AOE3

[Dantrithor]

I play it (not online, let's just say i guess i won't be able to do it), and i didn't like it very much.

AI is quite poor in my opinion. I've played a couple skirmishes in "moderate" level, which was challenging to a point in AoEII, and the only time i have been in some kind of risk.. is when 10 ranged infantry units reached my town walls and were vaporized by the towers and artillery defences without almost any damage, while on my single attacks i ..also vaporized them with only one regiment and a couple artillery units. I'll have to see how it behaves in difficult.Also, units look very similar from above, when in AoEII they had clear differences.

And the 100% hit rate of long range units is something i hate. AoEII did this more realistic, with bullets of jennisaries and archers missing; even with 100% hit rate, a unit takes a long while to be killed by a similar unit.

Formation and behavior of troops management is a down too. In AoEII you could select the formation (Row, square, disperse, random, flank) and then behavior (Agressive, defensive, stationary, apatic). Now, the behavior forces a certain formation, unless you switch it while stationary and not order them to move at all.

Well.. and warships do strange maneuvers. reverse thrust to then turn and changing direction?...


EDIT: Hmmm... next difficulty level seems better. I'll have to be more strategic with it

Guess i was dissapointed.

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