[Gloriano]

Originally posted by Flipside


 for some reason I find it hard to say 'Good to see another game sequel on the way'.

Agreed, I just hope it's good as other AOE series because they were really fun and good games

[Stealth]

Originally posted by TopAce
Whatever good AoE3 will be, it will not beat Starcraft . . .
If there is a game I would never touch even if I were threatened, that would be Age of Empires.

... no one said it would beat SC buddy...

and what do you have against AOE?  great games... if you played starcraft, you should play AOE too.

and at that... anyone up for a game of AOE2 sometime?

[Ford Prefect]

How come no one makes turn-based strategy games anymore? Those were some of my favorites.

[Grey Wolf]

Not really sure. Especially as the Civ franchise was just sold...

[Janos]

Civ 4 is apparently in development.

[Corsair]

How can it be in development if it just got sold?

[Carl]

i don't think it is a screenshot, because it just looks so painted.

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by Carl
i don't think it is a screenshot, because it just looks so painted.

quite possibly a screenie that's been given the photoshop treatment..

I.e: Duplicate layer - > gauss blur -> set layer to screen /linear dodge - > tweak opacity to suit.

gives a nice over-exposure look that enhances the lighting somewhat.

[Mongoose]

I really don't like either Age of Empires game, but I found Age of Mythology to be fantastic.  Great singleplayer storyline that tied in elements of actual mythology, as well as very fun gameplay, good graphics and detail, and good voiceacting.

[Grey Wolf]

But can you type in '14' and have the game say "Start the game already!"?

[Carl]

From Age of Kings Heaven:

It seems quite likely that AOE III will be Age of Discovery at this point. Eagle Games, the creator of the Age of Mythology boardgame had some information on their site that said "Age of Discovery October 2005", it has since been changed to "Secret Project! October 2005" That seems mighty suspicious if you ask me.

[TopAce]

Originally posted by Stealth
..and what do you have against AOE?  great games... ..

Microsoft. That's all my problem.

[Zarax]

Games published by Microsoft have always been at least decent.
It's not something you can say of most publishers today...
And the AOE series brought some of the best RTS around.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Originally posted by Corsair
How can it be in development if it just got sold?

because it's been in development for quite some time. It's the rights that have been sold, i.e. publisher changed.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Zarax
Games published by Microsoft have always been at least decent.
It's not something you can say of most publishers today...
And the AOE series brought some of the best RTS around.

When they started moving into games, MS made some of the worst games in history.  Their first shot at a football game strikes me as memorably abysmal..........

AoE... I liked first time I played it, but Rise of Nations beats it on the 'building & large scale tactics' side, and Rome:TW destroys it on the battle strategy (etc) side.   So they've got a challenge on their hands to beat those 2.

[diamondgeezer]

I only played AoEII when I lost my WCIII disc... luckily, I found it again and was able to stop playing Age...

[Zarax]

Originally posted by aldo_14


When they started moving into games, MS made some of the worst games in history.  Their first shot at a football game strikes me as memorably abysmal..........

AoE... I liked first time I played it, but Rise of Nations beats it on the 'building & large scale tactics' side, and Rome:TW destroys it on the battle strategy (etc) side.   So they've got a challenge on their hands to beat those 2.

Seconded on the soccer game, but aside a few exceptions all MS games got at least 70+/100 on most reviews, and bot AOE and AOE2 scored above 90 AFAIK...

Regarding RoN, i liked it but i don't like quite much the fact that you can still win easily using swarming tactics, I.E. i finished the game by building exclusively light infantry in huge quantities...
R:TW is quite cool, even though i don't like too much how loyalty is managed... I tried it but i'll stay on M:TW as i like the gameplay better.

But yep, AOE3 will have to face a fierce competition, plus the fact that it will be severely limited in modding as per MS standard (i personally quite dislike that policy) means Ensemble will have to work much harder to get the same bang for the buck as before...

[Carl]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
I only played AoEII when I lost my WCIII disc... luckily, I found it again and was able to stop playing Age...

I once played AOE II for 8 hours straight. i wasn't not able.

[diamondgeezer]

In fairness I'm terrible at AoEII. I play it like Tiberian Sun, and sit behind my defences while I build up my tech levels. But that only works with Vulcan and RPG towers, not arrow-firing castles. So I end up getting raped when they build a stable about six yards from my perimiter and just send constant hoardes of cavalry at me...

[Corsair]

Note to DG: change your strategy.