Watch Out for Fireballs! 428: Age of Empires II (Premium)
Added 2024-02-22 15:00:13 +0000 UTCAge of Umpires is a very different game and I clearly misread the title.
This week we talk about Age of Empires II, one of the greats of the RTS genre. In a world before Totally Realistic Battle Simulator, we used to have to fight our simulated battles over multiple hour-long campaigns. How doe Age of Empires stack up in a world where this slow burn design philosophy has fallen to the wayside? Tune in to find out.
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I played for years like you guys. Then when I tried the HD version I tried to learn the "pro" way until I could kill the AI on the hardest difficulty. And I realized I liked it less than playing slow and inefficiently. The endorphin rush of winning didn't compensate for the tension and the gaminess? sports-like quality? Idk of it all.
Victor
2024-04-15 20:47:40 +0000 UTCI think I have whiplash from how fast that opening theme music brought me back to being 11 years old playing this game on The Family Computer… In hindsight, I think I may have been a genocidal imperialist, though, which doesn’t feel great? Default strategy was definitely to slow the AI down by killing their peasants and burning their farms, then rolling in with 3 trebuchets to level their civilization to dust from afar. Whoops?
Patrick Galasso
2024-02-28 14:45:25 +0000 UTCLove this episode, and glad you enjoyed the game! I am the exact same in that I have never been good at RTS games but still have fun with them playing casually. Most of my experience with the original version was playing 4v4 against the computer and just letting my allies handle everything until my Death Ball was assembled.
Abe
2024-02-24 19:02:02 +0000 UTCAge of Empire?! I hardly know her!
Zach M
2024-02-24 17:15:01 +0000 UTCStellar episode, and then true to the WOFF effect (WOFFect?) they announced new single player DLC for AoE2 a day after the episode drops.
Kay Francis
2024-02-23 18:54:35 +0000 UTCThank you ❤️
dumbcube
2024-02-22 23:55:21 +0000 UTCThey're not posts is why! You write in at duckfeed.tv/contact and the deadline is always the 15th.
Duckfeed.tv
2024-02-22 23:44:24 +0000 UTCAgggh, so bummed i missed the chance to write in for this. There's probably 4 different things Id have to choose from to tell you about. Idk why I always miss the call and response posts :/
dumbcube
2024-02-22 21:02:34 +0000 UTCI've been playing AoE2 the last month or so, and learning the mechanics and optimal stats through YouTube. Excited to listen.
Kay Francis
2024-02-22 17:40:51 +0000 UTCThe episode description above made me lol. I assume Gwen is the one to thank for that? If so, thanks, Gwen! (If not, thanks Kole and/or Gary!) I want a strategy game involving old timey baseball umpires somehow now
Micah Tillman
2024-02-22 16:21:02 +0000 UTCWill you guys be signing any Kia Boys merch if I promise not to sell it on eBay?
Eric
2024-02-22 16:02:57 +0000 UTC
