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Rating: 83.6%
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows) and Mac
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS) and Strategy
Themes: Historical and Warfare
Keywords: real time tactics and ancient civilization
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Developer: Ensemble Studios
Publisher: Microsoft;MacSoft Games
Age of Empires
Summary:
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.
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