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Age of Empires (1997)

Age of Empires (1997)

Strategy Bird view / Isometric
PC (Microsoft Windows) Mac

AoE, AoE1, Age of Empires 1, 帝国时代, 世紀帝國, Tribe, Diguo Shidai, Dawn of Man

Release Date: 1997, October 15
Alternative Titles: AoE, AoE1, Age of Empires 1, 帝国时代, 世紀帝國, Tribe, Diguo Shidai, Dawn of Man
Countries: United States of America
Publishers: Microsoft, MacSoft Games

Description:

Age of Empires (AoE) is a history-based real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft. The game uses the Genie, a 2D sprite-based game engine. 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.

Storyline:

Age of Empires requires the player to develop a civilization from a handful of hunter-gatherers to an expansive Iron Age empire. To ensure victory, the player must gather resources in order to pay for new units, buildings and more advanced technologies. Resources must also be preserved, as no new resources become available as the game progresses, meaning if you cut a tree down, the tree will not grow back. Twelve civilizations are available, each with individual sets of attributes, including a varying number of available technologies and units. Each civilization has technologies unique to them, so that no civilization possesses all the technologies possible within the game. A major component of the game is the advancement through four ages. These are the Stone Age (Mesolithic/Paleolithic), Tool Age (Neolithic/Chalcolithic), Bronze Age and Iron Age. Advancement between ages is researched at the Town Center and each advancement brings the player new technologies, weapons, and units.

Keywords:

real time tactics ancient civilization