
One twist in Age of Empires 3 is that you can receive shipments from your “home city,” which will supply your outpost with resources, soldiers or unique technologies as matches progress.Īnother feature that sets Age of Empires 3 apart from earlier AoE games is that each civilization has access to a completely different set of units, buildings and technologies.

You’ll start off with a small base and a few villagers (or a larger force in certain campaign missions or game modes), then construct a base, gather resources and raise an army, all while exploring the map and researching new technologies. Gameplay is pretty much the same for all three, though. There are three main game modes: Random map, campaigns and multiplayer. As such, Age of Empires 3 introduces a ton of interesting options that weren’t available in previous games, from riflemen, to artillery, to cash crops. Age of Empires covers the Stone Age through the fall of Rome Age of Empires 2 covers the Dark Ages through the Renaissance Age of Empires 3 covers the Age of Exploration through the late 19th century. For those of you who have never played the Age of Empires series, it’s an historical RTS series in which you take control of one of the world’s great civilizations.
