Age of Empires III

Welcome to Age of Empires III. This is the main page for the real-time strategy computer game called Age of Empires III (AoEIII).

Note: This game has been released but is still relatively new to the wiki, thus this page is not yet complete.

About
If you remember correctly, Age of Empires III left off with the discovery of the New World and the beginning of colonial times between the 1500s to the year 1850. Age of Empires III is in the basic style of the previous games of the series and the player must create a large European colony from a small settlement into a powerful empire. Now lead the Europeans to victory and conquer the New World. Fight the Aztecs, conquer the Capital Cities. The player also progresses through 5 "Ages" getting technological development and destroying the opposing civilizations. There are 2 main branches of the gameplay, the economy which is characterized by the collection of natural resources and the production of units and the military which fights against rival civilizations while defending the colony also.

A match consists of a conflict between two or more teams that try to create a more powerful nation by training and upgrading their units and buildings. Soon one team will end up defeating the other through battle or resignation and the game ends when there is only one player or team left on the map. A new feature is added in the gameplay which allows the player to ship troops, buildings, or resources that can be used to improve your colony in the "New World" from your Home City.

There are 3 modes in the Ages of Empires III gameplay: campaigns, single player skirmishes, and online multiplayer skirmishes.

New Features

 * Experience
 * Capital Cities
 * Falling debris will harm/kill your people.
 * Railroads and trains for faster trading.

Civilizations
These are the 8 civilizations in Ages of Empires III, ordered from easiest to play to hardest. Please visit Civilizations.

Spanish

British

French

Portuguese

Dutch

Russian

German

Ottoman

Iroquois (The Warchiefs Expansion)

Sioux (The Warchiefs Expansion)

Aztecs (The Warchiefs Expansion) Chinese (Asian Dynasties expansion)

Indian (Asian Dynasties expansion)

Japanese (Asian Dynasties expansion)

Gameplay
In Age of Empires III, you are trying to colonize the New World before the other civilizations do. You either start the game with a town center, an explorer, and several settlers or start with a stock full of resources. Unlike the other Age of Empires games, this one includes gunpowder warfare, including cannonry and rifle companies. When the game starts the exact terrain of the map which includes, the position of the enemy, native tribes, and trade post sites are blacked out. If you have teammates they and the land they visit are visible. Players must explore the map and begin gathering the natural resources, food, coin, or wood which are used to train more units, create more buildings, and upgrade your technology. The actions such as training units, constructing buildings, and killing enemy units can give the player experience points. When the experience points thresholds the players earn shipment cards that can be turned in for shipments from the Home City to the player. Then as your economy and military improves you can destroy their colonies or the enemy can resign.

In the Warchiefs expansion, you are fighting your way through the American Revolution and playing as Native American civilizations.

Links

 * News
 * Official Site-Contains Demo.
 * AoE Community Site