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 | Age Of Empires Collector's Edition (Limited Edition) |
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Product Description
Control 10,000 years of human history and rewrite it to suit you. Lead your civilization to glory across the Millennia by choosing your path to greatness. Battle alongside legendary heroes as you conquer rival empires. Discover new technologies and chart your course well - from the Stone Age to the Imperial Age - and your legacy shall live forever!Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #439 in Video Games
- Brand: ValuSoft
- Model: 29644
- Released on: 2009-04-08
- ESRB Rating: Teen
- Platforms: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Dimensions: .30 pounds
Features
- Limited Edition - 3 CDs in Jewel Case Packaging - Age of Empires and Age of Empires II Complete with all Expansions
- Includes: Age of Empires; Age of Empires Rise of Rome Expansion;Age of Empires II : Age of Kings Gold Edition;Age of Empires II Conquerors Expansion
Customer Reviews
The Best Games for the Best Price! A Must-Buy!
First of all, I would just
like to say that this is such a good deal. I mean, ten dollars for the
first two games AND both of their expansion packs? You can get "Age of
Empires 2: The Age of Kings Gold Edition" with its expansion "The
Conquerors" for 20 dollars, or get this set, which includes all that AND
the original Age of Empires with the "Rise of Rome" expansion for ten
dollars less! Think about it. Ten less dollars for much more? Its a
miracle in the form of a computer game set if you ask me. Ah, on to the
games themselves.
Age of Empires:
A true classic, this
game has to be one of the most fun games ever put out. Though the
graphics are nothing dazzling, who cares? I have spent endless hours on
this game, and beaten every campaign in it. If you don't want to play a
full campaign, the random map games are equally as fun! The replay value
of this game is also amazing. It seems more fun every time you play it,
and its impossible to get sick of! The only part where you may get a
teeny weeny bit anxious to move on, is toward the end of the Babylonian
campaign. Don't get me wrong, it is still fun as ever, just not quite as
action-packed as the rest of them. I give this game two thumbs up!
Age
of Empires: The Rise of Rome Expansion
Ok, as fun as the first
one was, beleive it or not, this one is even better! The gameplay is the
same as "Age of Empires" and its mostly the same, except that there are
new campaigns, new countries, new upgrades and some cool new units
(camel swordsman, for instance). This game has a little more action in
it. My favorite level has to be "Struggle for Sicily" in the Carthage
campaign. This level is incredible, like many of the others. Some people
say that "The Rise of Rome" isn't as good as Age of Empires 2: The Age
of Kings", but if you ask me, I think that "The Rise of Rome" is better
than "The Age of Kings". In all, "The Rise of Rome Expansion" is as good
as the original "Age of Empires", but because of the new units, and the
new level layouts, is actually better. Two more thumbs up!
Age
of Empires 2: The Age of Kings
After the success of the first
"Age of Empires" Microsoft thought they would continue the series,
(thank goodness for us!) "Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings" is a
knights-and-castles era version of the original. Gameplay is mostly the
same, with improved graphics. Most everything is the same as the last
one, because your main goals are still these: get lots of villagers,
gather food, gold, stone, and wood, build an army, upgrade if you can,
and win. There are some pretty cool units in this game as well, and the
campaigns are awesome! The first campaign is about William Wallace
(Braveheart, anyone?) and the Scottish army fighting against the Brits.
Sadly, they used this story as a learning campaign, and its really easy.
I think they should have made it an advanced campaign, but oh well. Its
just as fun either way. There is also a Joan of Arc campaign, a
Barbarossa campaign (the German knights are so cool in that one!) and
many more. This game is well worth the money, and, just like the
previous games, is very addictive! Two more thumbs way up!
Age of
Empires 2: The Age of Kings "The Conquerors Expansion"
This game
takes "Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings" and kicks it up yet another
notch! In this expansion, you can play a South American campaign, an
Attila the Hun campaign, and a few more. I don't have much more to say
about this game, because basically all it is is "Age of Empires 2: The
Age of Kings" with a few more units, and some cool campaigns. I enjoyed
this one slightly more than the original "Age of Empires 2: The Age of
Kings", especially because of the South American campaign (the
Eagle-Warriors rock!) So, as you guessed, another two thumbs up!
In
all, this pack is better than a steal. Saying its a steal would be
incorrect, because its better than a steal. You get countless, and I
mean countless hours of awesome action for only ten bucks! This is a
must own game, and even if you think it doesn't look cool, buy it. You
will get so much entertainment out of it, and I would pay 50 dollars for
this if I had to. Ten dollars is just so good! Well, this review is way
too long already, but I hope you got some useful info about the game
from this review. I have not yet purchased "Age of Empires 3", but the
moment I can, I will. I am sure it will be very good game, and i hope
and pray that Microsoft never stops putting out "Age of Empires" games!
Great strategy game -- will run on even older
computers
This game has achieved the
status of a classic. For fans of strategy games, the AoE series is a
must. What's more, this game will run on even older computers -- check
the system requirements to see whether your old PC is up to snuff.
High End Users Beware!
First of all I give this
collection five stars in the FUN rating because I love Age of Empires, I
have since I started using a computer way back in '97. My two star
rating goes for this collection because I haven't been able to get it to
play yet on my High End machine.
High End Users beware of this
one. If you've got XP, you'll likely run into the same problem I've had.
"Cannot initialize graphics" error. I've done what they've suggested in
the FAQ and on the Microsoft Support, but no go so far. It says to
reset the display resolution to 800x600 and set compatability to 256
color mode, but so far no luck for some reason. I'm runnig a Radeon 9800
on an Athlon 2600+ and XPPro SP2.
The game is great, but keep
these problems in mind. It says XP on the box too, but don't be too
hopeful that it will work on the first try, you may have to do some
tweaking to get it to work at all if you're on a high-end PC. Just keep
that in mind and be smart, it's a great deal for only ten bucks, but I
would have thought they would have been able to put a fix in for this by
now.
So the good: Great games on three discs for an unbeatable
price.
Now the bad: Expect problems running on high-end machines.
Hope
this has helped and just be aware of this issue.
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