What was the best Age of Empires game?

For it's time, AOE 2 was the best. 3 is clearly better as far as mechanics, although I prefer the medieval/ pre-colonial native american settings of 2 much more. I'd say Age of Mythology was about equal to the others, my only complaint is that I found the campaigns in 2 much better.

Age of Empires 2

The Age of Kings and The Conquerors.

No question at all. It was the perfect combination of history and story, combat and city-building. I probably put a good couple years of my life into those games, and I honestly never went online.
RTS games should have never given up on the sprites, I haven't enjoyed a single one as much as AOEII and Starcraft except Total Annihilation.

Would love to start up playing it again. And I should also consider it more for my "best of all time" list.Zeviander

The better game than AOE though was Empire Earth 1 and Rise of Nations .... those two games alone were better than AOE ever was!

Age of Empires 1 consumed my childhood; played everyday after school. I got it for free in a Nutri-grain box.

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Age of Empires 1 consumed my childhood; played everyday after school. I got it for free in a Nutri-grain box.

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Nope, it was the full game; I still have the original CD. :D

I need to get AOE2.

Pfft, go back to playing Rome: Total War, Char.

age of empires 1 and 2.

age of empires 3 which I have wasn't the best.

[QUOTE="limpbizkit818"][QUOTE="tagyhag"] AoM was my 2nd favorite. Too unbalanced for multi though. And the graphics are already dated. AoE 2 still looks great thanks to its unique look.

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That being said I thought Titans broke the game. I used to play competitive and stopped after it came out.

As for this topic's debate: Gamespot review score AoM 9.2>AoEII 9.1

Edit: Patch notes 1.07. Maybe you stopped playing before this came out?

• Huntable Animals converted by Set Priests now have their attack reduced by 40% and hitpoints reduced by 35%.
• Hyena of Set, Ape of Set and Gazelle of Set population cost increased from 1 to 2.
• Auroch of Set and Boar of Set population cost increased from 2 to 3.
• Elephant of Set and Rhinoceros of Set population cost increased from 3 to 4.
• Ape of Set cost increased from 3 favour to 4 favour.

Age of Empires 2 for sure.

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Age of Empires 5.

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[QUOTE="limpbizkit818"][QUOTE="tagyhag"] AoM was my 2nd favorite. Too unbalanced for multi though. And the graphics are already dated. AoE 2 still looks great thanks to its unique look.

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I actually played AOE + ROR the most. I just prefer the time period units etc. AOE2 is without a doubt a much more polished game though. I would love to have a new game in the originals time period, I know Online sort of is but it's meh. :(

st-st-st-st-st-st-st-st-st-START THE GAME ALREADY.

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I know a lot of people prefer Age of Empires 2, but for me it's the 3rd one. It had much more depth to it I though. The second one was still great though and Age of Empires is my favorite RTS series, it's not the most refined but I like history and this game is right up my ally. I love it.

AoM is best mainly because of the huge variation between races. In AoE (any of them) the main difference is some units, but with AoM everything is different, including how you collect resources, build buildings, and units you can build. That is my biggest gripe with most modern RTS games, the races mostly play the same apart from some unit variations.

The conquerors (expansion from 2) is the better of those, haven't even touched Mythology. But Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds is pretty similar in gameplay, so it's a good option too.King_Dodongo

I remember Galactic Battlegrounds. It was made on the same engine and even had the same menus. But I never liked it that much.

AoE2 + Conquerors... Hated AoE3 tbh.

[QUOTE="King_Dodongo"]The conquerors (expansion from 2) is the better of those, haven't even touched Mythology. But Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds is pretty similar in gameplay, so it's a good option too.glez13

I remember Galactic Battlegrounds. It was made on the same engine and even had the same menus. But I never liked it that much.

Age of Empires II The Conquerors easily.

Man. I need me some AoE 4! Make it happen, KickStarter or something!