Description
In
Age of Empires II : Age of Kings, the player takes control of one of thirteen civilizations, including the Chinese, Goths, Britons, and Vikings, among others. The player starts with a handful of villagers, through expansion and careful handling of the economy, the player can advance up to the point where powerful war machines and well trained masses of troops will be the player's 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.
The player 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
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| PC Gaming World |
Dec, 1999 |
 |
100 |
| Gamezilla |
Oct 26, 1999 |
95 out of 100 |
95 |
| Game Captain |
Nov 06, 1999 |
92 out of 100 |
92 |
| GameSpot |
Oct 12, 1999 |
9.1 out of 10 |
91 |
| Computer and Video Games (CVG) |
Aug 15, 2001 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| PC Gameplay (Benelux) |
Nov, 1999 |
89 out of 100 |
89 |
| PC Player (Germany) |
Nov, 1999 |
88 out of 100 |
88 |
| Game Over Online |
Nov 26, 1999 |
87 out of 100 |
87 |
| Absolute Games (AG.ru) |
Oct 03, 1999 |
80 out of 100 |
80 |
| Imperium Gier |
Oct 10, 2001 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
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Trivia
The MSN Gaming Zone is notoriously easy to hack, and cheaters are rife in Age of Kings games. A programmer named Tormentium released an unofficial patch for AoK (1.0E), which is supposed to make the game harder to hack. Too bad it doesn't work.
