Comes back from school: > Opens the PC. > Boots up AoE 2 > listen to that amazing menu music > starts new game > play for an hour or so > get fed up and type in "howdoyouturnthison" in command and destroy the enemies. This is basically nostalgia.
Lived this, but summoning cheat units to destroy everything manually instead. I can't remember what the AoE2 units are, but there are *a lot* in AoE1, from cloaking archers and flying catapult triremes to cars armed with rocket launchers, ED209 from RoboCop and space marines armed with small nukes.
I rembember sitting on my dads lap while he was playing AOE II when i was too young to play for myself. The beautiful music in this game always brings me back to that time.
Same! Then I remember a few years later everyone was playing terrible mobile games which made you wait like 100 hours just for a wall upgrade and never understood how that's supposed to be fun. AOE2 is amazing, and I didn't remember much about it until I noticed it on Steam and recognised the visuals and music.
@@Smikkelboy69 T90 is an AoE2 caster, has one of the biggest AoE2 centric channels on UA-cam, and he's legendary for placing farms in the most inefficient ways possible
Please remove the biohazard quest from your channel! I wont forget the part in which you mentioned to bring the rope as an annotation the moment you forgot it as well... It has been 3/4 years since... Anyway the gilnour games are awesome ;)!
Man soup might not be the most respected quest guide maker for OSRS, but he sure has good taste in UA-camrs. That fact alone makes him based in my eyes.
@@ThatTonnatoTenrec They have literally done only two reissues. Age Of Empires 2 HD which was back in 2012 and totally sucked compared to the original game. Age Of Empires 2 DE which is great, is very cheap and effectively is a total remake. Please, tell me. What makes you say above?
@@albinlindvall6165 Fixed, wanted it to say year 2050 not, 250 rereleases. The road its going there seems like its going to be more, tho i don't know why you got off to it so much. I don't think its bad or anything.
The only civ that doesn't need to worry about farm placements is the Khmer, because they don't need to drop farm food off to a gather point. Or possibly the Malay in a map that has water. Because then there'd be Fish Trap placement arguments.
Seeing that you like playing against AI I can whole heartedly recommend the campaign missions to you. They are more diverse than normal AI matches with beautiful maps and interesting stories to them and they mostly leave it up to you on how you want to beat them.
i finally started the campaigns last year, took me about 10 months playing on and off to beat them all on hard. i too highly recommend them, they're great fun and they made me a much better player, particularly my micro which was previously non existent. the campaigns will force you to learn how to control units. finishing le loi's final fortress was emotional
Thank you saying that about fixed iso perspective, I've been saying it for years, if they can recreate the look and feel of fixed iso with 3d models it'll be great
SC2 actually got close now that I think of it. Not perfect but better than most. They managed to eliminate the sense of depth which is the largest reason why most 3d rts, like COH etc, feel less tangible than the 2d ones.
Divinity Original Sin 2 gives off the same kind of feeling I believe. It's 3d with tons of attention to the world, any angle you put the camera it looks amazing
Aoe2 is definitely a slept on esport, it has an amazing community that started from actual grass roots and is trying really hard to get recognized. I hope they make it, I love 'em
I've always been of the opinion that AOE2 deserved all the success that Starcraft enjoyed in the past two decades. Hopefully it will continue grow into the success it deserves.
its weird to think that strategy games havent evolved that much from these days, of course Ground control and such graphical/movie directory type new stuff but basic core of game hasnt, that is mechanics.
