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Age of Empires 2 HD Edition on Steam $2.99 USD (~$4 AUD) (Was $19.99 USD)

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Age of Empires 2 HD Edition on Steam $2.99 USD (~$4 AUD) (Was $19.99 USD)
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Tech and cars on 24/06/2016 - 14:39 store.steampowered.com (3668 clicks)
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Age of Empires 2.

One of my favourite games of all time. I recently found out there is HD remade version. Exact same game as the original, but it just supports the new resolutions of today. Very awesome game to play on those $200 11.6" laptops that pop up all the time. Basically you can run this game on a potato!

I bought it a while ago for $20.00 and it has been one of my favourite games to play on my microsoft surface. Very excited to see it for $3.00, because it means the wife's steam account is now going to get it as well!!

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  • shmahoo on 24/06/2016 - 14:42
    +18

    almost bought this for the second time on impulse (couldn't remember if I had version 2 or 3 !)

    absolute best game of my childhood

  • Cluster on 24/06/2016 - 14:45
    +29

    Wollollo!

    • Infinite Monkee on 24/06/2016 - 14:54
      +2

      Nininee

    • Jamiea on 24/06/2016 - 15:49
      +3

      I have extra wood.

    • [Deactivated] on 24/06/2016 - 15:50
      +1

      That's AoE 1!

    • tdizzle on 24/06/2016 - 15:53
      +8

      Nice town, I'll take it!

    • GravyNanna on 25/06/2016 - 18:24
      +1

      11

  • Circly on 24/06/2016 - 14:45
    +1

    Would it work on Mac?

    • Tech and cars on 24/06/2016 - 14:47
      -4

      I'm not sure if steam works on a Mac - but if it does, it definitely should work.

      • zenex2 on 24/06/2016 - 21:30
        +6

        All hail, King of the losers!

    • CarbonTwelve on 24/06/2016 - 14:50
      +5

      AFAIK there's no actual Mac support for the HD edition, however I did find this thread to get it running through Wine: https://steamcommunity.com/app/221380/discussions/0/86497262…

      • Circly on 24/06/2016 - 14:56

        Cheers. I've never used my mac for gaming do I have no idea!

        I've never actually used stream either.

        • Pulseidon on 24/06/2016 - 16:02
          +2

          An alternative is to run Windows on your Mac via Bootcamp - there's loads of Youtube videos explaining the process and it's not too difficult

        • Dan83 on 24/06/2016 - 20:26

          @Pulseidon: Do you know whether Wine would also play the expansions and AOE3?

      • Dan83 on 24/06/2016 - 20:27

        Thanks for that guide. Going to give it a try.

        Do you know whether Wine would also play the expansions and AOE3?

    • Dan83 on 24/06/2016 - 16:27
      +1

      Yeah it apparently will run on a potato but not a mac! :P

      I looked into this awhile ago as I really wanted to play this game on my mac. As others have suggested, there are workarounds. I kind of gave up though. I would pay top dollar to get a mac version as this was my all time favourite RTS. Shame.

      • Dan83 on 24/06/2016 - 16:35

        The guide CarbonTwelve posted looks actually like it could be easy. Going to give it a try.

      • Pineapples on 25/06/2016 - 07:41

        I got it working in my Mac eventually through PlayonMac (which just makes Wine easier to use). It literally took hours and takes about 20 minutes to get it to start each time I want to play. Perhaps I should've just picked up an extra shift at work and bought a cheap Windows laptop :P

        • Dan83 on 25/06/2016 - 08:05

          Haha, thanks for the comment! What is it that takes 20 min, the game or getting steam up?

          I'm downloading it all now. Has been slow going so far, with the odd error/restart. Almost there, hopefully it runs as expected.

        • Pineapples on 25/06/2016 - 08:59

          @Dan83:

          Combination of it taking a few minutes just to launch, then steam or aoe2 wanting to update randomly (even if opened twice the same day) and it not working after real updates and needing tweaking. None of this is helped by having really slow internet :/ it sometimes needs to be restarted to get multiplayer to work. But after that, it works pretty well:P

      • [Deactivated] on 25/06/2016 - 15:16

        I had Aoe2 working online with Voobly on Linux via a Windows VM. Ran completely fine.

