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Kelberot
Profile Joined July 2010
Brazil364 Posts
August 17 2011 05:55 GMT
#281
I liked the game but the beginning is super boooooooooooooooooooooring. It's way too easy, it feels like you're just waiting on a 10 minute timer until you have built everything/waited for your units to kill stuff.

Ugh.
Metaphysic
Profile Joined September 2010
63 Posts
August 17 2011 06:07 GMT
#282
It's technically free to play, but gear makes a gigantic difference and you can't use any of the good gear unless you pay money. You're limited to green (uncommon) gear with the free version, whereas playing players get blue (rare) and purple (epic) gear.

I played the beta, and the kind of stat difference between gear goes something like:
Green - 50% extra health
Blue - 60% extra health, 10% extra damage
Purple - 70% extra health, 15% extra damage, 5% bonus critical rate

Now throw in that most units can use 2-4 pieces of gear. You simply can't be competitive at high levels if you don't pay money.
Yttrasil
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden651 Posts
August 17 2011 16:18 GMT
#283
Hah this game is so gay, played a 2v2 am lvl 6 and my mate as well. Were matched up vs a lvl 6 and a lvl 16!!! That also had paid for the game, i have 2 ages and 3 kinds of military units slingshot, pikeman thingy and a worthless camel. Get to his base maxed after no time macroed like crazy and see units that are way ahead of any technology I can even have as lvl 6 only gives you just about nothing and a FORTRESS! How the FUCK am I gonna kill a fortress without even a siegeunit available?

Last time I play that game, outmacroed outmicroed outmanaged the opponent yet it is impossible to win. How fucking stupid is that!
Meh
monsterDrakar
Profile Joined October 2010
Bulgaria100 Posts
August 17 2011 18:04 GMT
#284
Well, I have been playing this for 2 days and here is my thoughts. It is 70% free to play - you can complete a lengthy campaign and unlock all the core units and technologies. But every time you see something where you go "oh this is kinda cool" - the game pops up a window to tell you it is only for premium customers. I would be fine if it was only the high-level items that were premium, but there are also a ton of units that are not available in the free edition.

You can't really play any real PvP until you have put a lot of hours in single player. I tried 1 game when I was level 7 and a guy just destroyed me with horses, when I had not upgraded that tech. And after seeing this game's matchmaking system, you will get a new perspective on how awesome the Blizzard ladder is.

Basically you get to play almost all of the single player content, but it feels like it is a giant demo version.
Count9
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
China10928 Posts
August 17 2011 18:09 GMT
#285
I've played this game a bit and the old adage of "don't sell power" comes back here and bites players in the butt. Every time you go up against a paying player, and you will, you just feel like the game is unfair and stupid. So, yeah, if you want to have fun pay for it; free to play is just a mostly frustrating experience if you're even a bit competitive.
Blitzkrieg0
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States13132 Posts
August 17 2011 19:11 GMT
#286
having to grind to unlock everything is the most annoying part. Between campaign unlocks and leveling up to unlock stuff (especially ages) this game becomes extremely repetitive.

If you want to play Age of Empires you should just play the second one it seems
I'll always be your shadow and veil your eyes from states of ain soph aur.
arthur
Profile Joined April 2009
United Kingdom488 Posts
August 17 2011 22:22 GMT
#287
On August 18 2011 04:11 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
having to grind to unlock everything is the most annoying part. Between campaign unlocks and leveling up to unlock stuff (especially ages) this game becomes extremely repetitive.

If you want to play Age of Empires you should just play the second one it seems


Nah man, if you want to play Age of Empires you should just play Galactic Battlegrounds :D
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Zombie_Velociraptor
Profile Joined May 2011
274 Posts
August 17 2011 23:43 GMT
#288
I thought it was pretty fun, although this is definitely not a game for super competitive players, especially if you want to keep it free-to-play.

The ability to co-op through missions is cool, tech trees and gear etc adds a fairly exciting, albeit grindy, feel to single player / co-op play, and the fact that missions can be 'sort of' challenging without being TOO demanding makes it a decent game to relax and pass time while chatting with your buddies on ts or whatever.

Interface isn't too great, especially for a hardcore RTS players, I don't think you can even save control groups? but the gameplay is pretty smooth and graphics are decent (think TeamFortress 2 - really similar style and feel).

My biggest gripe with the game was that playing it without paying does limit your options quite a bit, storage space can be a bit of an issue, you're going to miss out on some units and a lot of high-end upgrades, and overall it really kinda feels like a demo version rather than an free to play with optional pay to play bonuses. I would be ok with it, but the prices are RIDICULOUS - they charge you 20$ for unlocking one civilization, to unlock all of the 'season 1' content (currently available 2 civilizations, some extra melee game mode, and another upcoming civilization), it's 80$.

I may end up paying for one civ because I did enjoy the game, but I do hate their pricings and marketing model.
DannyJ
Profile Joined March 2010
United States5110 Posts
August 17 2011 23:51 GMT
#289
You can of course save control groups, in the same way as any other rts. I wish you could do things like stop and hold ground, which im not quite sure you can do.
Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
August 18 2011 00:06 GMT
#290
On August 18 2011 07:22 arthur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2011 04:11 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
having to grind to unlock everything is the most annoying part. Between campaign unlocks and leveling up to unlock stuff (especially ages) this game becomes extremely repetitive.

If you want to play Age of Empires you should just play the second one it seems


Nah man, if you want to play Age of Empires you should just play Galactic Battlegrounds :D

Oh man, galactic battlegrounds <3
But I'd say play Age of Mythology instead

I was about to bite, I won't lie. I came so very near to typing in the website and from there I would have bought up everything, grinded like a fiend and been the best uber noob on the server. That is, until I read the post above. In one brief instant my entire interest was driven away.


