Age of Empires 2 HD

jrodga2k5 · 10 Apr 2013 at 20:35

Micro Management...forgot how tough it actually is to do

Funcy · 12 Apr 2013 at 09:51

Just started playing this last night, the theme music at the game menu gave me goosebumps, haha! So many memories.

Think AoE was the first game I got heavily into and good at playing on Microsoft "The Zone" on 56k, those were the days...

dannyjo22 · 12 Apr 2013 at 10:24

smeaney said:
Huh? I read that as not to rush but be faster then your opponent..?

Yeah I never see the point of playing "no rushing for X time" The whole point of the game is to be better and faster at your unit and production management than the other player.

One of my fav victories online way back was when a player wanted a 'no rush game' He built his army up and I garrisoned a mass of ships in my docks. He didn't notice them garrisoned and when he eventually came to attack I unclicked the garrison and sunk everything he spent an hour and a half making. The lovely transports full of his hard hours work.

He quit I won. We could have saved both of us an hour if he didn't want a 'don't attack for an hour' rule

It's so completely pointless, if a player is better over 15 minutes at making and building than you what chance do you have with a no rush for an hour rule? You still get beat but it takes an hour longer.

cooto · 12 Apr 2013 at 11:07

dannyjo22 said:
Yeah I never see the point of playing "no rushing for X time" The whole point of the game is to be better and faster at your unit and production management than the other player.

One of my fav victories online way back was when a player wanted a 'no rush game' He built his army up and I garrisoned a mass of ships in my docks. He didn't notice them garrisoned and when he eventually came to attack I unclicked the garrison and sunk everything he spent an hour and a half making. The lovely transports full of his hard hours work.

He quit I won. We could have saved both of us an hour if he didn't want a 'don't attack for an hour' rule It's so completely pointless, if a player is better over 15 minutes at making and building than you what chance do you have with a no rush for an hour rule? You still get beat but it takes an hour longer.

me and my friends all that i know irl play 30 mins no rush i know it makes matches longer but we find it a lot more enjoyable it still shows how fast players are due to when attacking the teams with best economy and largest troops usually win i love scouting out to find the weak point of the defence before attacking.

Phil2008 · 12 Apr 2013 at 11:41

I would like to see C&C Red Alert in HD because the original runs too fast on todays pc's

Eddie · 12 Apr 2013 at 14:28

I got this game the other day and have really enjoyed it so far.

Having never played the original I'm still sort of figuring out how it all works but I have finally won a game on 'moderate' difficulty!

Frxn · 12 Apr 2013 at 19:53

David_VI said:
Waypoints work, you have to right click the last one without shift, I thought it was odd but it works.

On steam if anyone wants a game.. Got home early from work

Ah thanks, was annoyed I could see the flags but the unit(s) wouldn't move

Phil2008 said:
I would like to see C&C Red Alert in HD because the original runs too fast on todays pc's

Tried to play it the other week and was dominated by the speed lol

cooto said:
me and my friends all that i know irl play 30 mins no rush i know it makes matches longer but we find it a lot more enjoyable it still shows how fast players are due to when attacking the teams with best economy and largest troops usually win i love scouting out to find the weak point of the defence before attacking.

Some people prefer bigger battles with shiny units, I find end-game tends to be more interesting than rushing but hitting an enemy and wiping him early is fun too

David_VI · 12 Apr 2013 at 20:41

Anyone fancy penning in a rough time for a OCUK game this weekend? I'm free all weekend so could do anything.. nearly.

bitslice · 17 Apr 2013 at 14:36

Anyone have problems with the background sounds, they work in the home screen but as soon as the game starts they disappear. No people sounds, no warning of attacks.

Music works fine.

Win7(64bit), AMD something...

nightrider1470 · 17 Apr 2013 at 17:00

What are your 3 favourite factions in order?

Something Else · 17 Apr 2013 at 18:41

Make sure your system can handle it guys!! Its more demanding than Crysis! Look at the spec requirements!

OS:Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 Pro+
Processor:1.2GHZ CPU
Memory:1 GB RAM
Graphics: Direct X 9.0c Capable GPU
DirectX®:9.0c
Hard Drive:2 GB HD space

thats off steam store page.

for the original game microsoft reccomend

Multimedia PC with Pentium 166MHz (PHOAAR) or higher processor.
Microsoft® Windows® 95, Windows 98, Windows NT® 4.0 with Service Pack 5 operating system.
32 MB of RAM.
DirectX 6.1 or later.
90 MB of hard disk space; additional 100 MB of hard disk space for swap file.
Super VGA monitor supporting 1024x768 resolution.
Local bus video card that supports 1024x768, 256-color resolution and 2 MB of VRAM.
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device.
28.8Kbps modem (or higher recommended) for Internet* or head-to-head play.
Audio board with speakers or headphones.
To access the MSN Gaming Zone you need Internet Explorer 3.02 or later software or Netscape Communicator 4.0 or later.

crazy how much its come on in 14 years. My phone could probably play the HD version (Galaxy S3)

Radiation · 17 Apr 2013 at 19:13

Why do they always expect so much, they made their money already, adding some small improvements is nice but only for like £5.

Something Else · 17 Apr 2013 at 19:24

Its a bit of a rip off at £15 they could have done more to it tbf, make scrolling smoother, make the size of the bars ingame smaller so you can see more map and so on

G18241 · 17 Apr 2013 at 22:43

Caved in and got this, though i got the bundle and got this and AOE3 for £14.99 so that made it slightly more bearable

Only playing through the single player, never played a multiplayer AOE game ever, and im sure id get slaughtered

David_VI · 17 Apr 2013 at 23:34

G18241 said:
Caved in and got this, though i got the bundle and got this and AOE3 for £14.99 so that made it slightly more bearable

Only playing through the single player, never played a multiplayer AOE game ever, and im sure id get slaughtered

Oh go awwwnn.. Its fun! Still wondering how to get an OCUK game going!

MouthBoy · 18 Apr 2013 at 00:03

I might play you this weekend David.

Grab me on Steam at some point and I will see if I am free.

David_VI · 18 Apr 2013 at 00:28

I work every other weekend so might be awkward unless its evening around 9pm!

ZeroUK · 18 Apr 2013 at 06:52

New patch.

Dev post http://steamcommunity.com/app/221380/discussions/1/828936718633144719

To install, right click game in steam, go to properties, betas tab, select performance from the drop down menu. Has improved performance considerably for me.

linktoinsanity · 18 Apr 2013 at 08:58

Phil2008 said:
I would like to see C&C Red Alert in HD because the original runs too fast on todays pc's

There are various ways to get it to work properly...

EDIT: Oh ok then, click on this link and go from there: http://redalert1.com/

G18241 · 18 Apr 2013 at 09:51

David_VI said:
Oh go awwwnn.. Its fun! Still wondering how to get an OCUK game going!

Im struggling with the 4th Atilla campaign haha, been sooo long since ive played AOE i need to get back into what beats what etc and sort some tactics out.

Im sure when i last played i could "group" a set of units so i dont have to highlight them all each time, i could just click on 1 of them and it highlight them all, i know i can double click to highlight all of a single unit, but i couldve swore you could set groups, eithe rthat or im thinking of a different game completely