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[JB_Xyooj]

Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties is the upcoming second expansion pack to the award-winning Age of Empires III being developed by Ensemble Studios, developer of Age of Empires III; and Big Huge Games, developer of Rise of Nations. Besides the New World, players will now get to play in Asia as well. The three Asian civilizations will have 15 new wonders, which will be the equivalent of aging up for the European civilizations. The game will also have three new campaigns consisting of five scenarios each, each campaign focusing on one of the new Asian civilizations.[2] The game will be released on October 23, 2007, around the tenth anniversary of the first installment of the Age of Empires series.[3]

http://en.wikipedia....Asian_Dynasties

India — Has no villager cards, but gets one villager with each shipment. [4] All non-shipped villagers will cost wood instead of food. From the military standpoint, there will be several different types of War Elephants, including the Mahout, along with Sepoys as an infantry unit, and artillery units such as cannon mounted elephants. Their wonders will be the Agra Fort, the Taj Mahal, the Karni Mata, the Tower of Victory and the Charminar Gate.[5] One of India's monks will ride an elephant and heal units in combat.[6]

China — Has migration cards that allows them to spawn one villager at each town center and village (Chinese house).[4] Only gets one monk to start with.[6] According to some screenshots, the Chinese will be specialized in ballistic and artillery, with units including the Chu-ko-nu (also seen from Age of Empires II), Manchurian cavalry and riflemen, and a flamethrower unit. The Chinese will also have a higher population limit than all the other civilizations. It is confirmed that they will not be able to train individual units, but instead, "Banner Armies", from the War Academy, which is a combination of the Barracks, the Stable, and the Artillery Foundry. Banner Armies are a combination of two different units in one package. The "Old Han Army" is a combination of Qiang Pikemen and Chu Ko Nu archers.

Japan — Can only ship a 2 villager card in the first age, but can send it twice. They also have the Hatamoto Samurai, a very powerful samurai unit that commands other units. They also have the Daimyo unit, which is like a walking Fortress, in the fact that it can continually train troops and artillery during battle. [4]They cannot gather food via herding or hunting, but build shrines around huntable and herdable animals to gain a food trickle, they may still fish. Their wonders are the Great Buddha, the Toshogu Shrine, the Golden Pavilion, the Torii Gates and the Shogunate, which grants the player a Daimyo. As a special advantage, most cards in the Japanese Home City may be sent twice. They have expensive but powerful military units, the backbone of their armies is the Samurai unit.

Official AOE 3 Asian Dynstaty trailer


AOE 3 Asian Dynasty for the WIN!!! WOOT!!!

[squid]

no offense...but among all the games i got...AOE3 is the least played one for me...I'm waiting for Medieval2 Kingdoms instead...but will buy both of them anyway.

[JB_Xyooj]

no offense...but among all the games i got...AOE3 is the least played one for me...I'm waiting for Medieval2 Kingdoms instead...but will buy both of them anyway.

" then... why are you here?... XD
Did you get Medevial Total War 2?

[JiG]

Awesome, looks cool.

[General_Zhaoyun]

Cool.. looking forward to this game.

[jebusrocks]

Once again; America has decided to ignore Korea >_<

[Qing Feng]

At first glance, I thought this was the AoE3 thread I started a while ago; the thread title even has the exact same typo *_*

Here's a link to a gameplay trailer for the Chinese:
http://www.gametrail...ayer/23676.html

I think it will be interesting to use the Flying Crow artillery, as well as the flamethrower. Any CHFers here that know anything about these two weapons? I tried searching 'Flying Crow' in CHF, but none of threads seemed to talk about artillery. As for the flamethrower, I thought it was going to be the Huo Qiang, but looking at the trailer, I'm having my doubts as to if the flamethrower is the Huo Qiang.

The single player campaign for China is based on the 1421 hypothesis. Although the idea of China getting to the New World is rather far-fetched, I wonder how the game developers are going to make it feel 'believable', if at all.

Once again; America has decided to ignore Korea >_<

Ignore Korea? The Korean civilization is actually in the first two Age of Empires games, and you never know, the Koreans might make an appearance in the third game, albeit not in a role similar to its role in the first two AoE games. Of course, I'm not a spokesperson for whoever makes Age of Empires, so I guess all we can do is dream.

