Age of Empires II (Retired)

Lo juego desde niña y todavía me sigue apareciendo buenísimo. un clásico que nunca falla. Y sí, sigo mandando aldeanos a morir por mi civilización jaja.

Never gets old

Beloved childhood game still hits just right

Miglior gioco di strategia di sempre per giocabilità.

El mejor juego de estrategia.

Probably my favorite RTS ever. The improved AI was the best feature for me, since I enjoy playing in solo mode, offline. Original AI just straight out cheated and was unfun to deal with, but in this edition, the AI is both challeging and fun to play against. Though there is a way to cheese it on 1v1, it is still fun, playing on teams of two on large maps. I was genuily surprised learning this AI does not add itself resources, as it usually happens with RTS AI opponents, instead, it is just extremely efficient in resource management, along a good build order, as being able to switch strategies according to the armies you are sending (ex. the AI opponent might start spamming pikemen (anti-cavalry) if you are sending mainly cavalry units). The AI also uses the market heavily, which is also the reason in team matches they are more fun to play against (since a player needs access to another player's market to capitalize on it). Only downside of the AI, is that ally AI seems to be restricted when it comes to raiding opponents. It feels like it is hard-coded to be more defensive and passive compared to AI opponents, who tend to be much more aggressive. Because of this, it feels like you have to carry your AI ally on each match, both in battle as with resources. I also love being able to create a match and enter as an spectator, so you can enjoy the carnage among AI-only players.