Total War vs Age of Empires vs Civilization?

[gripping nuts]

I've played Civ V, Civ Rev, and Total War: Shogun II. I really like this game, it's extremely fun. I used to play Civ a lot, but I haven't played it much lately. I'm interested in trying out some new strategy games such as these. I've never played Age of Empires before, and I have no idea which game it plays like more. If I like Shogun II, what other games would I like? What is the best game in your opinion? Which game is the best in each series?

[tiberiansun371alexw]

Age of Empires 2 was really fun when it came out. It lost a lot of its appeal once its sprites looked more dated, but one thing that kept it entertaining was the AI. Unforutnatly, the steam version fixes the AI and now it's an obsolete game that lost one of its biggest charms.

[Hellsteeth30]

Age of Empires just feels hollow these days.

Civ IV was the peak of the series for me, nowadays it's DLC spam. Sadly it's not an isolated case, look at the Europa Universialis series......

Rome 1 and Medieval II were the best in the TW series. Ever since CA doesn't seem to get everything right in one game anymore.

[shiggies713]

After 10's of thousands of hours playing games just like these, from age of empires though that is really old, to civ3 through civ6 (yes I own the new one), and 5 of the TW games, I can honestly say Shogun 2 is among the best of them.

The only one I would say was better for its time was civ4, but I don't play it anymore, it feels dated. Shogun 2 does not. Crank the graphics up to ultra and it still looks better then brand new games that just came out months ago.

This game is an industry standard. Really barely any games have ever lived up to the production value that shogun 2 has.

Its been so long I cannot comment on age of empires,

in civilization 3 and 4 are the best imo, 4 more so because of countless mods

in TW shogun 2 is king imo, then atilla, all the others I don't play anymore, like rome 2 (bad gameplay) and medieval 2 (wretched graphics).

[Samiol]

They are all totally different games tbh not really sure how to compare

[tiberiansun371alexw]

You CAN compare apples to oranges you know. I prefer oranges.

[Mile pro Libertate]

Originally posted by Sunbather:

I've played Civ V, Civ Rev, and Total War: Shogun II. I really like this game, it's extremely fun. I used to play Civ a lot, but I haven't played it much lately. I'm interested in trying out some new strategy games such as these. I've never played Age of Empires before, and I have no idea which game it plays like more. If I like Shogun II, what other games would I like? What is the best game in your opinion? Which game is the best in each series?

Those three games all all very different styles and gameplay.

If you like Shogun 2, you'd probably enjoy Nobunaga's Ambition: check out the Steam store to take a look at it.

If you are into more hardcore, historically accurate samurai and Asian warfare (but with a simplified campaign system), I'd recommend Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun also on Steam.