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Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties Expansion (Box): £24.95
System requirements:
- DVD drive
- Mac OS X 10.3.9
- 1.2GHz G4
- 512MB RAM
- 3D graphics card 64MB VRAM
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Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties Expansion
Become the leader of one of three unique Asian civilizations
The Dawn of a New Age.
Command one of eight mighty powers grappling to conquer the New World in this new generation of the landmark Age of Empires series.
Experience the Age of Discovery through amazing 3D graphics. Crush your enemies with devastating cannons and rifled infantry. Navigate your naval fleet to claim strategic waterways. Build cities with towering cathedrals, and forge a thriving empire with a booming economy.
Play in single-player, multiplayer, and campaign in the There are many ways to play Age of Empires III. Play against the computer on random maps. Play multiplayer against friends online, or play the Campaign in which you take the role of Morgan Black and his descendants as they struggle against the hostile wilderness, help the Aztecs resist the Spanish conquistadors, pit the French against the British and help Simon Bolivar lead revolutions in South America. The new Home City feature is unlike anything you've experienced before in a real-time strategy game. Age of Empires III gives players extensive control over their side of the battlefield.
There are many ways to play Age of Empires III. Play against the computer on random maps. Play multiplayer against friends online, or play the Campaign in which you take the role of Morgan Black and his descendants as they struggle against the hostile wilderness, help the Aztecs resist the Spanish conquistadors, pit the French against the British and help Simon Bolivar lead revolutions in South America.
Experience the Age of Discovery through amazing 3D graphics. Crush your enemies with devastating cannons and rifled infantry. Navigate your naval fleet to claim strategic waterways. Build cities with towering cathedrals, and forge a thriving empire with a booming economy.
Command one of eight mighty powers grappling to conquer the New World in this new generation of the landmark Age of Empires series.
Graphics
Age of Empires III isn't just one of the best-looking real-time strategy games ever, it's one of the best-looking games of any kind ever.
Much like a persistent character in a role-playing game, your Home City is a support system that regularly sends you supplies or military reinforcements. As you get better, your Home City becomes stronger, allowing you to unlock new types of soldiers or buildings, broaden your tech tree, and customize the appearance of your city. You can even visit your Home City to watch its citizens, get an opinion on how you're doing, or plot your next move.
You're in control of large and diverse armies of infantry, cavalry, artillery, Native American warriors, mercenaries, and ships. You can assign different formations to your army, like Volley, Charge, or Bombard, or have the game automatically choose the most appropriate formation for you.
The real-time physics cause infantry struck by cannon balls to get thrown like rag dolls, perhaps even over a cliff into the water. Cannon balls bounce and ricochet. Shingles, shutters, and whole towers may fly off a building and interact with the terrain. And, with hundreds of unique combat animations, you'll never see the same battle twice.
Tone mapping gives scenes a photorealistic look by balancing colors in a scene. Units and buildings cast realistic shadows based on the sun's position. Water glistens like water, foams near the shore, and reflections change with the viewing angle, the angle of sunlight, and the motion of the water. Steep cliffs jut from the terrain like paintings from the American Southwest.
Features:
- Playable Asian civilizations. Lead one of three unique Asian civilizations - Japan, China or India - to expand its empire and fight for control in the Eastern world. Each Asian civilization, led by powerful leaders, has unique groups, armies and wonders, as well as buildings that reflect the culture`s architectural style.
- New gameplay elements. Extending the innovative gameplay of Age of Empires III, Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties introduces new ways of winning and trading, random map styles that feature remixes of classic Age of Empires game styles, and 15 new Asian Wonders.
- Exciting new single-player campaign. Returning to the historical, civilization-based single-player campaigns, Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties offers gamers who enjoy the solo experience a chance to engage in strategic combat with Japan, China or India through several engrossing scenarios.
- Expanding a successful formula. Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties is the second expansion pack for the massively popular Age of Empires III, one of the fastest-selling titles in the franchise history, leading and innovating the real-time strategy genre through exciting and revolutionary gameplay features.
- Games for Windows franchise. This expansion pack also ships as a Games for Windows title, offering easier installation, reliability standards and support for key features of Windows Vista, including the Games Explorer and Parental Controls.