What went wrong with Age Of Empires?

[Scoobes]

DanneSandin said:

Scoobes said:

DanneSandin said:
I just looked up AoEO - 3 (THREE) playable civs! Unless you buy the premium package, then you get an additional 2 civs... Dafuq? really? I wanna be able to choose from a variety of civs!!

It's because each civ is completely customisable and you have to build them up yourself. Essentially, you control how your civ develops. One player playing as the Greeks could have a very different civ in terms of bonuses, techs and units then somone else playing as Greek. Plus, because you have to build up a single civ, it takes ages to get them up to lvl 40, so you'll have a tough time playing all of them to a competitive level.

well, that does seem pretty sweet! It's kinda like a RPG RTS?? but do you have to compete online? I'm not good at that stuff. I once tried to play starcraft online and was killed after like 5 minutes of play... I suck at multiplayer online.

No, you can play single player (although you have to be online... kinda like Diablo 3). Once you get up to the higher levels (35+), then that's when multiplayer becomes almost neccesary. I prefer single player as well so I stopped playing after reaching the higher levels.

As for Starcraft, it's a lot faster RTS so 5 minutes isn't that unusual if your opponents decent and its your first game. If you get defeated in 5 minutes in Age of Empires, then you've got problem