Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - In-Depth Review & Comparison (v2)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ค. 2024
- Should you buy Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition? Obviously I recommend Aoe2! But how does Aoe2 DE compare to previous versions? This Game Review is intended for who haven't played Age of Empires II in a while. In this Game Review of Aoe II DE, I go over the new features and a comparison to Aoe2 HD. I will post major patches on Twitter.
This is a review of major confirmed confirmed gameplay improvements, 4 new civilizations (Bulgarians, Cumans, Lithuanians, Tatars), new features, improved new AI, and my opinion of the entire game on release. AoE 2 DE is a complete remaster of the original Age of Empires 2. This video contains full match gameplay, showcases the new graphics, the multiplayer with dedicated servers, the remastered soundtrack, comparisons to the original and Aoe2 HD and an in-depth overview of the Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition features. This project took so much work to produce so I really appreciate the support. Thank you as always.
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Time Stamps: 1:20 (Aoe2 & DE Intro), 4:55 (Aoe2 HD), 9:18 (Aoe2 DE)
Learn to Play, Knight Rush Tutorial & Playlist:
• Aoe2 Tutorial: Fast Ca...
Epic Age of Empires II Games Playlist:
• Aoe2: Epic Age of Empi...
Aoe2 "Break the Meta", experts doing fun strategies:
• Aoe2: Break the Meta
Resonance22 Strategy Games, Nintendo, & Variety Playlist:
• Resonance22 Variety (S...
Expert Aoe2 Matches / Pro Game Commentary:
• Expert Aoe2 Match Comm...
I really hope you all enjoyed this review. It was so much work with so little time which is why I focused on the writing and had less footage than I'd normally want. I am exhausted. I think it turned out well though. Next video is on something else, probably Pokemon Sword & Shield but I need a bit of time to relax and beat the game first. Expect me to stream it this weekend!
Date Recorded: 11-14-19 (11-12-19, 11-9-11)
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My full thoughts on Aoe2 HD are in this collab with Alkhalim:
• Goodbye Age of Empires...
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All of the music used in this video is from the official soundtrack to Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition with 1 track used from Age of Empires: Definitive Edition.
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But are the sheep sounds as crisp sounding as the original tho?
It's not a real AoE experience if I can't spam the right click and make a simple melody with their baahs.
You now have even more types of herdable animals to play with. ;)
The Sheep sound is more realistic. I have my own Sheep and the sound is making me think one is stuck in a fence shouting for help
@@JesterEric This comment has won 2019 world wide web's best comment award.
I couldn't agree more about the new campaign voice lines. The original dialogue really made you feel involved in the campaign and was very memorable. I can't help but feel the new dialogue is a little flat without any urgency and is somewhat uninteresting.
Overall really happy with the game though and crazy to think that a game that I got when I was 5 is still thriving.
Cheers mate!
Thank you for showing me the wonder of the AoE franchise. Your crystal clear analysis of this game and how it changed over time made this video very enjoyable for me
Favorite lines: "An abandoned house? NO! A Saracen ambush!"
And also: "SALADIN! I BELIEVE WE HAVE UNFINISHED BUSINESS!"
Also honorable mention to the somber: "Another glorious loss for France"
Attila is the king of the Huns...He will lead us to Victory against our blood enemies.
saladin where are you going with that great army?
BEHOLD! THE HORDE OF GENGHIS KHAN APPROACHES!
"Help! The Crusaders are attacking our trade routes!" - King of Arabia.
I would really enjoy a full audio revert mod for campaign. I think the DE audio is actually pretty good, but it still doesn't hit the same as the old voices. But I feel like audio plays a bigger part with that than visual. For example, in 20 years when they remake the LOTR trilogy, im sure the actors will LOOK fine, the scenes could play out fine. But the 1 aspect that will be EXTREMELY hard for my mind to get around, is the different voices. HEARING Gandalf in a different voice. Or Bilbo. Maybe it's just me.
