So I’m going to speculate a little about what’s going to be in Age of Empires III: Age of Discovery. I’ve got quite a bit of play time on previous titles in the series to base my opinions on, and I did talk to some people at E3, but I’m not an expert and I haven’t read everything out there.
With that disclaimer out of the way, let’s get on with the pretty pictures 
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Friday, June 3rd, 2005
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One of the most exciting games for me to see at E3 this year was Age of Empires III (or AoE3 as it is affectionately abbreviated). I was an avid player of the first and second games in the Age of Empires series, and it was one of the few games I would go out and buy an expansion pack for without doing the usual heaps of research. Jeff and I have spent countless hours playing late night games of AoE, generally two of us versus computer controlled enemies (also called CPU or AI for artificial intelligence). The AI in AoE isn’t that brilliant, but there’s enough variety in the game types and maps in AoE to keep us entertained for quite a while. I think part of the reason I haven’t gotten bored of fighting the AI is that I’ve never really tried to find a repeatable quick-win strategy. Instead, Jeff and I share some scotch over the internet while we blow an evening with Ensemble Studio’s golden child.
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