Age of Empires 2 HD

[Pronam]

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One of the best classics is coming with some fresh upgrades to steam in April

One of the old developers of AOE2 has been pushing for it at microsoft for over a year and it appears it got them moving eventually.

Who's getting pumped for this :D

[Thor.]

Now if they could resurrect Rise of Nations i would be happy :biggrin:

uses the same engine as Age of empires and its modifiable with a script editor included

Edited March 8, 2013 by Thor.

[AxlRocks]

I never got to play this, although I did play Age of Mythology which was really fun, so it's cool this is coming to Steam but I'm even more excited for the fact that it's been improved and fixed up for modern systems and resolutions, and will have rebuilt online support using Steam, PLUS it has Workshop integration! (Which I know some people will throw a fit over, I personally have no problem with it, but with that said I do hope it allows for content outside of Workshop, to please everyone. Probably will.)

 

This is also another nail in GFWL's coffin. Needless to say, I'm quite happy with that.

 

It's doing well so far, being #3 on the top sellers last I checked. Maybe if we're very lucky, these day one pre-orders of it, and hopefully continued sales, will be a push for Microsoft to give the same treatment to other old titles, or release games previously not on PC/Steam, (I'm looking at you Halo trilogy and your super old Steam registry entries, and Midtown Madness 3) That depends on a lot of different things though, but who knows, either way I'm definitely going to buy this soon.

[ziitch]

Now if they could resurrect Rise of Nations i would be happy :biggrin:

 

uses the same engine as Age of empires and its modifiable with a script editor included

 

You know, I was going to say the same thing - In fact, pack it with a HD version of RON (fully-3D meshes and/or up the resolutions on the original 2D images) and there is a major deal to make.

 

Too bad RoN's IP ownership was with Big Huge Games, which became part of 38 Studios. :(

[billyro]

I really miss Age of Empires II... but I think HD isn't enough. I'd prefer an Age of Empires IV, but set in the same age as AoE2.

[ub3rman123]

How much did they update the graphics? They don't look too different from the last time I played it, but it's been a while.

[Pronam]

It's mostly an update to fix the many glitches of the water and the game in general when going multiplayer. HD isn't particularly pretty so don't expect miracles, just compatibility.

I'm mostly looking forward how they'll address multiplayer.

Edited March 8, 2013 by Pronam

[Pronam]

Steam Workshop support confirmed and a fresh trailer :biggrin:

 

[Javalin]

That soundtrack <3

 

Ever since this was announced.. This has been the *ONLY* game I have looked forward to for a loooong time. Ghengis Khan and the Mongels on a campaign mission to take down the Great Wall of China.. It would remind people of South Park ;)

[Otie]

I never got to play this, although I did play Age of Mythology which was really fun, so it's cool this is coming to Steam but I'm even more excited for the fact that it's been improved and fixed up for modern systems and resolutions, and will have rebuilt online support using Steam, PLUS it has Workshop integration! (Which I know some people will throw a fit over, I personally have no problem with it, but with that said I do hope it allows for content outside of Workshop, to please everyone. Probably will.)

 

This is also another nail in GFWL's coffin. Needless to say, I'm quite happy with that.

 

It's doing well so far, being #3 on the top sellers last I checked. Maybe if we're very lucky, these day one pre-orders of it, and hopefully continued sales, will be a push for Microsoft to give the same treatment to other old titles, or release games previously not on PC/Steam, (I'm looking at you Halo trilogy and your super old Steam registry entries, and Midtown Madness 3) That depends on a lot of different things though, but who knows, either way I'm definitely going to buy this soon.

If they do bring back more old titles, they need to do Freelancer. One of my favourite games ever.

It has a great modding community with mods still in development, too.

They shut down the global server in 2008 (I think) so you can no longer play online normally, but you can once you get a mod to connect to a different server, but it's nothing like it used to be.

It needs to come back! :D