Edit - I honestly love the new building animations. It gives me a lot of city builder vibes I didn't get from HD or Conquerors.
Appreciate the hard work! I wonder how many players in the current AoE2 HD community will switch over to DE.
I really liked this review! I enjoyed the overall slower pacing because it gives me time to form my own opinion about the things you mentioned. I especially liked the part where you compared the campaign narration side by side as stuff like that is most often highly personal opinion. Overall a very positive review about a game that at the moment only has 76% positive reviews (compare that to HD which has quite some issues with multiplayer, AI and other things as we all know) even though it had a closed beta and so much hype generated towards launch while also being the game of this franchise where the nostalgia filter is the biggest. In my opinion you pointed out all the good things and bad things in need of improvement with providing clues how to fix them, so it leaves the impression that AoE2DE can indeed be a great remaster if given a bit more time and patches by the developers!
they need to fix the online asap
I still can't even play DE through my Game Pass account due to some unknown issue with the download function so the review is helpful to know what I'm currently missing. Will probably not pay money for this, I'll wait for AoE4.
I totally agree with you: i'm totally for a "toggle all the things". It's supposed to be the "Definitive Edition" after all. Which means it'd be really great if it contained the complete experience of Age of Empires, both the classic and modern ones, both on visuals and sound.
Thanks Julianoe! Yeah I agree completely. I think a true Definitive Edition needs to contain the complete experience of Age of Empires as you said and that means both classic and modern. Even at least the ability to toggle on and off expansions since there so many. The game has very few classic options at release.
The first time I played AOG2 when I was just 7 year old and I still play to this day.
Good review mate! Just checking in here from the previous one. Didn't see anything wrong with it, but anyway thanks for the extensive and holistic perspective on the game.
Thanks Mendicant! I am quite fond of this review and I know many are. :) The goal has always been to provide and extensive and holistic view so that's just stellar man, thank you.
Thanks for the review! Super informative. A lot of the quality of life features sound great and with the options toned down the game looks really good. I do think I'll wait a bit before buying to see if we get some of those patches, performance tweaks, and (fingers crossed) classic options.
Thanks for the reupload, this is a major improvement over the original yesterday IMO.
I agree with most of your points about DE, especially the classic mode option, which I would love since I don’t love the new graphics. Great review
Couldn't you just get Age of Empires 2 HD? That's pretty much the same thing as Classic.
Thanks Tocaraca as always man. Like I say in the review, some of these will be all positives for people so I was very fair. :) But for some people, it may be a reason to stick to Aoe2 HD unless more options are added (hopefully!). Aoe1 DE had a classic mode and Aoe2 HD had a classic mode and also expansions to toggle on and off. Here we have very little. No classic sounds narration or voices or even classic campaign design, among other things. Aoe2 HD is also compatible with Wololokingdoms and Userpatch 1.5 which provide almost all of the features in DE. I will personally keep a close eye on patch notes and post major updates to my Twitter/FB.
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I already have that game and Voobly which is why I’m not gonna get DE (and also the fact that I don’t have the money 11).
@@Tocaraca dude that sucks. I signed up for the X box service to try it out. 1 dollar for one month. Figured it was worth a try.
Thank you for putting succintly how i've been feeling about this game.
While some of the graphics looks stunning (as in MY EYES MY EYES IT BURNS AAAAAAAH) it's a pity the game is plagued by server outages, stuttering and lag. Why microsoft would release a game with so many problems I don't know it's probably for monetary reasons. I hope they fix it because it was really hyped up.
While not as bad as HD on release or patch 4.0...this game has a long way to go to meet the high standards we can expect from a AAA title... (well not 2019 AAA but you know what i mean).
Anyway, Thank you for being truthful about the state of things i've seen too many reviews that are too optimistic and it's good to have a dose of reality now and again.
good luck with your other projects :)
Thanks DaNiderlander! I really agree about the graphics. If you turn everything on it is almost impossible to read, especially with more units on the field. In my opinion the bloom, filters, and post-processing is excessive and bloom does not belong in Aoe2. I worked hard to provide an actually honest review of the game and I am glad that people appreciate it.