      • dasher86 on 25/06/2016 - 18:03
        +1

        Potato not an apple.

  • djvkool on 24/06/2016 - 14:49
    +15

    One of the best game of all time…

    • Inflow on 25/06/2016 - 20:09

      It sure is :) But I Love Deathmatch the most :)

  • diddy50 on 24/06/2016 - 15:06

    Do you buy the expansion pack with the game for $9 USD?!

    Or just the game?

    • hamole on 24/06/2016 - 16:57
      +1

      The expansions are pretty good but if you just buy the base game you'll get access to a few of the new civilisations in online play to get a feel for it.

      Expansions probably worth it if you're more a single player person though.

      • diddy50 on 24/06/2016 - 20:42

        I got that and the age of empires 3 complete pack as well. Great value!

        Thanks

      • shanghaistar on 25/06/2016 - 19:28

        If I get just the base game can I play the new African races in multiplay like Ethiopians, or do I need to get the Expansions as well?

        • hamole on 26/06/2016 - 12:46

          Everyday there is subset of the African races you can play online if you don't have the expansions. So if you don't have the expansion you might only be able to play the Ethiopians but it means you can at least be in the same game as people with the expansions.

        • shanghaistar on 26/06/2016 - 15:10

          @hamole: Thanks for your reply. Do you know if the base game also includes the gameplay and balance changes from the expansion?

        • hamole on 26/06/2016 - 20:53

          @nasotrang:
          When you create a multiplayer game you get the choice of creating it as the base game or the expansions. Base game does not have the new civs or balance changes, expansion does. Anyone can join either type of game but if you only own the base game and join an expansion game you can only play a subset of the civs.

  • sween64 on 24/06/2016 - 15:07
    +1

    Other than the water it doesn't actually look any better, still a great game though!

    • athk on 24/06/2016 - 15:20
      +2

      Tons of bug fixes and new factions.

      Agreed graphics aren't all that much better, still awesome game. Multiplayer is also integrated with steam and the Steam Workshop so downloading user generated maps is easy and they're fun to play too!

    • PiratePete1911 on 26/06/2016 - 12:37
      +1

      The biggest improvement is that it supports widescreen natively.

  • tsunamisurfer on 24/06/2016 - 15:33
    +5

    I love this game.

    I remember playing this game (in a Skirmish game) with a self applied rule of only building Horse Archers and Monks, all other units I must take via Monk.

    It was great as the Horse Archers would draw the attention of the attackers whilst the Monks did their thing. But sometimes it went horribly wrong and some men of the cloth met with some Kataphracts with hilarious results.

    • Ventak on 24/06/2016 - 21:25

      Not sure if talking about AoE1 or AoE2…

  • Ion on 24/06/2016 - 15:44

    Does it have online multipayer?

    • athk on 24/06/2016 - 16:28

      Yes. It works out of the box, integrated with fully Steam.

  • gunnny on 24/06/2016 - 15:45
    +22

    I would have had 2 more phds if not for this game.

  • onetwothreefour on 24/06/2016 - 15:46

    We used to play this at lunch time over the works network, I still love this game!

  • aNoPHeLeS on 24/06/2016 - 15:49
    +5

    Food please

    • gunnny on 24/06/2016 - 21:57

      You have never play eoe/c. It's only '3'. I also have a phd in aoe/c.

  • [Deactivated] on 24/06/2016 - 15:50

    Is there a large online community? I used to play quite a lot on Voobly.

  • tdizzle on 24/06/2016 - 15:52
    +1

    Great game I bought it when it was 8 USD. Jump on board. Played last night. Hours of fun!

  • Unrvl on 24/06/2016 - 16:03
    +2

    thanks, great LAN game!

    • skazclaw on 24/06/2016 - 17:14
      +2

      Except they removed the LAN option! You have to play through the net.

      • Unrvl on 24/06/2016 - 18:32

        meh everyone at lans have internet these days, still great to play at LANs

        • skazclaw on 24/06/2016 - 18:45

          Well that's what we had to do! but we did notice that delay between each PC that you don't experience on lan.

