![]() ![]() While some members of the resurgent AoE2 community have decried these admittedly rather requirement-intensive objectives I personally made a point to 100% this game if only for my personal gratification, and I can say that I do enjoy the Achievements as they are now. Also included are an extensive collection of Steam Achievements, which, in my opinion, are also always beneficial for those who want to eke out every last bit of challenge in any particular game and satiate their completionist instincts. This Steam port brings with it more than just the standard convenience of integration with the rest of your library and built-in online functionality for playing with others on the same platform. The multiplayer experience may have one of the highest skill ceilings you will ever see in online gaming but the barrier for entry is low and easily accessed. Additionally, this game’s simplistic graphical nature means that with little data to continuously transfer back-and-forth, lag and de-sync issues during online play are minimal. I have found matchmaking to work very well in its aim of pairing players of similar skill level together for games, and as such, even joining random servers on a whim will usually result in a good experience for all involved. The server browser and matchmaking systems have been redesigned for convenience’s sake, and it won’t take long for anyone new to AoE2 multiplayer to get a feel for the controls. Masses of singleplayer content aside, the online multiplayer is just as good to play with as ever. Also featuring one of all gaming’s best level editors, an extensive set of tools that will allow anyone at all to start easily making their own custom maps and intricate scenarios just as well as the ‘official’ content. In short, essentially everyone with a PC made in the last two decades could play this game with a stable sixty frames-per-second.Īge of Empires II easily retains all the single-player joy that earned it cult status among gamers at the time: The historical campaigns are a good as ever, and bring dozens of hours of playability right from the start, with a tutorial and an increasingly-hard set of objectives to hone the player’s skills. But do not fear needing to sacrifice your visual immersion for the sake of performance – the ease with which this game could be run on nearly any PC makes these settings just another way to tailor your gaming experience to your personal visual preferences. ![]() The in-game options menu brings with it the expected array of resolution and graphical settings. The isometric 2D remains sharp and clear, while some in-game effects (such as water and fire) have received new spritesheets to replace some now-dated animations. This release brings with it a simple graphical enhancement to preserve the appeal of the game’s visual style. AoE2 does this with two-dimensional sprites fully simulated as three-dimensional individual units, buildings, or environmental setdressing in each of the game’s unique procedurally-generated maps. Improving on the already masterful seminal instalment in the series with the introduction of a slew of anti-frustration feature gameplay mechanics, re-designed user interface, and an extensive repository of background historical information to show that the developers really did their homework “AoE2” worked hard to earn its critically-lauded place among not just PC-playing armchair commanders, but in the annals of mainstream gaming history.Īge of Empires (both as a series, and in this game specifically) are overhead-camera real-time-strategy games. This re-release of the beloved 1999 classic is the epitome of what I look for from Steam.Īge of Empires II is the title which codified much of what top-down strategy became as it stepped into the early Twenty-First Century. An excellent updated re-release of the classic historical real-time-strategy game. ![]()
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