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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Confused...

Written by JB from Kettering

Sep 10, 2007

This won't work on my macbook pro with an intel core duo. And I'm kind of mad because I just bought this and for 30 bucks, it should work.

53 of 89 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.

22 of 31 people found this useful

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.

42 of 73 people found this useful

Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Does not work...

Written by NN

Jan 2, 2007

On my Mac, running the latest OS X.4 the game does not work.
On a Partition with X.3 installed it just works fine.

68 of 129 people found this useful

Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Macsoft, you ruined it!

Written by SH from Park city

Nov 16, 2006

I was extremely disapointed to find that macsoft had integrated the conquerers expansion.

In the PC verson the conquerers expansion was seperate. With good reason it ruins half the game. sure you get some cool looking new military units but then The expansion eliminates the more sophisticated commands that the orginal had for the military units. for example you could tell some units to stand their ground some to defend or just have them set to kill any enemy they can see. this was great because then it was possible to strategize and actually control the units. With the expansion for some reason the only thing the military units know how to do is attack. that means they will chase a peasant that passes your home base right into the middle of the enemy camp where they are promptly shot down like the rabid dogs they are.
this puts this game on the same level as starcraft, it's still alright to play but their is really only one strategy, blitz or die. like I said it ruins half the game.

96 of 193 people found this useful

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.

113 of 247 people found this useful

Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Crud!

Written by TP from vancouver

Oct 21, 2009

This is probably the worst mack game I ever played it worse than a bad graphic online peace of game

IT'S REALY BAD!!!

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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.

25 of 66 people found this useful

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.

65 of 87 people found this useful

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.

123 of 218 people found this useful

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

Decent Game, Some Corners Cut

Written by GM from Southlake

Jan 11, 2007

This game is worth a look. I would be lying if I said it wasn't fun, but I find it has limitations that should have been seen to.

First, there is no 'attack move'. You are doomed to getting your groups to attack a particular unit, the units will not intelligently charge and pick their own targets. It is much easier to micromanage from that as needed than to pair off units for attacks. There was no excuse on this matter, Blizzard Entertainment's Starcraft had this feature back in 1999—two years earlier.

Second, fortifications can be frustrating to build. Between terrain elevations and the height of structures, it can be difficult to build defenses of much intricacy. Holes can hide from you for enemies to sneak through, frustrating defensive innovation. See Stronghold for a game that does a fine job of fortification-building.

For all this, AoE2 has its share of good points. It had the most advanced simulation of fortification building in its time looking to the Medieval era. It's still fun. Unit queuing and rally points are also a plus. The AI also has its moments (no other Ai I can think of in an RTS has units do hit-and-fade attacks), though its base-building methods are non-sensical.

So, if you're looking for another game to add or catch up on, this is it. There are other games out there that make a strong case for themselves though, so make sure there's not something else out there you'd rather have even more.

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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.

125 of 141 people found this useful

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 game!! but... old!

Written by YC from Santiago

Jan 16, 2007

This game is a classic! It's the best game on the world!!! But, now, there's the new version: Age of Empires III which haves better graphics!! Because the Age of empires II graphics are not so impressive... Anyway, it's a good game!! And, this pack doesn't ruine the game because we don't loose controls on units and all the stuff!!! Trust me, the expansion makes the game WAY better!! Think about the version III before buying this one.

56 of 98 people found this useful

Age of Empires II Gold Edition

This Game is worth buying

Written by KD from new lenox

Nov 29, 2006

deftenitly, its like warcraft, but more interactve so there reason for each of ur actions. This game is also much more challenging than any other God Mode complex game that i have ever played.

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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Awesome Classic

Written by MP from Overland Park

Nov 24, 2006

This remains a great game. It has evolved over the years into one of the greatest strategy games of all times. Even with the emergence of AOE III this game is still a favorite amoung realtime online strategy gamers. Try this classic you won't be dissapointed.

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Age of Empires II Gold Edition

Awesome Game, Buy Two!

Written by BK from Decatur

Nov 21, 2006

This game is a complete classic and the expansion pack makes it even better. My son and I have a great time playing cooperatively on our two macs over airport. I love it.

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