The new variety of maps on display was mind-blowing Asian and American landscapes in the same package! The Home City feature, one of my favourite additions to the base game, was expanded on in the new content and balanced to near-perfection. That also means I can be virtual-smug about the the Louisiana Purchase – you’re welcome, Jefferson. They’re way cooler, their revolution was based as hell, and Toussaint Louverture is a bigger chad-daddy than that cuck Napoleon Bonaparte will ever be. You mean to tell me that I can revolt and become a settler nation like South Africa? Actually, I’d rather be Haiti instead. Yankee Doodle Dandy …it’s grown both mechanically and historically since I first became hooked on that base 2005 gem…Īs for the ‘new’ features themselves, they’re utterly remarkable. This was especially the case as soon as I discovered Team Fortress 2 and became its bottom bitch for the next ten years. Obviously, this isn’t the case for the majority of those with fond memories of Age of Empires III my own history with it is based upon a very loose attention span and a distancing from the RTS to be like the cool kids. At its heart, it’s still the Age of Empires III that I grew to enjoy: The combat is still gripping and aesthetically charming, the music still rings with personality, it still looks gorgeous…but there’s more of it! My personal – and limited – experience with the original has created an illusion of the game having mechanically matured alongside me. To return to a game that I remember fondly with all-new stuff to do is an absolutely incredible ride and is something that more remasters should become more comfortable with doing. The most obvious thing about this Definitive Edition is its status as a complete collection of the original game’s content, including those expansions that I never played. So, to have it return now as Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition is an experience in new perspectives – in more ways than one. Only LAN parties and the occasional taste of nostalgia lured it back onto my hard drive.
Digressions aside, Age of Empires III stayed in the back of my brain for more than a decade. The FPS was the kingmaker by now, and this rung especially true after 2007 saw Call of Duty 4 explode onto the scene. It was at this time that interest in the RTS was waning, on both a personal and cultural level. 2006’s expansion The WarChiefs and its 2007 successor The Asian Dynasties were never touched by my feeble teenaged hands, their added features remaining buried. But there’s a kicker to my story with III: While it was a well-received game at the time, it’s today generally dismissed as the inferior brother of 1999’s stone-cold classic Age of Empires II. Its graphical fidelity, even on my rubbish computer, was astonishing.
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An early obsession with British history led me to beeline straight to Redcoat-filled armies and free villagers from houses. Stephen Rippy’s score, like every other in the series, nestled itself amongst the earworms that still nest in my head.
The historical setting drew my attention, sparking a now-tempered love affair with the European colonisation of the Americas. In my formative years, Age of Empires III was a game that I returned to quite a bit.
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