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[whale_shark]

i played all of games in age of series and the best game in my opinion is age of mythology because it is most original(those mythology creatures really add much to playability and so do special powers you get with chosen gods).units are really good balanced and the graphics is good.after not playing for 2 years one of my friends suggested today that we start playing it again and i think we will even if it is for few days only just to bring back the memories.

[thejestergl]

I loved all of the "Age of..." games. They were so fun, and probably my favourite of the RTS that I have played. Though I have not played many I liked this because the difficulty settings actually made sense. If you put it on easy it was easy, and if you put it on difficult it was difficult. Most games like Warcraft III (at least for me) seemed to be hard no matter what setting you put it on. So I never took much interest in the game and just decided to quit. This game really did have it all too. I loved the different things you could make, advancing in technology, and of course being able to actually build a fortress. I personally used walls a lot to keep the enemy out. It worked very well, and I would build a Wonder sometimes if I was bored.

The fighting in the game was also pretty fun. Using priests to convert, and sending in large amounts of foot soldiers to charge into another group. The game seemed pretty balanced out so no one "race" was overpowered, or had any advantage what so ever. The maps were also very easy to adapt to and you didn't need to change your strategy completely because of how the terrain was situated. I also liked making my own maps and setting players, it was a great deal of fun. I do miss this game and I really need to get it back! Thanks for the reminder

-Jester

[gbavietnam]

I like Age of... game and i playing it. Good. I very good Age of....

[My First Alias]

springbok, on Apr 28 2006, 06:30 PM, said:

When I first played Age of empires I thought it was the mutts nuts but playing AOE2 soon took that title. A few years later I played Cossacks and then the Art of war expansion.

Hands down Cossacks is much better that AOE 1,2 & 3.

The size of the armies, the amout of resources, buildings and technologies, there is no way that AOE can compare. the onething that used toannoy me with AOE is the limited resources, when the gold pile was finished you would have to look for another one, when they were all gone that was it. This severely hampered gameplay, more specifically in multiplayer games. Cossacks doesn't have this problem, them longer you can hold onto the mine and the more villagers you can stuff into it the better.

The armies can be huge, in Cossacks, with AOE I coud have an army of a few hundred, in Cossacks I have had an army of several thousand. the scree could not hold all the armies in some of the battles.

Micro$oft had a good start but CDV did 1 better, several times.

I have age of empires 3.
it has my approvement time and time again.
While single player may sometimes be repetative and simply boring,
i just love playing online
thats where the real strategy comes in.
It is one of the few games where all choices of "who you are" or in this case, what civilization you follow, are entirely equally matched.
I reccomend the game for anybody that strives for perfection really, cuz once u start you won't want to stop till your.. really good

[HoRuS]

Rome: Total War is without a doubt the best strategy-game.
A Turnbased part to chill out and build up forces and a realtime strategy part with awesome graphics to get some thrill and rule the world

[DeM0nFiRe]

I've got to say, the firsty Age of Empires game was definitely a key point in the development of RTS Games. I thad the right amount of resources and unit types to keep you occupied for quite a while. And of course, the essential scenario editor nicely wrapped up the package. AoE 2, however, was not nearly as good so I've shyed away from the series since then. For now, I stick to Rise of Nations, which is very reminiscent of the original AoE, only with a killer soundtrack and a bit more deep gameplay.

[buxgoddess]

Age of Mythology is a classic example of how the old world fascinates our imagination. The video scenes guide through the storyline much quickly and you reach fast through the story. I however love the graphics the most.
Age of Empires III is also one that I liked because of the vastness in the story, starting with very historic to modern warfare. The technique is excellent.

[rpgsearcherz]

I'm going to vote for Age of Empires 2 as the best. The second one was the boost on the first, but afterwards it all went downhill for me. It's really the same as it was with Command and Conquer. Red Alert 2 was by far the best(Renegade doesn't count as it was a FPS). It just gets to where the games don't even feel the same. Yeah, they have better graphics and all, but you don't look at it and say "It's AGE OF EMPIRES!" or anything anymore. It just loses the feeling.

[stopthewarm]

Well age or empires is the best game i have played ever. It all started with the first aoe game i got as a demo. Rome one. I played the campaign and it was so intriguing that i used to play it whole day. Its like conquering a new planet. You learn something everyday. You can hunt? See that fishes? I can fish? New island! OMG Enemies
I enjoyed it alot. Then i started playing all the aoes. i went on a spree. I completed all of them. Age of mytho was awesome. Well when i read my favourite book percy jackson. It so reminds me of all the action and intense of age of Mythology.

When i used to play these i always wondered i would have a game like aoe about my country , India. Then they have aoe3 with ancient dynasties expansion!
So cool.

Well i have played command and conquer and rise of nations But still none is better the age of empires.
But i don't like the populations limits and also the small army regulation.
I have heard cossacks and alexander are much better in that part

[asdftheking]

Age of Empires I II and III are classics. I love playing multiplayer on III including the expansions. It's more balanced than the first two so you can really duke it out. In the others its more likely that the person who gets ahead quick wins. My brother and I used to play against several computers on the hardest difficutly level, which is ferocious in Ages III. We would have to hide in a corner and defend with all our strength for hours until the computers lost interest and then we could counterstrike and destroy them. Great games. Great fun. Countless days and weeks of my life wasted.