Age of Empires (PC) Reviews

This game is amazing and addictive, the outdated graphics do not make a difference as the gameplay in this series of games is so solid and so good that you cannot help but want to play another time. The game is set over 10,000 years worth of history, in Europe and Asia where you can battle with all kinds of people and meachanical vehicles. ...  Read the complete review

First of all a warning, this game is highly addictive. Seriously if you have a work deadline or something you need doing stay away from this, it will consume your spare time. What a brilliant game! An absolute classic that set the bar for all strategy games to follow. I bought the gold edition which included the rise of rome expansion pack ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

I first came across AOE many years ago. I like to play God and so creating my own civilisation was just up my street! I like games where you can start from scratch, create people, towns, armies and then go to WAR! This I think describes AOE. I have since bought all the expansion packs and no matter which new games I have/play, I always go back ...  Read the complete review

Background ~~~~~~~~ The game is set in Europe & Asia between the Stone Age and Iron Age which spans 10,000 years of history. You fight in epic legendary campaigns such as escorting Hannibal across the Alps and going to war with the great Roman Empire. The game, at heart, ...  Read the complete review

AGE OF EMPIRES -------------- This game was made by Ensemble Studios, and released by Microsoft in 1997, Its a Real Time Strategy game with a lot of depth. Personally im not normally a fan of RTS games, but this one had a little something more, which has made it one of my favourite games. With lots of options and ...  Read the complete review

With this game you have your own little tribe of people to controle and enlighten, leading them from the stone age on. I recently borrowed this game from a friend and after leaving it laying on the table for a few weeks I decided I better try it and I?m very glad I did. When I first started playing it I could quite happily play it for a couple ...  Read the complete review

The theme of Age of the Empires is the rise of the first great civilisations over the 12, 000 years that followed the last ice age. You are the guiding spirit of a tribethat predates one of the great cultures of antiquity. Your goal is to build you tribe into a mighty that can vie for world (game) dominance (victory). You begin the game in the ...  Read the complete review

I picked this up a couple of years ago and I am still playing it now. The graphics aren't great, but is just simply the gameplay of this game that makes it so excellent!! You can just keep playing and playing! There are different ways of winning a game of scenario, depending on the mission settings. Their can be conquest ...  Read the complete review

When you first play Age of Empires, a warm feeling develops in your gut. Warcraft meets Civilization! Real-time empire-building! And does it ever look sharp and feel right. But an uneasy feeling builds as you get deeper into it, a sense that all is not quite right. This is not quite the game you hoped for. Even worse, it has some definite ...  Read the complete review

There are many computer games that are based around you playing the role of 'god'. In them all it is your job to decide the structure of your civilisation, army or any other miriad of situations. In Age of Empires you take the role of a god, that at the most basic level needs to decide the very structure of your society. You decide ...  Read the complete review

hijos de escocia, habeis venido a luchar como hombres libres, y hombres libres sois, ¿qué haríais sin libertad?, ¿lucharéis?, luchad, y puede que murais, huid, y vivireis, un tiempo al menos, y al morir en vuestro lecho, dentro de muchos años, no estareis dispuestos a cambiar, todos los dias desde hoy hasta entonces, por una oportunidad, ¡de ...  Read the complete review

Age of Empires is a real time strategy game set in the stone-iron age. You aim is basically to advance to the highest age you can so you can access more buildings and units. Though it is not as simple as that, for instance there are campaigns. In each of these campaigns there are a number of scenarios (about 7 usually). In scenarios you get a map ...  Read the complete review

This is a real time strategy classic, produced by microsoft, its a great game. The game consists of taking charge of a small tribe of people and building that small tribe, using resources such as rocks, gold, fish (food) and making them into the largest and most powerful empire in the world. Seem like a complex task, it is! ...  Read the complete review

I was walking round the street when I saw a flying chicken I said hey flying chicken What are you doing He said he was running because he was tired I was confused sI was walking round the street when I saw a flying chicken I said hey flying chicken What are you doing He said he was running because he was tired I was ...  Read the complete review

Age of empires is an excellent game with few if any flaws. The game play is very addictive and the depth of the game is awesome with so many civilisations to be and also many different units to buil, train and use in an all out war against your enemy. There are different simulations you can play, like regicide. In this you must kill the other ...  Read the complete review

Although Microsoft may not be too good at writing operating systems, they certainly know how to write good games. This is one of the better god games - i.e. you take control of a group of people and lead them through time. You tell your people what to build - huts to castles, and you can train warriors of many different types to kill ...  Read the complete review

The aim of this game is to create a civilisation, including all elements such as religion, education, agriculture etc, build a wonder keep it standing for 1000 years. Easier said than done You can chose who you want to be, such as the Vikings or The Celts. At the beginning of the game you start of in the stone age, you have four people ...  Read the complete review

this is a fairly typical god game, with you controling your followers and using them to kill the other teams scattered around a game map. The graphics are OK, nothing special but they do get the job done. The sound is similar, functional but no more. Where this game really shines is the gameplay itself - it`s got it in buckets! ...  Read the complete review

Ever feel like you could conquer the world? Well now you can. The catch? You have to start in the stone age, and work your way up. This is the latest in the genre of real time strategy games, this time from Microsoft. The game is very similar to Civilization in terms of gameplay, with some distinct differences in terms of concept. You play a ...  Read the complete review