I never quite got into this game as much as AOEII, but I know plenty of people for whom this was their definitive AOE experience growing up. It's still a really good game, and the ability to level up your base was a nice change to make this game feel very different from AOEII. I also appreciate the effort they put into the campaign for this game, which was very fun and expansive. All in all, if you go in expecting AOEII but better, you'll be disappointed, if you treat it as a mostly different RTS system, it's a lot of fun.
The last good Age of Empires game, as I am not a big fan of Age of empires 4, this was a great conclusion to the original trilogy (?).
The differences from Age of empires 2 were minimal, the graphics were touched up a little bit and the story and storytelling was different. Still you dont need to change what isnt broke. This is a good game in its own right.
I have to say even though I really loved the stories it told, if i choose to split hairs, they arent told as well as Age of empires 2.
Still the design and sounds retain their taste and style and a good time was had playing age of empires 3. I would recommend a try for anyone interested in history and RTS games.
The differences from Age of empires 2 were minimal, the graphics were touched up a little bit and the story and storytelling was different. Still you dont need to change what isnt broke. This is a good game in its own right.
I have to say even though I really loved the stories it told, if i choose to split hairs, they arent told as well as Age of empires 2.
Still the design and sounds retain their taste and style and a good time was had playing age of empires 3. I would recommend a try for anyone interested in history and RTS games.
This review contains spoilers
I got it in my head as a kid that Age of Empires always make campaigns based on real historical events, so when I was in 3rd grade I told my teacher in front of the entire class that knights from Malta found the fountain of youth because of this game. They called my parents.