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Revision as of 23:35, 11 April 2021
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition is a remaster of Age of Empires III and its expansions. It features graphical upgrades, UI improvements, quality of life, gameplay changes, new game modes and new civilizations[3].
Announced at Gamescom 2017, it was released on October 15, 2020. The first closed beta began on February 11, 2020.[4]
On April 10, 2021, a brand new civilization was announced, the United States. It can be either purchased or earned for free by completing 50 challenges, and is set to release on April 13, 2021. In addition a new expansion, set in Africa, is in development.
New features and changes
- Ability to rotate building placements (Shift + mouse scroll) outside the Scenario Editor
- Auto Scout feature added for Explorer units
- Enhanced AI
- Enhanced graphics and particle effects[5]
- Expansions to the Politician system and Revolution mechanic, with more variants for each original civilization including non-American states.
- Fully remastered soundtrack
- A new music tune for each civilization[8]
- Home City Card changes:
- All cards unlocked in multiplayer and singleplayer (apart from campaign Home Cities)
- All decks at 25 card limit, with pre-built decks available for new players.
- Leveling only affects Home City customization.
- Addition of new cards such as Grenade Launchers.
- Updated mechanics and abilities to pre-existing cards such as Sawmills granting a 10% yield bonus to villagers gathering from trees.
- Multiples of the same civilization allowed for both Skirmish and multiplayer matches
- Name changes:
- Campaign renamed Story Mode
- Discovery Age and Colonial Age renamed Exploration Age and Commerce Age respectively
- Light infantry renamed to Shock infantry
- Plantation renamed to Estate
- Colonial Militia renamed to Revolutionary
- Dog Soldier renamed to Tokala Soldier
- Macehualtin renamed to Otontin Slinger
- New customizable user interface
- Default, Definitive, and Classic options
- Grid-based hotkeys
- Right-click mouse scroll
- New game modes
- Historical Battles
- The Art of War Challenge scenarios
- Official mod support via a download hub located on the Age of Empires website
- Overhauled online multiplayer with cross-network play
- Dedicated servers
- ELO rating and matchmaking systems
- Ranked ladders and integrated leaderboards
- 22 new maps[9]
- Range indicators for buildings with attack
- Redesigned flags for most existing civilizations[9]
- Redesigned Iroquois and Sioux[10][11]
- Renamed to Haudenosaunee and Lakota respectively
- Coin mining disabled and replaced with fur trading (via Tribal Marketplace building)
- Fire Pit reworked into the Community Plaza
- Nature Friendship replaced with an ability to convert human Treasure Guardians only
- Spectator mode
- Story changes to the The WarChiefs campaign of Act II: Shadow
- Crazy Horse replaced by Chayton Black's Lakota uncle, "Frank" Warbonnet.
- Team limit increased from two to four[9]
- Two new playable civilizations:
- Inca: A defensive Native American civilization with strong walls and unique fortifications
- Swedes: An aggressive European civilization with focus on artillery and mercenaries
- Unit formations added for military ships
Gallery
Videos
References
- ↑ https://store.steampowered.com/app/933110/Age_of_Empires_III_Definitive_Edition
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCcRNUlE7ek
- ↑ https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age3de-preorder-now-gc2020/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/AgeOfEmpires/status/1227311020538056704
- ↑ https://www.ageofempires.com/news/interview-joss-ellis/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/AgeOfEmpires/status/1299134005162303490
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe3/comments/ii9xdc/gamesstar_interview_summary_by_andri_on_resetera/
- ↑ https://www.ageofempires.com/news/interview-todd-masten/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ahD-rg9bY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbiUgJG6BYU
- ↑ https://www.ageofempires.com/news/interview-anthony-brave/