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Just saw this on gaf.  Age of Empires Online looks really cool.  A fun art style with back to basics gameplay, and free to play to boot.  It's being made by Robot Entertainment, which is the best they can hope for at this point, though it's still a shell of the former Ensemble.  I once again have to wonder why they shut the studio down, considering they're chasing down the scraps to work on the same types of games they were known for in the first place. 

But whatever.  More Age of Empires!

"Exciting news from GamesCom! The best-selling real-time strategy series of all time continues with Age of Empires Online! Join friends and friendly rivals from around the world as you create a living, growing online empire. Centered around your unique online capital city, embark on quests, play with or against friends, and immerse yourself in epic tales, quirky characters, adventure, history and strategy. Age of Empires Online will offer free-to-play experiences via Games for Windows - LIVE."



awesome! really loving the Art style.



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Book - Malazan Book of the Fallen series 

Game - Metro Last Light

TV - Deadwood

Music - Forest Swords 

Nice, I am a fan of Age of Empire. 



 

                                                                                                                                  loving the art style too,  but let's hope whoever's developing this won't ruin Ensemble's masterpiece of a series.                



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indodude said:

                                                                                                                                  loving the art style too,  but let's hope whoever's developing this won't ruin Ensemble's masterpiece of a series.
               

It's being done by Robot Entertainment (ex Ensemble staff)



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AOE does look rather nice :)



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So excited for this.  I'm a long term Age of Empires fan and the fact that its free to play just makes it all the better!



As far as AOE games, this kind of looks like crap. Also does the Online will mean it's an MMO or what?

 

Edit: Reading the website, wow this has to be the most retarded, dumbed down, noobed up, retarded AOE I have ever seen. I don't think a 5 year old would have bee able to come up with the concept of such a simple game.

Edit2: I had to install GFWL to get signed for the beta and I already feel my PC is dirty.



Tag(thx fkusumot) - "Yet again I completely fail to see your point..."

HD vs Wii, PC vs HD: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=93374

Why Regenerating Health is a crap game mechanic: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3986420

gamrReview's broken review scores: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4170835

 

The artstyle is awesome. Lets hope it plays well of course.