Tag: Empires
Goat Sim’s creators are swapping chaos for order with Satisfactory’s industrial empires
ad_1 Whether it’s building an intricate system of working components, assembling a 100% efficient machine, or getting creative with construction materials, building simulations are a genre of satisfaction. Games that capture the happiness of building a city, theme park, or factory from the ground up over hours of gametime – the...
Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition – no other RTS “does what it does”
ad_1 Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition will, in many ways, be a world away from the 2005 RTS fans will remember. Like last year’s Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, the upcoming PC game will feature a raft of significant tweaks and tinkerings. In this case, brand new civilisations, game modes, graphical and gameplay …...
Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition is coming to Xbox Game Pass this week
ad_1 There are a heap of new games coming to the Xbox Game Pass on PC throughout the rest of the month. It does mean that we’ll be saying goodbye to a few, but that’s what you’ve got to deal with when it comes to free-ish games on a subscription service. Anyway, the pick of …...
Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition review – reverent treatment
ad_1 Our Verdict With new official DLC, a glorious audiovisual overhaul and a touch of modern quality-of-life polish, this is now the best way to play Age 2 – though it’ll take a while to match the HD edition’s user content. Ahhhhhh, Age of Empires. Is there any early millenium gaming nostalgia stronger than the...
The best games like Age of Empires in 2024
ad_1 Let’s talk about games like Age of Empires. Ensemble’s classic set a gold standard in RTS game design with few competitors, most of which hail from contemporary challengers such as Command and Conquer or Starcraft. Since these halcyon days, no newcomer has managed to topple these titans from their gilded thrones. Even the...
Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition review – definitely definitive
ad_1 Our Verdict It ticks all the boxes it promised to, but feels like it could’ve gone further with improvements to gameplay, home cities for new civs, and AI. For those whose eyes have already turned to the promise of Age of Empires IV, the remastered version of the most divisive of the original games …...
Age of Empires 4 civilisations – a quick guide
ad_1 Age of Empires IV is out now, and we know all eight launch civilisations. Initially we were only told about four during the official gameplay reveal back in April, but as part of E3 2021 we learned about the final four. Age of Empires IV’s launch civilisations are meant to represent a wide breadth …...
Age of Empires 4 review – return of the king
ad_1 Our Verdict Polishing a classic formula without revolutionising it, this is a robust package that includes something for just about every kind of RTS player, from beginners to grizzled veterans. Real-time strategy games have never really gone away, but the past decade has seen their glory much diminished from the heady days of...
