- Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
- Release Date: Sep 30, 1997
- Also On: Mobile
- Summary:
- Developer: Ensemble Studios
- Genre(s): Real-Time Strategy
- # of players: 1-8
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 9
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Mixed: 2 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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Gamers with an interest in history, and no aversion to a rather abstract rendition of same, should love the atmosphere and feel of the game. And anyone who appreciates a solid, lovingly-crafted work of design should appreciate the overall quality of this product.
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96The first fully mature real-time strategy title... This is a great game, builds on the best of both "Warcraft 2" and "Civ 2" (would you rather they ignored previous successful games as models?), and quite frankly is the best game to ever come out of Microsoft.
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86It's very much a product of "WarCraft II" cloning, but Age of Empires is a surprisingly sound and enjoyable real-time strategy game. [Dec 1997, p.240]
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The micromanagement got a bit tedious at times and I found myself having to do too much just to keep things running. I thought the scenario editor was quite good, although I wish I'd been able to have more control over the amount and location of resources, which could have made for even more interesting scenarios.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 15
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Mixed: 3 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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Hallowfax10AI was the worst thing of this game, but it was the best AoE in my opinion.
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8
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LollaV.6Quite mediocre, especially if compared to the AWESOME, perfect-scored AoE II.
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