Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

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  1. kraenk
    Feb 22, 2018
    6
    Old wine in new bottles. Sadly Microsoft didn’t go the extra mile and brought some mechanics up to date. The underlying game is just the same old game, with its broken way finding, just with a lot of lipstick on. Beautiful lipstick though, but it just feels like his could’ve been much more.
  2. Esaud87
    Mar 9, 2018
    6
    After playing the Greek campaign and some random map vs AI, this is my main list of Pros and Cons:

    Pros: 1.- Nice graphical visuals and sound effects improvements. 2.- Population limit for random maps now can be more than 50. 3.- Some gameplay improvements: Farms are easier to build and you can pass through them, inactive villager button, you can build even if there is a tree or    After playing the Greek campaign and some random map vs AI, this is my main list of Pros and Cons:

    Pros:
    1.- Nice graphical visuals and sound effects improvements.
    2.- Population limit for random maps now can be more than 50.
    3.- Some gameplay improvements: Farms are easier to build and you can pass through them, inactive villager button, you can build even if there is a tree or animal in the place, and you can pass through buildings if they are not built yet
    4. You have a narrator before and after every campaign scenario.
    5. You have the tech trees button for every civilization (just like AOE 2).
    6. Amazing building destruction sprites.

    Cons:
    1.- Same old AI, even sometimes the pathfinding is somehow worse than the original game (Example: A group of villagers trying to collect food from forage bushes on a narrow space)

    2.- Civilizations controlled by the AI is the same, plays bad even in Hard difficulty : Develops too few technologies, in water maps it sends villagers to get resources very far from the base so it losses a lot of them, it does not take care about its villagers, 5 from 10 times (approx) it build defenses in isolate places that do not defend the base or close-base resources, and does not know how to counter attack
    TIP: If you like to play skirmish mode in solitary (like me), just play on maps with 0% water, for some reason the AI only in this kind of maps does not commit suicide with the villagers.

    3.- No basic formations or basic commands such as guard, follow, passive, aggressive, defensive behavior.
    4.- No information about how many villagers are working on different resources.
    5.- Can not queue more than one kind of units in one building.
    6.- No modding capability.
    7. Small personal detail: In the original version, dead units would start to decay, before becoming skeletons, before fading out. In the Definitive edition that decomposition detail is lost.

    I know that Devs say that "this is not a bug/basic limitation, it is a feature!". Old basic limitations/bugs have no reason for existing in a modern remake, so I hope that Forgotten empires are still working and creating a nice Age of Empires definitive edition such as nowadays Age of Empires 2 HD in Steam.    … Expand
  3. ximzumadbro
    Feb 25, 2018
    7
    If you played it before i don't think you should buy it it's the same old game with a small visual enhancement that I don't think was worth my money however if u haven't played it or if u're new to RTS genre what better way to start than to play one of the best RTS of all time
  4. sgy0003
    Feb 25, 2018
    6
    While everyone is too busy complaining about this game being on the Microsoft Store, I will focus my review on the actual game; It's a one step forward and.....that's it. You still got the same gameplay, same campaign and scenarios, and same mechanics. The supposed "Improved pathfinding" is a hit-or-miss because it literally does not work for half the time and you have to manually guideWhile everyone is too busy complaining about this game being on the Microsoft Store, I will focus my review on the actual game; It's a one step forward and.....that's it. You still got the same gameplay, same campaign and scenarios, and same mechanics. The supposed "Improved pathfinding" is a hit-or-miss because it literally does not work for half the time and you have to manually guide each unit. I'll give credit where its due though, and that is in the graphics enhancement and population increase. This means your empire will look even grander than before. In the end, this game deserves at least 6/10 IMHO… Expand
  5. Jorchking
    Sep 8, 2019
    5
    Mediocre. La IA parece peor que la del primer juego, realmente no recuerdo que fuese tan torpe (y por última vez lo he jugado hace no muchos años). Se quedan y se enredan entre sí. Pensé que los modelos de los personajes serían mejores pero no lo siento así. Incluso hasta al "arquero compuesto" lo siento peor, ya no se ve tan atractivo como el 1. Pero bueno, dentro de todo lo de laMediocre. La IA parece peor que la del primer juego, realmente no recuerdo que fuese tan torpe (y por última vez lo he jugado hace no muchos años). Se quedan y se enredan entre sí. Pensé que los modelos de los personajes serían mejores pero no lo siento así. Incluso hasta al "arquero compuesto" lo siento peor, ya no se ve tan atractivo como el 1. Pero bueno, dentro de todo lo de la resolución está bien.
    Pero lo de la IA y el guiar a tus soldados hace que este juego no sea recomendable para nada en estos momentos. Dudo muchísimo que corrijan estos errores en el futuro, porque parece que quieren sepultar a la primera entrega de por vida.
    Hay algunas mejores que se pedía mucho: Cola de granjas, indicadores de trabajos de aldeanos y aldeanos inactivos, ubicación de dónde salen los individuos. En fin, muchas cosas de las que ya tenía el AoE 2 pero que debía ya tener esta entrega. Una de las cosas que pudieron haber agregado es la formación del escuadrón, aunque a mí personalmente no me molesta, sí entiendo que a mucha gente sí y el jueg debió enfocarse, además, en el público que nunca jugó al AoE 1 y estas pequeñas cosas los terminó de ahuyentar.
    No puedo recomendar el juego, además de que el online está muerto, el estado actual es deplorable, sobre todo por lo acontecido con la Inteligencia Artificial que es lamentable y yo, personalmente, lo siento peor que antes.
    5/10.    … Expand
  6. Dco326
    Jun 23, 2023
    5
    A ne znam, okej je zavrsio sam je ali je izbagovana i ima pun k nekih sranja koje idu na zivce u igrici, ne bih je odigrao vise nikad,
  7. SilverOrlov
    Feb 14, 2021
    7
    Just nice graphics and nice music. The rest is absolutely the same as it once was. I understand the difference between remasters and remakes, but even so, just pulling up the makeup, and leaving all the mechanics with pros and cons for a new generation of players is either laziness or greed. Or stupidity. The developers did a good job, but not enough to rate this game on the same level asJust nice graphics and nice music. The rest is absolutely the same as it once was. I understand the difference between remasters and remakes, but even so, just pulling up the makeup, and leaving all the mechanics with pros and cons for a new generation of players is either laziness or greed. Or stupidity. The developers did a good job, but not enough to rate this game on the same level as the original one.… Expand
  8. Babutto
    May 9, 2020
    7
    Pros.:
    - Nostalgic.
    - Nice graphic upgrades. - Music, sounds, etc. Cons.: - Nothing new, except updated graphics (slightly). Were even lazy to update photon man and big daddy car. - Expected more from the definitive version: campaigns, tech, etc. - Minimum new things. So, I was a big fan of the original game and spent hours. That's why I gave 7. But if you seek for something    Pros.:
    - Nostalgic.
    - Nice graphic upgrades.
    - Music, sounds, etc.

