In Age of Empires 3, the action starts just after the discovery of the New World, with all the major European countries trying to get control of the biggest possible part of this new discovery, with all the riches that this included, and thus the action will continue up to the First World War. What's the story behind the original AOE3? Age of Empires is undoubtedly one of the most important real-time strategy game sagas in the world, and the developers of this franchise (Ensemble Studios) always manage to surprise us with the new features that they include in each new installment.