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Fun single player mode, multiplayer is lacking.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: January 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

To be fair, I'll sell you on what its audience enjoys. Then I'll throw in my opinion. There are two Real Time Strategy genres out there: Starcraft and Age of Empires. Everything else can be linked to these two games, and anything preceding it isn't very good RTS.

AOE is nothing like Starcraft. It's slower, more defensive, requires more muscle and less craftiness to win. If you like to take it easy, this game is for you. It does have nice graphics, more upgrades, more resources, allows bigger armies, and has walls.

The negatives? It doesn't have a lot of variance, each race you use is almost identical, the computer's AI is terrible, the micromanagement is way too clumsy, tactical maneuvers are kept to a minimum, strategy is not as comprehensive as in other RTS's, and units are very slow.

It does have a professional gaming crowd with it, but so does Starcraft, and in my opinion Starcraft is a greater challenge.

Yeah but... for the MAC?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 29
Date: December 12, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Liked the first version, has some good educational elements for my son, a 2nd grader. The concept of technological advances being important for the acension of one society over others. And he has to learn the key technologies in order for his armies to be triumphant. He gets it here, where as Russ Meyer's Civilization is too complex for him at his age. My son has played the version II game and loves it, but Microsoft hasn't brought it out for the MAC. Too bad. Otherwise I would rate it a 4 star for children and young adults.

age of mythology is better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: July 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i never liked age of empires.i think ensemble never put much effort into it.well the video is terrible and it looks kind of glum everywhere even in daylight.the missions or campaighns were not highly interesting.well the only thing is that at times it males u think,and that cheered up the glum atmosphere.overall this is just a shadow of what age of mythology is.

Slightly disappointing.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: May 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Don't get me wrong, I'm one of the biggest fans of AoE 1 and Rise of Rome but I didn't like this sequel. First of all, maybe I bought a beta version or something, but why is it that when a Monk moves... abracadabra... he turns back into our well-known priest from AoE 1? Is it that the programmers were too lazy to reprogram the game fully? Again, it could just be that my version had bugs in it but it is still suspicious and VERY annoying... this happens with other infantry units as well. Also, I don't see all that much difference when compared to the original, in fact whenever they have changed something it is usually for the worse... it now costs loadsa times more to research new units (I know they are trying to be realistic but c'mon...) Anyone who's thinking of adding this to their collection should go for the first two titles, they are definately better....

All thumbs down!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 23
Date: May 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game totally s****, when I bought it I thought It will be better.When I installed and started to play it, then I have found out thatthe buildings are so sick and big that you cant see your guys! There is not a lot of civiliazation's for this game only 13, I mean for Poland they put Goths that live somewhere in the Balkans! That is so messed up! Dont buy this game, it is totally messed up you will only loose your money. Another thing is that its impossible to beat all the scenerios on even medium! Thats insane! This game is too complicated and hard, and you always dont have enough of food! Please people dont buy this game. I would rate this a big zero...

don't be fooled!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 25
Date: November 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

yes I gave it one star. You probably want to know WHY I gave it one star. Their are many reasons:
1. useless game modes. Their is one game mode where all you have to do is surrvive for half an hour and then you win. How pointless!!!!
2. In most RTS games each side is very different from the other and therefore has differnt tactics. In AOE 2 this is not true. I mean the sides are almost identical. Microsoft tried to impress us by claiming "13 UNIQUE sides."
3. lack of unit variety

4. graphis- the terrain looks terrible (cliffs trees ground and water.)
5. units-the physics in this "RTS" is terrible. I mean a catapult moves on its own as if it is powered by a gass engine. Yeah right. Some of the units are just about the same darn thing (turtle ship and elite turtle ship)
6.resources-it is practicaly impossible to maintain a steady flow of money in this game.
7.campaign- it is really boring. Some of the names sound so stupid (william wallace learning campaign)ThE ONLY WAY TO WIN IN gameis to send lots of units at your enemy.
8. more gameplay-terrain has absolutely no effect on the battles. Building an impressive strong civiliATION CAN TAKE HOURS. The ai for the enemy is horrible. With the exception of trees the terrain is not deformable. Units and gameplay is horrible balanced. Also no air units. Low unit limit (200.) When your little soldiers hit buildings with their swords the building goes on fire. Why is that? Don't expect a challenge in the skirmish games. None of this has to do with my system. I have a 1.3 gigahertz processor with a 32 megabyte video card. The battles, even the larger ones, look pathetic. Terrible lighting effects and no weather. Their is no in-game music. Too much micro anaging in everything. In terms of game play this game looked like it was rushed. Microsoft just does not make good RTS's

I think there's more that I could list but I'v said enough. Lots of other people say that this game is stunning or tthe best. This game isn't as bad as starcraft but it is still really bad and is really boring. What game should you buy? Try C&C Renegade or Dark Reign 2. In Dark Reign 2 u can see tracks made by vehicles no such thingg like this in AOE 2.

Age of Empires: The 13 and a Half MInute Age of "Kings"

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: August 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

An extremely addictive game with lots of customization settings and an interesting way to take the RTS format and do something different with it.

Then why did I give it only One star?

Because Microsoft forgot you can only go so far when it comes to false advertising.

The game claims to span over a thousand years, when really all it is is a Warcraft rip-off with history instead of fantasy. In trying to combine these two elements together, (history and fantasy/RTS) Microsoft has created an abomination of a game likely to dissapoint real-life historians everywhere. Instead of a 1000 years, it spans over twelve minutes with the click of a button bringing you up 250 years. What kind of history simulation is that?!
Also, there's nothing less realistic than seeing a single peasant building the Great Wall of China in about 10 minutes. This is because of all those Warcraft elements of "Real-Time Fantasy". If I want an RTS game, I'll go play Warcraft because at least that has Orcs, instead of 13 different races which look exactly alike (except for the buildings).
So the way I see it, if you want an RTS game, go buy Warcraft. If you want a simulation game, go buy Civilization. If you want both, do not buy Age of Empires because it destroys and embarrasses the simulation aspect, and all you're left with is a complex foolishly made RTS.

i have more fun climbing trees than playing this!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 57
Date: December 13, 1999
Author: Amazon User

If you are looking for a good buy you have come to the wrong place. The graphics is the only advantage to the really bad game. Microsoft should be ashamed. the buildings were too big, the game ran too slowly and the CD is made of really bad material. it isnt worth its money

Good game when it doesn't surrender

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: February 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is basically the same game as the first, just with better graphics. However, it has a terrible habit of surrendering the Computer players in 5:01 minutes. For this alone, it is almost worth passing up and going with Caeser or Civilization. They did add some great features, such as searching for idle villagers and different map views, but if you cannot play longer than 5 minutes, who cares?

This is the worst Real Time Strategy Game Ever Made!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 57
Date: November 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Microsoft is the worst operating system ever. MACINTOSH is more efficent! Don't buy this product! It keeps saying Direct X error. It won't ever run! I would stick with Warcraft, not Ages of Empiers II. My advice would be to buy Warcraft III, when it comes out!

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