Your global queue of tech and units now includes icons in the top-left corner of the screen, just below the reworked toolbar. And you can now queue up technologies and units at the same time, allowing less downtime for production buildings while you're busy managing other aspects of the game. Trebuchets will now pack and unpack automatically when you assign them to attack a certain building either in or out or range. Units can have multiple waypoints set at once, meaning you can chart out a path for your original scout (or any other unit) and not have to continuously click a new place for it to travel to. No more spamming the farm queue button and eventually running out ten minutes later. Starting out, you can now set farms to automatically reseed as long as wood stocks allow. Still, there are some significant changes that benefit everyone and ultimately make the game a lot more fun to play in Dark Age through to Imperial Age. I'm still uncovering small tidbits that make macro- and micro-managing easier. Gameplay is immediately familiar, but the myriad QoL improvements also make it seem new.Īge of Empires II has never looked so good, and the developers have kept the feel of the original game. Hotkeys can be set to classic or to a grid-like method - the top row of the keyboard is used for the top line of your commands, middle row for middle line, and on - that's easier for newcomers to pick up. I played a lot of the original and HD versions, and I was able to jump into a Definitive Edition skirmish and play without having to make many adjustments. I've been playing AoEII:DE for about a week to check out whether or not it's worth a buy for long-time veterans and newcomers to the series.Īge of Empires II isn't a game that needed any major mechanics reworked, and that's been honored here in the Definitive Edition.
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Now, with Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (AoEII:DE) - developed by Forgotten Empires, Tantalus Media, and Wicked Witch and published by Xbox Game Studios - fans of the series are getting an impressive graphics overhaul with new animations and 4K support, three new campaigns with four new civilizations, remastered audio, new units and technologies, plenty of QoL changes, and an improved multiplayer experience with leaderboards, ladders, matchmaking, and improved spectator mode. Age of Empires II: HD Edition spawned its own collection of expansion packs, including The Forgotten, The African Kingdoms, and Rise of the Rajas, complete with a bunch of new civilizations, campaigns and a graphics reworks that better suited modern hardware and displays.
This collection of games was played incessantly by a huge crowd of RTS fans and eventually saw an HD remake in 2013. Developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings saw an expansion - Age of Conquerors - about a year later, bringing more campaigns, civilizations, and some quality of life (QoL) fixes. About 20 years ago, the second installment in the real-time strategy (RTS) Age of Empires series was released for PC.
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