I can’t really play the new campaigns to lagging and my computer just meets the requirements can play the first age game ok
Excelent video Res! I really liked this review. You gave an excellent insight and I'm really glad you give a broader opinion and are not just blindly praising the game. I really liked the comparison with the HD edition, too!
Thanks a bunch Merwco! I spent a long time on the writing to make sure that I provided like you said, an actually broader perspective and not blindly praise the game, while also praising it where it deserves it. I am also glad you liked the comparison to HD. :)
Glad you made this! Wasn't sure if it was worth buying just yet. This vid has given me a proper unbiased look, cheers!
Thanks SuperPapere! I leave it to the viewers to decide. As you can see, some have pointed out performance issues especially noticeable in multiplayer team games and other aspects I did not go too into detail on because the hope is the devs patch it. If you like the changes I mention in this review then maybe the game is for you! If you feel some are unnecessary or don't sound great, maybe wait for patches. :)
Can we get some resBlooms in the chat? Kappa
I'm not nuts about the voice acting, but that's just because I hear "Bonjour Joan!" and I'm six years old again. SALADIN! I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME UNFINISHED BUSI-NESS!
I'm personally pretty impressed by the graphics, but I wish they'd do something with the UI. :/ It just... doesn't look good. Hire a UI designer Microsoft BibleThump
I was kinda hoping for a SC: Remastered kind of approach, but Blizzard probably had it easier because I think they still had the HD models and so on.
You addressed literally everything that I hoped you would!
Stellar work as usual :)
Thanks for this review res! I kind of feel Ike this is the only honest review on youtube right now and the others are biased in some way. Also thanks for the timestamps throughout the video, I am new to aoe but I can see how they could be useful to a veteran of the community who dosent want to watch a recap of what they’ve already seen.
Woah thank you SO much Tag! Seriously man. Yeah I've worked really hard on this to be as unbiased as possible, striking a fair balance between minor criticisms that hopefully get patched and praising the game where it needs to. Your comment is super thoughtful
Queueing units and technology simultaneously sounds amazing
Really great review! I appreciate the love shown to HD since my friends and I spent thousands of hours there! While the new features do look nice, I really just don't get the same feel I had from playing aoe2 since I was 7
Thank you Russ! Yeah I think HD despite a really rocky development cycle, was a fantastic idea and ultimately turned out fine. I would have liked to see them continue to support that as it's very faithful to the original. I totally agree about your thoughts here. Aoe2 DE looks great and has a lot of cool additions, but it doesn't quite give me the same nostalgia feeling either and that's important to me.
Stellar review and definitely agree. This was a game that they needed to approach very carefully and even though they didn't change too much they still went a bit too far. And honestly, the old campaigns did NOT need new VA. All the bugfixes and improvements are welcome however, I only hope that they improve performance by a large margin. Currently it runs pretty bad.
Nice review mate! Showed me perfectly well why I won't be buying AOE2DE in the near future. While I do like the improvements they made, I feel like half of them could've simply been a couple of patches for HD (e.g. the wall-refund). The textures are a nice touch, honestly - but the problem of needing a super pc to play it reasonably well makes it IMHO unbuyable. It's a twenty year old game that's been remastered once already. That shouldn't cost tons of money to play (again) on good specs. Not sure how I feel about voice acting changes. Which reminds me: Did they change all the sounds and voice acting, or just the campaign stuff? Not sure if you mentioned it.. anyway. Great review, cheers for the hard work!
Thanks Jinx! Yeah I've tried to be as far as possible to the game as a reviewer, since some changes are subjective, but as you say it is a hard-sell because quality-of-life improvements like the wall refund etc, can be updated via official or fan-patches. Many of these features have. They changed most of the sounds, not all of the unit voices, but changed all campaign units (eg: Sieur de Metz) and campaign voices/narrators. I think the game could benefit from more classic options across the board. Cheers Jinx, I worked so hard on this so I appreciate the thoughtful comment.
