Age of Empires (Age of Empires (PC))

Member Name: sharpe106

Product:	Age of Empires (PC)
Date:	18/11/08 (23 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Plenty of gameplay

Disadvantages: Limited units

Age of empires, the first in a series is a real time strategy game made by Microsoft in 1997 and spanning over 10.000 years where you lead your nation to victory against your rivals. The main game is the campaigns.

You start of as the leader of a nation, each nation has special units and you have to fight your through various levels to win the game, there is quite a large selection of nations to choose from and you have to build your army by collecting resources and trading, you have the options to upgrade your technology and your defences to help you defeat the enemy as you explore the map and the world around you.

Game play

The game is loosely based on historical events although it does not stick to it completely, makes sacrifices to improve game play, most of the units are units that would have been used in the time and the upgrades are what you would expect in the times, each upgrade allowing you to build better and stronger units.

You start of with a few units and a town centre and using your peasants you collect resources and build a army, the main part of the game is deciding which units types to build to defeat your enemy as it is not always the person with the biggest army that wins the game and completes the mission


Controls/Graphics

The graphics are ok and fairly detailed especially for its age and the view windows is good giving you a good view of the world and what is going on around you, the controls are easy to learn and you can move quickly from one end of the battlefield to another as required without any problems

Multiplayer

The multiplayer is pretty good although it can sometimes be slow due to the detail of the game and the amount of units on the screen at once, but conquering your friends on huge maps more than makes up for this.

Value for Money

A very good game with plenty of options to choose from even when you have completed the game you can just play a single map fighting it out and choosing the options you want making the game as hard as you want so you can play it again and again.

Summary: A excellent start to the series