Good, but not great.
User Rating: 7 | Age of Empires III PC
This game is a sequel, and nothing else. The gameplay is exactly the same as AOE 2, just with different units. The graphics and the audio are the only great part about this game. As artillery blows up a building, it fragments. As shells tear apart enemy lines, bodies fly. As a ship dies, it comes apart. This game has the best graphics I had ever seen at the time of its release. Also, the sound is great. The booms from artillery and cracks from musket shots are all that you would expect.
On to the not great stuff. The storyline is not that original. The single player has all the typical missions, from defend the fortress to kill the convoy.
Each side has a few special units, but not enough for a style of gameplay change. The buildings somewhat look different, but not drastically. 