In the multiplayer game the voice acting and music is pretty much the same as before. You are right - this is like a small patch and not really a great game on its own.
There is no steamworkshop for this game :(
Honestly, while the game does look really nice, I don't really see it as a must have if you already have HD. The current DE version is buggy and unoptimized as well right now too...I say wait for a big sale
But there is a mod system, so I'm not sure what Steamworkshop brings to the table.
@@PsychCaptain 2 things:
First: It's easier to find mods due to it being on steam and it has a superior search system. Also easier to install mods.
Second: The mod updates will be done automatically, so you don't have to check if an update is released and redownload it.
The AOE 2 DE website is archaic and a worse method of getting mods
Hi Gilgamesh. Yeah the lack of Steam Workshop support is a real bummer. Keep an eye on major patches for bug fixes and optimization and I'll post them on my Twitter. And while the game is moddable through Microsoft's own system as Legowarrior says, it does require an Xbox Account (which is free) and is a lot less accessible and easier to use than the Steam Workshop. Like anyone could make an upload a mod easily on the Steam Workshop for HD. Here the files are more complex and so is the modding system. Cheers man
I hope your able to put more content out for aoe2 even tho you covered most of the old version, I also know you mentioned you wanted a job in real life rather use TH-cam for a hobby, not sure how that's going for you but keep up the great work age is totally your thing! And I literally can't wait in the future for you to do any and all age 4!!:D keep your head up on rainy days! :)
yea it definitely feels different but its starting to grow on me, I loving the QoL features. fully agree about the AI, its technical improvement but not sure it's an enjoyment improvement.
I play single player cos I just don't find the meta game super fun, so its l
kinda lame to be railroaded in that direction. all in all solid vid Res, most balance DE take I've seen
You can play with the old AI. Just change it in the singleplayer screen.
@@whitemagick4 I know, but the old AI has its own issues.
Hey man! Great review! Especially agree about that bit about the campaign dialogue. But it's good to see the series being kept alive. I gotta be honest the launch has rekindled my interest in the game .... Any chance we might see some games streamed by you in with DE ... I've been a long time lurker on your channel and I would love to see some DE games streamed... It's okay if you don't want to though
My biggest gripe is the units. I have a hard time telling them apart and i'm not the only one. And yes, one will get used to it but it impedes gameplay. Same thing with the much more subdued sounds. Hearing mangonel/treb/bbt shots is vital.
Excellent review, shows good knowledge of the game old and new. Gives a decent point of view compared to the old version. Makes lots of good points and I agree with the AI comments. Awesome to see AoE content, really hoping for more to come!?!?
Thank you Chrispy for posting again man. It's just great to hear that the review shows good knowledge of all version of the game and you think my points are fair. I spent a long time on this video to write my thoughts. Also it's soooo good to see you again man! Do you use Discord at all?
I’m in your discord, I just haven’t been on my pc for a while. Spend enough time at work. However will jump back on at least by the end of the weekend.
Hi Res, is the new game properly multi-threaded now or is it still limited to using one CPU core?
Hi Freddie! This is important: Aoe2 DE only uses one CPU core which, among other factors, can cause performance issues as of release. I wish I mentioned the one cpu core during the review but I tried to not focus too much on performance, bugs, stability, and missing features because the hope is Microsoft patches those. But on release things are a bit rough just letting you know, so keep an eye on Patch Notes. If you follow me on Twitter I will update you. If you have any questions I'll answer them here or on Twitter. Best of luck man, I'm here to help!
@@Resonance22Channel thanks Res.
How long has it been? 15 years?
How have I not seen this coming? Instant purchase. Thanks for this vid.
