Whatever your preference, the options are there, and you can resize the initially oversized UI too.įurther smoothing things out are various mechanical tweaks. For most, though, the 'Definitive' UI is probably the way to go, making those precious resource counters displayed large and clear at the top of your screen. Nostalgics can opt for a cleaner version of the original UI minus the excess of wooden veneer that boxed in the action in the 2005 version (I, for one, would like to have had the original UI in all its screen-hogging glory). It may be demanding and intense, but Age of Empires 3 is also deceptively simple. It may be demanding and intense, but Age of Empires 3 is also deceptively simple, and a whole lot less fiddly than its predecessor thanks to a mix of modernisations it made back in 2005 and now with the definitive edition. In this sense, even the campaign missions feel like warmups for online play rather than strong stories to immerse yourself in. It doesn't suffer fools or the fumble-fingered, and even prologue missions can be gruelling without a refresher on the hotkeys for jumping to the town centre, queueing up villager production, and jumping between hero units. In 2007, Age of Empires III was the seventh best-selling computer game, with over 313,000 copies sold that year.Age of Empires 3 requires cohesive strategy, fast clicking, and the mental motivation to learn a thousand hotkeys. As well as receiving favorable reviews, it has garnered awards, including GameSpy's "Best RTS game of 2005", and was one of the best-selling games of 2005. On October 15, 2020, a remastered version of the game developed by Tantalus Media was released entitled Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition.Īge of Empires III has sold over 2 million copies as of May 2008. Two expansion packs have been released: the first, Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs, was released on October 17, 2006, and introduced three Native American civilizations the second, Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, was released on October 23, 2007, and included three Asian civilizations. Age of Empires III has made several innovations in the series, in particular with the addition of the "Home City", which combines real-time strategy and role-playing features. There are fourteen civilizations to play within the game. The game portrays the European colonization of the Americas, between approximately 14 AD. Its successor, Age of Empires IV is under development. A remaster titled Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition was released on October 15, 2020.
It is the third game of the Age of Empires series and the sequel to Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. An N-Gage version of the game developed by Glu Mobile was released on April 28, 2009.
The PC version was released on Octoin North America and Novemin Europe, while the Mac version was released on Novemin North America and Septemin Europe.
The Mac version was ported over and developed and published by Destineer's MacSoft. Age of Empires III is a real-time strategy video game developed by Microsoft Corporation's Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios.