Worth getting?

[Kurl]

Hi, I never really played this as a kid, is it worth getting or should i just buy 2 as most people play it, what are the main differences anyway

[Muffin Heretic]

As it is right now... skip this one.

This is coming from me as someone who loves playing both games and has grown up with them.
I love Age of Empires a lot... but this is simply not worth your money or time, if you don't come back to it for old times sake.

Age of Empires II is very much worth getting though.

[Muffin Heretic]

Ah, about the main differences:

Age of Empires: DE (this one)
plays from roughly 3000 B.C to around 300 A.D (AOE2 starts after this)
There's less units, less buildings, less civilisations and less maps than in II.

Playing Multiplayer is barely worth it because there are major balancing problems and water maps are only about chucking ships against each other until one player runs out of wood.

Additionally, you can't record your games as it is now - and I doubt this will be changed.

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Gameplay is a lot... simpler, for a lack of a better word.

[Kurl]

Thanks for for advice guys

[HE1NZ]

Buy Age of Empires DE if you're an RTS fan and can enjoy simple WarCraft 2 style campaign design. Personally, I like it a lot, but AoE 2 is a superior game.

[Zuko]

Age of Empires 2 is a better game to be sure.
But I also like this game and think it's worth picking up, especially if it's on sale.

[the_troll_of_lundamyri]

No not worth getting. AI is broke and all the campaign missions from the original game have been replaced with different largely inferior missions

[1v4n94]

Originally posted by the_troll_of_lundamyri:

all the campaign missions from the original game have been replaced with different largely inferior missions

What do you mean? This game includes every campaign, map, scenario etc. from the past Age 1 and its expansion. While I agree that the gameplay may be different since AI is buggy, I doubt Microsoft changed more things other than units' stats.

[HE1NZ]

Originally posted by 1v4n94:

Originally posted by the_troll_of_lundamyri:

all the campaign missions from the original game have been replaced with different largely inferior missions

What do you mean? This game includes every campaign, map, scenario etc. from the past Age 1 and its expansion. While I agree that the gameplay may be different since AI is buggy, I doubt Microsoft changed more things other than units' stats.

They did alter some scenarios. Some redesigned slightly and some are totally new. All changes are for better though.

[1v4n94]

Originally posted by HE1NZ:

Originally posted by 1v4n94:

What do you mean? This game includes every campaign, map, scenario etc. from the past Age 1 and its expansion. While I agree that the gameplay may be different since AI is buggy, I doubt Microsoft changed more things other than units' stats.

They did alter some scenarios. Some redesigned slightly and some are totally new. All changes are for better though.

Thanks for the reply. I guess some things had to be changed to better fit modern times.