Trebuchet being able to unpack and pack automatically by that I mean imagine you have two castles one in the front and one in the back the front one is in range if the trebuchet once destroyed so long you select the trebuchets and send them to attack the back castle that not on their range they'll unpack automatically and pack into attack range of the back castle
So I had to test this out. La Hire's voice is a little different, but the voice actor was trying to recreate the original. Still, I think a new mod is coming.
Will we see the return of ResonanceBot in DE?
It takes too much of RAM, even in hd it can take 6 gb of Ram. I'm in shock, how?
I'd guess it's because barely anyone knows how or cares to actually code now. Just use a million of prefab frameworks and wrappers to get shit done quickly and throw more computing power on it.
Original AoE2 programmers had to use quite a bit of ingenuity to make multiplayer work over modems of the time. Today everyone has broadband and dozens gigs of ram, right? Why bother optimizing anything? New, more powerful hardware needs to be sold after all.
@@Kaucukovnik666 Optimizing for RAM usage would probably be less of a priority than optimizing for CPU or GPU.
@@ronyan Probably because is using most assets from a very old engine, having textures not correctly compress with advance codecs? Multiple layers of texture to make zoom in/out work? After all is a 2D game and they really wanted to take advantage of advance graphic cards boosting as much as possible on the quality regardless of size. In all honest 6GB doesn't sound like a lot. Might just be a pool-page for all those improved textures and as long as it doesn't requires 6GB of VRAM from your GPU it should be fine...
On my pc it use 6.6gb of 1070gtx and 12.5gb of 16gb ram. for RTS it is normal thy use alot of ram
3440x1440 + DLC rest max onlye aa off.
robin & bernhard No dude, it is unnormal for the strategy remaster that 20 years old. You think yourself about it 12 ram of 16. Where is graphics? It should be cosmo graphics like witcher 3 or battlefield, but all I have is a shitty blur picture. It is lack of optimization and it is obviously.
Sup bro I hope u continue to make more AOE2 content
Never really played AoE2 but I played the hell out of AoE3. I love RTS games and made my bones on the C&C series. I was put off AoE2 because I first played it on a console, yes, it was released on the PS2 and I hated it ever since. Because of that bad experience I always disliked the look of AoE2. Everything just looked a bit low quality, even for the time. I mean, C&C Red Alert looked better graphically in my opinion. The remaster of AoE2 looks amazing. I cant believe they actually did a remaster on this level. It's downloading now on Steam. I was swayed by the content and the learning aspect of the game as well. I love games that actually teach you real history as you play. I also bought it because I want to support the concept of remastering sprite based 2D games. Keeping these old games alive is really important for gaming. RTS games over the past decade have been severely lacking. The quality and the amount of content in these old games puts many modern games to shame. Keep the past alive and purchase this game.
The graphics are great, but to me they are lower priority then the fixes they should make.
Here is my brief list of things that could be options:
Villagers should stay on their side of the wall, should not open the gate when they are done, the gate should be locked by default.
Trebuchet should not line up and go in the opposite direction when you move them.
Make it easier to know if you're putting consecutive wall foundations down, including over hills.
Eliminate the bug where some units can cross through foundations that are on hills.
I still have a monk bug, there's sometimes the monk will stand still and not move.
automate the deselection of a unit if you have successfully told him where to go, but do not deselect if you did not successfully tell him where to go (the game has it backwards).
When a unit exits a building it should do so to the closest point of a mouse.
I'm sure others have their own lists you can go to the website and read them I'm not sure why the developers chose not to do these things and instead focus on graphics.
They did add a grid and auto receding farms which is great.
Never played this game, but very interested. Two questions: a) Is the AI in AoE2 Def Ed a worthy opponent? I like a challenge. If the AI is predictable and easy to overcome it gets boring no matter how good the graphics. I would eventually prefer to play against other humans but will need to hone my skills against the AI first and given the limited availability of human opponents will probably mostly play against the AI in general. So it needs to be good. Is the AI in the original AoE2/ HD versions better? b) Is it true AoE2 Def Ed requires a lot of RAM? If AoE2 Def Ed is worth it i'll get the required RAM. Or am i better off playing the original Ao2 or maybe the HD version for a better AI opponent and less RAM requirement. Thanks to any vets for answers!
