Whenit was updated in 2013 that's when the AI showed heavy improvement (and more recently, 2019 with AoE2DE). AoE3's AI was first made just under 15 years ago, so I believe we can expect a much smarter AI, if not better than AoE2DE at least comparable. TechnicalSurround. • 4 yr. ago. Ageof Empires III: Definitive Edition will be digitally enhanced and bring exciting new features while remaining loyal to its original format, providing players with an even better gaming experience. Age of Empires established itself as one of the industry's best RTS franchises way back in the mid to late 1990s. Thecolonial era that Age of Empires 3 focused on introduced a handful of indigenous civilizations, but it didn't exactly have the best representation. Related: What Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition Changes From The Original. Despite being a historical game, Age of Empires 3 shies away from any hard topics, including colonization and Ageof Empires II: Definitive Edition. I can recommend Spirit of the Law's AoE 2 vs AoE 3 video on that topic. Watch Aussie Drongos reaction to it if you want to have the pov of a AoE 3 player as well Age 3 (the original) is good the DE of the original Age if you want to play with the romans , greek , sumerian #14. Vladimir Putin Originalis better, FAR better. The Definitive edition has been a major failure. A flop. It has actually worse graphics and is terribly optimised. Most people have already refunded it, stick to the Original! Yeah Published Oct 14, 2020 Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition For those whose eyes have already turned to the promise of Age of Empires IV, the remastered version of the most divisive Thenew AI will cheat less (if at all; AoE2 DE AI does not cheat on any level) and will take advantage of their civ's full tech tree (apparently the original AoE3 AI completely disregarded certain units/techs/buildings even when they would be advantageous in a given lineup). The devs said that the AI definitely is playing a lot smarter. Therelease of a Definitive Edition as well as expanding to the Xbox Game Pass audience has brought in a new influx of players to the game, despite its original release dating back to 2005. One Additionalcomment actions. AOE 2 HD is still better overall. After almost 2 years since it’s released with a lots of patches, AOE DE is fine to play now. It has better graphics & features borrowed from AOE 2 & 3. Campaigns are boring. Better play against AI. Multiplayer is ok but too few rooms. you’ll encounter the same players again and svenossAug 20, 2019 @ 9:15pm. 4K is available since High resolution patch came on voobly with the original version of the game (released in 1999), all the newer versions are just bugged and have bad network. Microsoft abandonned age of empires 2 around 2004 because they said the servers were too expensive. XVqdH.