Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
| Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs | |
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| Developer(s) |
Ensemble Studios (original) MacSoft (port and updates) Robot Entertainment (updates) |
| Publisher(s) |
Microsoft Game Studios (PC) Macsoft (Mac) |
| Series | Age of Empires |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X |
| Release date(s) | Windows:
Mac: |
| Genre(s) | Real-time strategy |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 80/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | A |
| Eurogamer | 6/10 |
| GameSpot | 7.8/10 |
| GameSpy | 4.5/5 |
| IGN | 8.2/10 |
Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs is the first expansion pack for the real-time strategy game Age of Empires III. It was released on October 17, 2006 in the United States. The expansion pack was bundled with the full game of Age of Empires III, called Age of Empires III Gold Edition on September 19, 2006. The Mac version was ported over, developed and published by Destineer's MacSoft Games. The full game for Mac was released on June 12, 2007 in the United States. It was followed by a second expansion pack to the original game called Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties.
There are no major changes to the mechanics to Age of Empires III - players are still expected to gather resources, build armies and send them to attack opponents. Instead, there are a number of new concepts introduced, whilst existing concepts have been expanded.
While the Aztecs have a home city, the Iroquois and Sioux have five members of the Tribal Council: the Chief, the War Leader, the Shaman, the Wise Woman, and the Messenger. They all offer different units, supports, and improvements. The tribal council is present in the game when a native civilization advances in age (replacing the politician system of the European civilizations); the player can select to promote a candidate to the Tribal Council and this confers a bonus on the player. The candidates offer higher bonuses at later ages. Typically the type of bonus remains the same (extra units, bonus resources) and new candidates become available at higher home city levels.
Other additions to the game include new minor native tribes. The Huron replaced the Iroquois, the Cheyenne replaced the Lakota (Sioux) and the Zapotec replaced the Aztec. Other new tribes include the Klamath, the Apache, the Navajo and the Mapuche. The expansion includes 16 minor tribes, compared to the original 12.
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