of actually walking, literally cutting the effectiveness of harrasing the enemy's economy.
Second and most importantly, the cannons and grenediers have no friendly fire !?!?!?(there goes the monitoring of ur units and the speciality of a cannon).
Falconets(a canon designed to kill units) can kill musketeers,general infantry and cavalary in a few shots, making them without Friendly fire extraordinary deadly
The generals' bonuses at each age upgrade are at 35%(and thats a big amount...) useless
Age 3 and u get 6 longbowmen ?????
The cards idea is nice, but badly implemented.
The incoming cargoes, are small (at early ages as much as 2 peasants !) and too often such as killing their uniquness.
In fact, i rate trade routes importance higher than harvesting stuff on the map.
You dont need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that people will turtle
Loosing the fort =GG, pretty much making it a dramatic building (as u cant build it again)
Good for SP,Bad for MP i presume
I hope they give an option for this
And as someone already mentioned... screenshots of past do not equal the real screenshots
I have AOE 1, AOE gold and AOK 2 collectors edition and expansion , AOM Collectors edition and its expansion, and this really doesnt feel like the quality of the age series... rather as a rushed to be published game
For start the GUI is huge , covering as much as half the screen with no way to scale it down, unless vital gameplay options are turned off
The villagers drop off the resources automatically without the need of actually walking, literally cutting the effectiveness of harrasing the enemy's economy.
Second and most importantly, the cannons and grenediers have no friendly fire !?!?!?(there goes the monitoring of ur units and the speciality of a cannon).
Falconets(a canon designed to kill units) can kill musketeers,general infantry and cavalary in a few shots, making them without Friendly fire extraordinary deadly
The generals' bonuses at each age upgrade are at 35%(and thats a big amount...) useless
Age 3 and u get 6 longbowmen ?????
The cards idea is nice, but badly implemented.
The incoming cargoes, are small (at early ages as much as 2 peasants !) and too often such as killing their uniquness.
In fact, i rate trade routes importance higher than harvesting stuff on the map.
You dont need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that people will turtle
Loosing the fort =GG, pretty much making it a dramatic building (as u cant build it again)
Good for SP,Bad for MP i presume
I hope they give an option for this
And as someone already mentioned... screenshots of past do not equal the real screenshots
I have AOE 1, AOE gold and AOK 2 collectors edition and expansion , AOM Collectors edition and its expansion, and this really doesnt feel like the quality of the age series... rather as a rushed to be published game
CraigT
09-09-2005, 03:56 PM
AOEII is my all time favorite game but unfortunately this new versiion(at least the demo) won't run on my system. Apparently my video card, a Quadro 900XGL, is incompatible- I get an error about DirectX when AOE loads but yet I do have the proper version which passes all tests in DX Diag. I'll be interested to see any replies from others with non-gaming cards whoc give it a try.
meta87
09-09-2005, 04:16 PM
Well I got upgraded to xp for this game and I have to agree with those saying WTF? This game just doesn't seem to live up to AOE 1 or 2, both games I loved and played alot. I don't really like the new 3d graphics, I kinda think AOE 2 looked better!
Dissapointed :(
Well, I'm still looking forward to Dawn of War Expansion and BFME 2! :)
Dissapointed :(
Well, I'm still looking forward to Dawn of War Expansion and BFME 2! :)
danielkenobi
09-09-2005, 06:37 PM
They did fake the screenshots, didn't they?
Yes they did, I havent notice it till you say it. :sad: I know that the game stills rock but it sucks that they lie.
Age 2 was a pretty interesting game I hope this one is better.
Yes they did, I havent notice it till you say it. :sad: I know that the game stills rock but it sucks that they lie.
Age 2 was a pretty interesting game I hope this one is better.
Is-boset
09-10-2005, 10:41 PM
I love AOE III have a new feature, the priest could levitate :D. some new feature such physics and cards are interesting, but others are not to good, i think the best name for discribe this protudct are Beta rather than Demo.
The cannon must to do more destruction i want blow thing like Populus.
The cannon must to do more destruction i want blow thing like Populus.
JeroenDStout
09-10-2005, 10:56 PM
The cannon must to do more destruction i want blow thing like Populus.
Flashback! FLASHBACK!
