Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Description

In Age of Empires II : Age of Kings (AOK as it is commonly called) you take control of one of thirteen civilizations, including the Chinese, Goths, Britons, and Vikings, among others. You start with a handful of villagers and, through expansion and careful handling of your economy, you can advance up to the point where powerful war machines and well trained masses of troops will be at yours to make and control.

There are three distinct ways to play, one of which the object is to hunt and kill the other player(s) king, however there are a lot of options for each, anywhere from what type of map to start on (including coastal, gold rush, arabia, and rivers) to what the maximum amount of units are allowed.

You can also play online at the Zone vs up to seven other players, or via a TCP/IP connection.

Alternate Titles

• "帝国时代II：帝王时代" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "世紀帝國 II：帝王世紀" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
• "AOK" -- Informal title
• "AoE2" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Group

• Age of Empires series

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User Reviews

SHEER GENIUS! This is my favorite game ever!	Windows	Maw (827)
A must-have for every RTS fan.	Windows	Gofermajster (421)
The best RTS since StarCraft.	Windows	Anatole (52)
Definitely the best RTS to date. Nothing can match it.	Windows	ShadowShrike (313)
Real Time Strategy at it's best	Windows	Aki Zeta-5 (160)
One of the best RTS games of all time	Windows	Roberto Teichmann (372)
The best RTS ever made!	Windows	Charles Auger (3)
Fun....in the beginning	Windows	Boris Stovich (29)
The best medieval themed RTS of all time	Windows	Thiago Oliveira (90)
Something of a bore	Windows	paul cairey (337)

The Press Says

Gameguru Mania	Windows	Sep 16, 1999	5 out of 5	100
PC Gaming World	Windows	Dec, 1999		100
Electric Playground	Windows	1999	9.5 out of 10	95
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Windows	Aug 15, 2001	9 out of 10	90
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Windows	Nov, 1999	89 out of 100	89
JeuxVideoPC.com	Windows	Oct 07, 2001	17 out of 20	85
ESC Magazine	Windows	Oct 15, 1999	8 out of 10	80
Gamekult	Windows	Sep 02, 2000	8 out of 10	80
Imperium Gier	Windows	Oct 10, 2001	8 out of 10	80
Jeuxvideo.com	PlayStation 2	Oct 30, 2001	14 out of 20	70

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Trivia

Dry dock technology decreases the amount of gold a trade cog brings back home. The reduction can be at least 33% in some cases.

It seems to be balanced with the ship speed increase so that the productivity of trade cogs remains about the same as before dry dock research. In some cases I had slightly better gold income (gold/second) before the research of dry docks than after. I did not make a thorough testing with many different distances, but what I did was test it in a deathmatch game too, to be sure it does happen in real games.

Source - From a post by SimMayor realsimmayor@geocities.com on the AoE2.com forum
http://www.coolboard.com/frame.cfm/mb=902460962910918