At 4k I can't seem to zoom in far enough
Wow, this brings back memories. I've gotta find my CD. Just realized my laptop doesn't have a CD drive. :-/
Bought it, played 89 minutes then refunded. If they don't fix those massive performance issues this game will not last long.
Hi Sandor. Yeah I talk about it a few times in the video, hinting that the PC specs are very high and team games have performance issues. It's unfortunate and you're right. I hope that they patch that soon as it will really limit how many people can actually play the game. This is why I think it's important to provide an honest review and not just heap only praises, this game does have performance issues. Hope they get patched. :)
I bought it and I played the beta and knew it would lag. Won't refund because it will be fixed sometime in the next 4 years and it won't go under 15$, so it's nice to have in the library.
Res man, your Resbot AI is still my favourite to play. Please make one for DE if you get a chance :)
Hi Apple! Thank you so much, I'm overjoyed to hear that my ResonanceBot AI is still your favorite to play. I think it's very unique and actually fun. I'd love to port it Aoe2 DE. You and any fans can help fund future development of ResonanceBot on www.patreon.com/Resonance22. You can also get involved with development that way. I have bills to pay now and coding is incredibly time-intensive, so any support on Patreon (even $2) is really appreciated! Likewise if your friends are fans of my AI, please spread the word. It's a goal I'd love to meet. If I can safely pay the rent then I can gladly work on ResBot! :)
Re: new campaign VO. The one that really disappointed me was the Aztec campaign, especially since I know it so well from the Conquerors demo. Compare the line: "... my uncle, Montezuma, Emperor of the Aztecs, sent his reply." In the original, the voice actor sounds awed by Montezuma's rank. The new voice actor sounds like he's reading a shopping list. Sure, the accent's less cartoony, but I'm not sure it's worth it.
Its funny u mention the main menu look hahaha. i have the same opinion. i dont like the new one. Good review overall! Keep it up!
I am missing the sounds of units being killed?
Hi Jordy. Yeah I mentioned this on my Facebook page but now that you mention it... where are the sound effects for that? It's apparently there but it's so subtle now. They changed a lot of the sound effects in Aoe2 DE without having a classic sound effect option. I hope they add one later ^^
i brought Definitive Edition today I am just waiting for it download i still have Original on cd and HD on steam
Good Video👍🏻👍🏻😍😍👏👍🏻👍🏻
For me, this game is basically 100% improvement in virtually every way. In HD I constantly had issues with latency for unit commands when I'd play friends online, now I don't have any of those issues. The quality of life changes make the game feel much much much better and just so much more enjoyable to play. With the new unit models I no longer have issues seeing my units, where as in HD I constantly had issues seeing units on screen because they were so small with very little color and detail making them blend with the map. The game runs smoother overall as well. I've only run the William Wallace campaign so far, I plan on going through them all eventually, but it was just as fun as I remember back on CD when I would play the old Age of Kings campaigns a couple times a month.
To me also, I find that DE has captured my nostalgia entirely still. The game very much looks and feels like AoE2. This game was essentially everything I could have wanted, and I really would not shed a single tear if it killed every other version of AoE2, I just see no reason to ever go back to HD.
24:00 ok good this happens to me too i thought i was just bad
I missed your voice..so I came back to hear you..
Does Definitive Edition and HD Edition have crossmultiplayer?
Hi PK. Unfortunately there is no cross-multiplayer between the HD Edition and Definitive Edition. What platform you choose to play on will depend on some of the things I discuss in the video and what's important to you specifically. The HD Edition is compatible with the fan-made Userpatch 1.5 through WololoKingdoms patch (easy to download), which provides actually almost all of the same features as DE. But DE has 4 new civs, new graphics, 3 new campaigns, a new game mode, and a few other fancy things. I hope that helps :)
I miss res being a prominent part of the aoe community
Who is res?
