LGR - Age of Empires - PC Game Review

Think I will dig out my copy of AoE after watching this. I also enjoyed playing Empire Earth which is similar in ways.

Dan Milner

Definitely a chance, although I hope to cover the original and Red Alert first

LGR

Any chance of a look at Command & Conquer? I just finished Tiberian Sun and oh man.

Snufflegrunt

Glad to hear of the inadvertent healing :)

LGR

AoM is quite a different beast, but is very fun indeed!

LGR

Nah, was never a fan of AoE3 either. Just lots of little things felt off.

LGR

I only played AoE2, and only a few times, and each time it was a multiplayer kick in the ass (not surprising, I'm more a Command & Conquer RTS type of gamer). Still, it was very fun to build stuff and train units and seeing ancient Egypt cooperating with the roman empire, even if it ended very badly. :) Also, watching LGR heals me up, thanks !

Maximilien Noal

I haven't played AoE1 as much as it deserves, but I have played AoE2 and it's expansion The Conquerors a lot. I also enjoyed Age of Mythology, but not AoE3.

Tore Svendsen

My friends and I played this and AOE2 tons but I couldn't get into the sequels after that.

Zabe

I didn't get into AOE much until the 3rd game, but I have since sought out the original 2 and all the official expansions. I love the heck out of all of them. I always considered AOE more of a "real-time" Heroes of Might and Magic than a Warcraft-Civilization type game. Though the Warcraft part definitely fits the bill as well. Very glad to see this in your collection of game reviews.

Zem Hysong

It's definitely worth a shot if you like things a bit simpler!

LGR

Haha, yes indeed. So many units that way.

LGR

Finding the third-party expansions can be a bit challenging, at least if you want the boxes. But they're not exactly sought-after so they shouldn't be expensive if you CAN find em

LGR

Agreed

LGR

Now you need to do one on AOE 2

Untrustedlife

HELL YES!

Untrustedlife

I played the hell out of this whole series. I originally saw my first RTS at my cousin's house when he was playing the newly released Warcraft on DOS. I played the hell out of that series (and Starcraft) as well. When AoE was released it was a natural extension. I only played through AoE 3 once (or might not have completed it) because my PC at the time could barely run it. I was completely unaware there were third party "expansions" made for this game until an earlier video in which you mentioned them Clint. That was really cool. I wonder if they're hard to find. My PC collection has been slowly growing over the last two years and they'd be perfect for my collection. Great job with this review!

Pepperoni pizza, pepperoni pizza, pepperoni pizza, pepperoni pizza, pepperoni pizza, pepperoni pizza, pepperoni pizza, pepperoni pizza... That pretty much summarises my time playing Age of Empires, lmao!

Ian Guebert

Never cared much for rts, the sheer simplicity of this one tho intrigues me.. Kinda like lemmings :D

AY-YO-EYOYOO

LGR

Aw yiss

LGR

Definitely want to cover the sequels sometime, yes!

LGR

That sums up a good chunk of my memories as well, hehe.

LGR

Fond memories of this one. Saturdays spent building up my massive Babylonian army and creating labyrinthine super structures to pass the test of time, only for my army to be converted to the church of Assyrian Wololo. Great review Clint.

Ian Larrea

I once dreamed that my elementary school put on a children's theater production of the first Age of Empires, back when I played the demo as a kid. Maybe it's the reason I ace my history classes! A shame Ensemble Studios closed, as they were the other big developer in my area (north Texas, where Gearbox rules mostly on its own). Great video, Clint! Definitely consider reviewing the sequels and their expansions.

Leon Staton

More awesome childhood memories for me. =') This was one of the first RTSes I really got into. I don't even know how many hours I sunk into this game back then. A good chunk of that time was spent making crazy scenarios i.e. battles with countless amounts of units, and a couple of more serious scenarios with actual goals, such as this: <a href="http://aoe.heavengames.com/dl-php/showfile.php?fileid=2128" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://aoe.heavengames.com/dl-php/showfile.php?fileid=2128</a> In short, WOLOLOOOOOOL!!!

Sutekh94

Hell yeah age of empires!

Jeff D Smallman