At this time, telling a good story in an RTS was still something of a novelty, Blizzard had some success with Starcraft and Warcraft 3, but otherwise, everything was cheesy and hamfisted (I am looking at you Command and Conquer.) This still holds true today and these rollicking tales of discovery and destruction are just as entertaining. This was primarily due to the fantastic campaigns that featured in both the main game and two hefty expansions. Fast forward to 2020 and that daring approach may just mean that this title holds up in modern times better than than the other entries in the franchise.įor me, AoE3 was actually the game in the franchise I played the most. Despite that though, it was still a fantastic RTS experience in its own right and one that dared to shake up the established formula. It wasn’t ever as revered as AoE2: Age of Kings and there seems to be this feeling that perhaps in attempting to keep it fresh, Ensemble created an unbalanced game. Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition – War Is Not The Only Path PCĪge of Empires 3 was something of a different beast for Microsoft when it released in 2005.

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