What I love about this game is the strategy and thinking involved. While you could choose to passively play the game on an easy level, I choose to be challenged. With this, I have to apply lots of basic math skills to be successful and it makes the game rewarding and satisfying. Age 3 is not a new game. It was released in October of 2005, so I have tons of experience with it. A few years ago I played online frequently and I met a lot of interesting people. Surprisingly many were professionals. I met teachers, lawyers, dentists, drafters, artists, and even winemakers. I still have contact with some of them today. They live in locations from Kansas to Brazil to even Greece and New Zealand. In total I played over 1100 games online and held a rank of Major.Today I play casually offline. My wife will sometimes play along on the LAN, but I think she enjoys Titan Quest a touch more.
The basics of the game involve resource gathering and the construction of buildings and the training of units. Conquest is the basic idea, however there are other ways to win. Knowing the intricate system of balance multipliers that units ( musketeers, dragoons, swiss pikemen, samurai, highlanders, etc. ) have and the unique characteristics of Civilizations ( France, Spain, Japan, Sioux, Aztecs, Russians, Ottomans, etc. ) have creates interesting game play and strategy.
Honestly, I think everyone I know would find this game interesting and maybe even try if for themselves. If given an hour I could show how the game can ultimately be entertaining and yet give a sense of being educational. I play Age 3 on my self built computer so it's optimized for playing this. Being able to play this with full effects and physics on widescreen make it better than a cinematic movie. Below are 2 screens from recent play with my wife. Notice how her score is better than mine.
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