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Age of Empires: Gold Edition

199983/100
Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategyAdventure

Historical · Military

Age of Empires' appeal lies in its deceptively simple blend of resource management and unit-based combat, all wrapped in a historical setting. The game's distinct civilizations, each boasting unique units and technologies, offered a compelling reason to replay scenarios and skirmishes. Players still return to experience the satisfying loop of gathering resources, expanding their base, and eventually overwhelming opponents with a carefully-crafted army.

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Age of Empires requires the player to develop a civilization from a handful of hunter-gatherers to an expansive Iron Age empire. To ensure victory, the player must gather resources in order to pay for new units, buildings and more advanced technologies. Resources must also be preserved, as no new resources become available as the game progresses, meaning if you cut a tree down, the tree will not grow back. Twelve civilizations are available, each with individual sets of attributes, including a varying number of available technologies and units. Each civilization has technologies unique to them, so that no civilization possesses all the technologies possible within the game. A major component of the game is the advancement through four ages. These are the Stone Age (Mesolithic/Paleolithic), Tool Age (Neolithic/Chalcolithic), Bronze Age and Iron Age. Advancement between ages is researched at the Town Center and each advancement brings the player new technologies, weapons, and units.

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  • Criteria — Provides extensive Singleplayer content including multiple campaigns, scenarios, and custom games against AI, catering to strategic solo play.
  • Combines classic real-time strategy with elements of turn-based grand strategy, requiring careful resource management, technological advancement, and military conquest, satisfying both 'Strategy' and 'Adventure' through historical exploration.
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  • Expands on the historical real-time strategy formula by allowing players to guide a civilization through an unprecedented number of historical epochs, from prehistory to the distant future.
  • Criteria — Features comprehensive Singleplayer campaigns that chronicle human history and provide numerous strategic scenarios against AI opponents.
  • Demands deep strategic thinking in resource management, technological research, and military tactics across diverse historical periods, providing a grand 'Adventure' through time.
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  • Criteria — Offers a robust Singleplayer campaign with historical scenarios and skirmish modes against AI opponents, providing ample strategic challenges.
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0 A.D. offers a free and open-source alternative that captures the essence of historical real-time strategy, allowing you to build and command ancient civilizations with a focus on economic development and military conquest, much like Age of Empires.

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  • Criteria — Primarily designed for Singleplayer engagement against AI, allowing players to delve into strategic challenges and historical 'Adventure' at their own pace.
  • Emphasizes strategic decision-making in both economic and military aspects, requiring players to balance expansion, defense, and technological research to achieve victory.
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