Age of Empires
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Windows - USA - 1st edition. |
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Age of Empires is a real-time strategy game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft originally for Windows on 1997-10-15. It's the first game in the Age series.
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Personal
Own? | Yes. Two Windows CDs, only one jewel case with CD key. |
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Won? | No. |
I first played this game shortly after it was released when a friend of my brother's let me borrow it. I played through the Egyptian scenario to learn how to play, and then started playing online with him. I really enjoyed the game and got pretty good at it, well enough to beat most amateur-level players. I tried the next scenario, but got annoyed with a level where I didn't have a town center and gave up.
This wasn't the first real-time strategy game I played (that was Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, but it was the last one to interest me since I noticed that they all pretty much follow the same routine.
Review
8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
Best Version: Windows
— This section contains spoilers! —
Good
- The graphic art is fantastic. Pre-rendered 3D graphics in 2D usually look awful, but the artists did a good job here.
- The game's music and sound effects are really good.
- The game's AI it very competent, and can be quite a challenge at the hardest difficulty.
- A lot of detailed history was put into the game, and the various touches were noticed and enjoyed.
- The built-in scenario editor was a wonderful bonus, and certainly stole many hours off my life.
- The game had really good multiplayer support.
- The manual is really informative and well-made.
Bad
- The civilizations are not evenly balanced. The fast villagers of the Assyrians and Yamato make them superior for standard play.
Ugly
- Nothing.
Rise of Rome
The Rise of Rome expansion adds new civilizations, new units, more scenarios, bigger maps, and lots of bug fixes.
Media
Documentation
Graphics
Representation
Strong female character? | Fail | There are no female characters. |
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Bechdel test? | Fail | There isn't any dialogue. |
Strong person of color character? | Pass | Most of the characters in the game are people of color. |
Queer character? | Fail | There are no queer characters. |
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- Video Games
- 1997 Video Games
- Video games developed by Ensemble Studios
- Video games published by Microsoft
- Macintosh Classic Games
- Windows Games
- Video Game Genre - Real-time strategy
- Video Game Genre - Strategy
- Media Theme - History
- Media Theme - War
- Multiplayer
- Multiplayer Simultaneous co-op
- Multiplayer Simultaneous teams
- Multiplayer Simultaneous versus
- Software Distribution Model - Commercial
- Video Games I Own
- Video Games I Haven't Beaten
- Video Game Rating - 8
- Video Game Graphics Rating - 8
- Video Game Sound Rating - 10
- Video games without a strong female character
- Video games that fail the Bechdel test
- Video games with a strong person of color character
- Video games without a queer character
- Video Game Prime Order - Strategy, Action, Adventure
- Game mechanic - Playable person of color
- Favorite Games