Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (1999: Windows) – Review

Before reading my review, I would like to outline the criteria I use for game reviews. I will refer to this game as AoE II (1999) to condense my review. It is good to be back reviewing games after a somewhat long hiatus following my recent review of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2024: Nintendo Switch), which was a much better remake than I expected. However, the reason this review took longer than expected is that today's review will cover one of my favorite games, Age of Empires II: […]

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