Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

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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
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  1. Twoeye
    May 28, 2020
    10
    Throughly enjoying this. Playing this brings back so many memories of my childhood.
  2. morventhus
    Feb 25, 2018
    8
    If you already own the game and it runs on your computer fine there aint no reason to get this.
    Its just a nice spitshine of paint and new music.

    I actually kind of miss the pixel art.

    Game plays same as you remember it. So ill give it the same review score I did to the first one.
  3. cyberwolf84
    Mar 3, 2018
    8
    A good remaster. No one has expected big changes in gameplay. It´s still AOE only with much better grphics and soundtrack. Sadly that AI is not improved and that you can buy game only on Microsoft store.
  4. Cleesan
    Jun 17, 2019
    8
    ***Edit: After writing this review I realized they had pushed a patch last month that did reduce some of my original complaints***
    This game was a mixed bag for me, in the end I've put quite a bit of time into replaying through the single player.
    The Good: *New visuals and audio (music is great, and I love the building destruction). *They added a button that makes villages auto reseed the    ***Edit: After writing this review I realized they had pushed a patch last month that did reduce some of my original complaints***
    This game was a mixed bag for me, in the end I've put quite a bit of time into replaying through the single player.

    The Good:
    *New visuals and audio (music is great, and I love the building destruction).
    *They added a button that makes villages auto reseed the farms and people can now pass over the farms.
    *Villagers auto harvest resources after building a building that collects them (reduces the micromanagement).
    *Expanded population limit!
    *Added a narrator to the campaign.
    *Pathfinding is now better than the original game’s (as of the May 2019 patch, although it is still lacking compared to modern FPS game AIs).
    *The game now has global queues displayed to show what units are being built, you can click on them to go to the building training the unit.
    *Game is still being patched.

    The Bad:
    *Pathfinding is still bad, if you place one of your units a bunch of you’re non-moving units they won’t move to let it through.
    *Amount you can zoom in and out is limited by graphics detail, if you want to zoom out super far you need to have the graphics detail (it is called zoom detail) set to 1x. If you want full graphics detail your camera is forced rather close and I find this annoying, so I normally find myself playing at 2x detail instead of 4x which leads to it looking blurry at certain zoom levels.
    *AI still isn’t great although the May 2019 patch has improved some of the really bad things, perhaps future updates will eventually make it really good.
    *Modding takes you back to the dark ages where you have to go to a website to download the mods by hand.

    All in all I’d only recommend getting this if you loved the original and want to play through it again or if you’ve never played the original before. Going back to the non-hd version is now (after the latest patch) something I can’t do.    … Expand
  5. jorgef99
    Nov 2, 2018
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. es increíble lo competitivo que se ha vuelto y la cantidad de jugadores que tiene después de tantos años, la dificultad de ser mejor en estrategia y velocidad lo hacen ciertamente adictivo, las nuevas civ también dan balance al juego y con los servidores de voobly jugar online es fácil, en fin otro juego no puede logar esto después de tantos años, solo lo aprecian los que ven mas allá de gráficos en 4k y entienden de la dinámica del juego… Expand
  6. BigDipper0208
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    I don't understand why the score here is so low. It is clearly a qualified remake. And it successfully invoked a wave of returning.

    It should be an 8 point, but I make it 10 to increase its average score (which is too low according to my understanding)

    Looking forwards to AOE 4.
  7. socokid
    Feb 23, 2018
    8
    LOL, the two current 1 scores are from the "same" person. Joined on the same day, only one post, and they say almost exactly the same thing (complaining about no Steam release). This is why Metracritic user scores stink. CLEAR spamming. All the time.

    BUT, this is the same game, clearly, but with better/smoother visuals. I personally enjoy it, but I could see how those that have never    LOL, the two current 1 scores are from the "same" person. Joined on the same day, only one post, and they say almost exactly the same thing (complaining about no Steam release). This is why Metracritic user scores stink. CLEAR spamming. All the time.

