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Name: Genre: Platform: Few real-time strategy series are as revered as Age of Empires. As well as leading the way with perfectly balanced combative units, it had a great defensive system too and finely tuned resource management, tied up in a sweeping...
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After taking Age of Empires Online for an initial spin, we briefly removed our strategizing caps and stroking (followed by an audible “Hmmm”) beards to give you our first impressions. The short version? We were pleased with the game's offering of tiny...
Fully realized classic RTS goodness, Addictive MMO metagame, It's free!...
A lack of interesting quests, Gearrelated multiplayer balance issues, Free players are secondclass citizens...
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My half-naked Woad Raiders leap into a formation of Roman archers with axes whirling around them. Meanwhile, in a serene forest far from battle, my Augur sacrifices a sacred fawn to Andrasta, goddess of war. Lightning crashes and my army glows with ma...
The best free RTS gaming you'll find, the Celts bring AoEO two steps closer to greatness...
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In most online RPGs you play as a single hero. In free-toplay Age of Empires Online, you’re a city. You start out as either a Greek or Egyptian township, and must expand to become a sprawling metropolis capable of training the most powerful units your...
It’s beautiful, free and addictive to a point, but Age of Empires Online’s battles fail to deliver a challenge...
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maximumpc.com Updated:
2015-04-19 11:27:53
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Playing Age of Empires Online is like greeting an old friends for the first time in years, but instead of returning your friendly fist-bump, your pal socks you in the gut. Don't get us wrong: AOEO isn't a bad game, and somewhere benearth its mountain...
Core game is oldschool RTS gameplay at its finest; addictive MMOish bits; tons of content.
Horrific lack of multiplayer balance; gimped free mode; unit pathfinding issues; dropped Internet connections erase progress.
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For many, Age of Empires has long stood as one of the hallmarks of not only the real-time strategy genre but as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all time. In Age of Empires: Online, the series makes the jump from AAA retail title to downloadab...
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gameplaymonthly.com Updated:
2015-04-19 11:28:15
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First you must pick your civilization. As of now, only the Greeks and Egyptians have been released. Both are fairly similar in terms of units and buildings, but the biggest difference is that the Egyptians have more. This section basically describes...
To sum it all up, this is a game with a good core (end gameplay) that is detracted by intrusive and unnecessary online features, bad PvP, and borderline ridiculous begging for you to buy premium. My suggested action would be this: don’t put money into...
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gamespot.com Updated:
2015-04-19 11:28:30
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When you visit the official Age of Empires Online website, a big, shiny red button invites you to play the game for free. If you take this button up on its generous offer, you'll find that once you sign up for Games for Windows Live, you can enjoy most...
Can be enjoyed for hours without spending any money, Almost every quest supports cooperative play, MMOstyle rewards keep you hooked, Uniformly great presentation.
PVP matchmaking rarely finds appropriate opponents, Enemy AI isn't very bright, Quests are overly repetitive, Need to spend at least $20 to feel like you're playing a complete game, No Skirmish mode at launch.
Age of Empires Online effectively infuses its conventional real-time strategy gameplay with massively multiplayer online-style loot and leveling mechanics...
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ign.com
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2015-04-19 11:28:37
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I think I had the same reaction as many of our readers when the very first screens of Age of Empires Online drifted into the fanged, slathering maw of the internet. It was a kneejerk reaction --Age of Empires wasn't meant to be bright and colorful! It...
For all its flaws, I can’t help but like Age of Empires Online. Caught somewhere between massively-multiplayer online role-playing game and hardcore competitive real-time strategy, Age of Empires Online delivers some of the most addictive parts of both...
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1up.com Updated:
2015-04-19 11:28:44
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When Microsoft shut down Ensemble Studios a few years ago shortly after the release of Halo Wars, I never thought we'd have a new Age of Empires game, much-less one being developed by remnants of that fabled studio. Microsoft, along with Gas Powered Ga...
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It's easy to forget the stature of Age of Empires as a gaming franchise. The first game was released way back in 1997, and it's been six years since the robust but unspectacular Age of Empires III. Yet upon its release it was more popular than that video...
All in all I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Age of Empires: Online, but I think more can be done to make it a truly compelling online experience, and the marketing men at Microsoft are kidding themselves with those premium prices. Nevertheless, this is a...
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Age of Empires Online is a serious departure from past Age of Empire games: it's cartoony, and features many MMORPG aspects to round out the game's strategic gameplay. The game is still complex and meaty, especially for a free-to-play title. Many gam...
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Massively multiplayer online games have certainly changed a lot since World of Warcraft ignited a revolution in 2004, and though that title long ago moved from “phenomenon” to “fact of life,” its effects still ripple across the Internet. Even a game as...
Free to play, Addicting, Easy to learn, Supports a wide variety of hardware...
Paid premiums can accumulate quickly, Limited launch options available, Early levels can be a slog, Won’t challenge players of “serious” RTS games, Available only for PC...
Being able to play a game as elaborate and detailed as Age of Empires Online for free is tantalizing, and novice gamers especially will find a lot to enjoy in it. But if you want a really in-depth experience, money and patience will be required...
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There's no denying that throughout its history, Microsoft's Age of Empires franchise has been an amazing real-time strategy experience. With the release of Age of Empires Online, however, we see the series in a whole new light: as a free-to-play MMO wi...
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