Both the original Age of Empires and the expansion pack were later released as "the Gold Edition".Īge of Empires requires the player to develop a civilization from a handful of hunter-gatherers to an expansive Iron Age empire. Despite this, it received generally good reviews, and the expansion pack Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome was released in 1998. Originally touted as Civilization meets Warcraft, some reviewers felt that the game failed to live up to these expectations when it was released. The game was later ported to Pocket PC's with Windows, a very similar version to the PC one. The game allows the user to act as the leader of an ancient civilization by advancing it through four ages (the Stone, Tool, Bronze, and Iron Ages), gaining access to new and improved units with each advance. Developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft, the game uses the Genie, a 2D sprite-based game engine.
The official website of the Age of Empires series on of Empires (often abbreviated to AoE) is a history-based real-time strategy video game released in 1997.Documentation sources and external links: Below you can watch a 6 minute video review on the expansion pack: The expansion was fairly well received by critics, scoring almost 80% on GameRankings. Unit queuing, the option of raising population limit beyond 50 (which was the previous maximum) in multiplayer games, balance damage of the catapults on buildings and other units, as well as plenty other interface tweaks fixed the main gameplay issues of the initial game.
A new soundtrack was composed for the expansion, replacing entirely the one previously existent in the first instalment of the series.Īge of Empires I: The Rise of Rome comes with wisely-made additions in terms of gameplay as well.
Image source: To complete the additions, the game developers designed four new researchable technologies, five new units, four new random maps available at the single-player game mode, enlarged map sizes, and an improved pathfinding for all units. Age of Empires I: The Rise of Rome loading menu.
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