aoe3!!!!!!

[michaelpi]

http://www.fileplanet.com/156731/150000/fileinfo/Age-of-Empires-III-Demo

man it looks so beautfly

[Talon]

2 hr wait, O_O, ME MUST GET NOW!!!!!

[michaelpi]

haha thats y i love being a member

[SirThom]

No waiting at the official site, www.ageofempires3.com

=)

[Pilgrim]

Sweet! I will have to download this asap!

Agreed, no waiting at the official site.

[Wh1te Out]

*sigh* If only they'd chosen an era I was interested in. :(

Looks pretty sweet, though, for what it's worth.

[SirThom]

Looks to be pretty good, though there were some flaws, I found, with the demo:

1. The maxed out graphical settings look ugly (even with AA)
2. The map scrolling speed is too fast
3. The some game sounds, when repeated, sounded really bad

#s 1 and 3 are probably because it's a demo, but I hope they can fix #2.

[Tek7 (Legacy)]

I downloaded the demo last night. I hope to install and try the demo out tonight. :)

[Talon]

I like it, i turned down the scrolling speed. The graphics are astounding on max levels and max resolution on 8x aa and 16x af. The enviorment is very interactive. I dont quite understand the card thing yet.

Game update thread has been updated with aoe3 demo link

[michaelpi]

im d/ling it now!! but my speeds are so slow i hate sbc

[Atown]

dont complain, *watches 5.2kbps*

[Pilgrim]

Woot. Took me about 20 min to download it. I love it! The era in the demo is sweeet. The graphics are cool, and this is a game that I am definitely looking forward to purchasing. :)

[michaelpi]

oh my gose it took me 2 days to d/l wow bata

[Talon]

The story line is kinda odd. Everytime the new ages of empires comes out it gets more advanced in the timeline. This one appears to take place at the birth of america (from the campaign).

The partical and graphic effects are amazing, I destroyed a town center, the musketeers and calverly threw molotov cocktails at the building, it started burning and then the tower of the building toppled over and hit one of my musketeers damaging him.

The amount of detail is astounding. Glad i pre-ordered the game.

[michaelpi]

man now im d/ling at 20 kb/s i hate u guys!!! its so unfair

[Icthus]

I downloaded it at like 250kb/hour, but I was downloading some other stuff (can you say fiberoptic?).

This looks like another winner from Ensemble Studios. They have taken the things I liked about Age of Mythology and left out the stuff I did not like.

My son, who is 8, has already finished the campaigns in the demo and played 2 skirmish games.

As a note, I am below system specs a bit 1.3 need 1.4 processor, but I can still run it.

[michaelpi]

man i hate this what is ur internet like dsl t1 t3 oc3!

[Talon]

It runs on my laptop at 1.6ghz.

I noticed some things from Rise of Nations, Age of Mythology, and Anno 1503 in this game.

I guess i was lucky, i downloaded the demo at 850kbytes/s. I guess at that time, the site wasnt overloaded.


And yes, most of us cant wait for Fio.

[Pilgrim]

I love this game! :) Played through the campaign, going to go play some skirmish right now..

[michaelpi]

man i want to play!

[Pilgrim]

What is Fio?

[Talon]

Fio=Fiber optic

There is already some out there.

15/2mbit line for like $40/month
30/2mbit line for about $70/month
45/5mbit fractional T3 line $110/month

Last time i heard.


A few things i noticed on Aoe3. I would like the unit managment of Rise of nations (like the arrowed formation, you can face the units the way u want).
The hit point indicators.

The unit control and hit point indicators are that of Anno 1602 and Anno 1503, there isnt much.

Has anyone figured out if there is a pop limit?

[michaelpi]

man i want fio

[Icthus]

Verizon calls it FIOS.

I have it for $50 a month i get phone service with some bells and whisltes, internet connection of fiber speeds around 5 meg (but not many sites go that fast to me for downloads) and I get service provider if i want it (email and such)

There is always a populations limited. It is one of the main balancing tools for game designers. My guess is it is 200 or so. But since different units cost different population points it might be otherwise.

[michaelpi]

what are some sites out there where u can get fio i live in mckinney tx pop 100,000

[Icthus]

Who is your telephone service provider?

Verizon was piloting it in my neighborhood because DSL was never coming. I have business DSL at the office and I have had a T-1. My FIOS is the best i have ever had. Never had service interuptions, price is best i have had, speed is well crazy.

[michaelpi]

sbc

[Corpfox]

AoE 3 is a very cool game, tried the demo, wicked. Though my 2 complains are; I think I need a new video card/cpu since my PC was slow when I moved around the mini-map.

Athlon 2800+(2.08 GHz), Radeon 9550 256 MB.

2nd, when you upgrade your units, they have so much HP! I had 33 tribial siege units and took almost forever for the computer to kill them.

[Talon]

Hrmm really. Try turning down the graphics a bit.

I can play it fine on lowest graphics on a 1.6ghz cpu with a radeon integrated PCI-E x200 mobile with 768 PC2700 ram.

My bro can play it on low graphics with a 1.7ghz, geforce 5200 and 512 pc3200 ram.

[michaelpi]

so can aney one help me look for fio

[Pilgrim]

www.google.com

[Corpfox]

Hrmm really. Try turning down the graphics a bit.

Nevermind, its faster when everything is on low, though it looked much more detailed on default(med-high) settings.

If the demo is that good, and the full version is way better, I would consider getting the game. Though, like everyones problem, what are the system requirements for the full game or what requirements are the best suited for this game...(more ram, better video card, high processor, etc.)

I forgot about it, using 2 Gigs of Ram(PC3200).

[Icthus]

To get fio or fiber optic to your home, the local phone company has to lay new fiber to the neighborhood. It is unlikely you can get it if you have not recieved and advertisement for it. Your best bet is to go to the website of your local phone service provider and look up high speed internet.

[Talon]

Nevermind, its faster when everything is on low, though it looked much more detailed on default(med-high) settings.

If the demo is that good, and the full version is way better, I would consider getting the game. Though, like everyones problem, what are the system requirements for the full game or what requirements are the best suited for this game...(more ram, better video card, high processor, etc.)

I forgot about it, using 2 Gigs of Ram(PC3200).

The video card. I'm running a geforce PCIE 6600 GT, and i can run the game on max graphics, resolution, and with the extra aa and af on. It looks so real.

I'd suggest maybe a 6200 or 6600 AGP card, if you want reallly high graphics.

[Corpfox]

I'd suggest maybe a 6200 or 6600 AGP card, if you want reallly high graphics.

I looked that them, their about 15-50% better than my Radeon 9550, though, I dont have PCI-X.

I was really thinking of getting this since mine is also, Bilingual, but the sale ends on the 22nd, I dont get paid till next week.

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10066453&catid=10524&logon=&langid=EN

If not that, I would really buy this, seeing how a few years ago it was over $600 CDN.

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10061200&catid=10524&logon=&langid=EN

I really like ATI over Nvidia, I know others have a different opinion. Though I am using a HP, and it seems to know Nvidia over ATI...

My PC has a Nvidia GART Driver, which I assume means something important if I had a Nvidia video card.

[Atown]

compaqs load nvidia since they think that compaq drivers are better than manufacturer or xp drivers, ati doesnt really care, even though microsoft ati drivers suck really bad