age of empires II vs III

SooTyLaD · 17 Jan 2008 at 23:42

hey guys,

I'm gonna be buying either age of empires II or III for my macbook soon and was wondering if its worth going for 3 or shall i stick to the absolute classic that is AOEII?

i've had a read and it seems more guns and cannons than samurais and war elephants and i'm not entirely sure i like that

- what are your opinions?

waterproofbob · 17 Jan 2008 at 23:44

Well I love AOEIII mostly due to nostalgic reasons as I played it loads in halls with mates in mini LANs.
I reckon AOEII is better thought tbh.

yantorsen · 17 Jan 2008 at 23:49

AOEII is very 2D by modern standards.

I have both, and if graphics don't bother you I'd say AOEII was better.

AOEIII is very good though and is also more detailed, but I didn't like the campaign as it felt more fictional than historical.

Crowze · 18 Jan 2008 at 00:13

AoM

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yantorsen · 18 Jan 2008 at 00:14

Crowze said:
AoM .

I hated that tbh.

BobBrainy · 18 Jan 2008 at 00:16

AOEIII is a brilliant game, it is probably more about strategy than AOEII which was more just mass stuff up game whilst AOEIII has a counter system.

AOEIII is far from perfect though, but I would say AOEII is a little too old now.

kamineko · 18 Jan 2008 at 00:24

AOEII.

I spent many, many hours playing AOEII back in the day, not sure what the online community is like now though.

fonzee · 18 Jan 2008 at 00:26

ah the whole AOE series rocked my world once upon a time... miss those days

mdixson · 18 Jan 2008 at 00:46

i find aoeIII to be lame tbh; does not have the same magic of II

shame was a great series

Psypher5 · 18 Jan 2008 at 02:18

aoe2 kept my corridor busy for nearly 2 weeks,

2 6 hour games every night -.-

AMAZING game

Indy500 · 18 Jan 2008 at 02:22

AOE2, if you don't mind isometric graphics.

yantorsen · 18 Jan 2008 at 02:46

sr4470 said:
AOE2, if you don't mind isometric graphics.

and lack of any physics.

Indy500 · 18 Jan 2008 at 02:47

yantorsen said:
and lack of any physics.

Hehehe its kinda funny when units die.

yantorsen · 18 Jan 2008 at 02:57

sr4470 said:
Hehehe its kinda funny when units die.

you mean how they all fall over in exactly the same direction? It's almost syncranised dying

Indy500 · 18 Jan 2008 at 02:59

yantorsen said:
you mean how they all fall over in exactly the same direction? It's almost syncranised dying

If they're all facing the same way, and get hit from the same direction at the same time, yes. Other than that it seems random and doesn't affect gameplay anyway.

/OT

Can I catch you on msn?

yantorsen · 18 Jan 2008 at 03:01

sr4470 said:
If they're all facing the same way, and get hit from the same direction at the same time, yes. Other than that it seems random and doesn't affect gameplay anyway.

/OT

Can I catch you on msn?

I'm just finishing coursework then going to bed, and it's for tomorow, so I can't really afford to be distracted sorry. (despite posting on here lol)

Indy500 · 18 Jan 2008 at 03:11

yantorsen said:
I'm just finishing coursework then going to bed, and it's for tomorow, so I can't really afford to be distracted sorry. (despite posting on here lol)

Last minute eh

Hellsmk2 · 18 Jan 2008 at 04:18

I haven't played AOEIII in ages, but I never liked the fact that you couldn't do a proper random skirmish with a completely random map. That was what made me play AOEII for so long.

Kainz · 18 Jan 2008 at 05:02

Hmm strange, because I installed AoE2 Conq just last night on Vista. I've always held AoE2 as the best RTS I've ever played but going to it from AoE 3 felt like a massive step backwards.

Obviously I couldn't change the res, so I was stuck at 1280x, I couldn't queue unit/building upgrades, which really annoyed me. There were just little things that bugged me and I now feel AoE 3 (which I've been playing since release) is more polished. AoE II holds memories of mad late night gaming sessions though, and I do miss boxing in enemy bases by surrounding it with castles filled with archers

However my Lv91 city in AoE 3 roxors nubbins sideways

Psypher5 · 18 Jan 2008 at 08:42

Kainz said:
Obviously I couldn't change the res, so I was stuck at 1280x, I couldn't queue unit/building upgrades, which really annoyed me.

Get the expansion. Or was that troops queue? It was queue something