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"AoE demo is out..."

[URL]http://aoe3.heavengames.com[/URL]

Cracking stuff.

Would a mx440 be capable of playing this game?
Just wandering before i go and wait hours for it to download.

SHEEPY wrote:
> Oh come on, it was exacly the same.
> 5 towns folk, a few animals, a tree, a mine.
>
> Fair enough I wouldn't know what to replace it but I was a bit
> annoyed about it.

Yeah I know what you mean, it's kind of a small step up, but the demo doesn't seem to let off what features are in the full game. I think you can only level up to a certain point, and you can't start at the nomad age (oh what a shame etc).

I guess we'll just have to see the reviews.

Haven't played AoE for about 2 years, so I'm finding it quite fun at the moment.

Goatboy wrote:
> *cancels download*

Because there's no tutorial?
Wtf?

Can't you just mess around and work things out for yourself?
Sure, it'll be annoying at first

But I'd rather do that than not play the game at all...

Oh come on, it was exacly the same.
5 towns folk, a few animals, a tree, a mine.

Fair enough I wouldn't know what to replace it but I was a bit annoyed about it.

Chippxero wrote:
> Check you have your latest audio and graphics drivers, defrag and if
> you have windows blinds uninstall it.

Sorry, cheers for the advice but I figured out the issue and I've been playing a skirmish for the last hour or so.

I had to set my AA and AF settings to "Let the application decide" in my graphics driver settings, they were the culprits in the issue. (Radeon 9600 Pro).

It does seem very AoE and AoE2, but you can't beat a winning formula aye?

OddToe wrote:
> SHEEPY wrote:
> I just gave it 10 minutes there.
>
> It doesn't look as nearly as good as the screenshots suggest. The
> gameplay is exactly the same as AoE2.
>
> The game won't look as good as the screenshots due to your graphics
> card.
> The gameplay being the same as AoE2 is probably a good thing.

Yeah mate.
I just put everything as 'high' as it would go.

I hate RST games but this was quite nice, i'll probably give the full game a go but depends what else is out at the time.

I didn't think it was that great (I mean, the visuals were pretty great, but I didn't like, as Goaty pointed out, that there's no tutorial), but then I'm not a massive AoE fan. I much prefer Red Alert.

Print Screen?

Yeah i always like have a tut to go through before playing just incase i miss an element of gameplay that's important.

anyone using Fraps? AOE3 seems to be blocking mine so i can't screenshot and there isn't a screenshot button in game that i can find.