Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

Cette édition modernisée me permet de continuer à jouer à ce jeu qui a bercé ma jeunesse. Les modifications sont principalement cosmétiques : le pathfinding est toujours aussi foireux.

OG AGES PAST

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I started with this series on III. It is shocking how slow this game is compared to that entry. I adore III, and I realize that a lot was improved upon to get there, but WOW, the necessity of walking all the way back to your town center to drop off resources or burning precious resources early on by building resource dumps to save walking is obnoxious in the extreme. I get it. I'm coming in very late to check on an artifact that has been heavily burnished. Had I played this first, many years ago, I might be on the wagon with so many other people, calling this a triumph among PC games, yet I cannot stand to play this. Controls are okay, the sound is good, they clearly prettied it up and I am absolutely repulsed by the part where you play it. Aging up is even different enough to aggravate me. I just can't go backwards in the series and get any fun at all out of this. Seriously, I have studied and memorized mathematical terms in bouts of boredom, and I would certainly be happier doing that. This game feels like punishment. If you aren't a nostalgic oldie wanting to go home again, or someone with an overpowering interest in game lineage, then avoid this completely. I can only hope II won't hurt this much.

Engaging and challenging