Age of Empires

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Originally Posted by Rase

I agree with the general consensus here in the AoK:TC was the best in the series. I like to play as the Britons, mainly because I love having Cavaliers backed by 80+ fully teched Elite Longbowmen and some Trebuchets. My second favorite civ is the Byzantines.

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I like the Brits for much the same reason. XD But for some reason I think I end up using the Japanese the most.

One of my favorite things to do in this game is to see if I can advance to all the ages far before anybody else. Usually I succeed, too. XD It's fun to get to Feudal Age a few minutes into the game.

I play that game so much at my friend’s house. Age of Empires 2, I mean. He had the expansion, but he lost it later on in life. Now whenever I play I have to pamper all the farms, which gives me sore wrists.

I usually play as the Celts, and I don’t think I have ever won a game.

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Originally Posted by Meat Puppet

I play that game so much at my friend’s house. Age of Empires 2, I mean. He had the expansion, but he lost it later on in life. Now whenever I play I have to pamper all the farms, which gives me sore wrists.

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Man... the ability for the farms to be automatically built was like the best part of the expansion. XD (I'm not saying the expansion was bad. I'm saying it was a huge pain to pamper those farms =P)

I have finally found a use for the Goth civilisation. Goth vs. Briton = WIN. This has resulted in my second ever win at AoK online.

I haven't played the third game in the series, but I did like Age of Empires and AoE 2. The booklet that came with AoE was fantastic in the way it summarized all the cool stuff about the ancient cultures, and AoE in itself was quite fascinating and really dragged me into its detailed world. The same can be said about AoE 2 too, and I really liked the single player campaigns of both games (and their expansions). The soundtrack was spot on in both games as well, and I enjoyed making maps with the editors. :)

Age of Empires looks very dated nowadays, especially compared with the 2000 unit battles in Rome: Total War.

Still, it's an amazing game. :love:

I did have 2, but I ocasionally play 3, I just find the town level gives more purpose to to just skirmishing for training or fun. They really need more nations in it.

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Originally Posted by Ryth

I really liked Age Of Empires II, the third didn't impress me either. I also like Age Of Mythology a lot.

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I'm still playing my old copy of Age of Empires 2 (with the Conquest expansion). I might have bought the new one, but my good friend told me it ruined the series.

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Originally Posted by Pike

I have AoE II the Conquerers Expansion and I'm decent at it. It's a pretty fun game.

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Last year I downloaded this one onto my laptop and played loads of Online games, which I really enjoyed because it's so much more fun than playing a single game! :jess:

The first match resulting from this thread is over. Lost Number vs. Old Manus. Old Manus wins, but only because I had to quit. I had him on the very brink of defeat. And I have the replay to prove it!

Everyone, Manus uses HUGE amount of cavalry. Just a word to the wise;)

I was always an avid fan of the original AoE game.

My cavalry can beat up your cavalry etc

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Originally Posted by Old Manus

My cavalry can beat up your cavalry etc

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But my combined Halberdiers, Heavy Camels, and Elite Cataphracts beat up your cavalry.

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Originally Posted by Lost Number

But my combined Halberdiers, Heavy Camels, and Elite Cataphracts beat up your cavalry.

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Yeah, using pure cav/inf against the Byzantines is far from wise. For Cavalry they got the two best counters at a very cheap cost. In addition Cataphracts are very good units all around[particually since one of the few units that most players get that can beat a cataphract 1v1 is the paladin, but you got camels and halbs fro those guys). And for those who don't know the Cats mostly cancel out the damage bonus from most anti cav units(Camels and mams for example basically have no bonus against the cats, and the halb really gets its bonus slashed, Cats are P-O-W-E-R-F-U-L; just don't send them 1v1 vs paladins).