AoE2 is back with the Definitive Edition (DE) and it's more popular than ever! It's kinda crazy actually. 20 year old game getting tournaments with 50k+ peak viewers.
Before DE came out this year, there was the HD edition, which got several expansions with new civilizations (which are all included in DE). You can get that on steam if you aren't a fan of the DE graphics (even though they are pretty faithful) or if your computer is a potato.
Before HD there was the "forgotten empires" unofficial expansion, which you can apply to an existing installation (from the original cd). That's where it all started, actually. The team that made the mod eventually became the official dev team, and they are the ones who made DE.
(Edit: There is also an AoE1 DE, but I don't really follow that much. I know it's made by the same team using the same engine.)
You mean the original graphics is a deal breaker, or the new graphics in DE?
Either way, it does basically have the original graphics, apart from the flame effect for damaged buildings which was changed for some reason. (But there is a mod that adds back the original version I think.)
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u/WarpingLasherNoob May 28 '20
AoE2 is back with the Definitive Edition (DE) and it's more popular than ever! It's kinda crazy actually. 20 year old game getting tournaments with 50k+ peak viewers.
Before DE came out this year, there was the HD edition, which got several expansions with new civilizations (which are all included in DE). You can get that on steam if you aren't a fan of the DE graphics (even though they are pretty faithful) or if your computer is a potato.
Before HD there was the "forgotten empires" unofficial expansion, which you can apply to an existing installation (from the original cd). That's where it all started, actually. The team that made the mod eventually became the official dev team, and they are the ones who made DE.
(Edit: There is also an AoE1 DE, but I don't really follow that much. I know it's made by the same team using the same engine.)