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Age of Empires - The Age of Kings: Reviews

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Game Score: 9/10

Sound 8/10
The sound is decent, but not something you would want to listen to outside of playing the game. The units can speak and the animations have the sounds of the swords clinging, arrows flying, and enemies groaning. The sound is what makes the game more realistic. The theme music for each army is pretty decent. The sound is passable, but the game doesn't rely on it.

Graphics 9/10
The graphics are outstanding. Everything is well detailed, so clear, and it feels real. Sometimes is units of several armies are in the same area, they will be all cluttered together. That is the only downside of it, but it's graphical presentation is better than most 2D strategy games.

Gameplay 10/10
This is another one of those war simulation games where you move units and battle. Those who have played Advance Wars would love this game and would easily grasp the concept of it. There are many kinds of units which have strengths and weaknesses on each other. Some units have distance attacks, some units have close attacks, some have both. Each army has strengths and weaknesses, and their own hero which is a unit which can activate powers. Terrain can add defense and offense to units. Fog of War is an obstacle of the game where everything is darker than usual and enemy units could be hiding. The only way to reveal them is to have a unit of yours which has good sight to reveal whats behind the fog. Also another thing is called Blackmap where everything in the map is black until you reveal it. You can produce buildings or units by gathering wheat and gold to buy them. You can use wheat and gold to buy abilities which will strengthen your army and then you can age up your barn into a castle. It may seem complex, but once you get the feel of it, it will be easy. You can chose to have animation or be a fast paced gamer and not have it. Each person has a different style.