So I found AoE Online last weekend. Does anyone else play it? It's actually more fun than it looks like.
http://ageofempiresonline.comFor those who don't know it, a little about it:
It's the same concept as the 3 games from Esemble Studios (which didn't make this because they went down
), but Online and with other features. If you played any of those, you probably remember growing from a small village with only a Town Center, 5 Villagers and a couple of troops.
The only part I hated about it, was that you had the same thing going every time and that you had to start all over every time you played.
It's still Microsoft, and it uses Microsoft/Xbox LIVE as community and connection.
You can choose between 4 civilizations: Greek (Free, you can buy Premium), Egyptian (Free, you can buy Premium), Persian (Premium Only), Celts (Coming Soon). All the civilizations can talk/coop/pvp with eachother.
When you start, you have a small village, your Capital. You have a Palace, a Port, a Embassy and a shop for Premium players (You can buy things here with Microsoft Points). This is your base, where you will get workshops, shops with upgrades, War Schools and a lot more. The best part about it, you can place the buildings however you like to make it organized and look like what you want.
But nothing more happens here. It's pretty peaceful actually, to be in a War.
The first thing you will probably notice, a man with a exclamation mark over his head. He is the Village Elder and a quest giver. He gives you a quest, and you're ready to start. NOTE:
If it's your first time playing, do NOT choose to skip the tutorial. I've had enough of the ones that did and ask stupid questions about how to make Villagers...
Now, the fighting here is kinda interesting. You don't just start right away. You have to choose a quest to start fighting. And there even is a story to it!
You will be taken to a village in your empire that needs help with something. You will start with (not surprising if you played the original games) a Town Center, a few Villagers and a Scout. Most missions also give you soldiers at the start.
You will have to gather resources and build different buildings with your Villagers, and you can search the map with the Scout. Only bad thing about the Scouts is that they are very vulnerable and don't do much damage. But they are fast.
After this, it's pretty easy to get into.
You can also do PvP, but I'm not sure if you need Premium for it. I've got Premium Greek on Athen, so I'm not really sure what is Premium and what is not
And, best part, you can team up with other players and do Co-op missions. It's usually a lot easier to do it together with others, though some missions are harder when you do...
Note that not all Missions you get are Co-op. Some of them you are required to do alone, like the Tutorial quests.
If anyone does play, add me on Microsoft LIVE. My gamertag is TheSolx
And as I said, I play on Athene. (not sure if it's only EU, cause I've played with people from US too)
