Joshua Farrell Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 I am thinking of going to get myself Age of Empires. It has been awhile since I last played it. I have a few old copies of number 2 and the expansions, and was thinking of getting either the most recent release, or the last one with the one released before that. Any thing I should consider, before I get the latest game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 I haven't followed the releases of AOE, but if the latest one is AOE 3, don't waste your money. 3 was an abomination. One of the saddest things was that there were way too many expansion packs, and they didn't actually add anything to the game. I had the War Chiefs expansion, and it did nothing for the game. I 100% recommend going with AOE 2 and getting the Conquerors expansion. A great game, with a simple expansion. The best in the series so far that I'm aware of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 I think ROE 3 kind of makes you bored the reason being the old story style of the AOE 2 kind of dies in 3 and that makes you miss the older games more. But it could be just me in that thought process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeowsePad Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 8:32 AM, The Blackangel said: I haven't followed the releases of AOE, but if the latest one is AOE 3, don't waste your money. 3 was an abomination. One of the saddest things was that there were way too many expansion packs, and they didn't actually add anything to the game. I had the War Chiefs expansion, and it did nothing for the game. I 100% recommend going with AOE 2 and getting the Conquerors expansion. A great game, with a simple expansion. The best in the series so far that I'm aware of. There have been two releases since: Age of Empires II: HD Edition and Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. I don't own Definitive yet, but HD Edition made some significant improvements to the game, and I've heard that Definitive takes them even further. Both are available on Steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 I think age of empires 2 had pretty good stories in expansion pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeowsePad Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Yes, it definitely did. The campaigns were quite historically accurate and enjoyable to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 In fact the same studio that got the age of mythology after it, kind of made me addictive towards the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roboticist Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Oh god, Age of Empires-- I loved that game so much when I was younger, that's what got me into RPG games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 AOE 2 especially have some story campaigns which are definitely good to enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roboticist Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 True, I liked AOE 2 better. the third made me get bored so quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 I think most everyone hated AOE 3. It was god awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Indeed it was awful and to be honest it lacked the story lines too. Earlier ther used to be campaign stories to watch as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingpotato Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 In my opinion AO3 wanted to be tol overlycomplicated for its own good. AO2 was easy to learn and the campaigns where good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 I think AOE 3 was more or less kind of experiment on where they wanted to take the series ahead. But kind of backfired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