@@effexon I mean look at tactical shooters, their core mechanics and principles haven't evolved either. CS is the same game it was more than 20 years ago and it's still going incredibly strong. Top 3 Esports game easily. And in some metrics more successful than LoL or Dota 2. I don't think games necessarily need to evolve to stay relevant
@@ptg_st3v3oh62 to be fair, CS today is a very different game now than it was in 1999. Back then there was no bomb defuse mode(and by extension none of the maps we know today), there were only like 9 guns in the game, the m4 had a scope and an unremovable silencer, dropped guns stayed on the ground round-to-round, the extent of bunnyhopping was comical, etc. It didn't really start taking the shape we know it as today until late 2000/early 2001.
i remember screaming for my parents to type "pepperoni pizza" over and over again because there were elephants wrecking my town and i did not know how to type fast enough, let alone copy paste.. they had to hurry too, because i had no clue how to pause the game..
I have no words for this game, really. Too good. My teenage years were a lot better because of it. I think it's also one of the reasons why I got a degree in history.
I've put hundreds of hours into AoE2 in the past 6 or 7 years since I discovered the community, after having only played it as a kid in the 00's. I've also put in thousands of hours into watching casts and POV games during that time, and especially with DE, I _still_ can't get enough of it. Seeing you make a video about it and referencing T90 is a highlight of my day!
There's no need to be scared of matchmaking. Even if you're a complete disaster, when you settle into your true rating your opponent will be equally incompetent, which creates its own kind of fun. :)
AoE was my dad's first ever computer game back in the 90's, he's 55 now and we still hold our all night LAN nights where we play AoE, Starcraft and WARCRAFT 3. Rts games will always have a place in my heart.
To me it's Civilization, WH40K Dawn of war, and Homeworld, those games are so nostalgic to me and will always be part of my childhood Along with other 90's games like Quake, Unreal tournament and the first Tomb Raider
Fun fact: The moonwalk bug is still present in DE. It makes me happy It was originally patched out of HD but people liked it so much they put it back in.
I'm searching for games to play with my friends with who have lesser hardwares. People on Reddit keep talking about how AOE2 is a great game and can run even on a toaster. Watching your video convinces me that this might be the right choice. Will try the game in the coming future.
I know how time-consuming writing captions is, so I really appreciate you writing captions for literally all of your videos. From someone who has some trouble processing language at times.
I wonder how much you'd enjoy Company of Heroes (1) Phillip. I absolutely love turtling and building massive armies in both AoE 2 and 3, so you'd think I'd enjoy CoH a lot less. I have to say though, its super cool in its own right. Instead of turtling by building a massive base (its pretty limited) you build huge multi-layered fortifications of barbed wire, sandbags, and machinegun nests. I honestly think you'd love the British, with their death incarnate 17 pounders and Firefly's. But what makes it so cool is the physicality of it. In AoE an arrow feels like this floaty little thing that does basically nothing, but in CoH you can watch individual tank round bounce off the armor of a Tiger or burst through the wall of a building; destroying it. I know you love destruction and just seeing maps get absolutely torn to pieces is extremely enjoyable. Honestly I think a video of you just showing bits of the map getting blown to bits by artillery is peak Phillip.
I remember when we were given our first computer back in 2007 with Windows 95 as the os, I used to watch my brother play AoE2, Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 + 2 as well as one of the Settlers games all day long. The music of these games hits me more than any others and just watching them takes me back to those much simpler times. Amazing video
Thank you for making this video! CSGO and AoE2 are two of my favourite multiplayer games and e-sports! I no longer play them as often as I should, but I love them both a lot.
the AAA industry heckling outside : "graphics are the future, if things arnt overwatch or league at their core then people wont play it" me playing aoe, leaning out my bedroom window for the 20th year in a row : █▀█ █▀█ █▀▀ ▄▀█ █▄░█ ▀█ ▀█ █▀▄ █▄█ █▄█ █▀█ █░▀█ ░▄ ░▄
The fuck league is a game that pushes functionality over graphics. It has more in common with age of empires with the AAA market. They don't go for high fidelity over bearing graphically gamelan but rather a simple art style that can run on most pcs.
Great video. Devs definitely hit something magical with it. I used to play AoE 1 so much when I was a kid. The music, the feeling, the art, the aesthetic. Million different scenarios and outcomes, never gets boring. I never grew to like newer versions, but I played them. I can understand the passion for it though, I am just so used to 1 that all the others don't feel "natural". And as you said, no other series lasted so long and stood the test of time.