    Cons.:
    - Nothing new, except updated graphics (slightly). Were even lazy to update photon man and big daddy car.
    - Expected more from the definitive version: campaigns, tech, etc.
    - Minimum new things.

    So, I was a big fan of the original game and spent hours. That's why I gave 7. But if you seek for something bigger than just the updated graphics, better stay away from this game and play the original.    … Expand
  9. diolantern
    Apr 18, 2020
    5
    Some quality of life improvements and includes a better campaign, but overall a middling remaster. Gameplay tweaks could have helped revive the community, but still plagued with the familiar major flaws.
  10. Bloodnes
    Oct 5, 2020
    7
    Старая добрая классика, текстуры подтянули, но появились некоторые баги, которых не было в оригинале, АИ также стал более простым, есть над чем работать. 7/10
  11. AxeWould
    Jun 21, 2021
    6
    Вот просто доебала эта игра, тупейший ai своих персов, отправляешь в одну точку они вообще в разные стороны разбегаються, тупат жостко, бегают за противником и никак не могут достать его, сам геймплей доставляет удовольствие, и я даже вспотел, от накала страстей. Графон конечно улучшили, но и на том спасибо. А русиш перевод просто дрянь, местами вообще не переведенно.Вот просто доебала эта игра, тупейший ai своих персов, отправляешь в одну точку они вообще в разные стороны разбегаються, тупат жостко, бегают за противником и никак не могут достать его, сам геймплей доставляет удовольствие, и я даже вспотел, от накала страстей. Графон конечно улучшили, но и на том спасибо. А русиш перевод просто дрянь, местами вообще не переведенно.
  12. tututdyure
    Jan 2, 2022
    7
    Not the best or not the worst game either. For me I just boring playing this game. Because the civilization in Age Of Empires 1 is more less than Age Of Empires 2 and Age Of Empires 3.
  13. orm-viking
    Jan 5, 2022
    5
    Cataphracts are in Japan? Thinks, NO! Game is strange, gameplay is bored.
    I am glad that the game passed me by as a child. Disappointment.
  14. nastyjes
    Jul 11, 2023
    6
    Not bad, but only makes sense if you REALLY want to play as ancient civilizations. AOE II is better in every way.

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  1. CD-Action
    May 16, 2018
    65
    I’m torn. On the one hand it’s Age of Empires as I remember it, atmosphere and spirit intact. On the other hand despite refreshed graphics it’s simply an old game so sentiment seems the only driving factor here. [04/2018, p.61]
  2. Games.cz
    Apr 24, 2018
    60
    Not even beautiful graphics, new animations and a great soundtrack can hide the fact that Age of Empires isn’t good enough according to modern standards. Remaster brings some nostalgic feelings but only when you get over the technical issues, lags and AI mistakes.
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  3. DarkStation
    Mar 23, 2018
    70
    I still have major concerns about the game's combat, but Age of Empires: Definitive Edition is a good history lesson for what inspired me and so many others to love RTS genre so much. It’s a brilliant game with a ton of content and for such a low entry price, I think it’s worth a look even if it’s not perfect.
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