Underscoring his criticisms of the lack of significant changes to the game, he described it as "a mouldy time-capsule that will likely mar your memories of the original". Paul Dean of Eurogamer was less forgiving although he agreed that the Workshop compatibility was a good addition and praised the players in the online community as "remarkably calm and friendly", he thought that the game should have been updated more, citing its "boring campaign" and poorly-aged gameplay mechanics: "It just doesn't play very well, and its flaws are more blatant than ever before". He highlights the fact that many of the problems of trying to run the original game on a modern computer are gone, and calls its compatibility with Steam's Workshop "an amazing bonus". Critics agreed that the HD Edition changed very little from the original game.ĭaniel Starkey of Destructoid added that the reluctance to change the game features encourages "a much more aggressive, and obsessive style of play". It was released worldwide on April 9, 2013.Īge of Empires II: HD Edition received mixed reviews with aggregate review website Metacritic assigning a score of 68 out of 100 based on reviews from 20 critics. Overall, the graphics are the same as in AoK. Building on the Age of Kings, the game features five new civs, new expansions, gameplays and technologies.
Overall, it is the fourth game in the AoE series. Age of Empires II: HD Edition is a remake of Age of Empires II: Age of Kings. Released in 1999, Age of Empires II: The Conquerors is the follow-up expansion to the wildly famous Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings base game.
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