Age of Empires
Oct 15, 1997
Main game
3.85 average rating based on 1065 ratings
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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.
- Developers
- Ensemble Studios
- Publishers
- MacSoft Games, Microsoft
- Series
- Age of Empires
- Platforms
- Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Genres
- Strategy
- Themes
- Historical, Warfare
Release Dates
Oct 15, 1997 Full Release (North_America)
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 23, 1997 Full Release (Europe)
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jul 01, 1999 Full Release (North_America)
Mac
User Stats
1901
In Collection
85
Wish Listed
16
Playing
129
Backlogged
How Long Is Age of Empires?
Main story: 17.5 hours
Total completions: 2
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SinAndPunish
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Dec 8, 2022
Good but aged.
This review is for the PC (Microsoft Windows) version
While I adore the second Age of Empires game to death, and while this one is still amazing, I didn’t get as hooked on this one as I did the second.
