Age of Empires Online Beta

Just curious to see if anyone else here managed to get into the AoEO beta and what your opinions are of it. I'll reserve my opinion for now until I put together a video review on my site, but I'm curious to see how things are going for everyone else.

Wow I haven't played one those in a long time since the first one windows 98 I thinks. Greeks vs the Egyptians Interesting needs more civilizations Imo but that's why is in beta still.

Wow I haven't played one those in a long time since the first one windows 98 I thinks. Greeks vs the Egyptians Interesting needs more civilizations Imo but that's why is in beta still.

gt350tsc

Right now the beta only lets you play as Greeks. Looking at the faction selection menu, though, it appears there will definitely be more than just those two factions.

game is great, it's the same aoe formula but with a load of persistent elements - it's polished for being in closed beta too

game is great, it's the same aoe formula but with a load of persistent elements - it's polished for being in closed beta too

bflexholla

I'd have to say that my biggest complaint is that it still feels more like a regular AoE game rather than an MMO. I wish you built your city right along side other players instead of in your own area. Your only interaction with other players is in the chat or if you invite someone to do a group quest or pvp. Other than that you never see another player. That was one of my complaints with Dynasty Warriors Online. It just felt too much like an interactive pre-game lobby. Both are still fun, but not exactly what you really would expect or want when the games carry the "MMO" title.

I got into the beta but, i just couldn't play it. For some reason the graphics were to offputting and i altogether just stopped playing. Although i think it has alot of potential and i like the idea of a rpg/rts game.

I got into the beta but, i just couldn't play it. For some reason the graphics were to offputting and i altogether just stopped playing. Although i think it has alot of potential and i like the idea of a rpg/rts game.

_Ninja

Yeah, the cartoony graphics were a bit disappointing, but I think it helps the feel that they were going for for the game.

I only have about 1 1/2 to 2 hours of game time so far; BUT...I like it..for a BETA the game is polished and plays great the cartoon'ish graphics took me some time to adjust to but you get over it..I think i will continue to play after the Beta..

I got into the beta. I can't go into many details but I will say that it's quite a bit different than the original AOE games and not better.

A friend of mine got in and has been playing it quite a bit. He said he doesn't like it as much as the earlier games in the series, mainly due to the cartoonish graphics, but that it is still a great game with a tried and true formula.

Not much breaking information there but better than nothing :P

I only have about 1 1/2 to 2 hours of game time so far; BUT...I like it..for a BETA the game is polished and plays great the cartoon'ish graphics took me some time to adjust to but you get over it..I think i will continue to play after the Beta..

lge777

I'll continue playing assuming they don't decide to charge a fee. I'm going to assume that it'll just have micro-transations or something.

The game is fun, but I wouldn't pay a subscription fee to play it. I'm hoping MS realizes that that'd be a bad idea. As is, Gods & Heroes is wanting to charge a subscription fee when it goes public, but, after playing the beta, I don't think I'd continue playing it even if they decided to go back to F2P.....G&H just isn't a very fun game :/

I'm in, as a long time AOE fan I actually think it's awesome! Goes back to the AOE 1 and 2 formula though it's definetly lacking in units atm. The game is f2p, money would be used to purchase items in game as well as upgraded versions of the factions. The upgraded faction let's you use advisors (you can test them out once you hit level 10 or so, in the beta everyone is premium) as well as some other perks that I'm not sure of off memory. The NDA or whatever got lifted not too long ago so the actual site is bursting with info.

Pretty much the main two problems to get over are the graphics and balance. Definetly a day one download and possibly the first f2p game I'll spend money on.

I'm in, as a long time AOE fan I actually think it's awesome! Goes back to the AOE 1 and 2 formula though it's definetly lacking in units atm. The game is f2p, money would be used to purchase items in game as well as upgraded versions of the factions. The upgraded faction let's you use advisors (you can test them out once you hit level 10 or so, in the beta everyone is premium) as well as some other perks that I'm not sure of off memory. The NDA or whatever got lifted not too long ago so the actual site is bursting with info.

Pretty much the main two problems to get over are the graphics and balance. Definetly a day one download and possibly the first f2p game I'll spend money on.

timma25

Isn't it just 20 dollars and you unlock everything at that time and everything to come

I hated it and the game is being developed by another team now. It's sad to see Ensemble Studios, now Robot Ent. doing a lame dungeon game instead of a brand new AoE.