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[jester]

AOE 2 did rock fairly hard, if it was a rip of that, and not aoe3 (doesnt deserve capitalization) im interested. 

[burningpet]

Sorry for the bump! 

So, now that its on public beta for a while, are there any conclusions? hows the game? crappy money grabbing time wasting machine or actually a decent take at the series?

[Itnetlolor]

Oh thank you sweet merciful God!!!!

I found a mod someone made for Age of Empires II: Age of Kings (best with AoC expansion) that actually plays it windowed, and properly!!!

Link to one of the most awesome finds ever.

EDIT:
Tested in Steam, sorry, no Steam overlay allowed, game won't run.

[Rex_Nex]

I love AoE 2. AoE1/AoE 2 and AoM were Ensembles best products, now it is just shit. Does Ensemble even exist anymore?

Also, Empire Earth. That game was awesome, I just didn't think the expansion fit the game, along with the AI being a cheating bastard that you really couldn't make progress against.

[Aklyon]

Ensemble does not exist anymore.

[Muz]

So hey, necro, AoE online is out in full. Tried it, didn't like it. I like the quest, rewards, and items system; it's tacky, but addictive and fun. It fits fairly well as a MMO.

What I don't like is the payment system. Yeah, it's one of those fake 'free to play' games. The game becomes rather masochistic once you get past level 6 without payment. The game's just shoving it in your face that you have to play, what with the cool weapons that require a premium pack, and those units that have 4x HP and double damage and bonus damage against buildings.

I think it's not so bad as Facebook games or other microtransaction shit, as getting the pack unlocks a lot of items, etc. But I get very suspicious of anything which lures you in, and then rather subtly tells you that you can't go further without paying. It just lures these people who pay to win, removes the actual strategy aspect from the game. If it was more blatantly episodic, like Guild Wars, or if it was just slower to advance without payment, I'd be fine with it.

[GaxkangtheUnbound]

I love AoE 2. AoE1/AoE 2 and AoM were Ensembles best products, now it is just shit. Does Ensemble even exist anymore?

Also, Empire Earth. That game was awesome, I just didn't think the expansion fit the game, along with the AI being a cheating bastard that you really couldn't make progress against.

Speaking of that, the last American mission for Empire Earth II is damn near impossible. Laser mechas versus tanks, anyone?

[Asehujiko]

Does Ensemble even exist anymore?

No. They were forced to cancel the in progress AoE4(napoleon to WWI) by microsoft to make Halo Wars, after which they pulled the classic EA trick of "fire the entire dev team the day before release to avoid having to pay out their bonuses, then outsource tech support"

[DJ]

Don't you just love it when publishers own the developers?

But seriously, what happened to independent devs that sign publishing contracts for each game separately? IIRC that was the norm in the 90s, but now it doesn't exist at all.

[NobodyPro]

I remember a picture from an art book I read a while ago, AoE4 was indeed meant to be WW1, AoE5 meant to be vietnam/modern and AoE6 meant to be halo-ish future RTS. Y'know, when we'd have the tech to do that well.