What AOE should have been.
User Rating: 8.7 | Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings PC
This one had people going online and playing either each other or against the computer, generated a lot of good buzz. Upon playing it for myself, I saw why. This game was exceptional. You can do a lot of things that you only wished you could do in previous RTS games, such as those featuring a medieval theme. It fixed all the bugs from the first AOE. Unit attributes are much improved. Now civilizations actually matter to the strategy you'll take. Special units with their own skins were nice to see. The graphics were nice and you can actually garrison troops in buildings. Who doesn't want to build a castle? You can play in the steps of major playas such as William Wallace, Joan of Arc, etc. The game is fun with Regicide, where you start out with a castle and try to protect your king while ending others. Small things are automatically replanting farms after they're depleted (or is that featured in the expansion pack?), gates opening for your own men but not others, ability to heal units in a building, town center shooting out deadly arrows, and many more new aspects makes this game stand out. It is just plain fun for any fan of RTS.
