Heya,
The Minute men were from the 13 Colonies, if the time period is wrong, then they have no place in this game.
i do not recall the ottomans being involved in north America?
As for the germans they imigrated here after the 13 colonies were established, I also do not recall the russians being a part of the Exploration of the new world either.
The british, Spanish, and French were definatly here, but the french were our allies against the British.
Just what time period is this game in?
Did the author of the champain to civ mod change anything, like adding the US flag?
I have not played the champains, only the modded civs from them,
It would seem that historical accuracy is out the window in favor of having fighting between Europeon civs in the new World.
Plymouth Rock was founded in 1607 if I remember my History right.
Even on ESO they tell you in the history that Horses were not native to North america, but were brought in by the Spanish, yet several tribes are calvary mounted, such as the lakota....
If this is going to be even some what Historicaly accurate, then several civ's need to be removed, along with the Minute Men, and possibly the the horses used by some tribes.
IMO AOE3 is just another war game, that attempted to add a little history and did not do so good a job doing so.
To make it more accurate for the time frame and keep the current line ov Civ's it should be moved from North America, to Europe!
At least then some Civ's would make sense, still though I cant reconcile the Russians as a Civ period...
The history part of this game seems to be nothing more than a draw card for some parents to by a computer game that their kids want...Oh it has History in it, at least my child will learn a little about history from this game...bah humbug...the history is only a small percent accurate anyway!
Zorba.