Age of Empires II HD

zwimmy · April 11, 2013 12:36 AM

Ensemble Studios' last game before they went defunct was Halo Wars. AoE Online was made by Microsoft. They would never fuck it up like that.

Halo Wars was pretty sweet, I just wish there was a PC version.

rtil · April 11, 2013 01:39 AM

yeah i know ensemble didn't make it. it's too bad they're gone now. i'd love to see a real remake of AoE1 and 2

zwimmy · April 11, 2013 02:36 AM

Ensemble was an awesome studio and I wish they lasted longer. Check this out, it's the final page from the Art of Empires book that came with the collector's edition of AoEIII.

Gilthwixt · April 11, 2013 02:42 AM

I remember seeing that and feeling pretty excited about a 20th century AoE. I loved and hated AoE3, the deck building feature was cool but some shit got pretty broken.

I'd pick up the HD rerelease but I'm ass at RTS games and I'm busy training for CEO in June.

rtil · April 11, 2013 03:17 AM

oh yea aoe3 is totally unbalanced , i only play it with friends. but it was a pretty solid title.

slack · April 15, 2013 07:53 PM

I caved and bought this game, once i get familiar with it I'll play with friends

rtil · April 15, 2013 08:46 PM

yay peer pressure

slack · April 15, 2013 09:25 PM

hey man peer pressure got me to where i am today

slack · April 20, 2013 01:18 AM

billy just destroyed me in this game

rtil · April 20, 2013 01:26 AM

i've taught him well

SHADOWFOX2 · April 25, 2013 10:21 PM

Quote from: systech on April 10, 2013 04:01 AM
Quote from: BluPhoenix on April 10, 2013 12:27 AM
Quote from: Gilthwixt on April 10, 2013 12:03 AM
Simon the Killer Ewok > Shelby Cobras that shoot rocks.

rtil · April 26, 2013 06:21 AM

Quote from: SHADOWFOX2 on April 25, 2013 10:21 PM
Quote from: systech on April 10, 2013 04:01 AM
Quote from: BluPhoenix on April 10, 2013 12:27 AM
Quote from: Gilthwixt on April 10, 2013 12:03 AM
Simon the Killer Ewok > Shelby Cobras that shoot rocks.

alright so obviously there's an interest in this game, does anyone have a working copy? does it work on hamachi? if it's like aoe then i'll play it

Gilthwixt · April 26, 2013 06:42 AM

Quote from: rtil on April 26, 2013 06:21 AM
alright so obviously there's an interest in this game, does anyone have a working copy? does it work on hamachi? if it's like aoe then i'll play it

After I only got to play one game of AoE2 HD? lol

I...I think I actually have my original CD and everything somewhere in the attic. Hold on.

Edit: Success!

I don't see why it wouldn't work with Hamachi, it has a LAN mode and a direct IP connection as well.

So...does anyone want to link me to a tutorial on how to rip this and share it with all of you? I'd go looking but I have work in the morning so I won't get around to it until tomorrow afternoon.

rtil · April 26, 2013 06:54 AM

doesn't mean i won't be up for aoe2 games :P

Gilthwixt · April 26, 2013 07:10 AM

Apparently it's free to play on voobly.com - I've never heard of the service before but it seems legit?

Edit: Oh my god, it's apparently the remains of MSN Gaming Zone....

Nevermind, you would have to pirate the game regardless of how you intend to play online.

rtil · April 26, 2013 10:00 AM

the msn gaming zone can't possibly still exist....right?

i am tempted to try this torrent but i'm not going to get it unless other people are really on board here

BluPhoenix · April 26, 2013 10:41 AM

yeah i'd be totally down for star wars

and that gameranger client looks like it supports galactic battlegrounds as well

rtil · April 26, 2013 10:56 AM

"star wars clone campaigns" is that it?

Gilthwixt · April 26, 2013 12:29 PM

Quote from: rtil on April 26, 2013 10:00 AM
the msn gaming zone can't possibly still exist....right?

i am tempted to try this torrent but i'm not going to get it unless other people are really on board here

Thats what I downloaded since I never had the expansion. It works perfectly fine.

rtil · April 26, 2013 08:48 PM

alright i will get it too