Nevermind lol
Τhe review is well structured but most issues you mention except from performance are 'nostalgia' issues. Scotland's campaign voiceovers feature much more passion and anger towards invaders than the passive old one. I am sorry, but you present your nostalgia as issues, which are not real problems. AOE2DE might have performance issues but gameplay wise its the best version of AOE2, by a long mile. QOL and balance changes are top notch and the new civilizations are great. Regardless, the review is very good, but it falls in the vicious cycle of nostalgia at some points.
How cool would it be to instead of killing/deleting a unit, you can cue them to train as your next military unit which makes that unit slightly cheaper.
two giant game series release a game at same time, oh wow
ehhhhh, the narration is different but just as good.
my pc really struggles with this making it unplayable but its okay, I am happy to financially support this new direction regardless.
If your PC can't run it, I'm not sure if you should feel obligated to support the new direction. Age of Empires II: 2013 (HD Edition) offers a similar featureset with better optimization and is compatible with Userpatch 1.5 via WololoKingdoms for free. That gives it an identical featureset and even better optimization.
Bring back the HON HON HON French accents! Make Age Great Again!
What's up with the re-upload?
Made some improvements to the video. It's not a re-upload, it's an improved version and that is evident from the first 10 seconds. :)
@@Resonance22Channel ah, cool! Thanks for the swift reply!
Always happy to do so and thank you for the comment and just sticking around man. ^^ I read every comment I get and I try to respond to them when I can
rez is the best ever
Love game als 37 old fart :P but on 3440x1440 + DLC rest max onlye aa off use 6.6gb of 8Gb 1070gtx and 12.5gb of 16gb DDR4
Think not many games come close to that
Aoe 2 de is amazing,multiplayer is polished and dedicated servers has made huge impact,just wish i had a better pc
New voices are really bad, I don't like the new graphics. I hope the competitive scene will rise but overall this is not as good as HD.
I think it looks fine once you turn off the bloom and fog effects. Though I can understand if you don't like the clash of clan cartoon style graphics
It looks like to me that they tried to move the game more towards realism. You can seen that both when it comes to the graphics and the voice acting. Talking about VA, the original was great because it carried a lot of emotion while being a bit over the top, while the new one seems to be more serious in tone. I agree that it is really bad and also thinks that it saps the strength out of the narrative. Funny how the VA for The Rajas and African expac were also pretty bad but they still insisted on revamping ALL of the lines.
I think the game is a bit of a let down. It really feels like the developers added some new meshes for graphics, added a couple more buttons and races but made little to no changes to how fluid the mechanics could be or the content.
It feels like AOE 2 with a patch, and not a new updated modern game.
we want looby ranked matches....
i want to change game names in lobby
i want to see player elos in the lobby
i want old classic lobby backround
thats all in fact. :D
Played this one online with 4 friends... We all asked for a refund... I didn't know what to expect but it feels like I was playing a blend of AOE III, AOE II and AOM... AOE II DE doesn't feel right or sounds right to me... Yeah... I'm back on AOE II HD...
I totally feel you on this one. It just feels really different and Aoe2 HD to me, for all its flaws, got a lot of stuff right near the end.
@@Resonance22Channel I'm sure this game will be loved by many but sadly enough I'm not among them. Received my refund today... I'm really sad because I had a lot expectation for this game to be mind blowing and trully bring this good old classic in the 21st century!
Now I'm looking forward for AOE IV... And so are my friends too!
AOE IV will be nothing like AOE II. I had a discount on AoE II: DE, so I bought it and I deem it to be the best AoE II iteration. AoE IV is Relic's game, it will liken itself more to Company of Heroes and Age of Empires III.
@@cezarstefanseghjucan I have no expectation about AOE IV being like AOE II at all (on the contrary of AOE II DE). Can't wait to experience it!
