Description
Control your tribe with the mouse. Make them build houses, docks, farms, and temples. Advance your civilization through time by learning new skills. The game allows for the player to advance through the ages: stone age, tool age, bronze age. If the player would rather get away from the historical aspect, the game offers a random terrain generator and a custom scenario builder.
The game has four resources: food, obtained by hunting, farming, or fishing; wood, which has to be logged by hand; stone, which has to be mined; and gold, which can either be mined or obtained through trade with other players
As a real-time war game, Age naturally revolves around gathering resources and producing units.
Alternate Titles
- "帝国时代" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
- "世紀帝國" -- Chinese Title (Tradition)
- "Tribes" -- Working title
- "Diguo Shidai" -- Chinese Title
- "Dawn of Man" -- Early Working Title
- "AoE" -- Abbreviated Name
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Game.EXE |
Windows |
Oct, 1997 |
97 out of 100 |
97 |
| PC Zone |
Windows |
Aug 13, 2001 |
9.4 out of 10 |
94 |
| FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network |
Windows |
May 04, 2002 |
91 out of 100 |
91 |
| Christ Centered Game Reviews |
Windows |
Jun 01, 2005 |
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90 |
| Coming Soon Magazine |
Windows |
Feb, 1998 |
90 out of 100 |
90 |
| GameStar (Germany) |
Windows |
Nov, 1997 |
89 out of 100 |
89 |
| PC Gameplay (Benelux) |
Windows |
Nov, 1997 |
87 out of 100 |
87 |
| JeuxVideoPC.com |
Windows |
Jul 12, 2006 |
17 out of 20 |
85 |
| Inside Mac Games (IMG) |
Macintosh |
Nov 03, 1999 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| GameSpot |
Windows |
Oct 27, 1997 |
6.8 out of 10 |
68 |
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Trivia
Age of Empires was voted #21 overall in PCGamer Magazine's Readers All-Time Top 50 Games Poll (April 2000 issue).
