Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Personal Rating:
Real-time Strategy
Game Element: N/A
Point-of-View: Isometric
Camera: Fixed with Zooming
Player Mode: Single-player, Multiplayer
Storyline: Nonlinear
Theme: Middle Ages historical events
Developer: Forgotten Empires
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
Game Engine: Genie Engine
Maximum Resolution: 3440x1440
Native Display Ratio: 21:9
Recommended PC Configuration:
CPU: Intel Core i5 2.4 GHz
RAM: 8 GB
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 / AMD HD 6850
HDD: 30 GB
Media Support:
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
DirectX: -
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is a remaster of the 1999 game Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the original. It features significantly impreved visuals, supports 4K resolution, and includes all previous expansions from the original and HD Edition. In addition, it includes The Last Khans, an expansion that adds four new civilizations based on Central Asia and Eastern Europe, as well as four new campaigns.
Players can choose between the original AI, the updated HD Edition AI that was
added alongside the HD Edition of the game, and a newer AI developed for the Definitive Edition. The original AI had to cheat to be competitive, while the new AI is advanced enough to not require any cheating. When the old and new AIs were pitted against each other in a test, the new one easily defeated the old one. Unit pathfinding is also supposedly improved upon. Playes can shift-queue villager tasks. Farms now have the option to be replenished automatically. in June 2021, for the first time since Age of Empires Online, co-op campaigns were introduced into the game.
Reception:
Metacritic score: 84 / 100
PC Gamer (UK) score: 78 / 100
Windows Central's Cale Hunt praised the improved artwork, animations and quality of life additions but criticized the AI pathfinding and pointed oit a need for further balancing.
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