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Age of Empires II Still Alive

Do you know Age of Empires II? Do you still play the game?
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (AGE2, AOE II or AOK) is a strategy game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft. This game was released on 1999-2000 for Windows and Macintosh operating systems which can be played via PC, Play Station (PS), and Mobile phone with Windows Mobile operating system. In addition to The Age of King (AOK) was also released another version that is almost the same, namely Age of Empires II: The Conqueror that can be played through the Play Station.

Although this is an old game that released long time ago, but the fans of this strategy game is still a lot and even tended to increase. One indicator can be seen when you log into Gameranger, a program that can connect between players around the world.

Among fans of AOE II game is mostly reasoned that this game is very mild, not requiring large memory and high-specification computers. Besides this game can be played by single player or multiplayer till eight players offline or online via the internet. The game also has various types i.e. Regicide, King of the Hill, Wonder Race, Random Map, Death Match, Scenario, and Defend The Wonder. Graphic display is pretty good though of course not as good as Age of Empires III.

If you try to play this game online through Gameranger, you will find other types of this game. In addition, the map of the game is pretty much, there are Arabia, Mongolia, Archipelago, Arena, Baltic, Black Forest, Coastal, Continental, Fortress, Ghost Lake, Gold Rush, Highland, Islands, Mediterranean, Nomad, Oasis, Rivers, Salt Mars, Scandinavia, Team Island, and Yucatan.

There are many civilizations in AOE II which can be chosen to play i.e. the Aztecs, Britons, Byzantines, Celts, Chinese, Franks, Goths, Huns, Japanese, Koreans, Mayans, Mongols, Persians, Saracens, Spanish, Teutons, Turks, and Vikings . Each civilization has its advantages and disadvantages of each. So this is where a player must be clever to set a good strategy to capitalize on any advantages of the civilization.

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