      • fezzo on 26/06/2016 - 11:13
        +2

        The game secretly supports LAN. You use the internet to connect to your friend's lobby, then you can disconnect from the internet, and continue playing through your local LAN!

        • skazclaw on 26/06/2016 - 14:10

          oh wow! Thanks for the tip!

  • damnscenekids on 24/06/2016 - 16:04
    +10

    This game was everything when I was little. AoE II came out when I was in grade 3 or 4. My brother and I made this stupid map called 'peaceful village', it was ridiculous. Everybody had like 100 villagers and nothing else. You could get resources, build houses, farms, mills, and a town center. We'd wait for some random person from the internet to join. The moment they built any kind of attack/defense building, all of us charged our collective villager armies to raze their town, then we had to fight each other to the death with villagers. It wasn't very peaceful haha

    • montorola on 24/06/2016 - 18:01
      +3

      Haha, I remember the good old days waiting outside enemy walls with an army. Then wait for a lonely villager to come out of the gate to tend to the farm and use that moment to charge the whole army in while the gate is open lol - good times!

  • dhunterzao on 24/06/2016 - 16:06

    Rise of Nations is better for a little more: 3.99USD http://store.steampowered.com/app/287450/

    • Tech and cars on 24/06/2016 - 16:10
      +4

      nope.

    • spychiatrist on 24/06/2016 - 16:11
      +3

      Empire earth for me

      • wildweasel on 27/06/2016 - 09:47

        Not a bad game. But not comparable to AOE.

    • sudaraka on 24/06/2016 - 16:36
      +1

      Definitely no…

    • BookerDeWitt on 25/06/2016 - 00:03
      +1

      Personally I like AoE, RoN AND EE. They're all stellar examples of the genre IMHO :D

    • CarbonTwelve on 28/06/2016 - 15:07

      Not sure if I'd say it was better, but I certainly liked Rise of Nations. It's an RTS that gives the classic Civilization fun of destroying a bronze age civilisation with stealth bombers.

  • nbagame on 24/06/2016 - 16:32
    +10

    Thanks!

    I bought this though

    **Buy Age of Empires Legacy Bundle

    Includes 4 items: Age of Empires II HD, Age of Empires II HD: The African Kingdoms, Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten, Age of Empires® III: Complete Collection

    SUMMER SALE! Offer ends 4 July**

    So just for few dollars more(total $8.99USD), you can get its expansions + AOE 3 complete collection.

    • cheesecactus on 24/06/2016 - 21:25
      +3

      Casually slap on AOE3 complete collection at the end of that. Good deal

  • Wallace on 24/06/2016 - 16:53
    +2

    AOE 2 + expansion was the best in the series!

    I still have the original on CD rom.

  • reliancex on 24/06/2016 - 17:19
    +1

    Any zone.com mates planning to by this or what? Need some more Aussie online players

  • Cap N on 24/06/2016 - 17:45

    Worth getting AOE 3 as well? Or just AOE 2 + expansions?

    • Reggienator on 24/06/2016 - 17:49
      +4

      Get aoe 3. Definitely fun

    • montorola on 24/06/2016 - 18:02
      +2

      Aoe2 > Aoe3 though

      • gunnny on 24/06/2016 - 21:58
        +1

        Aoe3 is rubbish. Aoc is THE game.

        • Inflow on 25/06/2016 - 20:10

          ^ exactly

    • nbagame on 24/06/2016 - 18:02
      +3

      The difference is just 2 bucks (USD)

    • Cap N on 25/06/2016 - 14:55

      This review of Aoe2 HD on RockPaperShotgun clinched it for me. Their raving about Forgotten got me interested enough. And additional $2 for AoE3? Might as well…
      https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/12/28/age-of-empires-2…

  • centrelink on 24/06/2016 - 18:16

    How is Age of Empires 3?

    • gunnny on 24/06/2016 - 21:58
      +3

      Waste of time.

  • jaybmate on 24/06/2016 - 18:37
    +10

    R.I.P. MSN Gaming Zone

  • konholyoh on 24/06/2016 - 20:24
    +1

    Oh the memories of this game.

    One of the best games of all time along with Warcraft.

  • xjcs88 on 24/06/2016 - 20:58

    Anyone knows how to run it on Win10?

