Players conquer rival towns and empires as they advance one of 13 civilizations through four "Ages": the Dark Age, the Feudal Age, the Castle Age (being the High Middle Ages), and the Imperial Age, reminiscent of the Renaissance-a 1000-year timeframe. MSN Gaming Zone and IGZones no longer support the original multiplayer services, but the game can still be played via online gaming programs like GameRanger, Voobly, Garena, CGA and QQ BattleZone.Age of Empires II is a real-time strategy game that focuses on building towns, gathering resources, and creating armies to defeat opponents. To celebrate its release, several tournaments were held at Age of Empires Heaven, inviting players from around the world to test their skills in this new game. Review website GameWorldNetwork gave the game a score of 93%, and commented that it seemed to be a whole new game. The most praised features were The Rise of Rome's unit queue feature, and the improved all around gameplay and balance. The demo version also includes the First Punic War (Carthaginians) campaign, which was later included in the Definitive Edition.Īlthough the expansion was criticized due to the minimal number of new features introduced, it was well accepted on the whole.
Fire Galley - a new ship unit which applies fire to enemy units.Scythe Chariot - an upgrade of the Chariot which damages adjacent units.Camel Rider - a new unit which is effective against cavalry.Armored Elephant - an upgrade of the War Elephant with trample damage effect.Tower Shield - decrease damage received from missiles.
Medicine - increase priest healing rate.Martyrdom - sacrifice priests to instantly convert units.Logistics - reduces the population count by half for all units created at the barracks.Romans - bonuses in infantry and construction.Palmyrans - bonuses in economy and trade.Macedonia - bonuses in siege units and missile resistance.Carthaginians - bonuses in nautical and war elephant units.Gameplay changes include adding larger maps and tweaking the interface. Additional new features include five new units, the ability to double click a single unit and select others of the same unit-type, and unit-build queuing.
Four new researchable technologies have been added.
The Rise of Rome features a new Roman architectural design, shared by all four new civilizations (the Romans, Palmyrans, Macedonians and Carthaginians). Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties Review
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