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Age of Empires III Gold (PC) | 
| From: Microsoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: £34.99
Buy New: £27.62
You Save: £7.37 (21%)
New (4) Used (1) from £24.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 922
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.3
MPN: RJX-00008
UPC: 882224531023
EAN: 0882224531023
ASIN: B000VWWKRI
Release Date: November 2, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Product Description
It's the dawn of a new age in real-time strategy (RTS) games. Abrave New World is rising - a hostile yet beautiful world filledwith innovative gameplay new strategic scenarios eye-searinggraphics and much more.
Amazon.com
In this highly anticipated next installment in th e franchise from Ensemble Studios , places players in the time period of roughly 1500-1850, picking up where "Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings" left off. As players work to establish their empire, they will take on the role of a European power struggling to explore, colonize and conquer North and South America.<>p introduces exciting new game play elements, including the all-new Home City and an incredible combat system. Players will find new civilizations to discover, random maps to conquer and a single-player campaign unlike any other. Players also will find stunning graphics as a result of a revolutionary graphics engine that pushes the limits of PC graphics technology in an entirely new way.
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 Was OK on a mobile phone... September 14, 2008
3 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is rubbish. Utter and complete rubbish. I'll tell you why:
Firstly, it was difficult to install on my computer. The auto-install doesn't start - I had to launch it manually - and then it doesn't complete properly, leaving me with a `ghost' application in the taskbar and no icon on the desktop. So even getting the thing to run was a trial.
Secondly, the gameplay. What gameplay? This is no better than a version I had on a mobile phone! Where are the fantastic graphics and the strategic battles it talks about? The graphics are terrible: I kept losing my explorers in the woods because I couldn't see the tiny figures amongst the enormous trees. I would go as far as to say that the illustrations on the packaging (which are presented as if they were screen-shots) are deceptive. And as for the battles: I don't call dragging a box around a bunch of soldiers to select them, and then right clicking to launch them at a bunch of enemy soldiers particularly strategic! The gameplay is boring and uninteresting.
Thirdly, and this is my biggest complaint, it broke my computer! After I had finally figured out how to get out of the game (not easy in itself), I found I was unable to shut down the computer. It just hung in the `Windows is closing down' screen. And after a forced restart (I had to pull the plug on it!), it wouldn't run properly, refusing to launch any applications. I had to roll it back using a system restore to get it working again.
So in summary: if you want to pay a lot to strain your eyes, get bored, and break your computer, then buy this game. Otherwise, buy something cheaper and better. Civilization maybe?
 great Expansive Game play August 9, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This game gives you a feel for were to attack and how to expand an empire
 A O E 3 April 16, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Firstly, the graphics are stunning. Amazing attention to detail and the gameplay is pretty damn good too.
Well worth the 35 I payed because both games are brilliant
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