To AoE 2 fans: what is your AoE mobile fix ?

[jfk003]

I was wondering what you guys do play on mobile when it comes to replacing AoE 2 on iOS or Android?

Age of Empires mobile itself is notoriously bad, and I don't really see equivalents. Do you know any ?

[jfk003]

That was not my question.

I was thinking: AoE fans, what mobile game does fill your AoE cravings on mobile? A similar game, that is optimized for moble ?

And I know AoE straight to mobile makes no sense, that is obvious.
But anything else; clash of clans ?

[IamJeo]

twitch's aoc streams on mobile ofc. There is no replacing age2. I did hf on Clash a bit once, but it quickly became redundantly boring and simple compared to age2, even as an observant.

[jfk003]

Clash is actually strategically "not bad"

I liked boom beach for what it was worth.

Makes me actually think...mobile and touch interfaces are good for resource managing games and stuff...you go through menus, you place buildings and stuff... but less for high click intensity battles with micromanagement.

Is there anything that fills those criterias on iOS or Android?

[Filthydelphia]

I haven't played more than a few minutes of it but DomiNations, silly pun and all, felt fairly Age like. It was developed by Big Huge Games, the guys behind the Asian Dynasties expansion for Age3 and the Rise of Nations series.

[The Very Hungry Caterpillar]

I know its not anything like age of empires 2 (or any other games in the series.) but has anyone played age of empires: castle siege? I don't play many mobile games so I have not even tried it.

[tazinator]

I dont have one. All the mobile games suck, but Clash Royale, while pretty fun, is not Age of Empires.

Numerous times have I thought to myself, I or someone should just code one myself. And then i try and remember how hard it is - aoe2 is way too complicated for me to understand, (cuz im a beginne rnewbie lol) I can't even mimic the terrain blending, i don't know what pathfindng ut uses.

Well it would help if i knew a language besides lua but whatever, there is no equivalent besides clahs royale. Lol

[jfk003]

Yeah I agree but I don't understand that when I ask people for a AoE fix, they try to reproduce AoE exactly in all details on the mobile...
I think the point is to NOT copy paste AoE on mobile but use it as an inspiration.

Maybe it is so that only the most important mechanics should be reproduced? After all, we are talking about a 5 minutes fix, not a 4 hours games.

What are the mechanics that you would like to see on mobile? Resource managing, battles... ?

[obamafish]

This, if you conveniently have your old Pocket PC lying around in a drawer somewhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Ju0H2fiU0
It was surprisingly playable and pretty much a 100% accurate port of the first game.

PS
But really, games are bad, just be thankful you are away from your rig and study foreign languages or read up on medieval history on wikipedia or something.