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As seen on the Today Show!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This computer game was originally shown as one of the top games to buy on the Today Show. It is a great game for teens and adults. Combines fun, statagy and history. Beware, it can be addictive! hee hee.

it is so fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

my step brother let me borrow this game for two weeks and when they were up I didn't want to give it back! this game is so cool. it's actually factual in a fun way too. all of my friends that came over to play it loved it too. it's a good game to get you thinking ahead of time of consequences and using strategies.

What?! It's morning already?!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun and challenging! It's easy to get caught up in the action and lose track of time. I'm guilty of staying up until 4:00 AM playing without realizing how late it was, until I couldn't stop yawning and took the time to look at my watch. My son and I fight over who gets to play the game since we only have one computer that is capable of playing the game.

It's easy to control the characters and easy to build. But watch out! If you don't keep tabs on ALL of your city or empire you can easily be wiped out by other countries. While you may be off on your ships attacking other countries, THEY could be invading your country and killing everyone (learned this the hard way). By the way, the best way to gain more points is NOT to go off attacking other countries; I also learned this the hard way.

The downsides aren't many:
1. When you're in a battle with other ships, they frequently disappear, then come back into view. Puts you at a disadvantage because not only do you not know exactly where they are, but you can't attack them - meanwhile, they're still attacking you.


2. You need to be careful when you tell men to chop down trees, because if you don't tell them to stop, they'll cut down every tree there is, then stand around waiting for you to tell them what else to do.

3. The characters also aren't too swift when it comes to finding their way from point A to point B. Often I'd have characters standing in water because they couldn't figure out that the bridge they needed use to cross over the water was a few feet to the left or right (even though there are other characters have seem to have no problem crossing the water).

4. I'd like to see a delete or bulldoze option so you can tear down something.


The game is not hard to figure out. I always consider my first game session a learning experience, then I take what I learned and expand from there. I love the game! It keeps you busy at all times, never a dull moment. The downsides don't take away from the fun or challenge at all and the graphics are great! Definitely a must buy!

fun game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

this is a fun game i like it a lot but if you are wondering if should buy this game go to Microsoft.com and download the demo it gives you some of the level free.

Awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Age of Empires is the best game in the world! It has great graphics and is a great ovrerall game. It is worth every penny.

fun for you and your friends

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: May 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

it has every thing you whant very good i wold give it 100 stars if you whant a car with a rocket launcher just type bigdaddy don't put any spaces are it won't work type diediedie and all your men will die remaber no spaces darkreign bowmen will turn into trees and can walk in water.

Creative but not interest or new

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: January 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Okay, I got this game for free somehow, actually, my dad did and he gave it to me. So I thought "whoa, cool." I mean, it was a history-based RTS game by microsoft, it had to be good, right? Wrong. The game lacks, it's slow, the gameplay is difficult, there are many unnecessary units that I never used, and the graphics are nothing new. While I was intrigued by the historical aspects of the game, I was quickly bored with the playing of the game itself. As I said it is slow and often I'd become confused with the so-called "diplomacy" in the game which basically sets up undefendable trade routes between you and other civilizations that have to be re-initiated with every level. The oceanic battles are difficult and too easy to lose while the ground battles are more managable but it is nearly impossible to destroy buildings in most levels (you can advance in "ages" (stone, bronze, iron, tool, etc.)) until you get the heavy artillery. They put in making "wonders" which are lame and a waste of resources which are vital and too hard to come by.

So to be short the game is big on storyline but low on game play. I get frustrated and bored vey easily. If you are new to computer games and interested in strategy, so with the Blizzard games or the "Command and Conquer" series (or be old-school like me and buy Risk). This one is just not worth buying.

Oh and if it matters, the music's really good.

Best Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: April 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the best, although there's room forimprovement, like your computer enemies being way more developed whenyou start a game. I disagree with one of the reviews cause AOE's got some of the best cheats - the laser people, a laser shooting car (BIGDADDY), etc. The mist of war is one of the only stupid things in the game. END

An EXCELENT game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: April 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a nice cool game. The view could be a_bit better but you get to choose from some civilitions. you start from the begining of time and you have to make a city with a big army.

Biggie is part right

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: February 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Biggie is part right. Sometimes it is addicting,sometimes it isn't. If you have free time,Biggie,than it isn't addicting,Otherwise this game is a good game to get.

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