A 3d age of empires would not replace the old ones, in fact it shouldnt even be compared to the old ones as to which is better. they would be 2 very different styles, 2 very different games under the same theme.
they both have there good points and bad points.
i would like to see a 3d aoe.
sure not as many people would be able to play it due to lack of comp power, but most people would.
are you sure it would be "hard" to control units?
dont you think it might just be 'different' instead of "hard"?
3d aoe would add a bunch of cool things we'd like to see in our 2d aoe's.
missle weapons would be taken to a new level.
you could sneek into a base, hiding behidn trees, walls, and buildings, hoping the person has their camera pointed a different direction.
a great thing would be, building your city on a mountain top would give some pretty easy to understand advantages.
grouping yoru army in a deep vally might get yoru closer to the enemy before being seen.
forests would not be 100% solid everywhere. the first few tiles in would allow small units to move thru. letting you hide some spies to watch enemy movement.
terrain would be more real, catapults would get stuck in mud, different ships would be able to sail different places, fishing ships and scouts could sail up shallow rivers that huge warships would runaground in.
so before you put down a 3d aoe, stop and dont compare it to its 2d parent. think of it as just another game, under the aoe theme. ^_^
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