So you mention it's slightly demanding. How would a 1050 ti and an i5 8400 handle the game? Should I wait until I upgrade to buy it?
Hi Owen. At release, the game is more than slightly demanding. Since I know some people would be offended by harsher criticism, I deliberately kept my review more mild. I think you'd run into some performance issues there but I'm not sure. Maybe someone else with similar specs can chime in? It seems like there are almost always performance issues on larger maps with more players. The big issue is that the game runs only on 1 single core. I expect this to be improved over time in upcoming patches so definitely keep an eye on patch notes. :)
@@Resonance22Channel That's a shame. I wasn't planning on playing mp. I'll keep the game in mind if performance issues are fixed, probably will wait until I can get a 2060S before I buy it. Thanks for the reply and the video.
@@owenwalters5818 Your gpu won't be the problem. My gtx 1080 is at 50% at 1440p and ultra settings. Still lags because my R5 3600 1st core is maxed. The engine is single core depending.
The game also use 14gb of ram on ultra textures
@@pangbangdang3672 That's a little ridiculous. I bought UnderRail instead, but I'm interested in playing AoE. I guess I'll for sure have to wait until I upgrade my PC.
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Thanks Fabrix :)
I really like the graphics in aoe2 hd. They are what i have known for 20years. I dont like the new graphics and they are too resource hungry. All we needed was the gameplay improvements and other new stuff without the fancy 3d graphics engine. Maybe 4k version of the old graphics
Too much emphasis on the voice acting.
Indeed, the voice acting are overly exaggerated in the original, they sound like Monty Python.
The game has seen a ton of improvements, new QoL features and the new content is good. I just couldn't stand the terrible performance. I don't think it's acceptable for a game in 2019 to run on a single core when the whole CPU market is going after more and more cores with each generation of new CPUs. That's why i asked for a refund. The optimization of this game is just so bad. I am extremely disappointed. Once again, microsoft has pulled a scam on their fans, rushing and releasing an unfinished product which will very likely never get to the point where it should really be, just because they are impatient to milk their cow and keep monetizing the amazing job Ensemble Studios did 20 years ago. I have run the benchmark and i got 15 fps with my CPU at 38%, my GPU at 32% and my RAM at 14/16 (of which 12 were for AoE2 alone) on a monitor that is not even FullHD. Ridicolous. I'll consider buying it again if performance sees some serious improvements, otherwise i'm done with it for good. I do not recommend it at the current stage, unless you have a high end PC. The result will be disappointing nonetheless.
no one will care about AOE2 HD or AOE2 DE. Age of Empires 4 is coming soon. Who would keep playing AOE2????
I don't think that we've been given a time frame on the release still for AoE 4 despite the trailer. It looks like whenever it does come out that it could be good, but there's always the chance that it will be just okay or worse, and the near certainty that some people will just prefer to stick to the game they've been enjoying for 20+ years now. The fanbase has been loyal to the game so long for a reason.
AoE 4 is gonna be a lot different from AoE2 from what we've seen. So even if it's a success, AoE2 still needs to be there for those who like its brand of RTS more.
I would keep playing AoE2 coz it’s a timeless game that probably won’t be surpassed by AoE4, but we’ll have to wait and see
Aoe 3 exist but aoe 2 is still dominating
@Jarl William Ok, if you insist AOE 2 is such a legendary game. I want to ask you a question: what is the size of the population in the AOE 2 community? Perhaps it is 10 ,000. How long do top players practice in a day? How many hours do top players practice in a week? Who are the top 10 players in the last 10 years? Are they the same players all over in these 10 years? How often and how much is the tournament's prize money? All these answers sum up. We get the final answer is: AOE 2 doesn't mean the standard of esport. Like the others say AOE 4 WILL NOT surpass AOE 2. This is a joke. You just want AOE brand to be around 10,000 players forever or you want to have a new game which will attract (maybe a quarter of millions out there). You people are narrow minded, just a short sighted fools.