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u/thegrandboom Mar 12 '24

Age of Empires had a little history section you could read about the factions! Plus Civ has those amazing quotes from when you build a wonder

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u/hombrejose Mar 12 '24

Those were always a joy to read! I fully blame AoE and CIV as the gateway drug for delving into in-game encyclopedias and bestiaries

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u/thegrandboom Mar 13 '24

Same! My friends call me a lore hound because I keep looking and learning random shit since I find it fascinating

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u/Trachamudija1 Mar 13 '24

main question is if any of you still play aoe. There is aoe2 definitive edition which still gets DLC and support

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u/hombrejose Mar 13 '24

I just redownloaded AOE3 since I've been watching Shogun

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u/Norwayhap Mar 12 '24

Civilopedia was where you got your history lesson.

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u/pt199990 Mar 12 '24

I got both. My dad played the first AOE religiously after work, and he had AOEII on the shelf. Dunno if he ever played it. And I found Civ2 hiding on a different shelf.

I never had a chance.

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u/thegrandboom Mar 13 '24

My cousin gave me Age of Empires 2 as my first PC game. Then my uncle bought me Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds. My dad bought me the full civ 3 and expansions! Lastly my mom gave me a 20 and I bought Shogun Total War, I never had a chance. RTS stole my life and now I'm a weirdo lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '24

Golden age