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Summary: Pretty Good, Could Be Better!
Review: This an overall good game. The problem is that it is the same as every other Age of Empires game, the only difference is that the buildings are a little bigger and more 3D. Other wise the scenarios aren't that hard. The game is not very hard to learn. You just have to glimpse through the instruction manual. So you should buy this game if you liked the other Age of Empire games.
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Summary: One of the best of all time.
Review: Age of Empires is one of the best games off all time. You can be one of 12 civilizations all with diffrent advanges and disadvanges. There are many diffrent units and with diffrent civs you can get diffrent units. I would highly recommend this game to everyone.
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Summary: Huzzah the Age of Kings!
Review: This is the well borne out sequel to AOE and ROR. For those who are not innate strategists, managers or turbo charged Type A's (or closet dictators), you will hate this game. Luckily for those of us (chicks like me included) who thrive on the challenges posed, this game provides hours of fun. Infinitely more complex (make sure you know your Civ's Tech Tree!)than the simple and elegant AOE/ROR, it's a race to get the right mix of resources and army before your opponent comes and beats the living daylights out of you (hint: ALWAYS PLAY DEFENSIVELY). Yes, it may be a handful especially as you get up to the hard/hardest modes but who wants to spend forty bucks on something that you can figure out in a couple of hours. The scenarios alone are worth the price of admission. Overall, a strategy game well worth the box price (added bonus is the history that you can brush up on...at least for those of us who are history buffs). Online bouts are challenging and fun...4000+ on line players on MSN The Zone can't be wrong. In addition, at any given time, you may be playing against/teaming with people from Brazil, Finland, Israel, Japan and Germany...now how's that for improving world relations! I eagerly await the Age of Kings - The Conquerors- upgrade this fall. What are you waiting for, get up and buy it!
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Summary: All thumbs down!
Review: This game totally s****, when I bought it I thought It will be better.When I installed and started to play it, then I have found out thatthe buildings are so sick and big that you cant see your guys! There is not a lot of civiliazation's for this game only 13, I mean for Poland they put Goths that live somewhere in the Balkans! That is so messed up! Dont buy this game, it is totally messed up you will only loose your money. Another thing is that its impossible to beat all the scenerios on even medium! Thats insane! This game is too complicated and hard, and you always dont have enough of food! Please people dont buy this game. I would rate this a big zero...
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Summary: Harder
Review: AOE2 is much harder than the first. I am a DM player that plays online and am used to being able to rush within a few minutes and winning. AOE 2 is different, it's an awesome game but hard to rush.
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Summary: Slightly disappointing.
Review: Don't get me wrong, I'm one of the biggest fans of AoE 1 and Rise of Rome but I didn't like this sequel. First of all, maybe I bought a beta version or something, but why is it that when a Monk moves... abracadabra... he turns back into our well-known priest from AoE 1? Is it that the programmers were too lazy to reprogram the game fully? Again, it could just be that my version had bugs in it but it is still suspicious and VERY annoying... this happens with other infantry units as well. Also, I don't see all that much difference when compared to the original, in fact whenever they have changed something it is usually for the worse... it now costs loadsa times more to research new units (I know they are trying to be realistic but c'mon...) Anyone who's thinking of adding this to their collection should go for the first two titles, they are definately better....
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Summary: Gaming excellency
Review: I had been a die-hard fan of AOE for about a year and a half before AOE2 hit the shelves. I didn't pick it up until about March but I loved this one twice as much as the first and here's why: (1) Unlike the first, AOE2 offers you the ability to garrison units which is great for an ambush. (2) AOE2 also offers players the ability to place units in formations such as the box, staggered, etc. (3) New scenarios which actually help players learn to craft and fine-tune their skills. (4) The ability to save a multi-player game. How many times have you been in an awesome two hour game when something comes up; no more. (5) Great new customizable scenario building tools that make it more fun then ever. (6) Castles, Unique Units, and all the other new buildings and techs. (7)Trading from the market- a simple way to trade for that 200 gold for the easy castle from the feudal age. (8) Recorded games- a great way to fine-tune your skills by learning from a master. (9)More Random Maps for total playability. (10) Right-Click farming, ah, that is what get's me on this game. Before you had to click a villager click the build, etc. No more! Just right-click the farm, saves you plenty of much-needed playing time. Age of Empires 2 outdoes its predecessor by far and becomes highly addictive and playable day after day after day.
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Summary: Microsoft and Ensemble does it again...
Review: This game is bears a tremendous amount of fun. It's complicated, but only for newbies. Experienced players know that this game is about 90% strategy. I got bored with some games, but as I was looking through the CD rack I thought I'd give AOK a try. I hadn't played with it in a long time. I had more fun than I ever did with it and possibly any other PC game. The price may be high, but it is a must buy. One of my top 5.
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Summary: Age of coolness!
Review: i got aoe2 for my birthday and that was about two weeks before christmas, when i got my christmad presents i thoguht this was better than them! i have played the otherr aoe games and none are like this one, there are more civs, 12 i think weapons upgrades and scenarios like joean of arc. so have fun playing this game and go buy it!
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Summary: Age of Empires II, The Best War-Sim Ever Made
Review: Age of Empires II definetely executes the sole purpose of simulating an upbringing of a middle-age civilisation. It has excellent quality sound, as every civilisation has their own unique language. For example, if you tell a villager to chop wood, they will say something and this game has great effects when it comes to war. When archers shoot arrows, or when bombard towers shoot canons, or when a ship shoots a canon-ball that lands in the water(kerplunk).There are up to 13 civilisations, all with their own UNIQUE units. There is some twist to this game with military units. Certain units have special stregth against others. For example, pikeman are excellent against any cavalry, especially elephants. There is NO civilisation that has an advantage over ALL the others. You can create stylish-buldings such as Castles, Universites, Monestaries, Stables, Blacksmiths, WONDERS(Very Neat)and MANY others. Units consist of Pikeman, Paladins, unique units(Woad Raiders, Cho KU NU, Samurai etc.), monks, and SO MANY more. And each civilisation has their own unique architecture style and wonder. Very good factor of this game that captures the eye. Aoe2 is very easy to pick up, although it may seem complicated at first with so many different building options and other strange buttons. But AOE2 definetly fixes that with a Learning Campaign that definetely can make you an Intermediate player in an hour or so. Multiplayer on the MSN Gaming Zone, is excellent. You can chat with your opponents, and it supports up to 8 people from anywhere in the world. Fascinating. If you want to get good FAST, I suggest learning from your opponents here. All in all, AOE2 is a great-game for a person with excellent war-strategy mind, and love for history as Age of Kings gives accurate history as well. Do you have what it takes to bring your civilisation to the top?
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