Age of Empires Games

Playing Age of Empires games over the years is one of the most enriching gaming experiences one can have. Start building your civilization from stone age with few hunter gatherers and slowly go up the ages is a process that can get you hooked for many years on this game series. Gather main resources food, stone, wood and gold, upgrade your cities and armies and crush your enemies with sticks and stones, or gunpowder in more recent Age of Empires games. Let's remember all of the Age of Empires games and expansions that were released over the years.

Age of Empires

First in the series was a historic RTS game with basic graphics at the time of the game release in 1997. You had to build your civilization From stone age, bronze age up to iron age, slowly upgrade units and win the game. Simple, easy and addictive.

Rise of Rome

Expansion for AoE focused on the rise of Roman Empire and also adds 4 additional civilizations to the game. All of the new civs had Roman based structures.

Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings

Age of Kings was better looking Age of Empires game set in middle ages. This time our civilization starts in the dark age and you upgrade through the feudal, castle and imperial age. Castles were the sight to behold, largest building in the game that could take half of your screen space.

The Conquerors

Expansion for AoE 2 introduced many more nations and more units to existing ones. This is how expansions used to be done, unlike today's DLC's with less content and are more expensive.

Age of Empires 3

Age of Empires 3 jumped few centuries ahead and was set in the New World. Great looking game that advanced the standard AoE formula with place of origin ports from where you could send goods and units to your aid. Age of Empires 3 started in age of discovery and you could upgrade trough colonial, fortress and industrial ages with railroads and more modern battles with artillery and soldiers with rifles.

The Warchiefs

Expansion based on Indian tribes in North and South America. It had more buildings for existing nations and added a new interesting campaign.

The Asian Dynasties

As the name would suggest this expansion was based on eastern civilization in early industrial era. 

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