I remember as a kid i was messing around in the map editor but couldn't read and didn't know I was creating neutral units so i kept wondering why I couldn't fight
I've always had a fond memory of this game as a small child my dad would play this game while watching me in the computer room and I'd watch him build and do things and I'd always be happy when he'd focus on the train
When you started talking about how you became good at the game and everything that followed it, I immediately remembered Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance Forever and the similar experience it gave me whilst playing it
@@Cortanakya look up "T90 forest nothing" on youtube, it's a map where everybody starts with a towncenter on a map filled with trees, they have to use the market for other resources
@@someperson3090 I used the controller, even if i'd known you could hook up a mouse, I doubt I would've been smart enough to know how. Also, never play it with a controller, its disgustingly clunky
Fatslob #1 I'm glad you've decided to do a review on this, I think I mentioned it a while back but the DE is SO good it's worth everyone checking back into it.
Just in case anyone is worried, you can totally select the soundtracks from a dropdown menu in options. There are actually 6 different settings for it. Important stuff.
I love it everytime you talk about fighting bots, I hate tryharding against players constantly. Games are so sweaty nowadays so often I have a hard time having fun
The thing I love about Age of Empires II is that it has great campaigns, great multiplayer and on top of that a good AI. Like... This is probably my favourite RTS. I grew up playing it like so many others and fortunately, it never truly grew old.
the matchmaking is really fun, would highly recommend also it's fairly easy to make your own AI for the game (not a good one though) so that's worth a few hours tinkering with imo
I used to play this game online back when it first game out around 2000 on a site they called MSN gaming zone. My parents phone bill was so huge, thanks to this game lmao. But I could never see myself getting back into this game again though, cause i know how good players can be at it online, and I could never re-train myself to get to being that good again.
Tbh I feel the same way about Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth 2 (and 1). Where you could actually try and recreate helms deep lol They were some of the best games I ever played, Oodles of fun, but no where near as complex as AOE, shame they're no longer supported for multiplayer. But the AI has always been fun Good video man, hope you're having a great day
Love the game to death and have probably bought it a bunch of times as well. It's strange that your experience with it is so similar to mine :P I also feel like I truly have gotten somewhat good since Definitive edition. There is something about the quality of life improvements that makes it more fun to get good at.
How is it that just a few days ago i watched his Total war videos and i was like “man i wish there was more of this on his channel” then boom age of empires vid posted 3 hourss ago. Google isn’t just listening Phill is too.
The biggest tournament of the fall is being hosted by MembTV right now. King of the desert 3. $50,000.00 prize pool. Surprise surprise that T90 wouldn't have the class to mention it but stopped by to honk his own horn.
I played the game with a friend recently and we had the same AI impression you had at the end of the video :D The bots used to fight until their last castle is destroyed.
![Beginner guide to the first 15 villagers [AoE2]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/O7zaXjaJVWM/mqdefault.jpg)
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Wait, what are T90 Farms???
Wait, who are you?
@@zongaaa6673 XDDDDD
when worlds collide 8)
Atleast he didn't mention 3 archery ranges ;)
o shit it's the legend himself
"I even know what T90 farms are"
Phillip probably knows what Forest Nothing is and what the Fatslob strategy is. And that thought makes me happy.
Saw this video in my notification and just assumed it was a T90 video =P
I don't :( please explain to the scum that I am
@@Blazagg Forest nothing is a custom game mode in aoe2 where the whole map is just trees, fatslob is a legendary aoe2 player
@@Blazagg These are popular videos from Age Of Empires caster T90Official. Check him out if you are interested in the Age Of Empires 2 community.
Imagine philip vs fatslob, i need that now.
Comes back from school:
> Opens the PC.
