8.5/10 Very Good/ Excellent It is a must for RTS fans. And yes it is an awesome game to play. But there is
Sound 8.0/10 Excellent Ambient, Sound Effects & Music Tracks. But still they could add a lot more! For an example a loud marching sound for the musketeers, some extra options for Surround systems. And new audio Cards
Physics 10/10: no question about it, just try the game or the Demo and you will understand.
Game Play in detail:
Single player: is made out of two parts:
The Campaign: I can’t give a score here because I just started it, but even though the beginning –as a story- didn’t impress me much. And it didn’t get me attached to it.
The Skirmish: Age Of Empires 3 should have the best skirmish modes out there! But I must say it is disappointing!!
When you start a skirmish, you can’t really customize a match, it is very limited!
Which make the game disappointing even if we compare it to older games like rise of nations?
Adding more game types (Wonders, King of the Hill, Hot Spots… etc)
Adding Custom AI (Defender, Rushers, Big Boom types… etc)
More settings like size of the map, starting resources, lighting, elimination… etc)
Could it be that they missed these stuff! Or maybe they want to realize them as an expansion
Multiplayer & Game life
I didn’t test the Multiplayer part of the game. But here age of empires should shine again. Simply because playing against a human it’s like having a computer game with the ultimate AI. And I am sure the communities will be releasing maps and mods all the time.
But my fear is how limited the game setup will be? I hope it’s not going to be just like the skirmish
General Game plays (AOE3 V1.0):
I think the game still needs patching before I can give it a score in this segment. Because units’ formations are still not functioning well when different groups of army units grouped together.
The AI is quite good in the game. But I must say it’s still predictable after many games.
The game lacks some key in game futures like, a “seek and destroy” function, hold ground or caution and auto activate bottoms.
I fear that the game at some point is limited to one strategy which is gathering and throwing your armies at the enemies!
Even though with all the above I think that the game plays is still considered good.
So the Total Score I give this game:
8.5/10 Very Good/ Excellent
How do I feel about this game?
It is a must for RTS fans. And yes it is an awesome game to play.
I am sure that one heavy future patch for this game will take it all the way to superb if it addresses all the issues I raised! But I hope it’s not going to be an expansion thing.