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What is your favorite franchise under Microsoft tender loving care?

Halo 16 22.54%
 
The Elder Scrolls 15 21.13%
 
Gears of War 10 14.08%
 
Banjo-Kazooie 4 5.63%
 
Forza 2 2.82%
 
Fallout 4 5.63%
 
Minecraft 3 4.23%
 
Killer Instinct 2 2.82%
 
Fable 4 5.63%
 
Other 11 15.49%
 
Total:71
Pemalite on 21 October 2020
curl-6 said:

For some reason I never played AoE3, not sure why, maybe I remember a lot of people saying it was nowhere near as good as the first two, then over time I forgot about it. I'm sure even my potato of a laptop could run it, maybe I should give it a go sometime.

It is definitely not as good as the first two games, Ensemble tried to direct the franchise into a different direction... It was good, it just wasn't amazing.

I remember back in the late 90's firing up the original age of empires and playing online via dial-up 33.6k on zone.com with giant 8-player FFA matches, 1,600 total units, while other kids were just starting to taste console split-screen gaming.

I do have rose tinted glasses with the AoE franchise which means I didn't look at AoE 3 as fondly, I recognize that bias, so it's not as bad, right? :P



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curl-6 on 21 October 2020
Pemalite said:
curl-6 said:

For some reason I never played AoE3, not sure why, maybe I remember a lot of people saying it was nowhere near as good as the first two, then over time I forgot about it. I'm sure even my potato of a laptop could run it, maybe I should give it a go sometime.

It is definitely not as good as the first two games, Ensemble tried to direct the franchise into a different direction... It was good, it just wasn't amazing.

I remember back in the late 90's firing up the original age of empires and playing online via dial-up 33.6k on zone.com with giant 8-player FFA matches, 1,600 total units, while other kids were just starting to taste console split-screen gaming.

I do have rose tinted glasses with the AoE franchise which means I didn't look at AoE 3 as fondly, I recognize that bias, so it's not as bad, right? :P

Yeah I've got plenty of fond memories of AoE back in the day as well, either playing multiplayer with friends in the school computer lab, or just spending hours creating insane scenarios in the level builder. 

So what was this new direction they took withy 3 that sets it so apart from 1 and 2?



TomaTito on 27 October 2020
curl-6 said:
Pemalite said:

It is definitely not as good as the first two games, Ensemble tried to direct the franchise into a different direction... It was good, it just wasn't amazing.

I remember back in the late 90's firing up the original age of empires and playing online via dial-up 33.6k on zone.com with giant 8-player FFA matches, 1,600 total units, while other kids were just starting to taste console split-screen gaming.

I do have rose tinted glasses with the AoE franchise which means I didn't look at AoE 3 as fondly, I recognize that bias, so it's not as bad, right? :P

Yeah I've got plenty of fond memories of AoE back in the day as well, either playing multiplayer with friends in the school computer lab, or just spending hours creating insane scenarios in the level builder. 

So what was this new direction they took withy 3 that sets it so apart from 1 and 2?

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TomaTito on 10 November 2020
TomaTito said:

Easy, Age of Empires.

My copy of the games, back when PC was still physical.



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Flouff on 10 November 2020

I didn't play on Xbox since the first one but I really liked Fable. A game that was exclusive, probably not owned by Microsoft, and I would like to try is Alan Wake.



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TheTitaniumNub on 10 November 2020

Gears of War for me!



Azzanation on 10 November 2020

Thats a tough one.Its out of..Halo, Perfect Dark, Banjo Kazooie, Ori and Killer Instinct Id give it to Halo, but just. 

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Shinobi-san on 10 November 2020

I voted Fable...but totally forgot about Age of Empires



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RJTM1991 on 10 November 2020

Halo. A truly immersive universe. Solid gameplay as well. GOAT tier.