#AGE OF EMPIRES II HD EDITION PC UPDATE#
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#AGE OF EMPIRES II HD EDITION PC SERIES#

Despite no major release for the series since 2005, itвЂ™s still going strong with Age of Empires II: HD Edition. The Age of Empires franchise dates back to 1997.

#AGE OF EMPIRES II HD EDITION PC UPDATE#

tl dr If you want to re experience this old gem with online play added back in the mix and historical campaigns go for it.Age of Empires II: HD Edition is a modern update to the series that made real-time strategy games mainstream. I also like to believe that having more people buy into the franchise will eventually allow a new release that will mimic that same staying power as AoE and AoE2 etc. Thankfully the things I felt that steam did well into having this game added to their list is the ability for players to play online without the help of things such as Game Rangers ever since the 'Zone' went extinct. I do realize that something that was added material to the original shouldnt affect my scoring for the HD port to steam but sadly it does weigh in to my experiences with current online play. The expansion brought about alot of bug fixes adding of new races and units and even included some updated textures for buildings, etc. Leading to my third point the fact that Forgotten empires will most likely never come to port on steam. Second the price point for a game that is 10 years+ old is beyond disturbing, I would have probably turned a blind eye if it was 10 maybe 15 dollars but at 20 I feel that steam along with Microsoft is just capitalizing on an old product that was arguably one of their better in the Age series along with the hype brought on by the release of the fan 'expansion' forgotten empires that brought about many changes to the game along with interest in the series.

First, I am disappointed on the (stated several times) textures provided to constitute as HD most of the textures such as the farms and fire do look better but they werent really needed. First, I am What really hurts this game is the nostalgia from years of aging combined with the delivery of modern day expectations. What really hurts this game is the nostalgia from years of aging combined with the delivery of modern day expectations. It's also a nice way to show that for some games it doesn't matter how old they are, it's all about the gameplay, just like how you don't care about graphics when playing a cardgame. All in all, a great idea worked out great, with some bugs at the start.

#AGE OF EMPIRES II HD EDITION PC MODS#

Oh, and did I mention steam workshop? This means that we will see a lot more mods to keep te game alive even longer. The servers for the original AOE II were pulled long ago, and now we have new servers to play this still awesome game online with friends. The real addition of this however is the online. The game has been out for a few minutes now while people know that the devs are doing their best to work on the issues, so please show some patience. As soon as they heard about this problem the devs posted on multiple multimedia sites and their own site that they are working on the problem right now. Regarding the framedrops: when we got the privilege to play the game before it is officially out doesn't mean they will have every bug fixed, otherwise they could just release it for everyone at that time. For the HD part: they managed to up the resolution to max and also retexture a 14 year old engine, which is pretty impressive in my opinion. I give a 10 to compensate for people who judge before a game is even out. For To start of this review, the score I would like to give is a 9. To start of this review, the score I would like to give is a 9.

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