Age of Empires II - HD Edition

[BlackEnvyX]

Another RTS I've been playing since my young days (and probably the only one I play the actual RTS elements of, given that I almost exclusively play custom maps on WC3).

Who else has played this ancient gem of a game?

 

[deepstrasz]

I played it a little back in the day but didn't like it as much as the first one Didn't try the HD version but I think I just didn't get along with the huge buildings and walls.

 

[BlackEnvyX]

I played it a little back in the day but didn't like it as much as the first one Didn't try the HD version but I think I just didn't get along with the huge buildings and walls.

Honestly, the HD edition made it easier to get into.

 

[General Frank]

I think AoE2 is my favourite RTS game of all time, because it was the first RTS game I ever played back in 1999.
Also, AoE2HD made the game playable again on modern operating systems, which is a plus for newcomers and old players.

 

[Napoqe]

I very rarely play. And when I play, I enter the lobby that contains the name "Noob" (Online Multiplayer)

Some things I like in Age 2: Graphics (which for me I think will never be obsolete, sprites), little realism (most cases and units, archers do little damage to buildings) (Lancers have attack bonuses against Cavalry) (Siege Units such as Catapult, Ariete and Trebuchet have damage bonus against buildings), some bonuses of civilizations, Monks, Chat Taunts (30 and 11), soundtracks, Teutonic Knight, Bombard Tower, Knight...

But some things that disappointed me. It is they who have not made more models of ethnicity adapted to civilizations. For example some African civilizations have black villagers, Celtic villagers with red hair, Germanic and Nordic villagers with blond hair.
Only unique units have black ethnicity.

 

[Chaosy]

That feel when the HD version is not HD

 

[Ether]

I wonder why AoEII-HD is only allowed in Windows 10 only -_-

 

[General Frank]

I wonder why AoEII-HD is only allowed in Windows 10 only -_-

That's not true. I have played it on Windows 7 without any problems.

 

[ZethHolyblade]

Personally, I prefer the old Age 2 + Conquerors games over the HD version (not a big fan of the latter's weird smoothness)

That said, Age of Empires and Age of Empires The Rise of Rome are awesome gems too and were the first RTS games my best buddy from school and I ever played.

 

[João Caju]

I loved the new campaigns and have bought HD (/w Forgotten Kingdoms) plus African Kingdoms. Unfortunately, it is very hard to bring new players to the RTS genre. Got to play some matches with some friends against the computer but it always was an complete dominance for the AI (we only won because I putted Wonders).

Rise of Nations is a RTS a lot more acessible that my friends (and others) might prefer, but I found it to be much less enjoyable because of its macro-focused nature.

 

[BlackEnvyX]

Yeah even as a fan of many games in the RTS genre, I've always found it difficult to get into new RTS games myself because I have such established favorites.

 

[Mechanical Man]

While I really liked Age of empires 2 back in the day, games like Starcraft still felt superior to me, because of lack of attack-move command in age of empires games, which was a huge handicap. Also the units merging in unnatural way was a bit deterring. However that changed later, nowadays I'd pick aoe2 over sc1 all the time, sc1 being stuck in prehistoric resolution, while aoe2 not only got high widescreen resolution, but also some rudimentary attack move command.

 

[General Frank]

While I really liked Age of empires 2 back in the day, games like Starcraft still felt superior to me, because of lack of attack-move command in age of empires games, which was a huge handicap. Also the units merging in unnatural way was a bit deterring. However that changed later, nowadays I'd pick aoe2 over sc1 all the time, sc1 being stuck in prehistoric resolution, while aoe2 not only got high widescreen resolution, but also some rudimentary attack move command.

... and Elephant Archers

 

[Mechanical Man]

those were already in first game, so it wasn't an issue

 

[ZethHolyblade]

those were already in first game, so it wasn't an issue

Don't forget the cobra car, red-caped sky dog, 9 9 9 monkey, and the fast-running guy.

 

[BlackEnvyX]

Based Sky Doge

That cobra car was a fiend when I was younger and didn't know shit about RTS games

 

[General Frank]

What's your guys favourite civ to play?

 

[ZethHolyblade]

Greek, Roman and Carthaginian for AoE1

Britons, Spanish, Teutons and Aztecs for AoE2

Casual play, nothing special.

 

[Napoqe]

Byzantines, Teutons and Franks my favorites.