80
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.0
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

Based upon Ensemble Studios' Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, this addition to the Age of Empires series shifts from its real time strategy roots to a DS exclusive turn-based strategy title, though the same goals still apply. Command and rule.

Using the DS touch screen, players must guide their chosen empire in a series of battle campaigns, utilizing a number of units, strategies, and hero units in battle, while also constructing a town to provide new units and upgrades.

Five different civilizations are available: Britons, Franks, Mongols, Saracens, and the Japanese. Each has a unique hero unit, for example Richard the Lionheart (Britons), Minamoto Yoshitsune (Japanese), Joan of Arc (Franks) or Genghis Khan (Mongols), who all provide a number of advancements during battle.

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The Press Says

Cheat Code Central Feb 17, 2006 4.5 out of 5 90
Worth Playing Apr 27, 2006 8.6 out of 10 86
Game Captain Aug 19, 2007 84 out of 100 84
Cubed3 Nov 20, 2006 8 out of 10 80
GameSpy Feb 21, 2006 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Game Informer Magazine Mar, 2006 8 out of 10 80
GamePro (US) Feb 14, 2006 4 out of 5 80
Digital Press - Classic Video Games Feb 26, 2006 8 out of 10 80
videogamer.com Nov 22, 2006 7 out of 10 70
The Review Busters 2006 6 out of 10 60

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Trivia

EEPROM corruption

It was discovered that a fatal, cart-bricking bug has slipped unnoticed into the final version of the game: Whenever the name of your DS is 3 characters or less, the game corrupts the EEPROM and crashes even before displaying the title screen. From this point on it will no longer boot, even on a DS with a longer name, unless the cartridge's EEPROM is wiped clean.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (10796) on Mar 01, 2006.
 

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