dont you guys understand...?
Age of mythology is 'AOE3'
I am 99.9% positive that nobody is going to be making an AOE3 title, it would be outdated...ES did all the right things with age of mythology, it kept the same gameplay and added a whole new dimension. It brought in some new fans while keeping the old ones.
How can you be expecting an AOE3 to come out, here is they way things went
AOE->(expansion)->AOE2(AOK)->(expansion)->AOE3(A OM)->(expansion, we hope)AOM is aoe3...notice how the official name of aoe2 was Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings...well they were just trying to get away from that in aoe3...so they dropped the aoe3 part...
They could have easily called it Age of Empires 3: Age of Mythology....but the problem is this: Most of the young, restless people who play computer games, do not play them online...they do not see these community forums or know anything about any of us...
So...if they see a game called "Age of Empires 3: Age of Mythology" they will shy away from it...because they'll say, oh theres already been two versoins of that game, the third one will suck...I meanhave you ever played Deer Hunter 3?!?!
Think about it, if they see the game called "Age of Mythology: By the creators of the Age of Empires Series" then the light, weekend gamer will buy it, thinking its kind of the same game but with a whole new dimension, mythology, WHICH IT IS
Conclusion: I am in no way demeaning you, i am just explaining to you guys that this IS AOE3, and why they didnt call it AOE3...and why age of empires III would not have been huge, because only the hardcore gamers would buy it...
PS, I really dont hope that AOE3 comes out, It would sure make me eat my words