Age of Empires 3 Discussions...

**icecoolz** · 11-01-2005, 04:38 PM

Well here we go. Microsoft is officially in development of AOE3. Here are some initial screen shots :

Scheduled for Q4 2005. It will be using the Havoc Physics engine.

Check out more here :

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...reenindex.html

Oh and also Red Alert 3 is in development. From the original Westwood team....looks like some interesting times ahead for the strategy side of games ...I know I am lookin forward to it

**Slam Team** · 11-01-2005, 05:49 PM

I am hell bent to buy this one buddy... xlent screenshots...a must buy game this yr. Nice post..I am eagerly awaiting for this one to launch...it must be priced between 2k - 3k

**rohanbee** · 11-01-2005, 07:18 PM

Definately good news for strategy gamers

Screen shots look phenomenol..................lets see whats new and what good stuff has been carried from the earlier versions..........
hope it will come earlier than Q4 this year........

**Sourabh** · 11-01-2005, 07:28 PM

well yaa i read this too in some forums a week ago

wanted to start a thread in here but dint

to b frank i m surely gonna play tis game, coz aoe was among the first few games i liked

i loved strategy games when i was small

i esp liked AOE, PHAROAH, CAESAR III and ZEUS

and yeah with the HAVOC PHYSICS ENGINE AND SUCH GOOD IN-GAME GRAPHICS its definately a no-nonsense game

i xpect it sooner than Q4, mebbe around Q3

lets c fingers crossed

**goobimama** · 11-01-2005, 09:58 PM

Great News! There haven't been any good releases of Strategy games for the year 2004 (fps fps fps, sick of it, mainly because of my gf 4 mx440)

Waiting for that release....

Milind

**naveenchandran** · 11-01-2005, 10:08 PM

The screenshots are cool
Are the sys. Reqs same as that of AOE2?

**geek_rohit** · 12-01-2005, 07:14 AM

Well the screen shots are just great. Waiting eagerly for the game to arrive. Guess the game would be very heavy on the system. BTW Microsoft had released Rise of Nations only last year. Another game on same genre so soon. Anyways good for us. Looks like that the year 2005 is going to be great for gaming.

**rohanbee** · 12-01-2005, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by naveenchandran

The screenshots are cool
Are the sys. Reqs same as that of AOE2?

Hope they are..............its very disappointing when you wait desperately for a game and it turns out to have high end graphics requirements....

**cybershastri** · 12-01-2005, 10:24 PM

I was waiting for this game from a long time. Hope it does not demand too high system requirements.

**deepakuma** · 13-01-2005, 05:04 PM

waiting for it!!

**NikhilVerma** · 13-01-2005, 06:00 PM

This is just to tell you guys that the first two screensots only are from the game...
The last one is a wallpaper........ Not a screenshot.....

**allindrome** · 13-01-2005, 09:15 PM

BIg Huge Games did a good job of Rise Of Nations.However I suppose Age Of Empires is a trademark of Ensemble Studios.

**Sourabh** · 15-03-2005, 09:45 PM

Gamespy has an article on what is being shown of the upcoming RTS game Age of Empires 3 at the Game Developers Conference.

"One way to have buildings explode would be to have the art team custom-design the disintegration of each structure. But that would be time consuming, and after all that work players would be disappointed by the exact same explosion every time. Instead, Ensemble Studios licensed the Havok physics engine. The art team cut each building up into logical pieces of debris. Then, when a structure gets slammed by a cannonball, chunks of it part way (leaving ruined holes and broken slats underneath) and fly through the air. No two explosions are the same."

Read more here

**sachinc** · 15-03-2005, 10:41 PM

What the release date for AOE 3??? Can't wait for it.

**ctrl_alt_del** · 15-03-2005, 10:59 PM

Thats intresting Sourabh. I would love to see how havok engine is incoporated into a game like AoE 3.

As for the system requirement, I am sure it will be around and infact more then RoN.

**enoonmai** · 15-03-2005, 11:54 PM

OMFG! This thing uses Havok?

Oh man, thats just too sweet to even imagine.

I am drooling all over the place already. Mmmm, Havok....(drooling sounds)

**Dipen01** · 16-03-2005, 10:02 AM

hey guys...

AOE II is still one of my favorites (of-course on LAN)...heard about AOEIII long time back..
anwys. gr8 news its coming soon...Do anybody has an idea when exactly is this coming in India.. i mean will be available in market...
anyways...

Cheers..
Dipen

**Sourabh** · 16-03-2005, 10:19 AM

which market are u talking abt ??

**infernus** · 16-03-2005, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by sachinc

What the release date for AOE 3??? Can't wait for it.

The game will be out by 1st November 2005. Thats a freakin lotta time.

**Dipen01** · 16-03-2005, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by Sourabh

which market are u talking abt ??

White , 8) 8) Black..even

Grey... whichever.. comes first....

**deepakuma** · 18-03-2005, 03:36 PM

For India i think it will release only in 2006!!
But, microsoft is doing lots of promo's in India like "War of a Million". So, may be it will release sooner.

I Hope it releases here the same time as the rest of the world

**saurya_mishra** · 28-03-2005, 01:53 PM

well aoe 3 seems to be great but what exactly are its system requirements ... ??
moreover i think MS should concentrate on RoN rather than AoE ..

Saurya

**NikhilVerma** · 29-03-2005, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by saurya_mishra

well aoe 3 seems to be great but what exactly are its system requirements ... ??
moreover i think MS should concentrate on RoN rather than AoE ..

Saurya

Don't expet them to be low... Coz it is utilising all the PS functions and is definately gonna be heavy on sys requirements...

Just look at the screenshots...

**Raghav Talwar** · 30-03-2005, 12:17 PM

DUDE,AWESOME SCREENSHOTS 8) 8) 8) 8)
REALLY COOL POST 8) 8) 8) 8)

**shaunak** · 22-04-2005, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by goobimama

Great News! There haven't been any good releases of Strategy games for the year 2004 (fps fps fps, sick of it, mainly because of my gf 4 mx440)

Waiting for that release....

Milind

the screenshots look as good as fps gfx!

**moshel** · 22-04-2005, 11:30 PM

I cant wait for this game......looks really cool. even if i have to upgrade my comp for this. i will do it.

its release date is 1st november 2005. its still toooo far away....

**Vyasram** · 23-04-2005, 06:44 PM

most strategic games these days are heavy on graphics but stratgy gamers dont want it especially in india what they really want is better gameplay and new maps.

I also buy such games only for that ,so microsoft can atleast provide a scaled down graphics version of this game with the same gameplay so that aoe fans with budget cards can also play them (aom and aoe2 graphics are desent enough)

**anubhav_har** · 26-04-2005, 04:56 PM

The websites say it releases around November December this year but I think it'll be late to arrive with a better look and better Ai

**vignesh** · 26-04-2005, 05:20 PM

cool screenshots waiting eagerly

**sujithtom** · 28-04-2005, 06:17 PM

Lol it really roks to see those screen shot. But i don't think the game play view will be like tht. They just release such screenies to attract gamers.