Age of Empires III is my most played computer game for good reason. It is entertaining and has better combat than the other games with the introduction of guns and warships. I also love the chaos when you use cheats and make hundreds of soldiers spawn. I would only say that compared to the other games, empires 2 has better CPU ai. In this one, CPUs will not attack at all until you get to the final ages which kind of defeats the purpose.