Age of Empires 3 "Initialization Failed"
So I found the CD set of Age of Empires 3 in a old box and decided to install it on my Windows 10 laptop. The install went fine nothing wrong there, but when I try to start up AoE it will show a screen that has play, uninstall, website and exit as the options. When I click on play it shows the loading screen and then an error pops up that says Initialization Failed. I tried enabling compatibility mode, but that didn't work so I'm here hoping someone else has had the same issue.
Just as a quick clarification, This is not the Steam version (Age of Empires III: Collections), this is the regular CD version (Age of Empires III).
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