On August 18 2011 08:43 Zombie_Velociraptor wrote:
the prices are RIDICULOUS - they charge you 20$ for unlocking one civilization, to unlock all of the 'season 1' content (currently available 2 civilizations, some extra melee game mode, and another upcoming civilization), it's 80$.


$40 reasonable.
$50 okay I'll do it.
$60 what the fuck is this an xbox game?
$80 for ONE season of stuff?
Get the fuck out.

I'd love to read a post by someone who paid for everything and told me its worth it. Even though there would be few ways it could persuade me to buy, I'm perversely interested in knowing why a game that costs 30 dollars over a regular RTS is an improvement on the ones I already own.
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dodelol
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands68 Posts
August 18 2011 00:22 GMT
#291
On August 17 2011 12:21 AndyJay wrote:
Basically it has a free limited mode, but you have to pay to access all of it. What this means is it's free mode sucks, but it's not that expensive to by the whole thing out right. By comparison the - the LoL model - you can slowly but surely unlock everything through grinding, but to buy everything outright costs a fortune. Personally I much prefer the AoEO model.


were you do not stand a chance unless you pay everything?

in lol you can at least be even with the guys that have everything ( as far as i know)

pay if you want but if you don't pay you don't auto loose

imagine starting with this age over sic months how much money will it be to play a f2p game?

after seeing the prices i wont even try to get my windows working again
and y i was planning on doing it for mostly this
Derez
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Netherlands6068 Posts
August 18 2011 00:32 GMT
#292
This game isn't free to play at all. You get the tutorial for free, and after that you have to pay up or you're absolutely screwed.
minitelemaster
Profile Joined May 2011
United States95 Posts
August 18 2011 00:48 GMT
#293
+1 Age of Mythology

That game needs a sequel so bad, and AOE online is not it
Bite my shiny metal @$$
analyze
Profile Joined April 2011
United States155 Posts
August 18 2011 00:50 GMT
#294
Played it once... will not play it again. Game really isn't fun. Can play a game of the same caliber on a browser.
Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10377 Posts
August 18 2011 01:25 GMT
#295
On August 18 2011 09:22 dodelol wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 17 2011 12:21 AndyJay wrote:
Basically it has a free limited mode, but you have to pay to access all of it. What this means is it's free mode sucks, but it's not that expensive to by the whole thing out right. By comparison the - the LoL model - you can slowly but surely unlock everything through grinding, but to buy everything outright costs a fortune. Personally I much prefer the AoEO model.


were you do not stand a chance unless you pay everything?

in lol you can at least be even with the guys that have everything ( as far as i know)

pay if you want but if you don't pay you don't auto loose

imagine starting with this age over sic months how much money will it be to play a f2p game?

after seeing the prices i wont even try to get my windows working again
and y i was planning on doing it for mostly this


Not correct

The people who can pay a shit ton will buy all the best equipment (runes) for their champions. Even though if you compare the numbers, it's only a little higher, that amount in a game like LoL is very very huge.
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PhiliBiRD
Profile Joined November 2009
United States2643 Posts
August 18 2011 01:28 GMT
#296
tried to install/play and couldnt get past the launcher.

and theres almost no tech support / official answer on what to do for my error. posted on their forums along with many others and no answers. :-(

tho after hearing about how much money u have to put in for some cheesy lookin game idk. hope i can figure it out and at least try it! AOE <3
Cuce
Profile Joined March 2011
Turkey1127 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-18 01:34:48
August 18 2011 01:34 GMT
#297
it seem like, as they present new content (like defeating waves of enemies and earning points maps) the items presented with those content will be better too. even now items you can get with sparta points are a bit weaker then those of crete.
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Blitzkrieg0
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States13132 Posts
August 18 2011 02:25 GMT
#298
On August 18 2011 10:25 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2011 09:22 dodelol wrote:
On August 17 2011 12:21 AndyJay wrote:
Basically it has a free limited mode, but you have to pay to access all of it. What this means is it's free mode sucks, but it's not that expensive to by the whole thing out right. By comparison the - the LoL model - you can slowly but surely unlock everything through grinding, but to buy everything outright costs a fortune. Personally I much prefer the AoEO model.


were you do not stand a chance unless you pay everything?

in lol you can at least be even with the guys that have everything ( as far as i know)

pay if you want but if you don't pay you don't auto loose

imagine starting with this age over sic months how much money will it be to play a f2p game?

after seeing the prices i wont even try to get my windows working again
and y i was planning on doing it for mostly this


Not correct

The people who can pay a shit ton will buy all the best equipment (runes) for their champions. Even though if you compare the numbers, it's only a little higher, that amount in a game like LoL is very very huge.


You can't even buy runes with Riot Points, and there's absolutely no advantage to paying for the game besides time saving. The tournament realm has everything unlocked as well so ^_^
I'll always be your shadow and veil your eyes from states of ain soph aur.
pallad
Profile Joined September 2010
Poland1958 Posts
August 18 2011 02:41 GMT
#299
Game is good and fun. But whitout premium civ , you CANT even play ranked PvP battles , only unranked , premium items are to good vs non premium etc
So its free to play but pay to win .. simple..
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Saltydizzle
Profile Joined July 2011
United States123 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-18 06:50:57
August 18 2011 06:26 GMT
#300
Worst game i have ever played. Seriously horrible lag, took a full day to download had to re-install 3 times it was stuck on artbar patch. Then to have horrible horrible lag all day long. Disgusting. AOE2 and mythology were awesome. This is a fucking joke
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