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    Posted: 04-Jan-2005 at 16:27

though I'm not interested in the game-series anymore, as well as the period covered (discovery of America), I think some of you are still interested in the announcement of the newest AoE game.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/576/576023p1.html

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  Quote Cywr Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-Jan-2005 at 18:28
The screenies i've seen look very good, do you think it will be very demanding on a computer?
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  Quote Tobodai Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-Jan-2005 at 18:47

Im the opposite, with better graphics and an intresting time period I think this one could be alot better than the previous ones which I felt where overrated.  And the music and voices better be improved from the last one

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  Quote Gubook Janggoon Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-Jan-2005 at 18:48
Darn..it's only focusing on Europe though...
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  Quote Tobodai Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-Jan-2005 at 18:49
oh the south american revolutions are covered, now im definately getting it
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  Quote Christscrusader Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-Jan-2005 at 19:08
Europe is where its at!
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  Quote Tobodai Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-Jan-2005 at 19:12

Originally posted by Gubukjanggoon

Darn..it's only focusing on Europe though...

 

i think its better that they focus than have that kind of halfassed aproach to non europeans that they had before, where all the units but the unique one still looked european etc, I would rather they specialize than make me play with chinese horsemen that look French

This is why RON is superior, they gave each culture group a unit and architecture uniqueness and more than 1 special unit.

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  Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05-Jan-2005 at 07:30
The link says it will have 8 countries.
France, Britain and Spain are already revealed?
What do you all think will be the other ones?
Portugal and the Netherlands will be included for sure I think.
Plus Russia, Sweden and Germany? or wil they include the USA?
A Jesuit civ will be cool too, they had some de facto independent states in the America in the time period covered.
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  Quote Cywr Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05-Jan-2005 at 10:12
Some N.American Natives would be in order probably.
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  Quote Temujin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05-Jan-2005 at 13:03

Originally posted by MixcoatlToltecahtecuhtli

The link says it will have 8 countries.
France, Britain and Spain are already revealed?
What do you all think will be the other ones?
Portugal and the Netherlands will be included for sure I think.
Plus Russia, Sweden and Germany? or wil they include the USA?
A Jesuit civ will be cool too, they had some de facto independent states in the America in the time period covered.

Germany? there was no Germany during that time period, and no German colony in the Americas...I'd rather had the Danes in, if anything.

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  Quote Tobodai Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05-Jan-2005 at 18:21
I figure since it goes to the 1850s that the USA Mexico and others are there
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  Quote Benceno Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05-Jan-2005 at 21:25
Originally posted by Gubukjanggoon

Darn..it's only focusing on Europe though...


Altough most (if not all) countries will be from Europe, I read that the focus will be on the colonization of America, not Europe itself. I also read that there would be several native american civs, but they will not be playable by humans.

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  Quote Imperator Invictus Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05-Jan-2005 at 21:35
Damn those graphics will crush almost any computer of this day.
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  Quote Christscrusader Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05-Jan-2005 at 21:40
Maybe there will be Greece or Byzantine Empire

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  Quote Gubook Janggoon Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05-Jan-2005 at 21:55
Originally posted by Christscrusader

Maybe there will be Greece or Byzantine Empire


Well if it's focusing on the colonization of the Americas...I doubt it...kind of sucks that you won't be able to play any of the NA civs though...I hope they have the Russians.
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  Quote Christscrusader Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05-Jan-2005 at 22:43
Aw, well maybe i thought they had some concentration on EUrope.
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  Quote Mast Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06-Jan-2005 at 05:33
So there'll be eight civilisations.

Confirmed:
Britain
France
Spain



A German civlisation, throwing the Prussians and states into one.

http://files.heavengames.com/aom/albums/aoe3-earlyshots/aa z.jpg
Russian hats?

http://files.heavengames.com/aom/albums/aoe3_concept_art/a ae.jpg
Stradiot, Italian soldier.
Probably an Italian civilisation, lumping the city states together.

Portuguese should be there, and perhaps so should the Dutch?
That makes 8.


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  Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06-Jan-2005 at 12:29
Originally posted by Temujin

Germany? there was no Germany during that time period, and no German colony in the Americas...


From 1528 to 1556 Venezuela was in hands of the Welser family from Augsburg.
So it was indeed not a colony from "Germany" but rather from "Germans".

Stradiot, Italian soldier.
Probably an Italian civilisation, lumping the city states together.

But there were no Italian city states colonizing the Americas.But of course they might be mercenaries (after all, Columbus, Verazzano, Vespucci and Cabot were also Italians).


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  Quote Temujin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06-Jan-2005 at 13:21
Originally posted by MixcoatlToltecahtecuhtli

Germany? there was no Germany during that time period, and no German colony in the Americas...

no, it's more complicated, the colony was always spanish, the colony was just an "asset" for the bankers. they've sent and expedition to judge it's value which came to the conclusion that the land is worthless and demanded cash instead.

 

 OMG, they won't seriously make the same mistake like they did in American conquest. there were no Germans in America. NEVER! the flag did not exist until 1871 and the flag shown was one of the Pacific holdings....there were temporarily two Brandenburgish trading posts in Nigeria at the time but that was it.



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  Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06-Jan-2005 at 14:08
OK, so no Germans.
Perhaps they could add Courland instead?
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