> Boots up AoE 2
> listen to that amazing menu music
> starts new game
> play for an hour or so
> get fed up and type in "howdoyouturnthison" in command
and destroy the enemies.
This is basically nostalgia.
Lived this, but summoning cheat units to destroy everything manually instead. I can't remember what the AoE2 units are, but there are *a lot* in AoE1, from cloaking archers and flying catapult triremes to cars armed with rocket launchers, ED209 from RoboCop and space marines armed with small nukes.
I would play literally all day. Massive games with 7 AI and hunting down every last villager.
We all agree Command & Conquer is better
Age of Empires 3 Definitive Edition 1 vs 6 vs 1 skirmish - Gameplay (PC) - Match 32
ua-cam.com/video/1TBRXXTYaz0/v-deo.html
I rembember sitting on my dads lap while he was playing AOE II when i was too young to play for myself. The beautiful music in this game always brings me back to that time.
Same! Then I remember a few years later everyone was playing terrible mobile games which made you wait like 100 hours just for a wall upgrade and never understood how that's supposed to be fun. AOE2 is amazing, and I didn't remember much about it until I noticed it on Steam and recognised the visuals and music.
Same here but swap the dad with grandpa
@@Crusher29 Granpa? how old is he at the time?
@@evvec1490 About 65 at the time, he still plays the game to this day
@@ark2819 Yeah i actually bought him the DE for Christmas this year
When you mentioned T90 farms I couldn't help but smile gosh
What are T90 farms?
@@Smikkelboy69 absolutely perfect social distancing of your farms. You dont wanna spread... fires.
@@Smikkelboy69 T90 is an AoE2 caster, has one of the biggest AoE2 centric channels on UA-cam, and he's legendary for placing farms in the most inefficient ways possible
He was a very very bad player that doesn't know the game when he started casting and have improved somewhat after tutored by some of the best players
@@Peizxcv That's harsh, don't know if you are trolling though
Oldschool Runescape and Age of Empires will never die
unlike your quest guide career ;P
once VR becomes the main way to play games, they will be nothing but a fart in the wind
@@pitchblack1012 after what zuckerberg did to oculus, that age is decades away from now
Please remove the biohazard quest from your channel! I wont forget the part in which you mentioned to bring the rope as an annotation the moment you forgot it as well... It has been 3/4 years since... Anyway the gilnour games are awesome ;)!
Man soup might not be the most respected quest guide maker for OSRS, but he sure has good taste in UA-camrs. That fact alone makes him based in my eyes.
Age of Empires 2 - The Game That Keeps on Selling
By the time Age of Empires 5 is out, Age of Empires 2.2 Definite Edittion 2050 edittion will roll out.
@@ThatTonnatoTenrec They have literally done only two reissues.
Age Of Empires 2 HD which was back in 2012 and totally sucked compared to the original game.
Age Of Empires 2 DE which is great, is very cheap and effectively is a total remake.
Please, tell me. What makes you say above?
@@albinlindvall6165 Fixed, wanted it to say year 2050 not, 250 rereleases. The road its going there seems like its going to be more, tho i don't know why you got off to it so much. I don't think its bad or anything.
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Funny how 20 years have passed and people still talk about farm placements
IF YOU DON'T PINWHEEL YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG !
The only civ that doesn't need to worry about farm placements is the Khmer, because they don't need to drop farm food off to a gather point.
Or possibly the Malay in a map that has water. Because then there'd be Fish Trap placement arguments.
Gets a 3080: plays AOE2
damn you Philip.
Well the game can get pretty demanding, even more demanding then civ 6
@@chillhour6155 its not demanding its not optimized. Yes even if pop cap 300 with 6 players, trade card pathing and boats lag the game
Try play 8 teams with 500 population.
@@loafofbread9400 uh... the end result of poor optimisation is that it's demanding, bud.