~QF

[jebusrocks]

Nah; Korea is always added in the expansion in American games.. sadly THIS IS THE EXPANSION; so I doubt Korea will be added. I always wanted to play a new version of Hwachas or Turtle Ships

[General_Zhaoyun]

Nah; Korea is always added in the expansion in American games.. sadly THIS IS THE EXPANSION; so I doubt Korea will be added. I always wanted to play a new version of Hwachas or Turtle Ships

I thought they included Korea and Turtleships in Age of Empire 2.

[JiG]

I thought they included Korea and Turtleships in Age of Empire 2.

Yea they did. Korea is in plenty of other strategy games like Rise of Nations, Civilization. From my experience there is really only 4 oriental countries or peoples that put into strategy games: China, Japan, Mongolia and Korea.

Edited by JiG, 04 October 2007 - 12:38 AM.

[JB_Xyooj]

Once again; America has decided to ignore Korea >_<

In most RTS game base on world civilization... India has always been ignored.

[TMPikachu]

China's scenario lets them discover America ala 1421, coool


though I saw an add for this game in the back of an EGM, I just thought "man thats some crappy art"

The Indian guy had goofy claws, the Chinese and Japanese guy looked like their armor was made out of thin cloth.
Ok brigandine I can imagine being misrepresneted that way... but samurai armor has been well known in Age of Empires for decades :0

that was just one add though...


hmmm, checking website

The Meteor Hammer is a Chinese heavy cavalry unit that wields the deadly meteor hammer chain weapon, which causes great damage to siege units. Classified as a martial arts chain weapon, the meteor hammer evolved from ancient Chinese hunting weapons and basically consists of two weights connected by a rope or a chain. It offers an unparalleled level of speed when striking, and can be utilized in different attack styles-- thrown, swung, or whipped-depending on the conditions of the battlefield.

whoah, hahah, cool.

The Changdao is a Chinese swordsman unit that wields a long, straight blade, making it powerful against cavalry. The long sword known as "changdao" was actually a Chinese modification of a Japanese design carried by wokou pirates of the sixteenth century. The famed Chinese pirate fighter, General Qi Jiguang, is said to have taken the existing Japanese odachi sword, lengthened it, and straightened its curve, creating a blade that was over three feet long and ideal for repelling cavalry.

hmmm, guess these guys don't know about Song dynasty zhanmadao


hmmm, just reading the description, it seems whoever wrote about China knows more/likes Japan more anyways, hahah

The Iron Troop is a Chinese mercenary unit that has a bonus against heavy infantry and light cavalry. The mighty iron troops were the brainchild of Koxinga, the Ming military leader and man responsible for ousting the Dutch from Formosa, now Taiwan, in 1662. These tough soldiers were the most elite of all military recruits, and they wore metal masks, armor, and often painted their faces to frighten and discombobulate enemy soldiers.

Kongxia's Irontroops, cool!

I wonder if they roll across the ground to attack (more authentic!)

Edited by TMPikachu, 24 October 2007 - 02:12 PM.

[KevinX94]

I hate how in every Western war game the Chinese faction is always the brute force or mass production side, in this case with the banner armies.

[Liang Jieming]

I think it will be interesting to use the Flying Crow artillery, as well as the flamethrower. Any CHFers here that know anything about these two weapons? I tried searching 'Flying Crow' in CHF, but none of threads seemed to talk about artillery.

Try these threads.

http://www.chinahist...?showtopic=4852

http://www.chinahist...p?showtopic=964

http://www.chinahist...?showtopic=2076

http://www.chinahist...?showtopic=4320

http://www.chinahist...p?showtopic=422

http://www.chinahist...showtopic=12673

http://www.chinahist...showtopic=13254

http://www.chinahist...?showtopic=5206

Which should cover everything on Chinese Artillery including Flying Crows and Flamethrowers on top of the Xuanfeng, Hudun, Sijiao, Chuangzi Nu, Lian Nu, Zhuge Nu etc....

Cheers,
Jieming

[Qing Feng]

Which should cover everything on Chinese Artillery including Flying Crows and Flamethrowers on top of the Xuanfeng, Hudun, Sijiao, Chuangzi Nu, Lian Nu, Zhuge Nu etc....

Cheers,
Jieming

Ah, thank you! These threads helped very much, although I wonder why I couldn't seem to find those threads when I performed the search function.

In any case, have any Age of Empires 3 fans picked this expansion pack up and tried it out? I'm seriously tempted to buy the Age of Empires 3 game and both expansions, instead of waiting for Age of Empires 3 to be bundled with all expansions. But apparently, after reading various sources on The Asian Dynasties, I'll most likely wait until most balance issues are settled.

~QF