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- Platform: Windows Vista / 7 / 2000 / XP
- BBFC Rating:
Suitable for 12 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 12. By placing an order for this product, you declare that you are 12 years of age or over. - Media: CD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
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- Diverse World civilizations. Lead one of various unique civilizations - European, Asian or Native American - to expand their empires and fight for control of their world. Each civilization, led by powerful leaders, will have unique groups, armies and wonders, as well as buildings that reflect the culture's architectural style.
- Utilise elements of the New World. Take advantage of elements of the colonial time period, including the ability to ally with Native Americans. Players can discover new resources in the Amazon rain forest, recover buried treasure from Caribbean islands, hunt bison on the Great Plains, compete to establish trade routes and fortify the coast of New England.
- New gameplay elements. Extending upon the innovative gameplay of "Age of Empires III," "Age of Empires: The Asian Dynasties" will introduce new ways of winning and trading, random map styles that feature remixes of classic "Age of Empires" game styles, and 15 new Asian Wonders.
- Explore diverse civilizations. Play as the British and have a stellar economy or play as the French and easily ally with Native Americans. Choose to play as the Spanish and have more support from the mother country back in Europe. Players have the option of playing as one of eight civilizations, but whatever one is chosen, players are guaranteed a unique and fulfilling experience.
- Exciting new single-player campaign. Returning to the historical, civilization-based single-player campaigns, "Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties" will offer gamers who enjoy the solo experience a chance to engage in strategic combat with Japan, China or India through several engrossing scenarios.
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Age of Empires III Complete Edition consists of Age of Empires III and The War Chiefs and The Asian Dynasties expansion packs.
In Age of Empires III, which reinvigorated the genre with exciting innovations like the Home City; the ability to ally with and produce Native American warriors; and fast-paced, combat-focused gameplay with jaw-dropping visuals that pushed the limits of PC graphics technology, players assume the role of a European power struggling to explore, colonize and conquer the New World roughly from the period of 1500 to 1850 AD.
Age of Empires III: Complete Collection features
● Diverse World civilizations. Lead one of various unique civilizations - European, Asian or Native American - to expand their empires and fight for control of their world. Each civilization, led by powerful leaders, will have unique groups, armies and wonders, as well as buildings that reflect the culture's architectural style.
• Utilise elements of the New World. Take advantage of elements of the colonial time period, including the ability to ally with Native Americans. Players can discover new resources in the Amazon rain forest, recover buried treasure from Caribbean islands, hunt bison on the Great Plains, compete to establish trade routes and fortify the coast of New England.
• New gameplay elements. Extending upon the innovative gameplay of "Age of Empires III," "Age of Empires: The Asian Dynasties" will introduce new ways of winning and trading, random map styles that feature remixes of classic "Age of Empires" game styles, and 15 new Asian Wonders.
• Explore diverse civilizations. Play as the British and have a stellar economy or play as the French and easily ally with Native Americans. Choose to play as the Spanish and have more support from the mother country back in Europe. Players have the option of playing as one of eight civilizations, but whatever one is chosen, players are guaranteed a unique and fulfilling experience.
• Exciting new single-player campaign. Returning to the historical, civilization-based single-player campaigns, "Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties" will offer gamers who enjoy the solo experience a chance to engage in strategic combat with Japan, China or India through several engrossing scenarios.
Developer Information:
Founded by four veteran game developers who together have brought strategy gamers such classic hits as "Rise of Nations®," "Alpha Centauri" and "Civilization II," Big Huge Games is a video game studio focused on cutting-edge technology and aimed at mass-market game development. Big Huge Games founders Jason Coleman, David Inscore, Brian Reynolds and Tim Train continue in the tradition of creating inspired and innovative games for PC and next-generation consoles. Creating games that have received numerous "Game of the Year" awards and accolades.
Ensemble Studios is one of the world's premier entertainment software developers. Ensemble Studios is known for its blockbuster "Age of Empires" and "Age of Mythology®" game series. Ensemble's titles are distinguished by the highest-quality art and gameplay dynamics applied in familiar historical settings, and appeal to hard-core gamers and mass audiences.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Having played all the Age of Empires games over the years, this one is certainly the most impressive. In gameplay terms it is very similar to Age of Kings. The graphics are way ahead of its predecessors, especially now the whole thing is in 3D, and may be rotated to any angle. The AI always was a reasonably good player, but this one is much improved. It still does some stupid things though, like sending its army wandering through an enemy army, and allowing it to be destroyed without fighting back.
This series of games has always been suspected of cheating. I have to say I reckon it still does. I have played quite a few games in which the AI comes at me with huge armies of expensive units, yet when I invade their camp I discover it's all apparently funded by a couple of farms and trading post! That might have been okay decade ago, but these days it's a rather silly way to beef up a weak AI opponent.
