Age of empire 3.

The Wat Chiefs.

Following the success with Age of Empires 3, this expansion pack to this popular real time strategy (RTS) game offers three new playable Native American civilizations. Apart from the lush flora and fauna in three dimensional (3D) graphics, the new version remains relatively the same except for theintroduction of the three tribes - out of which the two known so far are the Iroquois and the Sioux.

The Iroquois tribe unlike their European counterparts can build war huts and harvest gold, wood and food as resources. The versatile nature of the huts allows them to act as both defence posts and training grounds. Other enhancements include the - religiously stimulated Iroquois dance around their ceremonial fire pit can invoke supernatural assistance from the ancestors depending on the nature of the dance. The dance of fertility speeds up unit production where as the alarm trance summons warriors temporarily.

The Sioux, which make their historic appearance much later than the Iroquois, are a race that mastered the horse. Hence one can expect a horde of Red Indian cavalry armed with guns in this phase. The campaigns story attempts to recreate history that revolves around the Indians during the rebirth of America, featuring some of the war chiefs from that era and also resuming the legacy of the Black family, which formed the basis of Age of Empires 11/. The war chiefs have special abilities such as converting guards at a treasure site from foe to friend, and their presence raises the morale of their troops.

The game's graphic details are pretty much the same, and considering the standard set in the Age of Empires 3, a graphical upgrade is not required at all.

_{source Spider Mag.}