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Wednesday November 02, 2005

review: age of empires III

Written by gatmog at 11:00 AM
Categories: pc gaming, real time strategy, reviews
[visually, Age of Empires III is a masterpiece.]

Next to Brothers in Arms, Age of Empires III was one of my most anticipated titles of 2005. After seeing the preview videos that exhibited its beautiful graphics and incredible use of physics, I was expecting an RTS game to dethrone Rise of Nations. This was not the case. Instead, the game's pedigree is undermined by an incredibly trite single-player campaign that teaches you more about brute force tactics than its historical content. My full review is over at Clickable Culture.

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