AOE or Civilization III?

[kurosawakid]

This area is for nothing but to compare AOE(ages of empires) and Civ III? which one do you think is better? I would agree wit Civ III, but the computer takes a lot of time to move, and in AOE u dont even see the computer move unless its in ur territory!!! Which one do you think is better?

 

[YNCS]

This is a pretty silly question to be asking in the CivFantics website.

 

[Shadow Phoenix]

oh boy. i feel that some angry people are gonna role over you.^_^
of cource Civ3!!! IT GOT NUKES!

 

[Willem]

I don't know how you can even compare the two, they're completely different types of games. You'd be better off comparing AoE to the Command & Conquer games.

 

[cidknee]

I don't know how you can even compare the two, they're completely different types of games. You'd be better off comparing AoE to the Command & Conquer games.

so very true, as a player of all 3... Civ 3 is WAY more addictive and easier to play... since if u leave for 10 min the whole bloody world hasnt ended...

but there is no way to compare them...

 

[kurosawakid]

wow...j/a...a lot of my friends think tat AOE is better. It wasnt ment in a wrong way...

 

[Shadow Phoenix]

Civ 3 is when you go like " OMG I swear I am gonna play just ONE more turn to see how Americans react to that" when its 5:00AM.

 

[Wizardhawk]

I used to love the AoE series. I started about a month after Age of Empires came out, and played all the way through Age of Kings, loved them all. They are totally different tho, real time and turn based. I have to agree that Civ3 is waaaay more addictive tho! I've looked at the clock a couple times playing civ3 to realize it's 4:00 am and I have to be up at 7:00 am .

 

[kurosawakid]

lmfao...very very true shadow phoenix!!!!

 

[bkwrm79]

I'm thinking of getting AOE... just for variety. I prefer and am better at turn-based than real-time, but RTS can be fun too.

Right now I have Civ III, Civ II, Alpha Centauri and Starcraft installed. But I've only been playing Civ III lately.

Return of the King won't work on my puter.

 

[Zavior]

I did once play AoE2 8 hours without breaks
Cant compare, too different games.

 

[AA-battery]

but there is no way to compare them...

You are absolutely correct. Turn based games are very different compared to AoE. But I enjoy playing both games.

 

[microbe]

It's not just "turn-based" vs "real-time".

CIV3 is much more sophisticated. More decisions need to be made. More variaties. And more importantly, the AI is much better.

 

[Pentium]

In AOE in similar games, it's always:
1. build a small defensive army
2. build economy
3. research
4. build large offensive army.
In civ you must develope economy, army and research at the same time

 

[Frollo]

I'm thinking of getting AOE... just for variety.

Try Warcraft III I love it.
The fun thing about it is, while in AoE and C&C you can have hundreds and hundreds of units clashing into each other, in WCIII you have relatively small armies, at most 40-50 units or so. This makes for very intense combat, in which every unit counts and must be used to its fullest potential.
Really, give it a go if you want some variety!

No, I'm not affiliated to Blizzard or anything

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

You can win a RTS by one single way - military. Whether domination, conquest or Kill the King.
Because of that, in any RTS there is only one goal: More units.

If you ask me, incredible boring. Played AoE for about 10h, and had enough. Spent some more time with 'Cossacks', since I liked the historical background more, but it got equally boring. No trades, no diplomacy, no space ship parts, no AI (like if only the military advisor of Civ3 would run the whole game).

That said, I'm biased. Since I got me first pc 12 years ago, I never really enjoyed any game that wasn't turn-based. Not only Civ, but Panzergeneral or Warlord in their incarnations. Out of the RTS field, AoE and Cossacks are surely among the better games. Jut can't stand any other genre that TBS.

 

[Sam3891]

If you like a game where you control small armies and attack other counrtys get AOE but if you like the more stragtigit game where you discover technologys and use resources to build armies and make your cities very cutural getr Civ 3.

 

[sealman]

I like both games but perfer Civ.

The main problem that I have with the AOE/AOK (and probably the upcoming third installment) is that quick reflexes win the game because of the quick pace of RTS games. Whereas Civ does not have that problem.

 

[blackhalo14]

AOE sucks round things... The games last maybe an hour, and there are like 20 techs... There aren't near as many units, and it's real time, not turns, which I have a tremendous hate for.

 

[warpstorm]

I like them both, but I like Civ3 better. I do find that the AOE line is better for a quick multiplayer game than Civ is. Although having said that there are RTSs that I like more.