Windows

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

The Press Says

GamePro	Nov 24, 2000	5 out of 5	100
Thunderbolt Games	Jun 17, 2003	10 out of 10	100
The Next Level	Oct 25, 1999	A+	100
Gamer's Pulse	1999	97 out of 100	97
PC Games (Germany)	Oct, 1999	92 out of 100	92
Power Unlimited	Oct, 1999	9.1 out of 10	91
GameLand	Oct, 1999	9 out of 10	90
PC Player (Germany)	Nov, 1999	88 out of 100	88
Game Over Online	Nov 26, 1999	87 out of 100	87
WomenGamers.com	Nov 02, 1999	8.25 out of 10	82

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Trivia

In the German gaming magazine GameStar (issue 03/2000) Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings was named as "Best Game in 1999". In the following issue it received the same award in the reader's voting.