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10-22-2005, 03:29 PM
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| | | Age of empires III? A joke?
Well, I just tried the demo, so correct me if these are in the full version.
But there is no auto explore and no idle citizen button?
Are you kidding?
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10-22-2005, 04:50 PM
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| | | There is an idle, a banner comes down on the top left of a citizen when one or more is idle and clicking it takes you t him/her. Or you can press "."
Auto-explore... no, but off the top of my head I can't remember if any had that. I don't want the game to play itself for me, so its no biggie for me. I will check to see if the Scouts have an explore command and post again.
Graphics are better on the full, The origianl demo I had it cranked to max and no issues, the full version I had to take it down a notch. Look better, sounds better, plays better than the demo. |
10-22-2005, 05:27 PM
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| | | Ahhh, okay.
Thanks!
I guess they sure did cut some stuff out of the demo, and the only microsoft game with "auto explore" is RON, and I found it really useful. Oh well... It's always nice to have, the fact you could either have it on or off, whichever would fit your preference.
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10-22-2005, 08:43 PM
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| | | I played RON, and it rocked! The only downside is that it didn't have a storyline to follow like the AOE series. The Risk-style conquest mode is fun though.
I played the AOE3 demo when it first came out, and I was totally unimpressed. The final product is probably better, but still... MS has so much money I thought they'd be able to release at least a decent demo w/o bugs. For Pete's sake, in the first demo the monks walk sideways while floating in the air! And where did the save button go? |
10-25-2005, 03:08 PM
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| | | I played the demo too and I was like, okay it is the same as AOEII with better graphic at a different point in history, that's it. I wish there was more variety in buildings and technology than the usual barrack, stable with armory.
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10-25-2005, 03:12 PM
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| | | Home cities seem to be the major point of distinction in the new game.
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10-25-2005, 03:15 PM
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| | | the final is MUCH better than the demo
the story is kinda lame, but its pretty consistent. i was hoping it would be more historically accurate though. otherwise, the game kicks ass. |
10-25-2005, 05:14 PM
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| | | RON is a good game, but waay too much micro - waaay to many options. Get's too complicated and confusing.
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10-26-2005, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by drizek
the final is MUCH better than the demo
the story is kinda lame, but its pretty consistent. i was hoping it would be more historically accurate though. otherwise, the game kicks ass.
| it is better in what sense? I am debatting to get it, the demo really didn't encourage me to do so.
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10-26-2005, 07:31 PM
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| | | the graphics are better and you actually get to use the home city. |  | |
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