Over the course of 2014, I have been playing the original Age of Empires (plus Rise of Rome expansion!).
This is an official announcement that I have, as of tonight, defeated all the campaigns on Hardest difficulty.
A handful of the maps were quite memorable because they were so tough, but some were surprisingly easy. (“Easy” meaning I had to restart at most once.) The penultimate scenario in “Enemies of Rome” was a worthy challenge, although it was short and only took a couple restarts. The final map was, sadly, a relative laugher. Maybe I deserved a cakewalk for the final night.
Kudos to the campaign designers for thinking up enough unique challenges to keep the campaigns interesting.
Clearly, there’s no way my mid-30’s self could do decently in multiplayer, though. Muttering “macro, macro, macro, upgrade, upgrade, upgrade” after a fight indicates my poor ability to multi-task.
Does this mean moving on to Age of Empires 2? You bet!
I always thought AOE 1 campaigns were quite hard. AOE 2 was not that much easier either.
Just based on the first few maps, the AOE 2 campaigns are less difficult.
In AOE 1, the computer would try to beat you with strong attacks. Often strong enough to require a restart.
The defenses in AOE 2 are much stronger, but the AI attacks have been so weak, I haven’t felt threatened at all.
i haven’t been this happy for you since you announced that you and katrushka were boyfriend/girlfriend. congrats! that’s big news!
Uh, yes, thank you! It’s YUGE!