The addition of trading posts gives players something substantial to fight about and defend, though the AI never seems very interested in acquiring them or defending them. Hence, you may send your explorer to build on most of the trading post sites without problem. The ships are more interesting and varied to use, though the much-loved "fire ships" of old are no more, it seems. It also lacks the ability to garrison buildings with anything other than villagers. That's disappointing, as this used to make towers very powerful (perhaps too powerful). I run mine on a really fast PC, but the save game feature still takes a staggering length of time to complete.
This collection comprises the original game, plus the Warchiefs and Asian Dynasties expansion packs. These give variety, on top of a game that already offers an almost infinite number of games. As with any game, it is worth downloading the patches, which fix a few bugs and improve a couple of things.
The single player campaign is a bit weak. The story has elements of Pirates Of The Caribbean here and there, complete with an unlikely-looking girl pirate. It's not exactly original. As ever, it pits you against waves of enemies that appear out of nowhere, while crippling your ability to fight back by preventing you from upgrading or building any powerful units, or building walls to defend a town. It's an outdated and frankly tiresome way to design a game. Having just a couple of blokes armed with a stick to fight off a huge army armed to the teeth, is not my idea of balanced gameplay, and it it certainly lacks originality. I played games designed this way 20 years ago, and I want something a bit more intelligent these days.
I am sure you won't be disappointed in AOE 3. It has all the fun elements of the previous outings, plus much-improved graphics. The campaign is annoyingly old-fashioned and boringly difficult to complete, but stick to skirmish mode and all is well.
This series of games has always been suspected of cheating. I have to say I reckon it still does. I have played quite a few games in which the AI comes at me with huge armies of expensive units, yet when I invade their camp I discover it's all apparently funded by a couple of farms and trading post! That might have been okay decade ago, but these days it's a rather silly way to beef up a weak AI opponent.
The addition of trading posts gives players something substantial to fight about and defend, though the AI never seems very interested in acquiring them or defending them. Hence, you may send your explorer to build on most of the trading post sites without problem. The ships are more interesting and varied to use, though the much-loved "fire ships" of old are no more, it seems. It also lacks the ability to garrison buildings with anything other than villagers. That's disappointing, as this used to make towers very powerful (perhaps too powerful). I run mine on a really fast PC, but the save game feature still takes a staggering length of time to complete.
This collection comprises the original game, plus the Warchiefs and Asian Dynasties expansion packs. These give variety, on top of a game that already offers an almost infinite number of games. As with any game, it is worth downloading the patches, which fix a few bugs and improve a couple of things.
The single player campaign is a bit weak. The story has elements of Pirates Of The Caribbean here and there, complete with an unlikely-looking girl pirate. It's not exactly original. As ever, it pits you against waves of enemies that appear out of nowhere, while crippling your ability to fight back by preventing you from upgrading or building any powerful units, or building walls to defend a town. It's an outdated and frankly tiresome way to design a game. Having just a couple of blokes armed with a stick to fight off a huge army armed to the teeth, is not my idea of balanced gameplay, and it it certainly lacks originality. I played games designed this way 20 years ago, and I want something a bit more intelligent these days.
I am sure you won't be disappointed in AOE 3. It has all the fun elements of the previous outings, plus much-improved graphics. The campaign is annoyingly old-fashioned and boringly difficult to complete, but stick to skirmish mode and all is well.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I purchased this game after looking around for a suitable replacement to Command and Conquer, as recently their products have been below par, and I was surprised at how much i enjoy it. With both expansion packs it is easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of armies and what each army has to offer, but after a few hours I felt comfortable on a medium difficulty. I especially enjoy how you also manage a basic economy as well as an army, absolutely love the game and reccomend it to anyone who has played the previous versions or is looking for a strategy based game.
Delivery was on time, very efficient.
Definitely 5/5 !
Delivery was on time, very efficient.
Definitely 5/5 !
36 of 42 people found the following review helpful
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This game is an absolute must have for all AOE fans so most will probably already have the original game and both expansions. I was in the middle of moving house when the game came out so it passed me by at the time.
I have just bought this complete collection and have not stopped playing for over a month!!!
It runs perfectly on my VAIO laptop (running Vista).
There are endless civilizations & technologies to discover and the game carries on the theme superbly from AOE 2.
If you don't already have this (inc expansions) then you owe it to yourself to invest in it.
I got particular sadistic fun in picking off inocent villagers at long range with the array of fire arms now available!
If you don't already have it at this price the complete collection is an absolute give away!!!
I have just bought this complete collection and have not stopped playing for over a month!!!
It runs perfectly on my VAIO laptop (running Vista).
There are endless civilizations & technologies to discover and the game carries on the theme superbly from AOE 2.
If you don't already have this (inc expansions) then you owe it to yourself to invest in it.
I got particular sadistic fun in picking off inocent villagers at long range with the array of fire arms now available!
If you don't already have it at this price the complete collection is an absolute give away!!!
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