Well I have been lucky enough to get a copy of AOE3 nine days before the
release date. The gamplay is set during the colonial times which is a
disappointment for me as I liked the old hack and slash style of the old one
:P. Its actually really smooth and fast right until the point where you have a
battle wit about 20 or more people the framerate drops quickly and your left
standing almost wondering what happened. Its also fairly linear as its kill this
kill that, well done! capaign mission complete! Speaking of campaigns the first
mission would be downright impossible for newcomers as you are put straight into
a battle with about 10 crossbowman and thats it, while trying to hold off a
hord of infinite muskateers. Your 10 crossbowmen get decimated quickly and you
have to build units in 5 barracks 5 at a time. that may sound like a lot but
when you are building 5 at a time and they die almost instantly its no fun,
almost seems like theres no stratergy involved. Enough critisising now for the
good stuff. There is a much bigger limit to the population is 99 for each kind
of unit as far as I know. There are other things too which are too numerous and
complicated to explain in a review, you'll just have to wait and see for
yourself. Ah well that me hope you enjoy AOE3 when you get it heh heh.