Best Age of Empires game? debate! POLL

i have played every single game in the age of empires series to death and i love them all. The series got me into games and history in a deep way.

AOE1 was awesome, and the noise the priest makes is so iconic ("wolowo":D)

Age of Kings game redefined the rts genre.nuff said

Age of mythology was an AWESOME jump to 3d, i played that game online so much.

As for Age of empires 3 and its two expansions, i dont think they get nearly enought love. Alot of people didint like the home city stuff, but i thought it was great. It added persistance and progression between games in a meaningful way, and another layer to strategic play that existed outside of maches. I spent alot of time building decks. Also, that game still looks gorgeous. truly beautiful game.

idk how i feel about the new free to play online venture, im happy to see the franchise come back but to be honest, its definately not the way i wanted to see it happen.

I cant decide between 2, 3 and mythology. i put AT LEAST 100 hours into each. gah. so good. i voted for 3 because, hey, underdog, but i could god pick any of them.

what about you guys!

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Drazule

I loved Age of Kings though, it was my first RTS you know.

I loved Age of Kings though, it was my first RTS you know.

Drazule

AOE was my first game that didnt have the words math blaster or Lego attatched to the title.

its so great, i spent hours with the editor in AoK

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I loved Age of Kings though, it was my first RTS you know.

jettpack

AOE was my first game that didnt have the words math blaster or Lego attatched to the title.

its so great, i spent hours with the editor in AoK

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The first Age of Empires had the toughest campaign I have ever played in a strategy game to this very day. Has anyone here beat all the AoE 1 campaigns? The AoE 2 campaigns were almost as difficult. The campaigns of AoE 3 were too easy by comparison.

Age of Empires II

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I loved Age of Kings though, it was my first RTS you know.

Drazule

AOE was my first game that didnt have the words math blaster or Lego attatched to the title.

its so great, i spent hours with the editor in AoK

Are you.......me?

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The first Age of Empires had the toughest campaign I have ever played in a strategy game to this very day. Has anyone here beat all the AoE 1 campaigns? The AoE 2 campaigns were almost as difficult. The campaigns of AoE 3 were too easy by comparison.

Falconoffury

Hmm, let's see... How do you turn this on? :P

EzekyleAbadon

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Age of the empires 3 is my favorite, but i think aoe2 is better. But its a hard game. Plus i tought the story was better in aoe3

I never played AoE 2 much but I really enjoyed AoE 1 for being so fun and memorable, awful trying to get handfuls of units across a big map on foot, though.

Age of the empires 3 is my favorite, but i think aoe2 is better. But its a hard game. Plus i tought the story was better in aoe3

James161324

really? i wasnt a big fan of the story in 3. i really loved 2s campaign because it fallowed actual genrerals. i mean, sure there was washington in 3 but i want napoleon!

Age of Empires III, I'd have to say.

Easily the first. Second was good, hated mythology, and somehow haven't even played 3 despite AOE being my favorite RTS game ever. Really, I don't get what seperated the second from the first. It just felt like they stuck AOE1 into the middle ages.

Of course, I'm biased since the first RTS I really played was AOE1. I spent endless amounts of time on that game.

Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings. Played the hell out of the demo before buying the full-game :Dthe_ChEeSe_mAn2

lol, i did the same with Age of empires 3. i played it everyday up until release

AoM is the best in the series.

I know i am in the minority when i say AoE 3. Not the expansions just the stand alone game ASRCSR

i love the expansions tho. especially asian dynasties. even though it wasnt made by ensemble, it was still great.

AoM is the best in the series.

lordreaven

AoE is my nostalgia factor, i remember fondly playing that a long time ago, and always a warm feeling wen remembering it. Wouldn't have that much fun playing it now though, it wasn't particulary good back then, just more unique, and now i wouldn't pick it up again.

AoE2 is fantastic entry in the series that, by far, massively improved on the first, ageless, and since i enjoyed it for the first time in late 2006, and have replayed it a couple of times each year, i don't got no problem picking it up now, and playing it.

AoE3 is my favorite entry of them all. The visuals are breath taking and ageless due to the artstyle, the gameplay is addictive, and i loved the campaigns far more, aswell as the different characters trough out the ages, that were linked betwen themselfs trough blood. Vanilla AoE3 is, by far, one of the greatest RTSs ever made. Voted for that one.

Never liked its expansions though, they're low on the campain aspect, compared to the masterpiece that is AoE3.

AoE2! Seriously, can there even be a discussion?

AoM is the best in the series.

AoM is the best in the series.

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jettpack

yeah, that was a bad move once they realize what that is.

AoM is the best in the series.

lordreaven

agreed

I liked Age of Mythology the best, but it's also the one I got first. I never got into AoE very much, though I played around 10 games or so of 2. I got 3 during that sale and haven't even played anything yet.

I liked Age of Mythology the best, but it's also the one I got first. I never got into AoE very much, though I played around 10 games or so of 2. I got 3 during that sale and haven't even played anything yet.

cain006

i loved em all and Age of Kings is prob what defined RTS for me and brought me over from FPS games on consoles and PC.

Also i didnt realise Age of Mythology was part of the series lol but that game was mad it was just such a change from the other one and the campaign was awesome too.

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i loved em all and Age of Kings is prob what defined RTS for me and brought me over from FPS games on consoles and PC.

Also i didnt realise Age of Mythology was part of the series lol but that game was mad it was just such a change from the other one and the campaign was awesome too.

HOPLITES FTW!!

sonofsmeagle

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Age of Empires II was the best imo. The Conquerors expansion was also nice. Unfortunately, AoE III wasn't nearly as good (to me).

Age of Empires II was the best imo. The Conquerors expansion was also nice. Unfortunately, AoE III wasn't nearly as good (to me).

Tezcatlipoca666

I played through them all, I would have to say my favourite has to be Age of Empires 1, or Age of Mythology. Age of Empires 3 was fun, but it didn't hook me like its predecessors did, and the home city was a waste of time and space.

age of empires + best = Age of Kings & Conquerors

simple math, really, it's not like we do any differentials

Age of Kings 2, baby.

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Age of Empires II was the best imo. The Conquerors expansion was also nice. Unfortunately, AoE III wasn't nearly as good (to me).

hotsoup26

me too! its so great!

Age of Kings although Age of Mythology was pretty good too.