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Anyone know how the gameplay compares to Age of Empires 2?

lostmsu 6y ago
It's pretty similar, but 0 A.D. lacks polish. I played previous release with friends, it was quite enjoyable. AI is super strong for newbies.
- ht_th 6y ago
  I always loose in a couple of minutes in 0 A.D. :-( Then again, I am more interested in exploration and building than fighting to the dead. I loved playing Age of Empires on the easy setting and then go overboard with the civilization building.
  - throwaway894345 6y ago
    Me too. Same story on Factorio. Fortunately both games allow you to control the difficulty of your adversaries.
  - lostmsu 6y ago
    We started 3v3 on normal difficulty, as some of us had AoE experience, but quickly had to go down to 3v2 very easy until we learned to win relatively consistently (this took quite a bit of time).
- jandrese 6y ago
  Hopefully it isn't like Supreme Commander or Total Annihilation where the AI is more than happy to micromanage you to death. "Ah, I see you can handle attacks, but can you handle little groups of 3 attackers going after every resource simultaneously and running away when you look at them; all the time?" That crap is no fun to play against. Not unless your own units can be programmed with some basic AI to counter it.
  - lostmsu 6y ago
    0 A.D. AI does not micromanage. It wins by strategy.
  - Igelau 6y ago
    > That crap is no fun to play against. Hannibal of Carthage agrees.
tomashertus 6y ago
Because I'm life-long Age of Empires fan and want to hype people about Age of Empires IV - the next month is a huge Fan Preview event -> https://www.ageofempires.com/news/announcing-age-fan-preview-2021/ https://www.ageofempires.com/news/announcing-age-fan-preview...
- eloff 6y ago
  Did you catch hidden cup 4? It was an amazing tournament.
  - tomashertus 6y ago
    Yeah I did; Hidden Cups are always peak for AoE2 e-sports scene. Unbelievable matches! I think they hit 100k viewers on Twitch, which is amazing for RTS game.
  - throwaway6734 6y ago
    It was indeed! I'd love to see an alphastar variant try to learn how to play and compete against the best
    - eloff 6y ago
      It would be really amazing if one built an alphazero for AOE2, trained it on the ladder, and then entered it into hidden cup V without letting anyone in on the joke until the end.
- tasogare 6y ago
  I fell into the game again because of DE and a new friend whose into it too. With Youtube videos (explanations and competitive games, like Hidden Cup right now) and regular updates it got another dimension to it. The DE of Age of I sucks though, the sprites generates from 3D models being less good than in II DE. I would has preferred they made a remaster like the C&C for this one.
heavyset_go 6y ago
I think of it as Age of Empires 3 but actually good. It feels like a nice compromise between AoE 2 and 3.

It's pretty similar, but 0 A.D. lacks polish. I played previous release with friends, it was quite enjoyable. AI is super strong for newbies.

ht_th 6y ago
I always loose in a couple of minutes in 0 A.D. :-( Then again, I am more interested in exploration and building than fighting to the dead. I loved playing Age of Empires on the easy setting and then go overboard with the civilization building.
- throwaway894345 6y ago
  Me too. Same story on Factorio. Fortunately both games allow you to control the difficulty of your adversaries.
- lostmsu 6y ago
  We started 3v3 on normal difficulty, as some of us had AoE experience, but quickly had to go down to 3v2 very easy until we learned to win relatively consistently (this took quite a bit of time).
jandrese 6y ago
Hopefully it isn't like Supreme Commander or Total Annihilation where the AI is more than happy to micromanage you to death. "Ah, I see you can handle attacks, but can you handle little groups of 3 attackers going after every resource simultaneously and running away when you look at them; all the time?" That crap is no fun to play against. Not unless your own units can be programmed with some basic AI to counter it.
- lostmsu 6y ago
  0 A.D. AI does not micromanage. It wins by strategy.
- Igelau 6y ago
  > That crap is no fun to play against. Hannibal of Carthage agrees.

tomashertus 6y ago

Because I'm life-long Age of Empires fan and want to hype people about Age of Empires IV - the next month is a huge Fan Preview event -> https://www.ageofempires.com/news/announcing-age-fan-preview-2021/ https://www.ageofempires.com/news/announcing-age-fan-preview...

eloff 6y ago
Did you catch hidden cup 4? It was an amazing tournament.
- tomashertus 6y ago
  Yeah I did; Hidden Cups are always peak for AoE2 e-sports scene. Unbelievable matches! I think they hit 100k viewers on Twitch, which is amazing for RTS game.
- throwaway6734 6y ago
  It was indeed! I'd love to see an alphastar variant try to learn how to play and compete against the best
  - eloff 6y ago
    It would be really amazing if one built an alphazero for AOE2, trained it on the ladder, and then entered it into hidden cup V without letting anyone in on the joke until the end.
tasogare 6y ago
I fell into the game again because of DE and a new friend whose into it too. With Youtube videos (explanations and competitive games, like Hidden Cup right now) and regular updates it got another dimension to it. The DE of Age of I sucks though, the sprites generates from 3D models being less good than in II DE. I would has preferred they made a remaster like the C&C for this one.

heavyset_go 6y ago

I think of it as Age of Empires 3 but actually good. It feels like a nice compromise between AoE 2 and 3.