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"AoE III"

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[URL]http://brenthuisman.spymac.net/aoe3.zip[/URL]

Scans from PC Gamer (Februrary) on AoE III.

Yay!

Looks very nice. Hopefully it'll be better than AoM too.

[URL]http://pc.ign.com/articles/576/576023p1.html[/URL]

There ya go, an interview with the lead programmer and the lead designer.

Bah...only 8 civs...

I put an order down for this with a Gameaday win some time ago- I only hope that it's worth the wait. Still, I enjoyed its predecessors a lot so this has a lot to live up to, and the graphics look suitably good.

I like the idea of victory points- something that appeared in a great game I never managed to get the full version of, Sid Meier's Gettysburg. However, the lack of European wars is a tad annoying as I would really like to good Napoleon a good kicking. Now, we play the waiting game....

I liked doing Fortress games, and then building another layer of walls (with towers lining the inside) around the original fortress. Incredibly difficult to break down.

Clazon wrote:
> munn wrote:
> We never finished the game though, as my net connection disconnects
> after 2 hours.
>
> :-(
>
> Damn 56gay.
>
> Bloody same with me. Why does it cut out? WHY?
> (Yes I know there's a proper answer, but the only one I'm looking for
> is, "Yeah it's a cruel world...")

Because it's fecking gay.

Best thing about AoE was making a square fort (surrounded by towers) at the front of your base, with a front and back gate. Fill the entire thing with an army and lock both gates. When the AI come towards you, let them in the fort and then lock all gates. You then get a beefy battle where they can't escape thus with the help of towers you win easily.

munn wrote:
> Ah, I remember the time I was playing my mate over the net, and he
> sent in his entire army to try and wipe me out,

Same with me.

I rang the bell and
> all my villagers ran away into the town hall and my castles, and I
> slowly wiped them out.

Same with me.

> Then I brought my 100-strong Paladin army oyut of hiding and
> assaulted him.

Same with me.

> We never finished the game though, as my net connection disconnects
> after 2 hours.
>
> :-(
>
> Damn 56gay.

Bloody same with me. Why does it cut out? WHY?
(Yes I know there's a proper answer, but the only one I'm looking for is, "Yeah it's a cruel world...")

Well I didn't know that the pals were a backup but in that case, well done! :D

Well, that impression wasn't meant to be given, I jsut had a 100-strong paladin army hiding away.

He made 4 bases, and I destoryed three, but I never got to destroy the fourth because I was disconnected.

He's put it on an island, and I had to chase boats to find it.

He wouldn't have beaten me though.

munn wrote:
> I have all my castles/watchtowers strategically placed.
>
> He sent in about 5 trebuchets, and I lost some castles, but then my
> garrisoned units that came out of the castles attacked teh
> trebuchets.

> Problem solved.
>
> Duh.

I was under the impression that you only had paladins and that they didn't get involved until the end. So no duh :P

I have all my castles/watchtowers strategically placed.

He sent in about 5 trebuchets, and I lost some castles, but then my garrisoned units that came out of the castles attacked teh trebuchets.

Problem solved.

Duh.