The game works well. Ignore the negative ratings.

It's easy to install but might not make sense to inexperienced users. Simple instructions explained step by st ep: ----1. Unrar. You will get 4 folders- AOEIII dvd, Asian Dynasties, Warchiefs, and CR ACK. --2. Open the AOEIII dvd folder first. Inside you'll find the "setup" application. Double click it to start the game installation. Serial key is DXR32-X44M7-CYTCX -P6H6P-97CPG. --3.Once it's done installing, leave it alone and move onto the Asian Dynasties fo lder. Run the setup inside. Serial is KDJMG-PF9JB-BYQ3V-H697Q-CWGHC. --4. You're done with that one now. Run the setup inside Warchiefs. Serial is RLD1 2-XTBWA-RLD13-MDFKA-RCTJP. --5. Now we're down to the crack folder and shouldn't need the others. Inside the crack folder are 3 more that correspond to the game and its 2 expansions. These 3 folders contain a patch (or "update") for each game, as well as a NO CD crack that allows you to play without a disc. We're only PATCHING and bringing the gam e up to date now. Don't worry about the cracks yet. --6. Remember- we'll only be working within the CRACK folder now. Go inside the AO EIII PATCH folder and you'll see an application called "aoeIII 112 english" or s omething to that effect. That's the patch. Double click it and it should set its elf up on its own. It should only take a few seconds and not require any changes or input from you other than saying yes. It will finish and say that it's been updated or already up to date. Good. --7. Now go into the ASIAN DYNASTIES folder and you'll find another similar applic ation inside. Repeat the process of running it and letting it finish. --8. Now go into the WARCHIEFS PATCH folder and run the third and last patch. All of the patches should say that the game has been updated or is up to date now. --9. We patched the game, but now we need to make it playable without the disc. Th is is what the "no cd" folders were that you've been seeing. We're still in the CRACK folder, so go into AOEIII PATCH folder. In that is the nocd folder. In THA T is your crack file. Copy (or drag) the file (or files) to where the game insta lled- if you let it install itself it will be C:Program filesMicrosoft GamesAge of Empires III- and drop the files in there. It will ask if you want to overwrit e them. Say yes. You have cracked the main game. --10. Now do the same thing with the expansions- go to the ASIAN DYNASTIES PATCH f older as well as the WARCHIEFS PATCH folder, enter each one's nocd folder, and c opy or drag the contents into the Age of Empires III install folder on your comp uter, overwriting everything it asks you to. And don't worry about the NFO files that are called pwz or whatever, those are just unimportant information documen ts. --Basically all you did here was install the game and its expansions one by one, P ATCHED them one by one, and then CRACKED them one by one. Now you're done, go pl ay! --Confirmed working just fine on Win7 32 bit.