*taka!* :) ahhw man, Populus: The Beginning. Now there was a game. Makes me all melancholic, thinking about it. Fact that I played Sacrifice today helps in that as well.. those were the days.
Thinking about it, really, RTS is underinnovated, from the games I can see. Then again, so is every genre, really.
* The Parrot runs off and lives in the past
Flashback! FLASHBACK!
*taka!* :) ahhw man, Populus: The Beginning. Now there was a game. Makes me all melancholic, thinking about it. Fact that I played Sacrifice today helps in that as well.. those were the days.
Thinking about it, really, RTS is underinnovated, from the games I can see. Then again, so is every genre, really.
* The Parrot runs off and lives in the past
Aooogah
09-10-2005, 11:13 PM
They did fake the screenshots, didn't they?
Before:
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2005/067/reviews/925735_20050309_screen005.jpg
And after:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/TehLegends/age31.jpg
That's quite a difference. Nevertheless, the gameplay still rocks, it totally feels like the old game, so I don't worry about it too much. It still looks great and, more importantly, feels great, too.
It would seem so. I was able to get it to look better by tweaking the settings (apparently the game uses lower resolution textures for 1024x768 and under) but I haven't been able to get it to the level of the screenshots shown at E3.
Before:
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2005/067/reviews/925735_20050309_screen005.jpg
And after:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/TehLegends/age31.jpg
That's quite a difference. Nevertheless, the gameplay still rocks, it totally feels like the old game, so I don't worry about it too much. It still looks great and, more importantly, feels great, too.
It would seem so. I was able to get it to look better by tweaking the settings (apparently the game uses lower resolution textures for 1024x768 and under) but I haven't been able to get it to the level of the screenshots shown at E3.
itsallgoode9
09-11-2005, 07:05 PM
AOEII is my all time favorite game but unfortunately this new versiion(at least the demo) won't run on my system. Apparently my video card, a Quadro 900XGL, is incompatible- I get an error about DirectX when AOE loads but yet I do have the proper version which passes all tests in DX Diag. I'll be interested to see any replies from others with non-gaming cards whoc give it a try.
Do you have a widescreen monitor? My boss was having a problem that sounds similar to yours cause there was a glitch that had to do with his widescreen. So you might check out the faq on the site about that.
Do you have a widescreen monitor? My boss was having a problem that sounds similar to yours cause there was a glitch that had to do with his widescreen. So you might check out the faq on the site about that.
westiemad
09-13-2005, 09:57 PM
What! Doesn't work on Windows 2000 :( :( :(
yes it does, to get it to work ok win2k:
1) Start aoe3trial.exe
2) Its creates a new folder (is_(and some number) at
c:\documents and settings\<user name>\local settings temp
3) wait for error, but don't click ok
4)copy Age of Empires III Trial.msi from the temp filder to c:\
5)rename it to aoe3.msi
6)go to the command prompt and type
msiexec /a C:\aoe3.msi /qn TARGETDIR="C:\<anything you want>"
Wait.
7) Start c:\<anything you want\Age of Empires III\age3.exe
if it comes up with an error box with nothing in it, you need to install msxml4 (the 5 mb ish file) from microsoft.
yes it does, to get it to work ok win2k:
1) Start aoe3trial.exe
2) Its creates a new folder (is_(and some number) at
c:\documents and settings\<user name>\local settings temp
3) wait for error, but don't click ok
4)copy Age of Empires III Trial.msi from the temp filder to c:\
5)rename it to aoe3.msi
6)go to the command prompt and type
msiexec /a C:\aoe3.msi /qn TARGETDIR="C:\<anything you want>"
Wait.
7) Start c:\<anything you want\Age of Empires III\age3.exe
if it comes up with an error box with nothing in it, you need to install msxml4 (the 5 mb ish file) from microsoft.
Schwinnz
09-13-2005, 10:34 PM
And after:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/TehLegends/age31.jpg
That's quite a difference. Nevertheless, the gameplay still rocks, it totally feels like the old game, so I don't worry about it too much.
Holy c..., is that the real UI ?! Why does it takes half the screen !?
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/TehLegends/age31.jpg
That's quite a difference. Nevertheless, the gameplay still rocks, it totally feels like the old game, so I don't worry about it too much.
Holy c..., is that the real UI ?! Why does it takes half the screen !?
