Age of Empires has always been known for being a game where twitch-like reflexes and micromanagement are the key elements for a player to achieve victory, so this console port of Age of Empires II ends up being a lot slower and less, uh, strategic. Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings puts you in command of one of 13 civilizations from the fall of Rome through the Middle Ages. Building, researching and producing units forces you to go through bizarre wheel-shaped menus, and even some wheels-inside-wheels in order to find the specific research or unit you want. Moving units and attacking enemies is simple and intuitive, especially with the option to move towards a specific point of the map aggressively, killing everyone in your path. While Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition looks gorgeous, the UI looks cheap, simplistic, with modern fonts that clash horrendously with the game’s overall medieval premise.Īs for the control scheme itself… it does take some time before getting used to it. This might be my biggest issue with the port in particular. The Xbox Series S/X version does try to fix the situation with a brand new controller-based system which also required for the entire UI to be remapped and redesigned. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition for PC is available for purchase on Instant Gaming for a fraction of its retail price. It was chock-full of content, it looked amazing, and it played like a dream… BECAUSE of it having a mouse-based interface. The game looks gorgeous on a big screen, but this UI is so hideous.Īge of Empires II: Definitive Edition was a surefire hit back when it first dropped on PC.
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