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A very glitchy experience

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 17 / 22
Date: March 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game after reading all of the extremely positive reviews comparing AOE to Advance Wars: Dual Strike.

After playing one match (and losing since I didn't read the instructions), I paused and pressed the quit option. My game immediately froze and made a humming sound. After turning it off, the game would NOT restart.

After taking the game back the same night and getting a replacement, I played a 2 hour long battle. But again, when I went to save my progress (and progress points!), the REPLACEMENT game froze and made a humming sound, and also refused to turn on again.

The game had some good qualities and ideas, and an amazing Library feature, all while converting a RTS to a turn based game like Advance Wars. And I know not every person will get a glitchy game or have any negative experiences with theirs. But based on my experience, I cannot give this game any higher than 1 star.

When they work out the bugs ...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 16
Date: March 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I'm about to send back to Amazon my second copy of this game.

When you first get it going in the DS, it's amazing! Graphics, turn-based system, and really fun. But after you complete a mission you normally want to save your game correct??

WRONG!! If you select "Save & Quit" from the options menu it actually shuts the game down, only to never work again! Out of two games I have massed about an hour of game play!

You try to turn it back on and it actually shuts down after the initial load screen. This was curious to me, especially after my second copy did the exact same thing that the first did. I went investigating. According to one of the professional gaming magazines, this is a very COMMON problem with the game. If you select "Save & Quit" it actually damages the game disc, not allowing you to play the game any longer. Unfortunately without the game developers including this little tidbit, you can ruin multiple copies of this game:

***WARNING*** - There is a known fatal error in this game. There can be times where the game will freeze after selecting Save & Quit. DO NOT SHUT OFF THE DS. Doing so will result in fatal corruption of the card and failure to boot. Plug it in, leave it on, and do all you can (mash buttons, leave for hours) to get it to unfreeze. Advice from the developers is to MAKE SURE YOUR PROFILE NAME IS 4 OR MORE CHARACTERS LONG. It appears short names cause this problem. Most players also avoid the Save & Quit option entirely, just to be safe: Instead simply choose "Save", then once saved, turn the DS off.

Good luck to those who buy!!! You may want to keep the above warning taped to your case!!!!!!!!!

Crappy Programming

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: March 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Apart from the fact, that it doesn't match the PC games capabilities, it obviously went into production without proper testing. I have never owned a game before, that crashed so often. I have grown so paranoid about it, that I save virtually every second or third round. Nothing to add.

Majesco Should Be Tarred and Feathered

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: May 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

An incredible game ruined by an incredible glitch. I thought the first one I bought was just a random dud, but the second one was just as bad. All the rumors about this game are true, and if you call the 1-800 number inside the instruction booklet for technical support, no one will answer. The phone just rings and rings. This was my favorite DS game of all time, until the earth caved in and sucked my cartridge into a black hole. Is anyone at Majesco paying attention to these complaints? I'm thirty bucks in the hole because some programmer fell asleep at the wheel. Is there a Majesco technician that can tell me how to get past the black screen on my game to fix my short login name? How about some practical help here, guys? Can you throw us a bone? At least let us know you're listening? Anything? Hello?

Game Froze On First Day - Still Can't Play

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My son received this game for christmas and was only able to get about one hour's worth of play before it froze up. Now when he tries to run the game he only gets a black screen. The manufacturers have to realize that there are major problems with this game and should not be offering it for sale.

Great Game - when it works

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First I will say the gameplay is very addicting, but having to complete missions many times in order to move on because of the save game issue is very frustrating. I have given up on my second cart after experiencing the problems and reading all the reviews on here. I had the exact same issues everyone else did. This in my mind is a recall situation where the game is unplayable to some degree after a very short time playing it, you can't go any further in the game and cannot save any of your missions. Shame on the vendor for not recalling this great game.

DEFECTIVE

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is absolutely awesome...... until it starts to freeze up on you and eventually crashes, unable to be played again.

This is what happened to me. Apparently, I wasn't supposed to "Save and Quit." Otherwise I'd still be playing it hours on end. Had the developers let me know this little tidbit (besides the attached instruction for user profile being more than 3 characters long), I'd have no complaints for the game. No wonder Gamestop had a huge sale on every copy!

If you decide to purchase this game, remember: DO NOT "SAVE & QUIT" during gameplay. Simply "SAVE" your game and turn the DS off.

Good luck to all you who have purchased this game and pray that your money doesn't go wasted... I myself purchased two copies of the game with the same problem...

Do not buy this game!! It locks up and becomes useless!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: July 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Not much else to say. My son liked it...for the three weeks it worked. Locked up and has become unusable. If you search the internet you will find this to be a common complaint. The company will do nothing to help you. I'd probably, given their responses re: these issues, stay away from their other games as well. Bottom line...the product does not work.

WOW! This game sucks.....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: July 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I don't know why it got such high reviews. I was looking for a strategy game similar to Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Well, This Aint It... I bought this thing new at eb and played it for 5 minutes. I never played it again. A total waste of money.... The DS Lite is called that for a reason. It is LIGHT on strategy and RPG games. At least it plays GBA games, making it a worthwile purchase for anyone who doesn't have a gameboy.

A Bit Dissapointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have to admitt one of my guilty pleasures has always been playing Age of Empires. I am still a fan of the original (it is less complex, and allows for a quick short game). I was hoping this version would be similar, however, the entire game has been changed, it is difficult to interact with and frankly I found it quite boring.

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