Age of Empires III announced

[Solver]

OK, so this is a stupid announcement, it's been coming for two months now, and screens and info has been out before the game even got announced, but either way it's official now. AoE3 announced, shipping in the second half of this year.

It's worth to visit www.ensemblestudios.com for some screens, definitely the best graphics in a RTS to date.

[Bkeela]

I felt a bit unexcited about this news, but the graphics do look spectacular.

[Grandpa Troll]

Re: Age of Empires III announced

Originally posted by Solver
OK, so this is a stupid announcement, it's been coming for two months now, and screens and info has been out before the game even got announced, but either way it's official now. AoE3 announced, shipping in the second half of this year.

It's worth to visit www.ensemblestudios.com for some screens, definitely the best graphics in a RTS to date.

Solver..thank YOU MY FRIEND



I am really looking forward to this one

[Alex]

Well, couldn't say that I'm particularly excited about this one... RTS games are a big to me.

(Though I liked Rise of Nations, go figure).

[:) Smiley]

The time period looks like it's in the13th-16th centuries. Any guesses which edition of AOE is going to catch up to the present day?

[Kuciwalker]

V.

[Alex]

I admit that the graphics are wonderful, but... RTS?

[The diplomat]

The screenshots do look gorgeous. Too good in fact. Are we sure they are in-game shots and not part of the intro video or artist renderings?

[DrSpike]

Re: Age of Empires III announced

Originally posted by Solver
OK, so this is a stupid announcement,

Don't go into advertising.

[Alex]

Originally posted by The diplomat
The screenshots do look gorgeous. Too good in fact. Are we sure they are in-game shots and not part of the intro video or artist renderings?

Well, I don't think we can be sure, but at least that's what they say...

[Solver]

Time period is not 13th century by any means. It's from the discovery of America up until the US Civil War (yes, the game does have railroads).

And yes, those screenshots are actual in-game graphics, not renders/cinemeatics. The trick here is that they're taken from a very good computer with a top-of-the-line video card and best settings, so people with older hardware shouldn't expect it to look that good. But yeah, it looks pretty amazing .

[Grandpa Troll]

for real, Ya need up to date pc stuff..

I will upgrade my pc soon

Solver

Do ya think my machine will manage on a low resolution?

AMD 64 Bit 2 gig processor

Radeon X800 Pro 256 bit Graphics Card

1 GIG RAM

Gramps

[Solver]

It will definitely manage to play the game at the highest settings... the only problem being when a lot of physics calculations are involved (huge battles), but I don't yet know how AoE3 performs there and how intelligently the physics calculations are handled. Not in a way to require a 6 GHz CPU, I hope... more after beta test .

[appleciders]

I'm so excited!

[Grandpa Troll]

when is next update estimated?