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Fun game but buggy multiplayer

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: October 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

At home, we have several Mac computers hooked up to a simple Ethernet LAN. I have tried changing many settings, but 90% of all multiplayer games between any 2-3 Mac computers have failed to stay connected for the entire game. Otherwise a fun game, and I enjoyed the single player scenarios.

Fun... but for how long?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Like all the Age of Empires games, this one has its flaws- however, it is without a doubrt the best title in the AoE series. The addition of walls and garrisoning puts it far above the originals, the several added civilizations puts it above Age of Empire II, Not Gold Edition, and the simplicity and attractiveness puts it above Age of Mythology. If you're looking for a MAC RTS game, buy this one. Then buy Command and Conquer, Generals. You'll love them both.

Great Game, But Gets Old Like Most

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Age of Empires II is a great game. There is no doubt it will keep you entertained for many, many hours but eventually it does get old. I play it and The Sims and between the two totally different games I stay entertained all the time. If I'm not in the mood for one, the other suffices. This game has old graphics, but they work. I wish you could rotate or zoom out a lot of the time. I thouroghly enjoy this game, but make sure you have some others for when you get sick of it!

AI?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: November 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I found this game tedious keeping up your different resource lines. Where it got really silly were situations where one has twelve or more enemy (AI) attacking and the defenders are all dead, yet one can play on and on making a new fighter now and then who gets killed pretty quickly while the attackers destroy one or two buildings at a time meanwhile your villagers work on right by the fighting. In fact I moved a villager to repair the barracks while it was under attack and this one worker often repaired faster than the six or seven attackers did damage.

Great Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: September 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The only downside to this game is that you have to constantly take your eyes off the screen to press keyboard buttons. A two button mouse would probably eliminate much of this problem. Otherwise, one of the best games I've played!

Absolutely amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: November 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I don't own this game, but I plan on buying it after playing at my friend's house. The graphics are amazing, the armies are awesome. The fact that you have to grow food and mine for gold adds to the realism.

Old Geezer is a Mighty Celtic Warrior

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Okay, I'm long in the tooth and can remember sorting keypunch cards and using a hexidecimal slide rule. My computer limits were reached when I would use EDLIN to change the AUTOEXEC.BAT files. After that, I relied on my son to load programs and explain the Internet.

However, AOEII (Mac) fits well with the "old age and treachery" beating youth and strength adage. I play against my son: I use the iMac and he uses his iBook (something about an Airport, LAN, whatever). AOEII provides a very wide range of options for command and control and enables an exciting gameplay. The tutorial campaigns are good - the first time through - and it gives the basic commands. Playing against the computer is also a nice learning path...but the real challenge comes in playing head-to-head against another skilled user: AOEII (Mac) is superb in that category.

The only downside was intially getting a number of "out of sync" errors that would collapse the game. However, an online patch fixed it and we've been game error free since then.

I have tried "World of Warcraft" and found it to have marvelous graphics and storyline, but AOEII (Mac) is absolutely great for a good two-to-three hour campaign that is just plain fun...and at my age that's saying a lot.

Awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Let me tell you, this game is the best military strategy game I have. It is complex, and the online play is fantastic. If you look at this game and decide not to buy it, you are crazy.

Mac Must-Have

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you like multi-player strategy games such as Age of Empires or Starcraft, this game is a must-have for anyone who owns a Mac. It has been a long wait since something this good came out.

Better late than never.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: November 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Though the macintosh release of age of empires was delayed over a year, at least the folks at destineer had the good sense to pull through and develop the bestselling game for a quickly growing platform. Mac users, constantly suffering from the letdowns of the likes of sierra (Half-Life), and westwood (Tiberian Sun), finally have a reason to rejoice. However, I'm only giving this title 4 stars, due to its late release and consequential obsoleteness on the gaming market.

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