All I can say is wow! I'm no video game junkie, but this game is taking away a part of my social life. I spent a freakin 2hrs playing a match earlier today. In any case, does anybody on here play it?

 

Me and my friends were HUGE AOE2 junkies. Like two or three times a week we would play each other (like 1hr games). I would always win. I have the game but haven't had the time to play it. Maybe ill convince my friends to assemble and play again during winter break. Its amazing how you can play AOE for 2 hours and not know that you have been playing for 2 hours. It takes a crazy amount of time for a single game.

 

i can relate to that, i once plated the original grand theft auto for 11 hours, and i had one match in Homeworld last nearly 3 hours once. ahhh good times, how i miss them soo.
(note this was when i was in school and didn't have a licence

 

HUGE aoc player but aoe3 hasen't caught my intrested yet. The online gaming SUCKS or atleast it did a couple weeks ago (buggy as hell, disconnects all the time). I am just waiting for that to die down before I give it another go.

 

THat stupid card thing kinda put me off to the game.

 

cards are great. The game in general feels a bit incomplete. I hate the lack of formations - I lose a lot of battles because it's difficult to organize teh army. I can't get the damn pikemen to protect artillery or use my cavalry to flank the enemy artillery properly