cozza 24 Posted January 11, 2005 The pope has swiss guards Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-33ker 0 Posted January 11, 2005 Well I doubt there will be Swiss as their own civilisation but there could be Swiss mercs hopefully. This would be realistic because there were many Swiss Mercs in the Armies around 15th to 18th century. And whoever made the commend that Swiss avoiding war. Swiss neutrality was first recognized in 1815. So before the Swiss were not neutral officially. I know about the Swiss mercenaries in the past and their deadly tactics against cavalry, but I can't come up with a single major conflict they fought in as a nation. Would still be great if the developers let the player hire them as mercenaries! That would be pretty cool. Edit: I just read the information on your link iNeo and I'm really glad to see that Prussia defenately will be in! Look at that flag! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JdB 151 Posted January 11, 2005 That means there willl be more then just campaigns in the Americas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iNeo 0 Posted January 11, 2005 Edit:I just read the information on your link iNeo and I'm really glad to see that Prussia defenately will be in! Look at that flag! Yep I kinda searched all known screenshots for a Swedish flag That Preussish (or something) flag is on several screenshots Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-33ker 0 Posted January 11, 2005 No doubt, it is a German colonial flag. Would be pretty nice to see Sweden in there, too! BTW, the only flags I could recognize were the Union Jack and the German colonial flag. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iNeo 0 Posted January 21, 2005 Lots of info on AOE III From a new post in that thread: Quote[/b] ]My first impression was that the other 5 European Civs(France, Britian and Spain are given) would include Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, and Germany.However recent events and photo images seem to have confirmed Russia, Germany, Portugal and Netherlands.....or at least a majority of people believe this. With that said, my bet is that Denmark will not be in. Sweden is my pick for sure.......any one play Imperialism II?..... Sweden is in there. She was an European' naval power 1500-1800 and had colonies in America,Sweden rose to power during the 30 years war and was a European military force until 1815 following the defeat of Napoleon. Bet on Sweden!The best professional land army in Europe was the "Karoliners" circa 1700's "Great Northern Wars". I'd rather have both Russia and Denmark in the game, but what's most important for me is that Sweden's in, just need a confirmation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-33ker 0 Posted January 22, 2005 It really sucks that they won't come out with more information! Only time will tell... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrunchyFrog 0 Posted January 22, 2005 I think maybe, Japan? I know its only concept art http://aom.heavengames.com/gallery/aoe3_concept_art/aai Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-33ker 0 Posted January 22, 2005 I don't think Japan will fit into the concept of the Game. It was a isolated country back then, not a colonial power. Started to be one before WW2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badassdom 0 Posted January 22, 2005 some more screenies trains ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-33ker 0 Posted January 24, 2005 ^^none of them are new... I doubt you'll be able to control those trains... must be a script controlled feature of the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iNeo 0 Posted August 29, 2005 New preview with screenshots etc.: http://g4mers-zone.sapo.pt/previews.aspx?id=445 5 Videos (if you register ): http://pc.ptgamers.com/jogo.asp?id_jogo=2428 Screenshots: http://pc.ptgamers.com/galeria.asp?id_galeria=1028 More screenshots: http://g4mers-zone.sapo.pt/screenshots.aspx?id=445&type=1 Video 1: http://g4mers-zone.sapo.pt/download.aspx?file=1090 Video 2: http://g4mers-zone.sapo.pt/download.aspx?file=1089 Mmmehehehe. There may be campaign spoilers in the pictures... After looking a bit. The graphics are kind of a dissapointment if you remember the pictures they showed last winter, and in one of those two videos a guy is fighting with several polar bears and just never dies. Etc. WIP, but still.. It could be some of this is from a preview version of the game and that's why some things are crap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattxr 9 Posted August 30, 2005 <span style='color:red'>i like the look of things with this game</span> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
berghoff 11 Posted August 30, 2005 Surely looks nice but after playing Rome: Total War I rather have large massive battles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iNeo 0 Posted August 31, 2005 Age of Empires III hands-on preview http://pc.boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=9116 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Airbourne Alchaholic 0 Posted September 3, 2005 I just hope it won't become a painting, and stick with the original game concept. I know a few games that are nice to look at, but when it comes to gameplay... well there isn't any. I'm sure the game devs have avoided this though, this IS AoE after all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iNeo 0 Posted September 4, 2005 I just hope it won't become a painting, and stick with the original game concept. I know a few games that are nice to look at, but when it comes to gameplay... well there isn't any.I'm sure the game devs have avoided this though, this IS AoE after all! The preview says As you would expect, Age of Empires III features many new innovations but the core gameplay remains remarkably familiar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Frenchman 0 Posted September 8, 2005 http://www.ageofempires3.com/ Regarding the demo, there are things I like about this game, and some things I don't like. Pros: *Wounded units either collapse to the ground or limp away to walk. A nice detail. *Graphics arent as nice as the pictures, but are still very nice. The water is beautiful. Â *Ragdoll destructions! *Units attack buildings with torches. At lot more reasonable than shooting at them. Cons: *There seem to be a lack of units to fill in the ages. I became a little disturbed when I found out you could have archers in the 1900's. Â Â I just hope they don't pull a Empire Earth 2 and have Industrial age generals in full plate armor. It seems like you can't upgrade them. I was stuck with musketeers until the last age. Â *Im not a real big fan of the RPG factor of gameplay. I liked the old way better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DracoPaladore 0 Posted September 8, 2005 Might just be a demo bug or feature to prevent everyone from having everything in the demo. I know a few games that died because the demo was just as good as the whole game (Ground Control 2, RIP) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EiZei 0 Posted September 8, 2005 So that leaves us with a GFX update and ragdolls considering the scope of history rise of nations and empire earth did.. Bah, at least RoN runs on crappy hardware. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Colossus 2 Posted September 8, 2005 Jippi, the demo is out! Downloading at speeds from up to 21 kbps! (I paid for 2 mbps, but due to speed upgrades the internet connection is unstabile for the moment) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted September 8, 2005 I downloaded it at around 200kbs, getright found lots of mirrors not my cup of tea but it is my girlfriend's List of mirrors getright found...... http://download.gamezone.cz/_dema/aoe3trial.exe ftp://samson.fragthe.net/games/demos/aoe3trial.exe http://download.microsoft.com/downloa....ial.exe http://downloads-3dg.planetmirror.com/pub....ial.exe http://downloads.megagames.com/demos/aoe3trial.exe http://downloads.vgpro.com/pc/ageofempiresiii/aoe3trial.exe http://files4.worthplaying.com/ageofempires3/aoe3trial.exe http://gameworld.mirror.nuclearfallout.net/demos/aoe3trial.exe ftp://download.gamestar.hu/demo/2005/0905-0911/age/aoe3trial.exe ftp://ftp.4players.de/pub/pc/ageofempires3/aoe3trial.exe ftp://ftp.fz.se/pub/spel/age_of_empires_3/aoe3trial.exe ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/games/demos/aoe3trial.exe ftp://www.gamers.at/6/aoe3trial.exe http://files.dailyrush.dk/demos/aoe3trial.exe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iNeo 0 Posted September 8, 2005 I just clicked on their site and downloaded at 1000 kbps, took a good 3-4 minutes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Airbourne Alchaholic 0 Posted September 8, 2005 @iNeo What the hell kind of Internet Connection are you on? Or did you rub your wiring with Cheetah blood? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iNeo 0 Posted September 9, 2005 10 Mbit/sec broadband provided by the second largest isp in Sweden Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
