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.
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
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.
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.