Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings for Windows

Pros: Everything.. knights, castles.. what more do ya want?
Cons: Takes over your life!

Yeah. So I know this has over three hundred reviews already, and I likely won't add anything Earth shattering to any of those, but sometimes you run across something that you just have to write about. Age Of Empires II is just such a game. Appar ...

Pros: Improved graphics, strong AI, tons of cheats available.
Cons: Limited resources, low-set population limit.

Microsoft's Age of Empires 2 ( or AOK ) has long been considered to be the pinnacle of the RTS gaming world alongside other equally deserving titles as Blizzard's Starcraft. Like many other hugely successful titles before it, the emergence of clones...

Pros: Hours of enjoyment.
Cons: Highly addictive.

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So what have I been doing with my time,...

Pros: many civilizations to choose from, lots to do in a game, lots of options, lots of everything
Cons: will take away free time and prevent you from studying/working/earning money

I don't have many hobbies- I prefer to waste my spare time watching television but last year I discovered two activities that have taken up hours upon hours of my time. The first of these "obsessions" is Epinions and the second is a computer...

Pros: Vey fun to play. Period.
Cons: Be careful not to get addicted to it though.

Age of Empires is the first RPG strategy game I ever bought for my computer, way back in 1999. Because of this, I now have a serious taste for RPG games, which I play whenever I can. Age of Empires is based on the world after 476 AD, when the already ...

Pros: Pretty much everything.
Cons: None whatsoev'r me lad!

THE BASIC BEEF
Several years ago, Ensemble Studios released one the most educative, fun, innovative, and downright astonishing games ever released on the PC. As a sequel to 1998s Age of Empires, this was as equally compelling. Age of Empires 2...

Pros: Good graphics, good audio, great gameplay, big variety of units and teams
Cons: None that I can think of...

INTRO

This game is all about warfare, building, and strategy. Everything is happening at once. In other words, it is not turn-based where you have to do the best thing possible in one turn while no one else is going. While you're building,...

Pros: Awesome graphics, historically accurate, scenario editor, hours of game play.
Cons: None...

Age of Empires II: Age of Kings is a historically accurate representation of medieval warfare. This game will never get old, even after you have completed the campaigns because it comes with an easy to use campaign editor, which allows you to...

Pros: Economy, better graphics, better multi-play
Cons: none

I have to admit, when I first played AOE 2, I found the opening menu screen far less appealing that the original Age of Empires. But once I got into the game, I was very impressed. The sequel offers many improvements on the original.

The...

Pros: graphics
Cons: minor details

After years of being limited to games like Populous and Warcraft, my brother and I decided that it was time to move on. This was a move prompted mostly by the acquisition of a new and better computer, the details of which will be given after...

Pros: Superb multiplayer component; excellent AI; good voice acting;
Cons: Dated graphics; you are filling Bill Gates’ pockets after all

Back in early 1999, the second Age of Empires game from Ensemble Studios came out, setting a new standard upon which future RTS games would be judged. Almost two years have passed since then, and looking at the endless piles of overhyped trash reviewers...

Pros: It's all good.
Cons: Some weird game ending criteria.

You remember back a few years ago when Microsoft started making games, and you laughed at them? (Oh admit it, you did TOO laugh at them.) Who could forget the epic blockbuster Fury3 which was a shameless "buy and rename" version of Terminal...

Pros: Good speech,awesome online play,much better graphics,map editor
Cons: Online games take forever,slowdown

I was a huge fan of the orignal Age of Empires, so how couldn't I like this? Well, I wouldn't be surprised if some fans of the original game didn't like this one. Quite a big difference! The view for one is more zoomed in and the buildings are huge when...

Pros: awesome game
Cons: none

This is one product Microsoft has released about which I have no complaints. I originally purchased this game because I was hopelessly addicted to this game after I tried it on my roommate’s computer. I am not really a computer game person, but this time...

Pros: Easy to get into, innovative and perplexing
Cons: Hard to complete

Age Of Empires 2: The Age of Kings

Think fidelity. Think vivification. Wet Sir Walter Raleigh this is not, and yet it still defies belief in the hearts of the fish who have not yet taken to water. Without a doubt, one likes to batter, mangle...