AoE II is my first ever game I've played. It's truly a masterpiece
For me it was EA's "LHX Attack Chopper" and "Chuck Yeager's Air Combat", truly forgotten games.
Mine too!
The first time i moved a mouse was in aoe 2
Would you kindly stop making me feel old?
Aww
Keep making videos on whatever you're interested in, it always makes for the best content.
Seeing that you like playing against AI I can whole heartedly recommend the campaign missions to you. They are more diverse than normal AI matches with beautiful maps and interesting stories to them and they mostly leave it up to you on how you want to beat them.
Except when you lose right before the end of a 4 hour mission because your hero died without you realising... For the 3rd time in a row...
@@spaasm717 they have autosave every few minutes so this won't be a problem anymore
can you play the campaign missions with friends?
@@RoastCDuck DE implement new AI tho.
i finally started the campaigns last year, took me about 10 months playing on and off to beat them all on hard. i too highly recommend them, they're great fun and they made me a much better player, particularly my micro which was previously non existent. the campaigns will force you to learn how to control units. finishing le loi's final fortress was emotional
Thank you saying that about fixed iso perspective, I've been saying it for years, if they can recreate the look and feel of fixed iso with 3d models it'll be great
PotatoMcWhiskey I know! That’s literally the only reason I prefer 2 to 3!
SC2 actually got close now that I think of it. Not perfect but better than most. They managed to eliminate the sense of depth which is the largest reason why most 3d rts, like COH etc, feel less tangible than the 2d ones.
Divinity Original Sin 2 gives off the same kind of feeling I believe. It's 3d with tons of attention to the world, any angle you put the camera it looks amazing
Aoe2 is definitely a slept on esport, it has an amazing community that started from actual grass roots and is trying really hard to get recognized.
I hope they make it, I love 'em
The games are great to watch too. The way pros cage enemy units with walls and gates is hilarious.
I've always been of the opinion that AOE2 deserved all the success that Starcraft enjoyed in the past two decades. Hopefully it will continue grow into the success it deserves.
its weird to think that strategy games havent evolved that much from these days, of course Ground control and such graphical/movie directory type new stuff but basic core of game hasnt, that is mechanics.
@@effexon I mean look at tactical shooters, their core mechanics and principles haven't evolved either. CS is the same game it was more than 20 years ago and it's still going incredibly strong. Top 3 Esports game easily. And in some metrics more successful than LoL or Dota 2.
I don't think games necessarily need to evolve to stay relevant
@@ptg_st3v3oh62 to be fair, CS today is a very different game now than it was in 1999. Back then there was no bomb defuse mode(and by extension none of the maps we know today), there were only like 9 guns in the game, the m4 had a scope and an unremovable silencer, dropped guns stayed on the ground round-to-round, the extent of bunnyhopping was comical, etc. It didn't really start taking the shape we know it as today until late 2000/early 2001.
i remember screaming for my parents to type "pepperoni pizza" over and over again because there were elephants wrecking my town and i did not know how to type fast enough, let alone copy paste..
they had to hurry too, because i had no clue how to pause the game..
Ah, so you played aoe1. Cool. :-) Did/ do you play aoe2 as well?
@@tilbardaga9827 i did and still do, also played aoe3, but that one is too much like warcraft to me..
I have no words for this game, really. Too good. My teenage years were a lot better because of it. I think it's also one of the reasons why I got a degree in history.
i played it on my grandpa's pc but now i got my own and i cant afford the game :(
@@andreisz.1679 there’s always sales going on here and there
I've put hundreds of hours into AoE2 in the past 6 or 7 years since I discovered the community, after having only played it as a kid in the 00's. I've also put in thousands of hours into watching casts and POV games during that time, and especially with DE, I _still_ can't get enough of it. Seeing you make a video about it and referencing T90 is a highlight of my day!
There's no need to be scared of matchmaking. Even if you're a complete disaster, when you settle into your true rating your opponent will be equally incompetent, which creates its own kind of fun. :)
I can only second this. Especially after seeing some clips of his gameplay I think he is more than ready to start playing match making
And then T90 will cast your gameplay!
