Probably the worst RTS I've ever played. I believe the Definitive Edition doesn't help, as it apparently adds a bunch of bugs such as stages where the enemy AI simply doesn't function correctly unless on a specific difficulty.
The pathfinding is atrocious (it was already bad for its time), the game is quite clunky, and clearly quite unbalanced as well. It's a shame because many things could have been fixed in this version and simply weren't.
And that becomes even worse when you consider that many of the campaigns and civilizations in this game are quite cool and quite iconic for history.
Apparently, some of the campaigns from the first game were remade for the second one in the Return of Rome DLC. I guess that must be the best way to experience a bit of the first Age of Empires.
The pathfinding is atrocious (it was already bad for its time), the game is quite clunky, and clearly quite unbalanced as well. It's a shame because many things could have been fixed in this version and simply weren't.
And that becomes even worse when you consider that many of the campaigns and civilizations in this game are quite cool and quite iconic for history.
Apparently, some of the campaigns from the first game were remade for the second one in the Return of Rome DLC. I guess that must be the best way to experience a bit of the first Age of Empires.