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KTGOMASON117's Age of Empires II (PC)
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| [September 17, 2012 11:09:36 PM]
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Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings is an old PC real time strategy game made by Ensemble Studios back in 1999. I played this game a lot as a child. So this week I decided it was time to brush off the dust and play it once more. After a very long hour of configuring my computer to allow it to run, I was able to get it working somewhat decently. The graphics were messed up in the process, but every other component of the game made it through fine. This RTS is a combination of military strategy and resource management. In this game, the player becomes one of 13 historic civilizations set during the Middle Ages. The object of the game is to conquer the enemy civilization. There is a verity of ways to destroy the enemy. In the classic game mode, the player has to completely destroy the enemy, such as killing all of the villagers, military units, and buildings until the enemy resigns. The player can also win by collecting all of the relics, which are holy objects that only monks can collect and give the player gold. The third way to win in a classic game is to build a wonder, which is usually a large, hard to make church that then must survive a set number of years. There are several of game types, one of which is called Regicide, where the player has to kill the enemy kill while protecting their own. After a while, playing the same game type over and over gets old. The different game types adds variety to the normal game type.
AoE also has a campaign that allows players to play through historic battles and events. In one of the campaign chapters, the player is Saladin who has to defend the Holy Land from the attacking Christian Crusaders. The different chapters of the campaign don’t have an overarching storyline, the chapters are just different settings with different goals and enemies.
The best part of AoE is the multiplayer. Human players can play against each other online or through a computer to computer connection. I have spent many hours playing against other players online. It adds such a different approach to how you play the game. Computer opponents usually have set approaches of attacking the player, but by adding human players, there is such an element of surprise. The multiplayer gives every player an even footing, unlike other games where players earn different abilities and perks based on past performances.
AoE has a sandbox element where players can create their own maps with their own rules. Players can even edit existing scenarios to add, or subtract certain parts of that game. The map editor allows player to create all aspects of the game’s map, from the amount of units and buildings for each side, to even the landscape of the game. Any combination is possible.
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KTGOMASON117's Age of Empires II (PC)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Monday 17 September, 2012
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