Ah yes
I missed the days of ignorance
Where there's no meta guide
The time of 'I have bigger army than yours'
@@ArariaKAgelessTraveller There's more to it? xD
Smurfs though
AoE was my dad's first ever computer game back in the 90's, he's 55 now and we still hold our all night LAN nights where we play AoE, Starcraft and WARCRAFT 3. Rts games will always have a place in my heart.
To me it's Civilization, WH40K Dawn of war, and Homeworld, those games are so nostalgic to me and will always be part of my childhood
Along with other 90's games like Quake, Unreal tournament and the first Tomb Raider
2:32 Horse moonwalk
7:03 2kliksphilip and 3kliksphilip playing together
Fun fact: The moonwalk bug is still present in DE. It makes me happy
It was originally patched out of HD but people liked it so much they put it back in.
Just bought the definitive edition a few days ago. If you’re new, go watch Spirit Of The Law, great UA-camr.
I also have it,great game! Such a shame my friends don't like it.
T90Official is also fun to watch imo
@@AHappyCub I will check both out
you can check out T West's videos as well they are really helpful he covers many game mechanics so we can understand them better
@@adnanhuzaifa6391 Thanks!
I'm searching for games to play with my friends with who have lesser hardwares. People on Reddit keep talking about how AOE2 is a great game and can run even on a toaster. Watching your video convinces me that this might be the right choice. Will try the game in the coming future.
2kliksphilip mentioning t90 farms is something I never thought I would hear.
2kliksphilip telling us how good he s become while showing a video with zero hotkey usage. I think 2kliksphilip could be a Low Elo Legend.
I think he can probably manage 1000 elo on matchmaking if he tries hard enough. His eco looked decent and micro was also good.
He uses hotkeys
He was using control groups as well
"a video with zero hotkey usage"...... 00:00 Yeah. Because villagers queue themselves in this game. /s
Holy shit WHAT?! I cannot believe you covered AOE2 bro like what a pleasant surprise.
I know how time-consuming writing captions is, so I really appreciate you writing captions for literally all of your videos. From someone who has some trouble processing language at times.
I wonder how much you'd enjoy Company of Heroes (1) Phillip. I absolutely love turtling and building massive armies in both AoE 2 and 3, so you'd think I'd enjoy CoH a lot less. I have to say though, its super cool in its own right. Instead of turtling by building a massive base (its pretty limited) you build huge multi-layered fortifications of barbed wire, sandbags, and machinegun nests. I honestly think you'd love the British, with their death incarnate 17 pounders and Firefly's. But what makes it so cool is the physicality of it. In AoE an arrow feels like this floaty little thing that does basically nothing, but in CoH you can watch individual tank round bounce off the armor of a Tiger or burst through the wall of a building; destroying it. I know you love destruction and just seeing maps get absolutely torn to pieces is extremely enjoyable. Honestly I think a video of you just showing bits of the map getting blown to bits by artillery is peak Phillip.
Nice to see that Philip knows about one of my favourite games
I remember when we were given our first computer back in 2007 with Windows 95 as the os, I used to watch my brother play AoE2, Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 + 2 as well as one of the Settlers games all day long. The music of these games hits me more than any others and just watching them takes me back to those much simpler times. Amazing video
it was fine until the end where I heard YOU DONT PLAY WITH FOG OF WAR
Watching how the AI plays is really fun for casual players.
i used to play a crap ton of this game back in primary school cos that was the only game on my teachers laptop during after school care.
The Age 2 soundtrack has been burned in my mind ever since the first time popping the disc into my PC.
Thank you for making this video! CSGO and AoE2 are two of my favourite multiplayer games and e-sports! I no longer play them as often as I should, but I love them both a lot.
