Age of Empires II HD

[Red Storm]

Thanks for the screen. FYI the link is showing up broken here, but if you copy and paste it to a browser tab it displays fine.

Doesn't look a lot better, but certainly doesn't look any worse. I'm thinking this is probably worth it just to get the game into my Steam lib.

The only graphics that got updated are the water and building fires as far as I know. The main benefit is that you can see a lot more now, it basically has the widescreen mod built in. Also they've upped the max pop limit to 500.

 

[BlueWeasel]

I'd say it's worth it just for the built in multiplayer and Steam Workshop support. I'll post a screen of what it looks like on my 1080P monitor:

Can you post that image again? I'm not getting it.

How does it play at 1920x1080? Isn't everything too small?

 

[Markbnj]

The only graphics that got updated are the water and building fires as far as I know. The main benefit is that you can see a lot more now, it basically has the widescreen mod built in. Also they've upped the max pop limit to 500.

Awesome, that will make for some huge sprawling civs.

 

[KMFJD]

GFX where changed from 16 bit to 32, works a lot better than trying to play the original on windows 7, just played a multiplayer match, works well, a lot smoother than the original

 

[StinkyPinky]

Awesome, that will make for some huge sprawling civs.

What was the old limit?

 

[Red Storm]

What was the old limit?

200.

Here's another screen, though it got resized a little from the original:

 

[quixoticduck]

I recently bought AoE3 on sale because at the time it was the only game of its type on Steam and I'd been having trouble getting multiplayer games to work; Steam made that easier. I also bought Empire Earth on sale on GoG.

I wonder if I should've waited (if I'd known) and bought this instead. I've actually not played it, just AoE 1 Gold.

 

[Markbnj]

I recently bought AoE3 on sale because at the time it was the only game of its type on Steam and I'd been having trouble getting multiplayer games to work; Steam made that easier. I also bought Empire Earth on sale on GoG.

I wonder if I should've waited (if I'd known) and bought this instead. I've actually not played it, just AoE 1 Gold.

II was the stand-out hit of the three, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Craig234]

I recently bought AoE3 on sale because at the time it was the only game of its type on Steam and I'd been having trouble getting multiplayer games to work; Steam made that easier. I also bought Empire Earth on sale on GoG.

I wonder if I should've waited (if I'd known) and bought this instead. I've actually not played it, just AoE 1 Gold.

AoE 2 gets the best reviews, but AoE III is very much worth getting.

 

[Shephard]

The HD version is just a money grab. It doesn't even look that impressive. AoE 2 one of the best RTS games but has not aged well.

Age of Empires 3 on the other hand has aged very well. Great game play as well. Too many elitists shoot it down though.

 

[thepaqster]

The HD version is just a money grab. It doesn't even look that impressive.

I definitely share this opinion. It'll have to drop below 10$ before I even consider picking up this 14 year old game.

 

[imaheadcase]

I definitely share this opinion. It'll have to drop below 10$ before I even consider picking up this 14 year old game.

A game trying to grab money. You don't say?

 

[KMFJD]

Just finished a 2 hour match, they definitely need to optimize the netcode

 

[Red Storm]

Just finished a 2 hour match, they definitely need to optimize the netcode

Yeah playing it on a 2nd machine, I'm getting some noticeable lag even in single player. And on my main rig the text has disappeared from most of the buttons and menus, and I can't get that fixed. :|

Edit: Looks like for Win 7 disabling 2nd monitor fixes lag.

 

[KMFJD]

Did you try the dx8 fix?

Go to your Steam Library and right click on AoE2 HD Edition.
Go to Set Launch Options
Enter '-dxlevel80' [No quotation marks]

 

[KMFJD]

http://www.gamechup.com/aoe-2-gets-an-official-expansion-after-14-years-forgotten-empires/

Forgotten Empires expansion is on it's way, add's a few civilizations and some balance issues.

 

[Firsttime]

http://www.gamechup.com/aoe-2-gets-an-official-expansion-after-14-years-forgotten-empires/

Forgotten Empires expansion is on it's way, add's a few civilizations and some balance issues.

This just came out. It's pretty cool that they are adding more to such an awesome game. Probably the purest RTS outside of SC1.

 

[Red Storm]

This just came out. It's pretty cool that they are adding more to such an awesome game. Probably the purest RTS outside of SC1.

Awesome. I will probably wait for a sale before buying, but I had no idea this was out.

 

[Markbnj]

Awesome. I will probably wait for a sale before buying, but I had no idea this was out.

Same. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[MalazanEmpire]

Some of these HD editions look promising. As for this game, i think ill pass. It doesnt look that much better