Age of Empires III Demo 1.1

3.7 out of 5 stars 3.7 (28 votes)

(October 19, 2005)

Windows XP / Commercial Demo / 57,366 downloads

Age of Empires III puts you in control of a European power on a quest to colonize and conquer the New World. The third installment in the Age of Empires strategy series introduces new gameplay elements, as well as new civilizations, units, and technologies.

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  1. 4 out of 5 stars
    umi81

    Reviewing Demo 1.1 (Oct 7, 2009)

    Nice gameplay, and good overall impression for being a demo

  2. 4 out of 5 stars
    Banquo

    Reviewing Demo 1.1 (Oct 20, 2005)

    Version 1.1 is much improved over the original. Now there is an option to reduce the size of the interface, and scrolling seems to be much smoother. I have read they fixed over 600 bugs in the new version. There is of course a patch for the full game too if you already own it.

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    gedazx

    Reviewing Demo (Sep 9, 2005)

    To TwinsDad:

    Check http://aoe3.heavengames.com/ for information about that Direct3D bug (and don't forget to read the forums as well :).

    For others who complain about interface, bugs etc. - EnsembleStudios has changed A LOT after releasing a demo (they say like 600 bugs were fixed, interface shrinked a bit, AI improved a lot and so on). This is a DEMO, designed for you to feel what AoEIII will be like (mainly graphics and similar stuff, not balance/gameplay/features etc.), the final product will probably be much better...

  4. 1 out of 5 stars
    TwinsDad

    Reviewing Demo (Sep 9, 2005)

    I have been waiting for this for a long time. Sadly the game will not run at all. Every time I run it I get an error that Direct3D cannot load. THe erros of course blames it on my driver stack. Interestingly enough no other game fails to run on this machine.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    the way

    Reviewing Demo (Sep 8, 2005)

    I'm really impressed. Graphics are some of best I've seen for a strategy game (next to Rome), so I have no idea what these other guys are talking about. Runs seamlessly on P4 3.2ghz , 1GB DDR400, Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB (With the graphics settings jacked!) Game definitely follows the usual AOE formula. Plenty of new additions, a couple things I have yet to see in any other stategy game. If you enjoyed the older Age games, or games like Rises of Nations I suggest checking this out.

    Side note...If you've got an OLDER system don't complain about NEWER games running slow. Developers are going to keep pushing the envelope, so either try to keep up with the everchanging gaming market or learn to accept some limitations, people!

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