Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings for Windows

Pros: Great combination of hard-thinking strategy and action, good graphics, good sound
Cons: Bad level editor

Before I describe the game, let me say that I loooove strategy and thinking games. Chess is my favorite board game, and I like to have to think at least somewhat when playing a game. Then again, I also enjoy playing action shoot-em-up games like...

Pros: Good Setting, Can Be Played Over and Over Again
Cons: Way too Difficult, Could Have Better Graphics

I had been negatively influenced by the first game of the series and I was not eager to buy this game. I had heard it was much better but they always say that. I decided that I would get it anyway. I started playing and right away I could tell the...

Pros: excellent presentation and gameplay
Cons: multiplayer consists of small windows to set up games, and is a bit sluggish

I purchased Age of Empires 2 a few months ago and when I loaded it up, time seemed like only a memory. I spent hours playing it and admiring the ground breaking gameplay. The graphics are incredible as I said. You can even see the individual stones that...

Pros: new units, nice graphics
Cons: computer is predictable

Just for starts, I am a dedicated Age of empires fan. With this new game, I can't get off the computer. It has great graphics, and new features, such as formations and garrisoning, making it much better than the original. While much of the old game...

Pros: lots of units, build scenerios, affordable price
Cons: you get hook on it

I have been playing Age of Empire 2 for 6 months and I must say it is a very fun game. You can get to feel like what it was long ago when there was Empires and War. For example you can create Joan of Arc a leader who will carry out the assault on your...

Pros: Gameplay, Multiplayer
Cons: None

This game is one of the best games I own. I am very happy with my purchase for many reason that we will get in to briefly. But first let me say that I recieved the first Age of Empires when I bought my computer and I liked it, so i bought the...

Pros: Great Graphics, historical empires and stories.
Cons: Need a good Pentium II computer at least or the game will be slow.

If you have a Pentium II of faster computer then this game is a sweet addition to your system. The graphics are amazing, crisp, seemingly real life detail.

I picked up this game after having played the original on a friends computer and...

Pros: awesome and addictive strategy game
Cons: too hard

This game blows any other strategy away.It will keep you playing for hours and hours.

Age of Empires II, dubed Age of Kings, takes place right after the fall of Rome, where the original left of. As its predessecor, Historical content is the...

Pros: Just as good as AOE, but looks way better.
Cons: Still a little pricy...buy AOE first and see if you like.

I went to a friend’s house the other week.... and the first thing I saw on his computer, made me forget why I went there! A graphically brilliant scheme based on its predecessor, Age of Empires, Age of Kings (AOK) brings all the excitement back to you!...

Pros: excellent graphics compared to the first
Cons: combat situations can bog the game down

Recently I was given Age of Empires II by a good friend. I already owned the first and eagerly anticipated playing the second. The cost, as of January, runs approximately $35-45.
The basic outline of the game is that you command a civilization...

Pros: Much more realistic than AOE I. Tons more to build and upgrade.
Cons: Requires a CD-ROM drive.

Microsoft and Ensemble studios have created an awesome sequel to Age of Empires, called Age of Empires II, The Age of Kings. Age of Empires II maintains the "Civilization" feel that Age of Empires held. However, instead of tanks and...

Pros: multiplayer, civilizations, campaigns, graphics
Cons: none!

This is one great strategy game. If you like Starcraft or Age of Empires, then you must get this. With 13 civilizations to command, you either conquer the enemy, or build a market-based economy. The game covers 1000 years of time from the Dark age...

Pros: Fun play, very refined interface, nice balance
Cons: okay graphics, not very revolutionary, lack of campaigns for all civs.

Theres is really nothing new and revolutionary about age of empires II, but it is one damn good game. There is no 3d to it, there is no new revolutionary game play, there is nothing special in this game that hasn't been done in other game. But what...

Pros: Fluid movement, great graphics. Replayability is outstanding, never the same game twice
Cons: none

As strategy/simulation games go, this has to be one of the most enthralling on the market.

When starting a game, you choose which civilization you want to be, from a list of 13, such as Britons, Turks, Vikings, Japanese and Persians. Each with...

Pros: Some good improvements
Cons: Price

My husband, myself and our two sons, ages 6 and 9, became obsessed with the original Age of Empires when it came out. We played it all the time, and wished there were other civilizations to play. We anxiously awaited the sequel.

Age II,...