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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.

Good Game except..........

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: July 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game after purchasing an iBook with the intention of playing against all of my friends. While the game play holds true to the original game in single player, you CAN NOT play against your PC friends for the "forseeable future" for that reason I can not give the game a 5 star review...

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.

Inifnitely fun, but technically flawed

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 28 / 33
Date: December 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've lost significant hours of my life to this game. That's how fun it is! I'm not even much of a gamer. Unfortunately though, 1) multiplayer isn't supported between Mac and PC, and 2) multiplayer doesn't even work well between two Macs. A friend and I (both running Mac OS X v10.2) tried multiplayer with version 1.0.4, the latest version, and we kept getting "out of sync" errors. Based on the reviews here and on the web, multiplayer problems seem to be common. So be warned. Kudos for the native Mac OS X application, though; I hope they can fix the multiplayer problems in a software update.

One of the best strategy games EVER.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: September 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

As simple as that.
I've been playing this game for ages. Ever since the beginning of the first age of empires and the rise of Rome, I've been following this game.
It's given me, my family & friends endless hours of entertainment. I've also played other "age of...." games, but none seem to pair up with this one.
It's basically all the same idea. You start with low resources and a few villagers, and have to build from there & fight your opponent. You can follow the campaigns or play multiplayer against each other, or teamed up against the computer. You can also play deathmatch if you prefer.
You get to pick a civilization, and each one has its own unique characteristic and feature. From the Huns to the Greeks, Spanish, Aztecs, Britons...and a whole bunch more!
The game has already been out for a while, and still is better in my opinion than the newer "age of..." games. I've tried newer ones but cannot pair up with this one.
I recently bought a Mac, and this game shortly after it, only to be dissapointed that I could no longer play with my brother in multiplayer mode using a PC.
Other than that, there are no other flaws to the game, and it plays as well as the PC version. I rate it 4 stars instead of 5 just because of that, multiplayer between Mac and PC is not possible.
Here's my honest recommendations: If you like to play, if you like adventure, strategy, then give this game a try if you haven't already. You'll enjoy every minute of it and won't get bored of playing.

No Mac/PC Multiplayer

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: November 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

In answer to some reviewers here: no Mac/PC Multiplayer possible. Only Mac/Mac. Destineer says they're trying what they can do about it. Honestly, I suspect there's some Microsoft policy involved here. Why else is inter-system multiplayer possible with far most other games?

question ??

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: November 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

can it play a link game with AOE2 PC version ??

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.

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!

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!

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