Age of Empires 2 HD

[Meeps]

Freelancer is great too bad that the squeal got dumped but thanks to the Discovery modding community the original still keeps on going.

 

Here is the tech demo for Freelancer 2:

 

[Zewp]

So, anyone who is actually playing this, is this worth the $20 price tag? I've been hearing a lot of worrying things like the game literally being a HD upgrade being sold as a HD re-release. Some of the mechanics such as unit pathfinding and the like are very dated in AoE2, and if it has not been updated for AoE2HD then I do not think it is worth the $20 price tag.

 

So, what's the final verdict? Also, how is the netcode, because I've been hearing terrible things in that department as well.

[Pronam]

If you're doubting whether to buy something, you shouldn't until it's on sale or not at all.

 

It's a re-release with a few changes to a bunch of textures plus things like the workshop and steam online based gameplay. Other than that it's the exact same game, so if don't like the old pathfinding you shouldn't get it.

Current issues are that the Friends only/Private selection when starting a multplayer game is buggy and very often leads to being a public game instead. But the system is valve stable so I have no issues playing with anyone that has a relatively stable connection. For example, I'm from europe and I play with australians just fine, but a person who lives in the same country which is near 1000ping spikes due to a bad connection can lag the entire game.