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Age of Empires III

Meh!

Written by RP

May 13, 2007

I bought this game expecting much more. What I now realize is that I could have saved my money. It looks just ok, but I am disappointed at how I can't zoom out more and that the graphics unit-wise are very poor. In addition, the campaigns are a snore fest compared to Age of Empires 2.

Go with something else, there are much better strategy games on the Mac than this.

41 of 97 people found this useful

Age of Empires III

Crashes every 5 minutes

Written by SG from Los Angeles

Aug 23, 2007

I have an iMac Duo-Core 2 2.16 with 256 MB nVidia 7600GT and 2 GB Ram.

I downloaded the new patch to fix the crashes and it did not make any difference.

I Bought also a PC version and run it on windows side of mac and still the same.

What do you expect?. IT IS MICROSOFT.

46 of 112 people found this useful

Age of Empires III

Not worth it

Written by BD from seattle

Feb 12, 2008

I bought this game based on the positive reviews here but after playing the game I'm convinced that the game creators posted many of these reviews in an attempt to market their product. In my opinion this game is on par with games that Blizzard was putting out 10 years ago. Warcraft 3 certainly is a more compelling strategy game than Age of Empires. I wouldn't waste your money on it. I was bored after the first few campaigns.

17 of 55 people found this useful

Age of Empires III

got 1000 years to waste?

Written by JF

Jun 1, 2007

online gameplay is slower than your grandma. i was sooooooooo hopeful and, sooooooooooo let down . one of the worst rts i have ever seen . whoever thought up that lame explorer you get in the game should have to watch thier first born shot from a catapult. thank you , and good night.

26 of 126 people found this useful

Age of Empires III

Not very good.

Written by JC from watkinsville

Jun 13, 2008

I thought that when i was a buying a 90$ game pack it would be good. The menu runs fast but the game play i just to slow. i would not recommend the game. My Computer did have the requirements if you were wondering.

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Age of Empires III

promising, but below expectations in current form.

Written by DW from viewbank

Dec 1, 2006

I purchased this game with the expectation of playing against a I.B.M Friend, but this game is not capable of such a common scenario.

Secondarily when playing the multiplayer against other Mac's I found that after around an Hour the game frequently drops out. Stating an "Out of Sync" error.

These deficiencies were found within hours of playing and appear very consistently. I am very dissapointed.

127 of 235 people found this useful

Age of Empires III

Doesn't feel like Age of Empires

Written by ZN from El Cajon

Aug 3, 2007

I was extremely disappointed by this game. The new round maps make it feel like age of mythology (another game which I didn't love) and the gameplay doesn't feel like the previous AOE games.

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Age of Empires III

its OK but...

Written by JM from Naperville

Dec 13, 2007

I dont play games that often but when I do I like to play a game this stye. But this new AOE will keep you entertained for 2 weeks a best, it gets old quickly its almost to easy because the enemies do the same thing each game.

56 of 135 people found this useful

Age of Empires III

so far: frustrated

Written by DL from FORT LAUDERDALE

Sep 20, 2009

it may be just me but I purchased this game today and I have installed it. When I am going for the 'learn the basics' option, it gives you some instructions. They talk about 'right and left mouse clicks' to select things.
I can't make my explorer move since I can't 'left mouse click' the position next to the flag! I have no idea how to make the little fellow move and I can't find any kind of help to see whether I need to change settings or something...

19 of 97 people found this useful

Age of Empires III

A GREAT GAME!!! but...

Written by JG

Apr 22, 2008

I absolutely love this game, but it's not worth it for the price that it's being sold. They expect me to pay $60 for this game when you can get AOE 3, The Warchiefs (the first expansion pack), and The Asian Dynasties (the second expansion pack that's not even on the Mac yet) for that same price, $60, for Windows. Not to say anything against Mac's (I also have a PC), I have one myself and love it, this is just a total rip off.

127 of 211 people found this useful

Age of Empires III

Not what I expected

Written by DS from Drayton Valley

Nov 25, 2008

I bought this game online after seeing a friend playing it. I didn't watch long, but saw beautiful graphics, and what appeared to be a fantastic and deep game. I paid extra to get it super quick. Yes, the graphics are very very good, and the interface is smooth and easy to pick up.

I was expecting more...variety? Remember Starcraft? I didn't realize this game was entirely based on colonial warfare and weaponry. I figured "Ages" meant something other than upgrades to muskets. Yes there are different "civilizations" you can choose from, but they are all more or less the same. To win, you stomp around the map with a bunch of musketeers and a few cannon and cavalry for backup.

Perhaps I didn't read up enough on it before hand, and didn't play any of the previous games (except maybe one of the very earliest ones, years ago)

The point is, I think I was misled by the title AOE III. It should have been AOE III: Colonial Conquest or something along that line. If you look at a box titled AOE III: Asian Dynasties, you know what you're gonna get.

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Age of Empires III

Age of Empires III is not as Good As AOE II

Written by BM from New Westminster

Nov 18, 2008

Age of Empires III works very well on my MacBook so technically it does everything that it says that it will do. What it is not is it is not Age of Empires II or even AOE One (I). Those versions were more fun and more versatile.

25 of 42 people found this useful

Age of Empires III

Good design elements, but fails

Written by GM from Corvallis

Dec 16, 2009

This game is cool, but it doesn't surpass it's sequel.

Age of Empires III

Nice graphics

Written by JE from SOPERTON

May 24, 2009

After playing Age of EmpiresII for forever. Bought III. Love the graphics. I wish there was more of a II feel to it. Seems like the maps are miniscule. Kind of disappointed with the card aspect of it. Cards?

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Age of Empires III

The game sometimes does not start up

Written by LY from Beaverton

Aug 17, 2009

Sometimes when I start the game, the application unexpectedly quits. I cannot find a solution to the problem, even though I have all the updates. But then there are times when the game does work without any changes applied. Sometimes the game works and sometimes it does not. The game usually gets through the opening credits and scenes okay, but once it starts the loading sequence, the game crashes. I have a 2009 17" Unibody MBP and I do not believe this should be happening. I blame Macsoft. If the game was made by Apple, everything would be smooth and seamless.

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Age of Empires III

good but cards?! i mean come on!

Written by B2

Jun 18, 2009

this game is pretty good its got good graphics really good story line but the cards are just dumb how did we change from age of empires the stratigy game to age of empires the blackjack game.

21 of 62 people found this useful

Age of Empires III

played free demo, bought it , now wishing it was longer

Written by JW from feasterville

Jan 28, 2009

down loaded free demo liked it. Got it for xmas and while only playing say 35 game hours I am finished. Will go back and play again but wishing it lasted longer

51 of 65 people found this useful

Age of Empires III

Amazing!

Written by AP from Sleepy Hollow

Dec 29, 2008

As a first time player of this game, I was definitely impressed by the 3D graphics and the overall game-play.
The campaign mode is fun, however I think it is too short. Also after playing for about a month, the game started to become boring after playing every map and opponent. If you enjoy this game I would also recommend the two expansion packs, although they are pricey, it provides hours more of interesting game-play.

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