Scoobes said:
Slimebeast said:
Scoobes said:
Slimebeast said:
I never got bored with the build up phase. It was so cozy and atmospheric.
I agree with KungKras about the pacing and colonies stuff in AoE III, the building up your own civ from ground up aspect is very important in Age games. Although in AoE II multiplayer I loved DM and scenarios too, because it decreases the risk of people disconnecting before the action really has started. I hate quitters.
AoE III is still a great game. It was just that AoE II was so perfect.
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Another aspect of AoEIII and why its inferior to AoEII that is often overlooked is that in AoEIII you really have to stick to the same civ in multiplayer to get access to the best shipments etc. You can't really just go "I feel like playing as the Spanish this time". You have to pick and civ and then build them up through multiple scenarios rather then juts being able to pick depending on how you want to play. I used to decide which civ I played in AoEII based on who I was playing against and what their strategy was. In AoEIII I couldn't do that, although I got relatively good at the British Villager Boom tactic (for me at least).
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What do u mean build them up through multiple scenarios?
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I meant multiple games. You had to play a load of games to level up your home city and select the best shipments. Whilst that was all well and good it meant you couldn't be spontaneous and pick another civ on a whim, or cater your civ choice based on your oponent (in AoEII I'd choose based on my oponent). A lot of my mates (in AoEII) liked to have an army heavy on infantry so I'd go for Byzantines so my cavalry could destroy them. In AoEIII I can't just choose my civ like that if I wanted the best shipments, even if I did enjoy building up a deck of amazing shipments. I chose the British everytime as I had them on Lvl 60 whilst all the other civs were on Lvl 6 or something lower. |
Huh? Is there a level system in AoE3 multiplayer that is stored on the main servers? I dont remember that from when I played (a very short time compared to my decade in AoE II).
