I've got all the AOE that i know to this date. Great game. Would recommend it to anyone. Completed every campaign for 1 and 2 still finishing 3rd.
You have all of them and the expansions?
That's 7 games, 9 if you count the spin-offs Age of Mythology and The Titans (expansion to AoM).
I have all 9 to date, getting the 10th one Age of Empires Online when it's released on the 16th of August.
Every gamer must have played at least one AoE
Not really. Not even a big RTS player would need to - playing Starcraft I or Command and Conquer is good enough in itself.
I find Age better than C&C but in terms of competition etc Starcraft II definitely takes the cake, the gameplay is much better as I find a lot of the races in Age very generic compared to the 3 inside SCII.
That and does anyone kind of despise how easy it is to defend in Age of Empires? I quite hate how Stone Walls + Towers (specifically Bombard Towers as Turks in Age II) can give you such an edge. An army of 200 villagers could beat an army of soldiers through a TON of construction :<
With that in mind... methodically breaking down your opponent feels so much more satisfying afterwards.
I enjoyed making my own maps, own enemies and own castles,
Okay.... You said it was Age 3, can you be more specific?
If there was a large amount of guns in the game it was almost definitely Age of Empires III.
If the water looked pretty beautiful, it was Age 3 (or AoM if you like it that much
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If it had big cannons (or just more dynamic buildings / ships in general) it was Age 3.
If it was pixelated then it's Age 1-2, Age 2 featured a couple of units that had guns (Hand Cannoneer, Conquistador, Janissary) but not always used and not available to all civilizations.
there is one word that describes it for what it really is "EPIC"!
Darn straight.
I like how educational the campaign is as well, sounds dumb but that's one of the best things about Age for me, it's very nice learning how exactly the things worked in a real life situation - I don't know much about the Library in Age2 (except that it's incredibly vast) but I think they would have something written for the armor / attack upgrades you could research at the Blacksmith.
Audio sounds for units in Age 2 was the best, no idea why - probably just nostalgic.
German Skirmisher was pretty awesome, the one time I used them. Had three groups of twenty skirmirshers facing off against 5 Heavy Cannon and 30 Musketeers. Pwnage, until my computer lagged too much. :/
Range of Musketeer = 12
Range of Skirmisher = 18
Correct?
Skirmishers are the counter to Musketeers given their damage bonus against Infantry (it was against Heavy Infantry right? It may have been Light), that, and they have viable kiting methods.
Against a cannon though? I loved the destruction all around, very cool indeed.
'Wuv woo' in AoM spawned a flying hippopatomus. XD
Didn't it leave a trail of rainbow behind it as it flew? :P
"O CANADA" Spawned a lazer shooting bear with 2 monkeys and a canadian cape.
"Nova & Orion" gave you 10,000 exp on Age of Empires III.
"<censored>" gave you 10,000 wood on Age of Empires III.
"i r winner" let you win instantly in Age of Empires II.
"ya gotta make do with what ya got" gave you a "Mediocre Cannon" on Age of Empires III that shot animals.
Just a few, I can't remember all of them I'm afraid. :<
- H
