- Jun 23, 2001
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Empire Earth 1 and Age of Empires 1/2 were fantastic games. Empire Earth 2 was too bad, though I never really got into it.
When Age of Empires 3 was released, I was excited about it, but the poor quality demo that wouldn't actually run on many machines put me off on the game and I forgot about it.
With the dismal launch of the craptactular Empire Earth 3, and Mad Doc's subsequent removal of all references to it on their site, and then their buyout by Rockstar, does it seem like Historical RTSs are dying?
Empire Total War does not count. While it will likely be a blast to play, the TW games share more in common with the turn based Civilization games than EE/AoE.
With Age 3 now having two expansions, Warchiefs and Asian Dynasties, is it worth playing? If I enjoyed EE1, will I enjoy AoE3? I hear the multiplayer in Age 3 was excellent, and I like playing RTSs, especially EE1, with my brothers when I get the opportunity to visit family once a year.
Edit - With Ensemble Studios now developing Halo Wars: The Quest for More Money, the likelihood of a Age of Empires 4 seems dim.
When Age of Empires 3 was released, I was excited about it, but the poor quality demo that wouldn't actually run on many machines put me off on the game and I forgot about it.
With the dismal launch of the craptactular Empire Earth 3, and Mad Doc's subsequent removal of all references to it on their site, and then their buyout by Rockstar, does it seem like Historical RTSs are dying?
Empire Total War does not count. While it will likely be a blast to play, the TW games share more in common with the turn based Civilization games than EE/AoE.
With Age 3 now having two expansions, Warchiefs and Asian Dynasties, is it worth playing? If I enjoyed EE1, will I enjoy AoE3? I hear the multiplayer in Age 3 was excellent, and I like playing RTSs, especially EE1, with my brothers when I get the opportunity to visit family once a year.
Edit - With Ensemble Studios now developing Halo Wars: The Quest for More Money, the likelihood of a Age of Empires 4 seems dim.