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What strikes me most is how it BALANCED accessibility with depth, you could learn the basics in ten minutes but mastering the economy took much longer. Sure…
Game entry
Age of Empires
1997 · Strategy · PC, Mac · Microsoft
Age of Empires is ranked no. 327 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,753 and 72% of duels won.
World rank
no. 327
ELO score
1,753
Wins
72%
Duels played
231
About Age of Empires
Age of Empires (AoE) is a history-based real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft. The game uses the Genie, a 2D sprite-based game engine. The game allows the user to act as the leader of an ancient civilization by advancing it through four ages (the Stone, Tool, Bronze, and Iron Ages), gaining access to new and improved units with each advance.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,753 ELO points over the last 123 days.
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Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos 40% 5 duels played · 5 points behind
- against Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain 50% 4 duels played · 14 points ahead
- against Call of Duty: Mobile 67% 3 duels played · 295 points ahead
- against Caesar III 33% 3 duels played · 308 points ahead
- against Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 67% 3 duels played · 8 points behind
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31 comments
qstanton
What strikes me most is how it BALANCED accessibility with depth, you could learn the basics in ten minutes but mastering the economy took much longer. Sure the pathing has issues, but for a strategy game from that era the design choices still hold up remarkably well.
Jaime_95
Replying to LootAce
eso del pathing con grupos grandes me recuerda a mi hermano gritándome porque mis aldeanos se quedaban atascados en la puerta, ninguno lo hacía mejor la verdad
DavidRider
Puede que tenga razón con lo del microgestión, aunque a mí me sigue pareciendo bastante jugable si uno se toma su tiempo para adaptarse
LootAce
Me parece justo lo que dice de la accesibilidad, aunque creo que el pathing pesa más de lo que reconoce, sobre todo con grupos grandes de unidades, ahí se nota bastante.
Irma_76
I remember installing it on my dad's computer and spending an entire weekend just gathering wood and stone, not even fighting anyone. My mom thought I was doing homework.
RogueNinja62
Franchement à ce niveau du classement je pense que c'est mérité, sans plus de discussion possible
PixelKid
Je devais avoir dix ans, sur l'ordinateur familial, et je ne comprenais pas la moitié des menus mais j'y retournais quand même.
Vinyl_Alfonso
Replying to RogueNinja62
no es competencia de nada, es la base sobre la que se construyó todo lo demás y yo he vuelto a jugarlo este mismo año
IrenePlayer
no le he dedicado tantas horas como otros pero lo poco que jugué me bastó para notar que la construcción se siente lenta comparada con lo que se hace ahora, y eso pesa en mi opinión sobre su lugar.
RogueRider2008
Ça pèse comment exactement face aux RTS plus récents et plus fluides ?
BossPilot2
Le sigue funcionando bien pero le cuesta competir con lo que salio despues, la base es sólida.
TurboByte
Solide, oui (dans son genre), mais on ne peut pas dire qu'il rivalise vraiment avec ce qui a suivi.
VinylByte
Still fire it up on rainy weekends, holds up fine.
cguillet
Vous dites que la base est solide, mais solide pour rivaliser ou solide juste pour tenir debout ?
Pixel_Espinosa
a mi tambien me costó volver despues de tantos años, se nota el paso del tiempo en varias cosas.
GhostByte3
Ce rang me semble juste, ni trop haut ni trop bas, vu le nombre de duels qu'il a déjà encaissés à ce niveau.
RogueLegend
Perso je le compare aux RTS suivants, et clairement il a posé les jalons, dc oui ça compte.