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The game supports 4K resolutions and features rebuilt 3D assets.

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition is less a remaster and more an overhaul that makes a deeply flawed game significantly better without fundamentally changing the parts of it that worked.

Rather than view Age of Empires III’s shortcomings as a problem, however, developers Forgotten Empires and Tantalus Media seem to have viewed it as a challenge. Even Ensemble knew this: they tried to change the game’s name before release. Age of Empires III isn’t bad – but it never felt like Age of Empires.

Part of it was the setting: the colonial era just didn’t feel as interesting as the middle ages the Home City mechanics, while good in theory, never really felt good putting deck building into an RTS was weird maps were smaller there were fewer campaigns and civilizations the addition of firearms made melee units almost worthless and while Age of Empires II followed real historical figures like Joan of Arc and El Cid through real battles, Age of Empires III’s campaigns were historical fiction. But when you go from a masterpiece to just fine, disappointment is bound to follow. Part of it was expectation: Age of Empires II is a masterpiece and remains one of the best RTS games ever made. I should know I still have an original copy. Start the Demo, and it will let you zoom out more, like this.When it released in 2005, Age of Empires III was considered something of a disappointment. adjust as necessary.Ħ.) Save and exit out of Notepad (or your text editor). on a slower machine it might drag your game to a halt. IMPORTANT NOTE: Having a zoom that's too far out might be suitable only for high-end computers that can handle all those units on the screen. Find the line that says "MaxZoom=60", and change it to read "MaxZoom=120" (the higher the number, the more you can zoom out. little mishaps may cause strange and interesting things to happen to your game.ġ.) Find the game.cfg file - it should be in Age of Empires 3 Trial/StartUp/game.cfg:Ģ.) Select it, right click on it and select properties:ģ.) Uncheck the "Read-Only" box, then click OK:Ĥ.) Make a copy of the file for backup, just in case the file gets messed upĥ.) Now, open the file in your favorite text editor. Make sure you make a backup copy before you start. so you'd have to mess with the actual Game.cfg file. usually if you need to override directives in Game.cfg, you'd save them in a file called user.cfg in My Documents/My Games/Age of Empires III Trial/StartUp, but for some odd reason I couldn't override the zoom controls from there. there are times when I have an army that wouldn't even fit on my screen (playing at 1024x768 to avoid some misplaced text and bugs) and I couldn't zoom out more - until now. the interface is kinda huge, and buildings are kinda huge.