Age of History 3 Reviews

I think i finally figured out why i dont like the game (Well besides all of the AI stuff) AOH 2 Was the perfect amount of Simplicity. It had some challenge to it so it wasnt just a map painter but it wasn't overtly complex meaning it was a great Second Screen Game to just have a casual strategy round. Now AOH 3 Implemented so many new mechanics and systems that it fell out of that comfort zone of being a casual strategy game. It sits somewhere between AOH 2 and EUIV its too complex to be a good casual game but too simple to rival Paradox games leaving it in this sort of Limbo where i think to myself that i could either play EUIV or AOH2 at that moment

Kind of a snowball simulator, you start, get a lot of buildings, take stuff, get a lot of buildings, take stuff, get a lot of buildings until eventually you are more powerful than an intergalactic empire stuck on purely earth. Don't get me wrong, the game is fun, until you eventually learn the mechanics. then it's easy even on the legendary difficulty. AoH2 was better in a lot of ways, this game on the other hand is either 1) tedious or 2) way too easy overall ranking -> 6/10 barely giving you a reccomendation

The AI is so terrible it makes this game almost not worth playing Diplomacy in this game is also a massive downgrade from AOHII

I'm Quite Disappointed until now, what made AoH2 good was the simplicity and the focus on Soldiers and military, in this game however, i noticed there is no focus on any sector, military has become a headache to deal with, the economy doesn't make sense, and everything takes a very long period of time, I Would've much preferred an update to AoH2 compared to this, the whole system became different and the interface is complicated and annoying to deal with. AoH2 was unique, because if you wanted a harder game, there are too many out there, like HOI4 or EU4 which are professionally created, but no "simple" game was as good as AoH2 or as light in terms of PC Load. I Don't know, maybe i'll change my mind soon, but this game is nowhere as fun as the previous one.

Not as deep as other grand strategy titles out their but definitely provides the most freedom out of all that I have played so far. If you want a sandbox strategy game where you can mess around while still having a cohesive play through AoH3 is for you

I'd say this game is more like a side-grade to AOH2. While the economy and army management feels more in-depth than the last game, things like diplomacy and customization (through the in-game editor) feels like they got the shaft, with some features being incomplete or not working as intended, or just straight-up missing from this game. The game definitely needs some more QOL features as well, like pausing the game when a country declares war on you so that you're not caught off guard on 5x speed and the AI occupies half your land because you had to look away from the screen for a moment to take a stretch or grab something behind you, or not getting dragged into a war because a 3 nation alliance declares war on your small 3 province vassal and because only the primary attacking/defending nation gets to make peace you don't get anything in the peace treaty nor are you able to opt out if you don't want to be in the war with previously non-hostile nations, and other things. Even though I've just been complaining about small little pet peeve stuff, I still like the game. It tickles that part of my brain that wants a grand strategy game that is also relatively customizable and doesnt run at 2 fps during late game (looking at you paradox), and is something I can play in short spurts. There are some bugs and glitches, but they're few and far between and I've played entire campaigns without experiencing any. Some things I hope lukasz considers adding in the future are A) more diplomatic options, like trade agreements, coalitions, ultimatums, peacefully annexing vassals, etc., B) expanding and enhancing the editor to give us more options, like custom events, custom religions, custom cultures, custom technologies, custom events, custom everything. And C) Keeping customization confined to the game itself. I understand that most all of the things I mentioned before are possible through messing with the game's files, but fiddling with the files can be tedious and even confusing at times with how it works. Being able to do everything via the in-game editor without having to have multiple file explorer tabs open would be much more player-friendly.

Great successor to AoH II. The war mechanics are simple, yet fun. I'm not just building shit for like 30 turns and spamming troops, and the scenarios are way better. Me like.

The game is completely unplayable; you could be Ottomans against Naxos and you'd still lose because the game hates you. The army composition system is incomprehensible, and you spend all of your time being bullied by other, smaller states. Lukasz is completely out of touch with what made AoH2 good, and it shows A LOT. You can only have 2 alliances, your neighbor states are programmed to target you and you specifically, and you get ZERO chance to fight back because the AI gets alliances with extremely powerful neighbor states while you can barely get friendly relations with literally any state. Don't even bother with this game until it's actually worked through properly and balanced, instead buy AoH2, EU4, HoI4, or literally any other grand strategy game that isn't this one.

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unpolished unfinished this game feels like someone going "you know what would be cool?" and then putting it in without really thinking twice about it all the ideas are there but none of it adds together to make a complete package you can just ignore most mechanics in the game and do the same thing every time and win i really gave this game a chance i wanted it to be good