Age of Empires 3 Demo out!

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Age of Empires 3 Demo out!

Postby glitch1501 » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:25 pm

you heard it right, the age of empires 3 demo is out
i got it here
http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/7/3/d7348fe3-d498-4e13-96c6-3da92e8f0c62/aoe3trial.exe
with a constant 2.5mbps speed, it was done in a few mins, i was amazed

ill post again to say how it is, but i have a class soon

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Postby oro! » Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:37 pm

Cool!!!! I loved the first two, and the history class i'm taking right now really makes me want to play. Sad thing is I can't because my windows died. Does this work on macs?
What period of history does this tackle? Up to today, or what?
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Postby glitch1501 » Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:05 pm

seems to be colonial times or something

http://www.ageofempires3.com/home.aspx

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Postby Warrior4Christ » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:03 pm

The other AOEs were awesome.

I think it should be stated somewhere here that it is a 365MB (!) download.
Everywhere like such as, and MOES.

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Postby TurkishMonky » Fri Sep 09, 2005 6:40 am

I'm a AOE nerd, and have been playing the demo pretty much nonstop since it came out (minus classes of course). It is sweet! My favorite part is cannons vs people and building demolitions (i've gotten so bad i won't resign if i'm losing- i'll watch the enemy blow up my base and cheer)

anywho, back to the demo...
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Postby Yojimbo » Fri Sep 09, 2005 9:53 pm

I played it at Microsoft's booth at GenCon last month here in Indy. It deffinetly rocks.:thumb:
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Modding note

Postby TurkishMonky » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:46 pm

BTW, on a side note, the modding community at aoe3.heavengames.com is already releasing mods (soon to add maps) for the demo. Fun fun! I can't wait for the full game!
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Postby Wild Eagle » Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:48 pm

My cousin has the demo. I love it! One question...what is the max level you can go up to for your home city?
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Postby kaji » Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:08 am

Thanks for the link Glitch, I will enjoy checking this out. ^_~
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Postby glitch1501 » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:12 am

TurkishMonky wrote:BTW, on a side note, the modding community at aoe3.heavengames.com is already releasing mods (soon to add maps) for the demo. Fun fun! I can't wait for the full game!



do you think there is a mod to reduce the size of the interface?

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Postby TurkishMonky » Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:43 am

One question...what is the max level you can go up to for your home city?

The max level is 9 with the demo, and 49 with the mod (dont forget to also add the cards above level 10 mod also)
http://aoe3.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?action=ct&f=12,24241,30,10

do you think there is a mod to reduce the size of the interface?

Not currently. Interface size will probably be in the demo verson 1.1 - but that's not coming out until after the game is released (which will be on October 25).
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