Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings for Windows
- ESRB Descriptor: Violence Blood
- ESRB Rating: T - (Teen)
- Publisher: Microsoft
- Genre: Strategy
- Platform: Windows
- Game Series: Age of Empires
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The Rising of Age of Empires II
Pros
Wonderful Graphics, cute villagers, interesting to hear them speak their own language
Cons
Needs more buildings
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
This game is truly amazing and is able to captivate the most computer-phobic to sit down and play a few hours.
Many people have always wondered how it would be like to control a civilization, build a strong army, and conquer at all the same time. Well fans, this wondering has turned into an amazing game.
The fact that the villagers can speak their own language is already interesting enough. Add in the units, action, battling, and background, and you'll be hooked for weeks!
The object of the game is not only fighting, as the saying "Fighting never solves anything" goes. You can also construct wonders of the world or control special white relics that only monks can pick up.
Age of Empires: Age of Kings goes through 4 different ages. The first and most primitive is the Dark Age. You then advance through the Feudal and Castle age until you reach the ultimate Imperial Age. All of this can be done by upgrading in the Town Center building.
Also, you must collect items to use on recruiting soldiers and building buildings. The items are gold, wood, food, and stone. Those villagers which were thought to be good for nothing can now collect these supplies to fill the gruesome king's (a-hem) pocket to pay for others.
Age of Empires: Age of Kings has many unique features that other games do not have. As mentioned above, the villagers say "Yes?" and "What?" in their own native language. On top of that, every civilization has its own unique units, such as the Viking's Longboats and the Chinese's Cho Ku Nu's (fast-firing arrow men) is enough to ring a bell that this game has been worked on for a long time.
The game menu also allows you to read the history of the civilization which you are interested in. From the Persians to the Japanese, these history issues include much about the empire. You may also create your own boards and play head to head with the computer on it. Also, although this may spoil some fun, the game includes some cheats and codes. I would not suggest these to people who do not want their fun being taken away.
However, I believe the game needs to include a few more buildings. Not that it is bad or anything, but if you could keep building more than a bombard tower or go past the Imperial Age in the game, I would have been hooked for months!
The fact that the villagers can speak their own language is already interesting enough. Add in the units, action, battling, and background, and you'll be hooked for weeks!
The object of the game is not only fighting, as the saying "Fighting never solves anything" goes. You can also construct wonders of the world or control special white relics that only monks can pick up.
Age of Empires: Age of Kings goes through 4 different ages. The first and most primitive is the Dark Age. You then advance through the Feudal and Castle age until you reach the ultimate Imperial Age. All of this can be done by upgrading in the Town Center building.
Also, you must collect items to use on recruiting soldiers and building buildings. The items are gold, wood, food, and stone. Those villagers which were thought to be good for nothing can now collect these supplies to fill the gruesome king's (a-hem) pocket to pay for others.
Age of Empires: Age of Kings has many unique features that other games do not have. As mentioned above, the villagers say "Yes?" and "What?" in their own native language. On top of that, every civilization has its own unique units, such as the Viking's Longboats and the Chinese's Cho Ku Nu's (fast-firing arrow men) is enough to ring a bell that this game has been worked on for a long time.
The game menu also allows you to read the history of the civilization which you are interested in. From the Persians to the Japanese, these history issues include much about the empire. You may also create your own boards and play head to head with the computer on it. Also, although this may spoil some fun, the game includes some cheats and codes. I would not suggest these to people who do not want their fun being taken away.
However, I believe the game needs to include a few more buildings. Not that it is bad or anything, but if you could keep building more than a bombard tower or go past the Imperial Age in the game, I would have been hooked for months!
