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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Great game

Written by LH from Ann Arbor

Sep 5, 2009

This game was a port from the PC version and includes the expansion pack. It's a faithful port. I had to buy a copy as it was my favorite game and when I switched, I wanted to run it on my Mac. I was never disappointed. By today's standards, the graphics aren't that great, but the game is so much fun it doesn't matter. Anyone who likes strategy games with many components will love this. It's not uncommon for games to go several hours in certain modes. My record is 6 hours so far. There are several game types such as regicide, campaigns, etc. I like setting up my own matches as opposed to playing the campaigns. They're interesting from a historical perspective, but not all that fun. There are many different cultures represented with different abilities. Some can gain fire ships, others have "turtle" like attack boats. You have naval and land battles and can build castles.

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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Awesome!

Written by KY

Mar 16, 2009

The game works great on my apple computer

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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Runs great

Written by MB from Newberry

Dec 29, 2008

I suggest for those having issues that they try installing the patch that is linked on Apple's site if they haven't already.
I have a Macbook with Intel Core 2 Duo and 4Gigs of ram on 10.5.5 OS X and it runs great.

77 of 89 people found this useful

Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Great single player.

Written by AS from Redmond

Dec 25, 2008

First thing I think I should warn anyone of is that you CANNOT IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM PLAY MULTIPLAYER GAMES WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE THIS GAME ON A PC. You'd think that it'd be compatible over a simple LAN or an IP connection, well it isn't. They don't tell you this either. So I am. I was trying to set up a game with someone over TCP/IP that was running it on a PC, and after 15 minutes of failed attempts and trying everything with the Firewall and internet connection settings, I did some Googling. Turns out, Microsoft didn't want to give Macsoft some of their code or something and so multiplayer only works with other Mac computers. LAN is also not even provided in this version of the game, the only options for multiplayer is TCP/IP, or GameRanger, the new Zone.com I guess. This is an online service similar to battle.net available for Mac and PC users, but again, no cross-breeding. You can only play with other people on your OS.

Other than that issue, this is a great game. I used to own this on PC and I see no other differences, the single player has been converted flawlessly. It runs smoothly on my 1st gen iMac. The installation is a bit weird, but it gets the job done and the game runs well. All the music, sounds, and graphics are the same. And the AI, from what I can remember.

Also, if you're not on an admin account with this game, you need to have Read & Write (including all enclosed items) privileges for the entire folder in which this game is located on your HD. Otherwise, the game will force quit whenever you try and start playing. This too took me some trial and error to figure out.

Most new games being released now are released for Macs and PC's, so these problems shouldn't continue.

But hey, this is a '90's PC game redesigned for Mac computers. Can't expect 100%, not even from Apple.

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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Dont Waste Your Money

Written by MB from Fredericksburg

Dec 6, 2008

This program gets one star only because it is the least I can give and provide a review. The program is not compatible with the latest MAC operating system. Check out the blogs on line first. Unfortunately I purchased it and then discovered it did not work. When I went back to the Apple store they insisted it worked. They spent an hour trying to load it, then finally read through the blogs I told them to look at when I walked in. They then told me I was stuck with the useless software because it was opened. I would be careful of any non-Apple software purchased.

57 of 85 people found this useful

Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Game keeps crashing

Written by DH from Kailua

Nov 29, 2008

I loved this game on my PC sooo much that after I switched over to a Macbook Pro, I bought the Macsoft version. BIG MISTAKE!! The game keeps crashing on me 10 seconds after I begin a mission! EVERY TIME! Nothing listed on the support page and Apple is clueless. My only real disappointment to owning an Apple thus far.

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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

OMG!!!!!!

Written by HC from Wayland

Sep 28, 2008

the best age of empires title ever. the only thing that slightly rivals it is AOE 3, AOE 3 the Warcheifs, and AOE 3 the asian dynasties combined! a must get for any one who likes RTS games!

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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

great game if you have a old mac

Written by DF from McChord AFB

Aug 17, 2008

I bought this game at the Base Exchange. I installed it just fine but due to my system being to new The game is not supported. I suggest buying Age of Empires III because it is more advanced and works universally on any Mac. (Intel/PowerPC)

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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

THE COOLEST GAME IN THE WORLD!!!

Written by MH

Jun 23, 2008

This game beats the third by far. Not only is it less but its great with the expansion packs. its better then 3 and has a lower price!!!!!get this game its worth all the money in the world!!!!

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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Fun game but doesnt work well with leopard

Written by JJ from decatur

Jun 17, 2008

This is an amazing game but it doesnt work with leopard there is a patch but not for the newest update 10.5.3 the patch only work for 10.5.1 so hopefully they come out with a new patch but until then i have a really cool looking coaster.

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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Horrid but Fun

Written by JT

Jun 13, 2008

This game is amazingly fun! When I played it for the first time I was shocked at how amazing it is!
But when i played it more often, it constantly crashed when saving and exiting. Also, when I played one of the campaigns, it went to the wrong game, and it deleted my progress on that campaign (sheesh!)! And when I play for a really long time the colours go crazy!
But even though it had some very serious issues, it is still a really fun game. Buy it because it's cheap, and only if you can stand some problems.

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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Does Not Play On MacBook Pro

Written by TA from Staten Island

Jun 12, 2008

I bought this game and every time I tried to run it on my New MacBook Pro I got a crash, then error saying video card could not initialize. What a waste of money. But hey its from Microsoft so everything they make crashes.

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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Like So Totally Sweet

Written by TF from Peoria

May 20, 2008

When I had an IBM I had this game and I have always loved it, so when I trashed the junker, the game went to. So after I went MAC I got it, if your thinking about buying a game this is a big winner.

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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Gotta X don't waste money

Written by MW from San Antonio

Feb 18, 2008

Love this game but every time I have tried ta load get NEED MORE SPACE ON HARD DRIVE. My drive has enough room but the program doesn't want ta load. Save your money till they decide ta FIX the program.

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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Awesome Game

Written by DB from Newport

Jan 24, 2008

Awesome Game, BUY IT!!!!! i play it all that time. it has great graphics i play it on my powerbookg4 that is a pretty old mac about 6 years old but it works great. try it out you will like it.

153 of 258 people found this useful

Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Awesome game --- worth getting

Written by CV from St. Paul

Oct 1, 2007

This game is genius. It requires a lot of strategy, but is not to complicated. I run this on both a MacBook Core Duo with 512 MBs of RAM and an iMac DV 400 MHZ with 512 MBs of RAM and play against my friends online from across town whenever he borrows my MacBook, it is a great game and I recommend you buy it.

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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Worth a try

Written by SJ from Forest City

Sep 21, 2007

I remember this game to have been much better on pc. The mac version lag's more and is full of bugs. The disc also behave's rather, irratically during gameplay. The graphics are bland, after having played age of empire's 3. But the history in the game is worth a play.

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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

RAWKIN!

Written by JT

Sep 20, 2007

This game is perfect. I bought it and played till 2 in the morning. Build your own campaigns. Build massive armies. Explore countries and fight side by side of history's heroes such as joan of arc, Genghis Kahn, even robin hood. Definately worth buying. P.S. theres a killer cheat that you can drive a car and shoot people with a cannon. WHEEEEEE!

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