The best strategy game of all time...!
User Rating: 9.5 | Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings PC
I play this game since I'm, let's see... since when it really cam out. I liked Age of Empires and The Rise of Rome, but there were some things that needed to be fixed. I just played this for like 5 minutes, and I got addicted! It's definitely the best strategy game ever, even after almost 10 years after it's release. Man, good times playing this on Windows 2000... It was the most mind blowing thing ever: new campaigns based on Medieval heroes like Joan of Arc, William Wallace or Saladin. It's really almost the same thing as the first AOE, but with somethings improved, like a new menu interface, better quality graphics, new actions and a "description"-like and unit counter during the gameplay, which shows what the unit is, how much attack and armor it has, etc., and if you select multiple units, it shows how many you are controlling (unlike AOE). The gameplay is, again, normal and simple, but classic and fast-paced as the rest of the series. There's plenty of new civilizations, units, buildings... and wonders. I could be all day talking about this great game, but let's just resume it, shall we?:
GAMEPLAY: 9.8 - It's freaking Age of Empires...! But some times, there is that difficulties and glitches, a bit of a lack of explanation for noobs, etc.
SOUND: 8 - The music is classic and well chosen, but it's repetitive to hear the little musics that there are on the game, and not to mention, if you don't tweak with the setting, you get no music during the game. Only the sounds of nature.
GRAPHICS: 9 - Wwelllll, it's not really 3D, but it sure felt like it. It's appropriated for it's time.
Value / Concept: 10 - Did you ever imagined to play as one of the most epic heroes of the Middle Ages? Rise your own civilization to the top? Conqueror new lands, destroy castles or ride, kill and steal villages? If you are a fan of this game and other games like it, of course you imagined...!
The map editor is just unbelievably great, you can create a city, a port, a island, a forest, a mountain, anything! It deserves much attention! :)
FINAL NOTE: 9.5 - This is a strategy game that you can't miss, even with it's flaws, but you will not even note them...! Just enjoy this game, and have a good time!
