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| Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs Expansion Pack | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $14.99
You Save: $5.00 (25%)
New (41) Used (9) from $8.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 1736
Platform: Windows Xp
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.2
MPN: df7-00001
Model: DF7-00001
UPC: 882224259880
EAN: 0882224259880
ASIN: B000HCQJZQ
Release Date: October 17, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Why we should get this game? November 3, 2006
4 out of 22 found this review helpful
Age of empires 3 had been a great hit on microsoft and Ensemble studios online, made players enjoy a stratejic way of playing style and controling your empire, you had been to choose thorugh out 9 civ,
But, why should we get the new Expansion "THE WAR CHIEFS",
I belive that Microsoft has been focusing more on the Native settlements then the main Civ, For the great lovers of AOE 3, This Game is just the like the new update, so GO ahead and buy it, it will be worth your money.
PCE YALL MY username: NYGladiator and i have the game so ask me if you want to play
Why we should get this game? November 3, 2006
2 out of 19 found this review helpful
Age of empires 3 had been a great hit on microsoft and Ensemble studios online, made players enjoy a stratejic way of playing style and controling your empire, you had been to choose thorugh out 9 civ,
But, why should we get the new Expansion "THE WAR CHIEFS",
I belive that Microsoft has been focusing more on the Native settlements then the main Civ, For the great lovers of AOE 3, This Game is just the like the new update, so GO ahead and buy it, it will be worth your money.
PCE YALL MY username: NYGladiator and i have the game so ask me if you want to play
Great X-Pak to a great game! October 18, 2006
27 out of 34 found this review helpful
It's obvious that Mr. RTS doesn't know what an X-Pak is, so I will explain it. To clarify to all those out there who don't know what X-Paks are:
An Expansion Pack adds to existing features by adding new content. Not new features, not new physics.
Even then, Warchiefs adds new content AND new features. From the three new Indian civs that play remarkably different from each other and from the europeans to the addition of needed units for various strategies, to new maps, new play types, new victory conditions, new no-rush abilities...the list of new content and features for Warchiefs is enough to fill several pages.
In short, if you like Age of Empires 3, you need this expansion pack. Even if you don't like Age 3, this X-Pak may possibly bring you around. Age 3 is a great addition to the series and this is almost as fine an X-Pak as the Conquerers was for Age2.
Warning: It comes with several new bugs, but unlike what the previous reviwer stated, it actually fixes several problems (Ott endless barracks glitch, German settler wagon pathfinding issues to name a few) from Age3. Buy it, play it, get it patched, and you'll find this is beyond a brilliant game.
 last guy is an idiot October 17, 2006
11 out of 43 found this review helpful
IT HASNT EVEN COME OUT YET! WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT! sure there is the demo but demos are never representitive ofthe actual game, geez
 Very buggy, and almost no new features, Worst "Age" Expansion ever released. October 17, 2006
17 out of 71 found this review helpful
I am a big fan of the "Age" games and I am very sorry to report that
the War Chiefs Expansion is the worst "Age" Expansion ever released.
The War Chiefs Expansion offers mostly new content and almost no real new features.
No only that, all the existing bugs from Age of Empires 3 were not fixed, and were passed to the expansion.
In addition to that the biggest missing feature from Age of Empires 3 - playing Custom Scenarios Online, is not included in the expansion.
Numerous Scenario Editor's bugs that were reported to Ensemble were not fixed either.
As I said before, I played Age of Empires 3 for hundreds of hours.
In general it is a good game but the bugs are just very annoying, and it gets worse the more you play the game.
You would expect the expansion to fix all the problems, but instead they were ignored.
They went ahead and added new campaign and 3 new civilizations and few extra units and that the most of it.
If you buy the expansion you won't notice much difference when you compare it to the original game.
Ensemble advertise their "powerful scenario editor" but fail to mention that they are not supporting the editor, and that they are not planning to fix any of its bugs.
The scenario may be powerful, but it is extremely buggy and very user UNfriendly.
The list of existing bugs that were carried over to the expansion is very long.
Here is a short sample:
1.Online "Drop bug" - players can drop in purpose when they loose.
2.Gathering point for releasing combat units from war ships doesn't work.
3.gathering point for remote mines and trees doesn't work, as the settlers arrive at the remote location but don't gather resources.
4.Attack move doesn't work when you click (left click or right click) on any enemy building.
5."Out of Sync" error in the middle of online games is still an issue one year after the game was released.
6. The "2 minute resign" bug - players can resign within two minutes from an online game and suffer no impact on their rating.
7. Numerous bugs with Walls (too long to get into).
8. Mortars don't attack buildings when they are in range unless they are instructed to do so.
9. Very often you cannot release a large number of units from a ship in one time.
10. "Obstruction Radius" bug - There is a bug with the obstruction radius of War Ships that makes them overlap with each other.
11. 2V2 in "Quick Search" online doesn't work. The option is there, the players are there, but you will never get a 2V2 match no matter how long you wait.
12. It is not possible to create a gate when there are units standing next to that wall segment.
13. Ships that carry units or train units cannot release the units unless their nose is all the way at the shore.
14. The AI has many issues and limitations, yet it was not improved at all.
15. Online games are very laggy, especially the 2V2 games.
In the past year Ensemble released 9 patches with emphasize on "Balance" changes instead of bug fixing.
There is also the issue of One CD Key per game.
Many fans complained about that.
Once a player creates an online account, he cannot change it, delete it or reset it.
Only one online account can be created per game.
As mentioned above the AI in the War Chiefs expansion is so stupid that it is very easy to beat it even on "Hard".
It is even more stupid than the regular game.
Also this game that is all about Rushing. Turtling and Booming are not viable strategies in the War Chiefs expansion.
These three strategies supposed to counter each other, but not in this game.
Defensive structures are very weak in the War Chiefs making "Rushing" the best strategy, even against "Turtling".
Outposts are good only against ships and cavalry, but very weak against infantry and artillery.
Walls can be taken down easily due to their low hit points.
Only one Fort is allowed and we can not rebuild it if it is taken down.
As a result "Rushers" have an advantage, as "Rushing" counters "Booming" as well as "Turtling".
The War Chiefs expansion is all about new content such as a new campaign, 3 new civilizations, and a few new units for the other civilizations, that's it.
The "Treaty" game type is just a new "no rush" map option to accommodate players who like to play "No Rush" games .
The "Trade Monopoly" is very similar to the "Wonder" type game that was included in previous "Age" games, so it is not really a new feature.
That is all there is in this expansion.
Almost no new features, no new physics, just some new content, that is all.
In addition to that, all the bugs from the original game are still there.
So save your money for other games such as Rise of Legends, Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth 2, and Company of Heroes.
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