Can we now appreciate that 2kliksphilip now uses the meta build order instead of that weird thing in his total war video
It's really nice to watch AoE videos with 4k quality.
I've watched a lot of your videos and yet this is literally the only one covering a game I've played.
play the other game's he's covered then :)
the AAA industry heckling outside : "graphics are the future, if things arnt overwatch or league at their core then people wont play it"
me playing aoe, leaning out my bedroom window for the 20th year in a row :
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The fuck league is a game that pushes functionality over graphics. It has more in common with age of empires with the AAA market. They don't go for high fidelity over bearing graphically gamelan but rather a simple art style that can run on most pcs.
Great video. Devs definitely hit something magical with it. I used to play AoE 1 so much when I was a kid. The music, the feeling, the art, the aesthetic. Million different scenarios and outcomes, never gets boring. I never grew to like newer versions, but I played them. I can understand the passion for it though, I am just so used to 1 that all the others don't feel "natural". And as you said, no other series lasted so long and stood the test of time.
AoE1 needed so much QoL from aoe2 but they totally flopped on it, which is sad because I also love aoe1
Almost 600k subs! You really deserve them!
This game was my childhood. Greatest strategy game ever made
I used to play the hell out of AOE2.
I remember as a kid i was messing around in the map editor but couldn't read and didn't know I was creating neutral units so i kept wondering why I couldn't fight
I've always had a fond memory of this game as a small child my dad would play this game while watching me in the computer room and I'd watch him build and do things and I'd always be happy when he'd focus on the train
"Maybe, one day, I'll play with fog of war." Made me spill my drink bro.
Love that you made a vid on this game really is og
It's good to see your channel giving this game the attention it deserves!
yess finally some big UA-camr is showing this game ...... thanks man
I love the soundtrack name "Woman peeling potatoes" from Tree of Saviour
I remember watching your older videos on this game, it's a common theme throughout the 2kliks video franchise
Hey Philip,
I normally don't comment on your videos, but im a regular viewer and I love your content.
Keep it up bro!
When you started talking about how you became good at the game and everything that followed it, I immediately remembered Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance Forever and the similar experience it gave me whilst playing it
What a gem SupCom was... I miss having good RTS games coming out
"I even know what T90 farms are" hahaha. Ever tried forest nothing?
What's forest nothing?
@@Cortanakya a map that has no gold, stone or food but lots of trees. so you have to trade wood to get those resources.
@@Cortanakya look up "T90 forest nothing" on youtube, it's a map where everybody starts with a towncenter on a map filled with trees, they have to use the market for other resources
I've never been all that good at AOEII, but I played an absolute ton when I was 8 on my old PS2. I've always loved the music.
I'm curious, did you use the controller or a mouse to play? I believe the game did have support for it
@@someperson3090 I used the controller, even if i'd known you could hook up a mouse, I doubt I would've been smart enough to know how. Also, never play it with a controller, its disgustingly clunky
@@Dangle-Oaf As someone who played it on the PC since I was 5, I can only imagine how clunky it can be, especially without hotkeys
Fatslob #1
I'm glad you've decided to do a review on this, I think I mentioned it a while back but the DE is SO good it's worth everyone checking back into it.
I posted this comment before the ad finished running
One day I'll buy the game and play it myself. I've had various versions of it over the years.
It's a really amazing game with a great community! So cool seeing more and more people find the competitive scene
AOE II and LOTR Battle for Middle Earth II were both my childhood. I miss playing both of them with my friends. ;-;
Used to play this game with my dad and uncle when I was little. Very fond memories.
This games makes for a perfect eye candy game to me. Absolutely gorgeous detailed-pixelated style
Philip? You followed me here from CS:GO? Dont tell WarOwl I watch Spirit of the Law now. Oh the betrayal. The heartbreak.
Man YOU keep in giving.
Luv u
Just in case anyone is worried, you can totally select the soundtracks from a dropdown menu in options. There are actually 6 different settings for it. Important stuff.
