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Over the last 20 years, these epoch-spanning games have starred more than 50 historical civilizations, sales have surpassed more than 20 million units, and a core fanbase of hundreds of thousands has put hours upon hours into playing one series entry or another on a weekly basis. Age of Empires is one of the most influential strategy games of all time. And far from fading into obscurity, as history is wont to do, Empires is now squarely back in the (games-playing) public consciousness.
[...] I spoke to several of the two dozen or so people who worked on the original Age of Empires about how it was made. I asked them to reflect on the series' triumphs, successes, failures, and legacy. This is a compressed retelling of their many stories, focusing on the early days—the building of the foundations that are so central to both the Age story and each of the Age games—but spanning the full breadth of the series' life
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/01/the-age-of-age-of-empires-as-told-by-the-devs-who-built-it/
Long read.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday January 09 2018, @10:00PM (1 child)
The article is mostly about AOE1, but also discusses AOE2, Age of Mythology, and AOE3.
AOE2 has aged really well and been improved by 3 modern expansions. Age of Mythology has a new expansion I haven't played yet that adds Chinese Gods. But I did like the game and its graphics hold up. I played AOE3 but didn't really get into it. And now an AOE4 has been announced as well as more definitive editions.
It's hard to beat Starcraft though.
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by Crash on Tuesday January 09 2018, @10:51PM
I picked up AoE II HD, AoE III Complete, and Age of Mythology, on July.04th 2016... haven't found the time nor inclination to play them yet though heh. Such as it goes with huge swaths of one's Steam and GOG libraries.