Age of Empires II is the best in the series!!!

User Rating: 9 | Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion PC
This game, including the expansion, is a very good game and surprisingly balanced. First of all, you might think since every civilization has identical units, it would be very boring. However, it is not. I can see this game is very polished and well done.

The goods:
Very good counter-system
Very good balance
Good campaign
Easy to learn
Solid AI for people who are beginners
It's a game, but you can also learn some history

The bads:
AI not too competitive for good players
Some minor bugs
Pretty dated now

The counter system and balance is very well done. All the civilizations are different, but yet they are all enjoyable to play and no one has an unfair advantage over the others. The campaign is good and you can spend several hours on one campaign line, which is based on historical events.

This game is very easy to learn. It has just the right amount of complexity and simplicity so it is well suited for casual gamers. It has a solid AI to introduce you to the game, but does not pose much of a threat to good players.

Another good part is that you can learn something from it. You click on "history" and it shows all the civilizations and most features about medieval warfare and you can learn something out of it.

Yes, it has some minor bugs, and this game is pretty old, but this gets put as a classic. I recommend you to buy this.