Age of Empires
Age of empires is the first of a very long and successfull saga opened by Microsoft in mid 90. It's a strategy game that goes in the opposite direction of Civilization saga. Here you will play in a real time environment, so, the pure strategy feature typical of a turn based game like Civilization is substituted by a more involving tactical one. Drive your civilization and build the greatest empire ever seen along the eras!
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Before Age of Empires 2 there was Age of Empires, which still stands as one of the most popular real-time strategy games of all time. Set in ancient instead of feudal times, Age of Empires lets players guide one of a dozen civilizations with various strengths and weaknesses through a variety of campaigns and single scenarios. The civilizations are diverse, running the gamut from the Assyrians to the Persians to the Yamato, and each can be played from its Stone Age roots to th...
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