Age of Empires 3 is the third installment of our beloved Age of Empires series, Age of Empires, or what we usually call AoE3 promises innovative gameplay, top of the line graphics, and a great multiplayer. This article will tell you, part by part, what we know, and what we're 99% sure of, just so you're up to date on this exciting title.
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Civilizations - AoE3 will feature 8(eight) different civilizations, up to now we know of the The French, Spanish, and the British.-
The French -Bonuses: - Can more easily ally with native American tribes.
The -Spanish Bonuses: - Get better support from home city.
Unique Units: - Redoleros: Infantry using a sword and a buckler.
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The -British Bonuses: - Strong economy.
- Villagers are produced faster.
Unique Units: - Musketeer
'Redcoat'), Foot Musketeer. - Longbowman: Foot Archer.
- The Netherlands (Dutch)
- Portugal
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Germany
There is STRONG belief that the following nations will also be in the game:
Ages - An Article on PC Gamer states that AoE3 will, as far as they've seen, have four ages, which are:Discovery - No information on this age yet, but from the PC Gamer article, this is likely the age where the player has to "discover" the new land, and colonize it, thus beginning the game. Colonial - No information on this age yet.Industrial - No information on this age yet.Imperial - No information on this age yet.Resources - AoE3 will have only 3 resources (unlike the 4 resources featured in the previous games from the series). In AoE3, the player no longer will have drop-off points, so every time a villager collects food, it will instantly go to your stockpile, instead of the villager having to carry it over to the Granary or Mill first. These are the known resources featured in Age of Empires 3:-
Food - Although it's not sure, this resource will most likely be collected by hunting, farming and gathering. Wood - 99% Sure this resource will be gathered from chopping down trees and collecting the wood from them.Coin - Not sure how this resource will be collected
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Technology - AoE3 will feature a "home-city" gameplay, not much is known about the Home-city, except that it will play a large role on your tech tree. You get new techs by sending resources to your Home city, and you get technology back, as far as I know. Natives/Diplomacy - Players will be able to build "outposts" by native tribes, those outposts in turn will grant you the right to make unique units dependant on which native tribe you built your outpost to, if you conquer 4 outposts in a game, you win (sorta like wonders in previous Age games). Below will soon be a list of known native tribes, since there's currently none, nothing to see yet Units - None yet. (to see the unique units, please look under the civilizations).
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Age of Empires 3's design team, Ensemble Studios, promises a breathtaking advance in RTS graphics, AoE3 will feature a heavily modified Bang! engine, which will feature many top-notch stuff, such as:
Newer versions of shader support on graphics cards allow more complex programs, increasing the amount of work which can be offloaded to the GPU.
Screenshots:
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-ES for making the awesome Age Series.
-Aro
-Ancient War