    BUT, this is the same game, clearly, but with better/smoother visuals. I personally enjoy it, but I could see how those that have never played it would find it a tad out dated.    … Expand
  8. yannick4950
    Mar 1, 2018
    8
    "In 1997, Age of Empires changed RTS games forever. Today, twenty years later, Age of Empires: Definitive Edition begins that transformation anew with all-new graphics, remastered sound and music, and a smooth UI experience rebuilt from the ground up! Play the legendary RTS that started it all!"
    - Everything is there except the smooth UI experience
    -This game would have been much better    "In 1997, Age of Empires changed RTS games forever. Today, twenty years later, Age of Empires: Definitive Edition begins that transformation anew with all-new graphics, remastered sound and music, and a smooth UI experience rebuilt from the ground up! Play the legendary RTS that started it all!"
    - Everything is there except the smooth UI experience
    -This game would have been much better with a modernised UI (different stance for warriors, gatherers count on each resources)
    -Apart from that the game is great and the soundtracks sent me back to my 10 years old.
    *i play only singleplayer and don't know yet how the multiplayer is.    … Expand
  9. Jara0z
    Nov 27, 2019
    9
    The game reminds me to the good old days, good to play it again after 10 years of the 1st version.
  10. Oneflat
    Nov 22, 2019
    8
    I remaster as it's supposed to be. If you roam around looking for a classic RTS game, then this is it. I found it satisfying exactly as a classic real-time strategy. Enhanced graphics make it feel like a (almost) modern game while all the gameplay & interface elements keep the coolness of the original one. The pacing is proper as well, I don't feel like it would be too slow. It crashed twoI remaster as it's supposed to be. If you roam around looking for a classic RTS game, then this is it. I found it satisfying exactly as a classic real-time strategy. Enhanced graphics make it feel like a (almost) modern game while all the gameplay & interface elements keep the coolness of the original one. The pacing is proper as well, I don't feel like it would be too slow. It crashed two times in more than 10 hours of play so I'm giving a solid 8. Don't forget to save the game from time to time!… Expand
  11. wolfaust
    Jul 14, 2021
    8
    'Twas 2001, the first time I played Age of Empires, an epic and unique experience for me. I was enjoying playing with the civilizations in antiquity, especially with the Romans. It was a little different and exciting since it was my first strategy game experience. Now, while playing Definitive Edition, I realized that I wish we were still playing the old versions, even if these games were'Twas 2001, the first time I played Age of Empires, an epic and unique experience for me. I was enjoying playing with the civilizations in antiquity, especially with the Romans. It was a little different and exciting since it was my first strategy game experience. Now, while playing Definitive Edition, I realized that I wish we were still playing the old versions, even if these games were out of date. The development effort called Remaster results in disaster in many games. They think they can sort out the job just by doing graphic polishing. However, since there are target groups that buy those Remaster games, I think the developer team doesn't care about the balance of the game because of it.

    I enjoy playing Age of Empires Definitive Edition, but I also think some obvious bugs need to be fixed. Like, enemies directly rushing through your villagers, not the army they are facing with. That is obvious; there is an army full of swordsmen, archers and cavalries, but the enemy army is still searching my villagers, which these villagers staying behind the army and lots of walls. This is not how to make a game, this is a disaster! In other words, I do not think of how these errors escape from the eyes of the developer companies. There is a huge game developer company and a huge distributor company behind it, but they do not fix even the slightest obvious mistake. Look, I'm not saying that they can't fix it. They do not fix it.

    Still, it is an old-school strategy game that unique and like an heirloom.    … Expand
  12. mboscht
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition .
  13. zereor
    Feb 3, 2020
    10
    пойдет по сравнению с варкрафтом рефордж от близард
  14. Granada_Espada
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    Отличная игра была и осталась такой же. На моей памяти так все и выглядело, кроме разрушений, но оказалось, что я дорисовывала до современного уровня, хотя некоторые анимации остались такими же. Сейчас таких игр уже не делают, только и радуешься, что можно поиграть в старое на новом компе.
    Кто любит ее, тот купит)    Отличная игра была и осталась такой же. На моей памяти так все и выглядело, кроме разрушений, но оказалось, что я дорисовывала до современного уровня, хотя некоторые анимации остались такими же. Сейчас таких игр уже не делают, только и радуешься, что можно поиграть в старое на новом компе.
    Кто любит ее, тот купит)
  15. cezar88augusto
    Sep 26, 2020
    10
    This is an improved version of the "The Conquerors" expansion. I played for hundreds of hours. I can say with propriety that it is a great remastering! They improved several items in the game, how to build farms automatically, improve the management of resource evolutions. They added new civilizations and campaigns. Honestly, I did not understand the low score given by users.
  16. apokalipto
    Aug 10, 2023
    9
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  17. apurbo810
    Nov 21, 2021
    8
    Awesome game with good history camping.also multiplayer are pretty good.but it need few game balance
  18. Ogeday_Han
    Apr 7, 2022
    10
    This game can get 8 very easy. 10 in a push.
    Why should we play this remake?
    Amazing graphics and still fells like nostaljia. This is the game from 1997 and still fells like the same. Stronger AI, more campaign. Whats different from 1997? Musics, graffics, more civilazitions, ranked/unranked online games, you can see your opponents rating in order to compare. You can ban 3 maps you    This game can get 8 very easy. 10 in a push.
    Why should we play this remake?
    Amazing graphics and still fells like nostaljia. This is the game from 1997 and still fells like the same. Stronger AI, more campaign.
    Whats different from 1997?
    Musics, graffics, more civilazitions, ranked/unranked online games, you can see your opponents rating in order to compare. You can ban 3 maps you don't want to play in ranked game.

    Summary:
    I am living in China, still can find a opponent, play ranked games without any lag or freezing. Optimization is very well done. To be honest cant stop playing the game at the moment.    … Expand
  19. Animus_V0x
    Jun 15, 2022
    9
    Still as good as it was before. Plus with this DE, there's plenty new campaigns and new civilisations. That game never gets old.
  20. klenzo
    Nov 8, 2022
    9
    This game is pure fun, not 10 only for minor performance issues, especially online
  21. Harthik69
    Jul 9, 2023
    9
    Nice Game. Would love to play again in future. Good Graphics and mechanics!!!

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69

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
  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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