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> ultimately they all played pretty much the same High level tournaments include civilization drafting before a best of N series of games. Occasionally, one pl
by DerSaidin 6y ago
> ultimately they all played pretty much the same
High level tournaments include civilization drafting before a best of N series of games. Occasionally, one player/team ends up with a civilization match up which gives them a clear advantage (because they successfully predicted their opponent's civilization pick - it the opponent had picked something else the advantage might swing the other way). Occasionally games are described as "civ win" when the advantage is large and wielded well.
- Macha 6y agoSo the civs are both not as distinct as sc2 races but also less balanced. Seems justified to me to rate it lower for how well the game adds and handles variety. I say this as someone for whom aoe2 was one of the major games of my childhood and only got into sc2 in college
- Leherenn 6y agoThey're pretty well balanced, just overall, not for each possible matchup. The difference is that there is more map variation than in SC2, so a civ which is good on water maps is probably going to be below average on land maps. Also team games are a thing at the highest level, so some civs fare better in that context than 1 Vs 1.