ShadowHunter
09-14-2005, 12:06 AM
I'm holding my breath for Supreme Commander (from the creator of Total Annihilation):
http://pcmedia.gamespy.com/pc/image/article/632/632026/supreme-commander-20050707115426484.jpg
http://pcmedia.gamespy.com/pc/image/article/632/632026/supreme-commander-20050707115359204.jpg
http://pcmedia.gamespy.com/pc/image/article/632/632026/supreme-commander-20050707115426484.jpg
http://pcmedia.gamespy.com/pc/image/article/632/632026/supreme-commander-20050707115359204.jpg
benwatt
09-14-2005, 09:28 AM
Do you have a widescreen monitor? My boss was having a problem that sounds similar to yours cause there was a glitch that had to do with his widescreen. So you might check out the faq on the site about that.
Yeah, those with either widescreen monitors, or two monitors setup to form one desktop, will find they have this problem. Easily sorted (although quite why we have to in the first place, I don't know) - head to your My Documents folder, and then into My Games, and drill down to your /Age of Empires 3 Trial/Users/ directory.Open up NewProfile.xml and on the optiongrfxres line change your resolution to 1024x768.
I found this value was set to 1280x768 on my PC, changing it then let me in. Not entirely worth it though ;)
Yeah, those with either widescreen monitors, or two monitors setup to form one desktop, will find they have this problem. Easily sorted (although quite why we have to in the first place, I don't know) - head to your My Documents folder, and then into My Games, and drill down to your /Age of Empires 3 Trial/Users/ directory.Open up NewProfile.xml and on the optiongrfxres line change your resolution to 1024x768.
I found this value was set to 1280x768 on my PC, changing it then let me in. Not entirely worth it though ;)
Junpei
09-14-2005, 11:08 AM
i was seeing this AOEIII several days ago. i'll have to play it but from what i've seen graphics are quite interesting for rts, though i don't know if i agree with those camera angles for an rts...
I'm holding my breath for Supreme Commander (from the creator of Total Annihilation):
they have a great game to measure up too.. that really is a great, i've been waiting as well. i was really into it away back when.. unpacked the game files and and added my own unit models and coding additions and modifications... :P . alot of fun though quite tedious back then for higher poly (i used pure text input modeler - no mouse support.. among other things) :)
I'm holding my breath for Supreme Commander (from the creator of Total Annihilation):
they have a great game to measure up too.. that really is a great, i've been waiting as well. i was really into it away back when.. unpacked the game files and and added my own unit models and coding additions and modifications... :P . alot of fun though quite tedious back then for higher poly (i used pure text input modeler - no mouse support.. among other things) :)
CraigT
09-14-2005, 03:28 PM
Thanks for the info on the graphic res- editing the profile to 1024 did the trick. Hopefully I'll get some time tonight to do some playing around.
NanoGator
09-14-2005, 04:41 PM
What! Doesn't work on Windows 2000 :( :( :(
Aaaaaaaaargh!
Aaaaaaaaargh!
catamount
09-14-2005, 05:05 PM
why not rehash AOEII with better graphics? i get a blue screen btw. i also have a widescreen monitor.
Chango
12-02-2005, 01:31 AM
So guys!
The verdict?
I still think the better of CIV4 - What's you're opinion? :shrug:
The verdict?
I still think the better of CIV4 - What's you're opinion? :shrug:
Volador
12-02-2005, 06:04 AM
I've played AOE I & II and I think this one is just as good as the last one. I've been playing it for the past month with two of my friends and we're having a blast (and it's getting to be a little addictive).
Good: There's cool unique abilities for each civilization, love the explorer/treasures and cards ideas, joining up with native americans, particle effects and explosions
Bad:the AI is a bit weak when you play in water maps, some of the civilizations are a little unbalanced, cannons are somewhat overpowered
Ugly: Microsoft made this game WinXP only so "hacking" it is required if you use Win2k.
They also have a bug that won't let you join other people's games if you are behind a router.
Good: There's cool unique abilities for each civilization, love the explorer/treasures and cards ideas, joining up with native americans, particle effects and explosions
Bad:the AI is a bit weak when you play in water maps, some of the civilizations are a little unbalanced, cannons are somewhat overpowered
Ugly: Microsoft made this game WinXP only so "hacking" it is required if you use Win2k.
They also have a bug that won't let you join other people's games if you are behind a router.
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