I played the first two for 7 years... have a 388 / 28 - Win / Loss in my last year playing 8 man Free-For-Alls (Which usually ended up being 7 vs 1... me

). Most play 1 vs 1 or 1 team vs 1 team... I liked the challenge
Then Age Of Myth came out and I lost interest... I didn't like the restrictions of Home Bases and the ever getting wierd extra powers of soliders and mythical creatures... so I stopped playing...
Did try playing AOE3 after a few years off... but it was more for fun and only for about 4 months (once again - they had that whole restriction of Bases... and when trying to play 8 man FFA you need more than just one base...)
So now I play Pirates