I'm a fan of settlers 3 and by that I mean only the settlers 3. All parts afterwards to see me no longer.
The Settlers 3 contains everything your heart desires.
All peoples are equally strong and can be obtained only by a perfect playing style and tactical moves by an advantage. It is NOT rock-scissors-paper game!
It is a structure or economic simulation which reached a peak with the war.
Of course, the ravages of time is also left their mark on this game. It requires a new edition of the modern times is adjusted. But that's a completely different topic, because to test for players who take the time to this game, will be delighted.
Try it out!
There are problems with the installation to resolve this issue you have to the Internet only a patch download and compatibility.
It is the 1.60 patch.
You have to distinguish in the version of the game:
Gold Editions AND / OR Amazons extension requires: S3new.exe
STANDARD Version AND / OR MissionsCD extension requires: S3old.exe
For this purpose it needs to Kompatiblitätspatch.
For a more detailed instructions, please Googling!