Ok, here is my review.
Units
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Well, I found that the foot units were pretty good. I like it how the musketeers have to reload their guns to shoot again. Very detailed. Though, what I found was, did the Spanish really have musketeers? I thought they were english! I also found two bugs.
1. When you get a priest, he floats. What the fudge??
2. Sometimes when you go to treasure, and rescue a native american, you see her stuck in the ground! And you cant select her. Weird!
Buildings
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When the buildings fall down, they crumble up. It is awsome! I liked that! The walls are a pretty desent size, though I do think I could jump over them...
Why in all the age series, when a villiger or someone builds, they stay in the same spot and wack the ground? Cant you make it so they walk around the building lifting up logs, using a hammer?
When a building gets hit by a bullit, debri flys everywhere, but didnt i see on the video, bits of wall falling off and in the windmill and some of the wind-twirlers would fly everywhere? This does not happen in the demo. I did like the fire throwing bit. COOLCOOLCOOL!!!
Music
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Extremely exellent. No more comment.
Combat
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Very good. I like the reloading of guns, cannons etc. Though, I shot a guy with a cannon, though he didnt die, it took off half his health. Though when I shot him, he just stood there!! Idiot! Shouldn't he go flying????
So you finally got the message! When a bowman etc. is close up to someone, instead of shooting an arrow at them...(stupid bowman) they used swords and knives and attacked! Finally! People who are smart!
Naval
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Exellent! The dieing of a boat is awsome! I just love my boats dieing! The Spanish boats are really good! They shoot out of every cannon! The fishing boat nets are good! How they go out then come back in... coolness! Just what I want you to think about, is: why dont you make it so when someone bords a ship, you see them on it? And if they are on it, when the boat dies, everyone jumps off? That'd be cool. Other than that, naval units and battles are great!!
Graphics/Building Graphics
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Nice graphics!! Very good! Nice dieing effect! The trees are great and the 3D graphics are cool!! Though, (there is always a "though") why are all the building the same? A spanish town centre is the same as an english. A spanish mill is the same as the british! I liked it in AoM, how every colony was completely personolized and different. Is this a remake of AoE???????
Recource
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Hmm. Its ok. Woodchopping and mining are the same as AoE, AoE2, AoM and now AoE3!!! With mining, these people wack a rock and keep wacking! No sparks, rocks, stockpiles. These people dont put their gold anywhere, they just hack at this rock!!! And for woodchopping...they just hack at a tree that never falls over. And when they are smashing this tree, the wood goes nowhere!!! Sorry, but naval resorce wins!!
Home City
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Very good! When you use a card to get a horse dude, he goes to the boat. Well detailed. Though (I dont know if this is just the trial but...) you cant get any power ups or anything. Like you visit the dock and nothing changes. You only go closer. Anyway, Pretty good!!
Campaign
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I never finished them all, but in the first level, the opposition is quite strong for a first level. And arn't you the American??? The home city is the same as the british and so are all the untis and buildings. So hmm...
Extra
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We got quite a bit in the demo, but not that much really... it was 360mb, and it went over my limit and had to pay 40 bucks!! Anyway...
Hope you liked my review. I'm picky!!
Worship Teh Llama!! And Remain Loving Hating FPH!!!!
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