    • montorola on 24/06/2016 - 21:42
      +1

      Go back to Windows 7 =p

  • Tech and cars on 24/06/2016 - 21:08
    +4

    So happy to see my first ever front page deal :')

  • Vortex99 on 24/06/2016 - 21:14

    Is it possible to play through the single campaign in coop?

    • Ventak on 24/06/2016 - 21:26
      +2

      Technically…you could bring a friend and then one uses the mouse, the other the keyboard…but practically speaking, no.

  • JAS 39 Gripen on 24/06/2016 - 21:50

    Potential stupid question, but does it work on win 10? and can I play it offline or have to be on net?

    • Kamsi on 24/06/2016 - 22:42
      +1

      yes, yes, no

  • browser on 24/06/2016 - 22:52

    Near bought, then I remembered I already did 2 years ago through this deal: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/149827

  • roland on 25/06/2016 - 01:09
    +6

    This game ruined my life

  • garetz on 25/06/2016 - 07:33

    Microsoft RTS Collection: Age of Empires/Age of Mythology/Rise of Nations http://store.steampowered.com/sub/91439/

    looks like a really good deal too

  • Dan83 on 25/06/2016 - 08:16

    Awesome, thanks so much, have been wanting this game for my Mac for a couple years. The instructions for Wine above worked.

  • takutox on 25/06/2016 - 08:56
    +1

    Terrible coding and terrible multiplayer.

    A huge proportion of systems have complete lag despite amazing CPU/RAM/GFX combinations. Even playing on LAN is laggy. This is a very common issue on the forums.

    If you're one of the rare people who aren't upvoting just due to nostalgia or have a system setup that somehow works, then this is an okay deal because the game is extremely fun.

    On my two AMD cards however it lags like a m'fer even in single player. It is such a good game however, that it is still fun even when it lags. This is why it still gets positive votes. This remake should go die in a fire however.

  • Sestrooper on 25/06/2016 - 12:18

    I happen to be in Canada and it's showing as $3.29 CAD ( $3.38AUD) through Canadian steam.

  • phidj003 on 25/06/2016 - 14:00
    +1

    Was about to jump on the full pack, then remembered this =)

    This mail is confirmation that you have purchased the following items:

    Date Order# Item(s) Amount
    Sunday, 21 November 2010 5657XXXXXXXXXXXX - Age of Empires III
    $0.09
    SubTotal: $0.09
    GST: $0.01
    Total Amount: $0.10

  • Aneurism on 25/06/2016 - 17:12

    I already had this from within a Humble bundle I bought in the past: Humble Jumbo Bundle 2 (Age of Empires Legacy bundle) :)

  • CyberGenesys on 26/06/2016 - 09:51
    +1

    Personally I never understood the appeal of the AoE games. It's good because everyone knows how to play it, but I don't think it's the best RTS game available. 200 unit cap, and primitive resource requirements made the game very simple. I compare it to Cossacks which has complex resource requirements; walls need stone to build AND maintain. Cannons need coal and iron to fire, run out of either and your army has no artilery. People need food, demand more than you supply and your army will start keeling over.

    Cossacks is US$2. I suggest Cossacks: Back to War (the latest of the original series) and American Conquest (good for LANs as there are no walls or towers) both with a 8000 unit cap. Or just wait for Cossacks 3. Main problem is you need to convince your freinds to buy it too ;)

    • [Deactivated] on 26/06/2016 - 17:01

      My understanding is unit cap has been raised to 500…

      • CyberGenesys on 26/06/2016 - 23:07

        Yes, in the HD version it has. I was referring to the original (comparing original aoe2 to original Cossacks). Cossack HD (aka cossack 3) is 10k unit cap. Cossacks 2 is an insane 64,000 but isn't as good overall.

        • [Deactivated] on 26/06/2016 - 23:12

          Haha holy smokes…64k…that's insane!

    • TRANCE on 28/06/2016 - 17:49

      TY for heads up on C3, didn't know about this series but might have to buy C3 now

  • fezzo on 26/06/2016 - 11:15
    +2

    Is there an Aussie AoE2HD group somewhere? Would be nice to organise some local games with the lag minimised.

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