Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
- Publisher:
- Konami, Microsoft
- Year:
- 1999
83/100 on IGDB92Metacritic
About the game
Description
Take control of a powerful civilization. Lead them through 1000 years of the Middle Ages to riches and greatness. Will you Intimidate the world into following you by using military force? Rule the world with honor and nobility by using commerce and diplomacy? Or Underhandedly seize power through conspiracy, deception and regicide? There are many paths to power, there can only be one ruler!
Original IGDB description.
- Genre
- Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
- Release
- September 30, 1999
- Developer
- Ensemble Studios
- Publisher
- Konami, Microsoft
- Series
- Age of Empires
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Length (HowLongToBeat)
- Main story: 40.5 h · Main + extras: 58.5 h · Completionist: 73 h
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Critic and user scores
- 83/100 on IGDB · 1,024 ratings
- 92/100 on Metacritic
Scores published by IGDB and Metacritic (via RAWG). They are not Games Library ratings.
Game data: IGDB.
What it's worth
Market value
€4.27
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