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  1. 10-19-2005, 03:38 PM #1
    Samduhman
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    Oh man I dont know what to buy now. I was soooo looking foward to AOE3. Do I need to go and buy EE2 now instead? Never bought EE or EE2 but loved Rise of Nations.

    How did EE2 compare to Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War? Im currently playing it's expansion and love it.
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  2. 10-20-2005, 11:36 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Samduhman
    Oh man I dont know what to buy now. I was soooo looking foward to AOE3. Do I need to go and buy EE2 now instead? Never bought EE or EE2 but loved Rise of Nations.

    How did EE2 compare to Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War? Im currently playing it's expansion and love it.
    I can't stand EE2, and I love DoW, so I say there is no comparison, lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kamakazie
    I can't stand EE2, and I love DoW, so I say there is no comparison, lol.
    ditto...

    DOW is more about constant action and quick battles where as EE2 is slower placed and is centered around building a tech tree and long drawn out battles.

    Over all I consider them pretty different games, granted if you only had to select one, I would go with DOW. EE2 just gets too boring for me after a while and teh later epochs are uber unbalanced.
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    And back on topic...
    Can someone tell me more basic things about AOE III?
    Like what/who do you start out with?
    Can you play natives?
    Is there any interaction with natives other than the historical rape/pillage thing?

    I was a huge fan of 7 cities of gold (still can run that on my C64 emulator ), and in that game it was great fun to explore, discover things, interact with natives (convert/trade).
    Ah yes, the RTS combat system of the 80s...you touch them they die

    How's the music, the ambient sound, and destroying enemy towns/settlements? I hear you can't chip away at buildings with a spear anymore.
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