This came in a box of cereal when I was a kid. You could also get THPS2. My poor cheeks loved it.
You have always been my favourite kliksphillip brother
I was anticipating this video! Good one Phillip.
Its like you've described my life and history loving this game, awesome job 👍
boy you just reminded me about age of empires 2 again
this happens like 4 times a year dont worry
Oh yes
Oh yes
filip making video about game I actually play and care about. Its finally happening, AoE is becoming mainstream
Ultima Online. People still play to this day, 20 years later, on official servers, and tons of third party servers.
I love it everytime you talk about fighting bots, I hate tryharding against players constantly. Games are so sweaty nowadays so often I have a hard time having fun
The thing I love about Age of Empires II is that it has great campaigns, great multiplayer and on top of that a good AI. Like... This is probably my favourite RTS. I grew up playing it like so many others and fortunately, it never truly grew old.
Had no idea you play age of empires 2! That’s awesome! I love this game
Cool video. 1:35 We called this back in the Zone "the sim city type of player" 😉😄
This video sparks joy, now I want to see Viper say badaboom after planting on Dust2
Been playing AOE2 since '01 and man, it's so nice to see it remastered. Definitive Edition actually fixed everything that the game really needed!
I honestly would love to watch full matches of yours.
I really didn't know people still play it, I spend my childhood with all my cousins playing this game. Ah those were the days!
I spend like half of my childhood in this game
The first love is the deepest, I’ll always love this game more then any other.
I first played the trial version on PC in 2006 or around then. I love it dearly.
the matchmaking is really fun, would highly recommend
also it's fairly easy to make your own AI for the game (not a good one though) so that's worth a few hours tinkering with imo
I used to play this game online back when it first game out around 2000 on a site they called MSN gaming zone. My parents phone bill was so huge, thanks to this game lmao. But I could never see myself getting back into this game again though, cause i know how good players can be at it online, and I could never re-train myself to get to being that good again.
Tbh I feel the same way about Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth 2 (and 1). Where you could actually try and recreate helms deep lol
They were some of the best games I ever played, Oodles of fun, but no where near as complex as AOE, shame they're no longer supported for multiplayer. But the AI has always been fun
Good video man, hope you're having a great day
Another fascinating lecture... here we go again :)
AoE2 is one of those games me and my friends always come back to.
I love this game, used to play it with my dad when I was younger, and I still do.
So glad you did a video on AOE2
One of my best memories is playing this with two friends in our uni hall, all controlling one civ.
Here i am thinkingyou just made CS videos.
glad this video showed in the recommendations.
bruh the music just makes me smile, used to watch my dad play this and quake 2 when i was a kid and now i kick his ass on both :)
Love the game to death and have probably bought it a bunch of times as well. It's strange that your experience with it is so similar to mine :P I also feel like I truly have gotten somewhat good since Definitive edition. There is something about the quality of life improvements that makes it more fun to get good at.
How is it that just a few days ago i watched his Total war videos and i was like “man i wish there was more of this on his channel” then boom age of empires vid posted 3 hourss ago. Google isn’t just listening Phill is too.
you might want to consider giving that campaign a chance. AoE2 had one of the best single player campaigns of all time (including expansions)
The biggest tournament of the fall is being hosted by MembTV right now. King of the desert 3.
$50,000.00 prize pool.
Surprise surprise that T90 wouldn't have the class to mention it but stopped by to honk his own horn.
Philip is finally playing AoE2 again let's gooo
Everyone should upload more in 4K, this is great
@@2kliksphilip just keep your head away further 4head
2kliksphilip kidnapped 3kliksphilip to force him make AoE gameplays
I played the game with a friend recently and we had the same AI impression you had at the end of the video :D
The bots used to fight until their last castle is destroyed.
Just like Forrest Gump once said "life is like 2kliksphilip channel, you never know what he is going to upload next"
God this makes me feel old. AoE was my childhood