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Great Strategy Game
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User
It's a LOT like the first game, which was great. But I would have preferred if we had been given more technologies to research. All the discovery seems to be over a bit too quick before each game boils down to the standard 'smash the enemy to pieces' part. In this respect it game become quite repetitive, especially when you consider how long it takes to get a good game going. The only alternative is to try out different civilisations. And only then it's just the architecture that's different.
I do like this game a lot but I just wish for a bit more diversity and more surprises in the next one (as in Age of Empires 3, not Age of Mythology). I've not played the expansion pack yet but if it gives us more to work with then I'll definitely check it out.
fun game
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User
if you are thinking about buying this for a kid don't worry about the T For Teen rating this game is not really bloody or any of that you will learn some good history be playing the campaigns you can even make your own levels I love this game hours and hours of great game play that adluts will like to my and my sister had the time of are life playing this game!
Not surprisingly an addictive follow up
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 2 / 3
Date: June 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User
Brilliant game if you start here. If you played AOE 1 I am sure you have already purchased Age of Kings.
Lots of hours of thrilling, fascinating and ever changing gameplay in here. I guess it is a must-have for all real time strategy fans. After playing AOE and AOK I will buy the follow up without hesitation as soon as it lands.
Huzzah the Age of Kings!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User
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!
Good
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User
Similar to the first gam in this series you are here to dominate the territory you are put onto. Whether or not there is 2 through 8 players(computer or otherwise) is up to the player. The Computer graphics on this game is far suprior to the previous installment. Well worth the price just for the graphics. A novel of a game for any age and gamer level.
more hyped than linux and java! , isnt amazing?
1
Rating: 1,
Useful: 5 / 16
Date: November 12, 1999
Author: Amazon User
OK,OK ,I should not rate this with one star but I have to equilibrate other reviews.
Prettier Graphics than its predecesor, more sound, but gameplay just the same thing, terrible disappointement.
Quantity of Units and technologies to research just the same, same unfair gameplay againts computer, same way of getting resources. Certanly a most buy if you dont have Age 1 already or if you desesperatly want to improve graphics a bit.
Not a big deal if you have Age 1.
What can I say?
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User
That already hasn't been said? Coming from Age of Empires I had certian expectations about the quality of gameplay and interaction. I have to be honest and say those were all shattered.
Microsoft has definatley stepped up to the plate on this one, making the charecters and story lines more interesting and complex. This game takes the expectation of your typical rt strategy game and truns it into a RT Rpg Strategy.
The AI on this thing is so enhanced you really don't want to be caught with your pants down, and the graphics, well, don't get me started on them. I must say, this is a great game, an awesome sequal to Age Of Empires I.
MS has certianly raised the bar as to gameplay, graphics quality and style of real time strategy games. I can't wait untill the next version!
The Best Game Ever!!!!!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User
Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings is interactive game corresponding to the Medevil times when the powerful Roman Empirer Fell, and the world is up for grabs. Microsoft did all out job putting this game together. It has wonderful graphics and it doesn't take much space in your computer. I shouldn't be talking I have an Windows XP but it can prform on even the oldest computers. It has William Wallace, Joan of Arc, Genghis Khan, Saladin, and Barbarossa all historic war leaders of that time, and you can control some of the most powerful civilizations like the Franks the Japanese, Byzantines, Vikings, Mongols, Celts, and more. You can choses your own destiny. You can be a little Napoleon. Will you be a hungry war monster? Remember this the best simulation of the medievil times.
The best game of the century!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 3 / 9
Date: December 19, 1999
Author: Amazon User
i think that AOE 2 is the best of AOE's because on AOE and AOE rise of rome, everything is not symmetrical for exampla the buildings are just a little bigger then the units and workers, and in AOE 2 the buildings are symmetrical to the workers and units and,and this is just my opinion but you should be a real AOE fan to play AOE 2 because you don't know how hard it is to control you units in AOE and AOE rise of rome.you can hide your workers and garrison them in the towncenter. and i think that one of the cool things made in AOE 2 is that you can build in a gate in your wall and only you and your allies can get throught it, but your enemys will have to brake it to get throught.
STILL totally unfair and NO ELEPHANTS
3
Rating: 3,
Useful: 4 / 15
Date: November 16, 1999
Author: Amazon User
Even with difficulty level set to easiest, this game is almost impossible to play. I can use cheat codes to increase resources and it still takes hours to win. Also, I've only been able to make elephants in ONE mission out of 30. Rediculous.
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