Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Video Game
1999
T

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8.8/10

3.8K

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Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (1999)

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The Age of Kings is set in the Middle Ages and contains thirteen playable civilizations.The Age of Kings is set in the Middle Ages and contains thirteen playable civilizations.The Age of Kings is set in the Middle Ages and contains thirteen playable civilizations.

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IMDb RATING

8.8/10

3.8K

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See production info at IMDbPro

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Quotes
William Wallace: We are without a leader. The dead king of Scotland has no heir. War creeps in from the south, where Edward Longshanks, the avaricious King of England, has returned from successful campaigns to conquer Wales and France. As Longshanks turns his attention to Scotland, the shadow of fear settles across the Highlands. The English have thousands of Welsh longbow men, hundreds of knights on horseback, and dozens of siege weapons. We Scottish have a rabble of untrained soldiers who do not even know how to march in a straight line. Though we must act soon. If we have any chance of resistance, we need to forge an army by any means necessary.

Alternate versions
Expansion: Age of Empires II: The Conquerors

Connections
Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #21.11 (1999)

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Review

Featured review

8/10

Great strategy game

It's a LOT like the first game, which was great. But I would have preferred if we had been given more technologies to research. All the discovery seems to be over a bit too quick before each game boils down to the standard 'smash the enemy to pieces' part. In this respect it game become quite repetitive, especially when you consider how long it takes to get a good game going. The only alternative is to try out different civilisations. And only then it's just the architecture that's different.

I do like this game a lot but I just wish for a bit more diversity and more surprises in the next one (as in Age of Empires 3, not Age of Mythology). I've not played the expansion pack extensively yet but if it gives you more to work with and is definitely worth getting too.