Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 50 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 30 out of 50
  3. Negative: 0 out of 50
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  1. Eurogamer
    Feb 19, 2018
    The 90s classic has never looked better, but beneath the makeover it can creak.

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6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 225 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 126 out of 225
  2. Mixed: 50 out of 225
  3. Negative: 49 out of 225
  1. BSim500
    Feb 26, 2018
    0
    This "remake" is literally no real upgrade over the original AoE with "upatch HD" installed (a community mod which adds widescreen, HD resThis "remake" is literally no real upgrade over the original AoE with "upatch HD" installed (a community mod which adds widescreen, HD res support, bug fixes, better AI, etc, for free, just Google "Age of Empires upatch HD" and click on the first link). The only other difference is "Definitive Edition" is Windows 10 only and has a shiny new $20 price tag (because clearly it's a brand new "2018" game) whilst the original which plays exactly the same can be bought for under $5 on Ebay, or for the "Collectors Edition" comes with AoE2 bundled in for free (which also has HD / widescreen patches...)… Full Review »
  2. MrinalKanti
    Feb 26, 2018
    2
    Microsoft didn't publish my review on their store page, so here it goes. This is just an HD version of old classic with very MINIMALMicrosoft didn't publish my review on their store page, so here it goes. This is just an HD version of old classic with very MINIMAL modifications on the gameplay front. The game mechanics are so outdated that it is a torture to play this game in this age. AoE2 HD seems generations ahead of this game even though it was released 5 years ago. Don't let the developers fool you with their false claims of improvements in unit movement. The algorithms would surely make Dijkstra roll over in his grave.

    And did I say that it requires you to be online to even launch the game even if you wanted to play single player mode.

    The only positive points worth a mention are the improved visuals and background music. Though they have increased the pop cap limits for matches but campaigns are still limited to 50.

    I got this for less than $10 in local currency but even then it seems a waste of that money, not even worth the 17 GB it hogs on your system.    … Full Review »
  3. Gugap
    Feb 25, 2018
    0
    Terrible remaster.
    Only thing that got changed is the graphics and even there i would argue it was not much of an addition - it doesn't look    Terrible remaster.
    Only thing that got changed is the graphics and even there i would argue it was not much of an addition - it doesn't look much better (apart from the better resolution of course). Everything else is exactly the same - id say even worse in many cases. I honestly don't remember the movement of all the units being this bad and I think the original game was much more fluid.
    On top of all that, you can only buy the game through the windows 10 store.

    Even if they released it for free I wouldn't call it a success. I'm sad i paid money for this.    … Full Review »
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