Age of Empires II

[Orb]

I honestly prefer AOE 3. Except for the campaign. The AOE II campaigns were great while the AOE 3 one was terrible.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

AOE2 I still have..... Along with the First ones!!

It's a great game,better then AOE3.

[Xehh II]

Why does everyone like Age of Empire II? I never liked it at all.

[AntiochusIII]

Why does everyone like Age of Empire II? I never liked it at all.

I had a lot of fun with it.

That's the best reason to like any game.

AOEI is too simple. You can't just play it's (superior) sequel first and then try to regress, that doesn't make for a very good experience.

AOEIII -- for some reason I was bored very quickly with it. Ugh. May be it's the era: if I want the post-Medieval gun era I'll be playing EU3 thank you very much. With so much hype it was every bit as disappointing as B&W2 was to the legacy of Black&White.

[naut]

I <3 AoE II and the Expansion. Spent many, many hours playing it; and in one case 12 hours in a row.

[Kekvit Irae]

I already spoke my peace in the other AoE thread. AoEII gives an awesome game of rock-paper-scissors, where Samurai beat Teutons beat Huscarls beat Longbowmen beat Mongols beat artillery beat castles beat rushes. AoEIII had almost no variance in the units, and the number of civilizations was staggeringly low.

I absolutely love playing the English. A wall of Longbowmen, fully upgraded with range, supported by trebuchets, can destroy anything coming close to them (except Huscarls, but I keep a few upgraded swordsmen in back-up just in case). When I owned a gaming store, we had a four-player LAN set up, and had totally epic battles playing regicide (the local favorite).
Mongols are also another favorite of mine, and require a little more tactics than a standard army. Mobility is the key, but firepower is not too great. Use your uniques to defend your castles from trebuchets while you hit-and-run tactics on the enemy base.
Vikings are awesome to play if you love infantry rushes, because their unique Berserkers regenerate, freeing up your priests to do their job of converting enemy buildings, rather than healing after battle.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Mongols are also another favorite of mine, and require a little more tactics than a standard army. Mobility is the key, but firepower is not too great. Use your uniques to defend your castles from trebuchets while you hit-and-run tactics on the enemy base.

That reminds me of what I used to do with the custom battles - cover half the map with elephants, and make a small squad of Mongol cavalry for my team, just to see how many I could kill.

[King Jan III Sobieski]

AOEIII -- for some reason I was bored very quickly with it. Ugh. May be it's the era: if I want the post-Medieval gun era I'll be playing EU3 thank you very much. With so much hype it was every bit as disappointing as B&W2 was to the legacy of Black&White.

I think I liked AOE2, also, because it keeps the whole medieval thing going.

[Motep]

It's a great game,better then AOE3.

I have to agree. I spent 50 bucks on the pos (AOE3) when it came out, and was nothing but dissapointed. Ah well...at least I still had AOE2

[TB666]

AOEII is easily the best in the series.
AOEI - was ok, a bit small but ok.
AOEII - was just awesome.
AOM - was decent, fun seeing mythogical beings do battle with each other.
AOEIII - ugghh nothing but a disappointment.

[Marshal Murat]

AoE II Expansion was the shiznitz.

Aztecs. Koreans. Huns. Where does the bliss end?