Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

a.k.a. Age of Empires 2 / AoE2 / AOK

published by Microsoft in 1999-09-27, developed by Ensemble Studios, running on Windows
type: strategy
genre: Historical
series: Age of Empires
setting: Medieval
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player, LAN, Internet
game engine: Genie Engine
languages: eng ger spa
4.4/5

Official description

In Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, the player takes control of one of thirteen civilizations, including the Chinese, Goths, Britons, and Vikings, among others. The player starts with a handful of villagers, through expansion and careful handling of the economy, the player can advance up to the point where powerful war machines and well trained masses of troops will be the player's to make and control.

There are three distinct ways to play, one of which the object is to hunt and kill the other player(s) king, however there are a lot of options for each, anywhere from what type of map to start on (including coastal, gold rush, arabia, and rivers) to what the maximum amount of units are allowed.

The player can also play online at the Zone vs. up to seven other players, or via a TCP/IP connection.

# 2023-05-14 21:44:19 - official description

Comment

Sequel to Age of Empires, continuing the trend of classic RPG, plus the age system. Graphics were considerably improved (although still merely a pretty 2D), and also the missions became slightly more complex, with storyline developed within the game engine.

# 2005-11-10 21:04:58

Technical specs

display: raster

Authors / Staff

design

Bruce Shelley (Designer)

coding

Angelo Laudon (Programmer)

graphics

Brad Crow (Artist)
Scott Winsett (Artist)

audio

Stephen Rippy (Composer)

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External reviews (4) - average: 92% - median: 90%

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Génération 4 (83-138)fr1281999-116/6100%
IGN1999*8.8/1088%
Metacritic1999*92/10092%
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PC Playerde831999-1188/10088%
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