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In this review, I will be covering Age of Empires 3, and its expansion, the War Chiefs. Like my GalCiv2 review, I will be discussing the overall difficulty of the games, the graphic level, the playability, the differing strategies within the game, re-playability, the system specs, and the flexibility a player has.

Overall difficulty of the game (5/5)- This game is great when it comes to being for everyone. For campaigns, there are the typical easy, medium, and hard. However, when a skirmish is set up, the CPU difficulty can go from sandbox (very easy), easy, moderate, hard, and expert (very hard).

Graphic level (5/5)- The graphics, like the difficulty settings, has something for every system. You don’t need a super special awesome computer to play this game, but if you want the graphics at very high, you better have a good enough system for it. The graphics can get breathtaking in this game, but if you don’t have the system for it, stick to the lower levels.

Playability (4/5)(How well a new player can pick it up and go)

This is where these games lack a bit. There is a very, very short tutorial, and only teaches you the very basics of the game, like how to move, make a settler and attack. Depending on the player, it could take quite a bit to get used to this game.

Differing strategies (4/5)- This game has 3 main strategies. Rushing, Booming, and Turtling. Rushing is where you rush the enemy with whatever military you have very early in the game. It is best countered by a turtle. Booming is where you build a massive economy before you attack, and is best countered by a rush. Turtling is where you build a massive defense, most do not attack when they turtle. Booming is the best way to counter a turtle, as they do not attack you, leaving you wide open to build your economy.

Re-playability (4/5)- This game, although fun, will get old after a while. However, it does have the online feature which keeps it interesting. With the online feature though, if you get good, and your skill level hits 25+, you have to play a game a week to keep your skill there, so you have to keep playing to keep your rank that high, whether you want to or not.

Systems Check (5/5)- This game will run well on most systems made these days, but again there are the few exceptions. The specs are…XP or Vista, 256 MB RAM, 1.4 GHz Processor, 64 MB video card with hardware transformation and lighting capability.

Flexibility (3/5)- This game doesn’t have a great amount of flexibility for the players. With only three main strategies, an arsenal with upgrades that become obsolete very quickly, and 3 possible upgrades for each unit, there isn’t a whole lot to mess around with.

Goldenhero’s overall rating-(4.3/5) Good Game!

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