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Every Age of Empires Game Ranked, From Worst To Best (strategyandwargaming.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Zagorath@aussie.zone to c/games@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/17009439

The list, according to the article:

  1. Age of Empires: Mobile
  2. Age of Empires: The Age of Kings (Nintendo DS)
  3. Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
  4. Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
  5. Age of Empires IV
  6. Age of Mythology: Retold
  7. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Mobile is undoubtedly the worst. It's unbearable. Hardly even a game.

I've never played the DS game. I might put Age of Empires Online in this spot instead.

It's unfortunate, to me, that 3 ended up this low. It's not my favourite, by a long shot, but it's functional and fun. Which is more than can be said for the DE version of 1. I love the bones of 1, but the DE was terrible. So terrible that they tried releasing it again in the Return to Rome DLC for 2.

Which leaves us with the 3 good games. Being the mod of !aom@lemm.ee, nobody should be surprised that my favourite is Myth. 4 is actually my second favourite, and 2 is only in 3rd place. But Myth still has too many bugs and missing polish features. Even though it's my #1 favourite, if I was asked to list which I think is the best, I'd put it in 3rd.

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I had the DS game when it was contemporary. It's good but it isn't an RTS.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

It crashed a lot too. Which was odd for a DS game.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I haven't played the remake, but the original AoM is the only RTS I've ever played for more than a game or two. Is the Retold version a real upgrade? Worth the cost of buying again?

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

It's a huge improvement over the original. They've made a bunch of balance improvements without infringing on the unique identities of each civ (which is unfortunately what happened when they tried to do balance changes to the 2013 Extended Edition). The graphics are all new and now look how the game is in your nostalgia, rather than...how it actually looked. You can build bigger armies, and reuse god powers (for a cost). There's improvement in quality-of-life features, like modern hotkeys, as well as tools to assist with scouting and eco management, if you're a lower-skilled player who gets overwhelmed by all the multitasking.