

The Chinese campaign is a little looser when it comes to accuracy and tells the story of a Chinese treasure ship discovering America at a time predating Christopher Columbus. The Indian series of missions focuses on the Indian Rebellion of 1857. True to Age of Empire form, each campaign is historically accurate and lets you play through a major event in each Nation's past. The real reason to purchase the expansion is the additional campaigns that it provides.

This is a true expansion that includes every mechanic from the original game with upgrades in content and additional game mechanics. All of the other systems are present as well, Home Cities make their appearance again and the Political system returns. Bonus units come with each Wonder, as well as the ability to produce resources and other persistent effects beneficial to the player. In addition to this new feature, every time that a nation advances an age they gain a Wonder that has different benefits. This resource is used to hire foreign troops that they would otherwise not be able to obtain. There is one new resource, 'export' that is available to each of the new Asian Nations.

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Players advance through different technological ages by spending set amounts of resources to gain advances in technology, making available different and more powerful units and buildings. Players will gather resources, build buildings, train up an army and aim to defeat their opponents. This expansion follows the first expansion, War Chiefs, and adds more value to the existing game.Īge of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties plays identically to its parent game. The Expansion brings three new nations, China, Japan and India, into the game as well as several new mechanics, resources and a campaign for each Nation. Microsoft based Ensemble Studios teamed up with Big Huge Games to bring this official expansion for the popular Age of Empire III. Expansion for the popular Age of Empires opens up new Asian nations.
