I have played AOE I & AOE II to death, Mainly becuase nav is crap at AOE II and it's one of the few games I will consistantly beat him. At this point its best to say "in your face Hegan!". AOEIII looks the same as its the games before it except now it's all in 3D and you can zoom in to see the tops of you villagers bald patches, for no real reason. So far after coughing up my 34 or what ever it was. I have not lost entire weeks of my life carefully building intricate wall systems around my town, this is all due to a new added feature not in the original two games. The new feature is called "no fun" Pronounced No Fun. In summary i should of drank my 34 ( COOP is still doing an offer on Grolsh mmmm ) . I'd give this game 5 stars out of 34 million does look pretty though, but then so does Lucy Porter.