I played every version of Age of Empires 2 so you don't have to

[@Drprophetius]

AOE2 on PS2 is actually pretty good when you realize that you can just plug in any mouse or keyboard to your ps2 and it works perfectly. Another game that uses that is HL1, making it a great port. Of course, you could just play it on your PC.

[@sinnombre__]

im pretty sure, back at the time, there were more PS2s than game-oriented PCs.

[@OrinThomas]

Zade's Mum is hiding her affiliation with Nod because she's concerned about GDI agents - so she said AOE instead of C&C

[@arcanlia]

Oh brother, seeing that phone version sended me in a huge trip down memory lane. Amazing content as always Zade!

[@JT874]

As a child who didn't have a PC, AOE2 PS2 was my jam between about 2002-2008 until I got my first PC. I absolutely rinsed that version, despite the awful controls, 100 pop limit and lack of a level editor, I loved it :D

[@davidzolcer4848]

Actually the poo limit for PS2 was 75

[@bishopsarch]

I will always make the argument that AoEII revolutionized the RTS genre and really made it the genre it is today.

[@Zade_95]

it absolutely did

[@WikiHL]

The AoE3 cellphone game was neat. Guess the AoE2 one crawled so that one could walk. And shoutouts to Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

[@Zade_95]

Including SWGB would've been quite funny... it is basically AOE2 after all. I'll be trying the AOE3 Java game next!

[@gesus6613]

Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds. AOEII engine with Star Wars textures.

[@DudeWatIsThis]

I never thought I'd live to hear the words "Java emulator".

[@andreiraresanghel4086]

who tf said that definitive edition was not needed?

[@dawsonreed5251]

Hey @zade if you liked Age of Kings for DS you would love Age of Mythology for DS. Same gameplay but with that mythology feel and extra effects which keep the turn based meta interesting. If any of you are looking for a chess-style challenge I highly recommend giving it a try(: (and thank you for giving turn based AoE the respect it rightfully deserves!)

[@Zade_95]

I've been playing it a bit for another video actually! Agreed, it's quite good

[@DriantX]

Man I wish I knew about the Java (MIDlet?) version of the game back then, it would have kept me entertained for a long time.

[@Pyro-Moloch]

You should do more videos with your mum. That kinda stuff is always fun to watch.

[@CoffeePotato]

Random note, but the original DS carts for AoE2 were super weird. I guess they used some cheaper attachments or something, but for whatever reason, it could crash when you were traveling around. R4s solve this problem.

[@weirdslime262]

As someone who didn't get a PC that could play AOE2 until around 2010, I think, the PS2 version ruled. I still remember my dad's disbelief over the PS2 version even existing when I asked him for a copy of it, lol. I played a lot of Team Island Regicide with my cousins during the school holidays, passing the controller around every 10 minutes or so.

[@thenayancat8802]

Should've really put AoC with UserPatch on here, given that's how the competitive scene played for about 10 years. I bet you can still find grumpy people to play against on Voobly, too

[@nathane5287]

Fun quirky video! Some nice gags had me chuckling, thanks

[@BeerInHandVball]

You should have mentioned Voobly that maintained the pro scene for a long time, even when HD came out. And that it had its own updates patches expansions etc

[@gkx4x]

Remember playing the ps2 version with mouse and keyboard when my old pcs broke or when the new pc i got (which were most of the time my cousins hand me downs) didnt have it preinstalled.

[@brilliantmonarch]

I had no idea AOE2 was on PS2. I need a copy. Good video.

[@Zade_95]

Thank you :)

[@Casketkrusher_]

The PS2 port was the first version I played of AOE2 before I got it on PC, I was mainly a console gamer at the time.

[@greystash1750]

First experienced aoe2 on ps2… What an introduction to one of the best games of all time

[@plasmadrone3123]

bro, you did whaaaat? O__O IMPRESSIVE!!

[@ROBOHOLIC1]

This game's got an identity and feel thats forever sealed into my memory.

[@M.F.Hafizhan]

Man, I loved the java AoE III port.

[@kesiazezebajki1982]

I played a TON of AOE3 on my mobile phone and it was a blast. I tried AOE2 as well, but 3 was a bit more polished. And they even added the simplified version of shipments (those cards you send from your homecity) from the original game. It was way easier to play it using actual phone. I even tried AOE3: Asian Dynasties on the phone, but it was a bit harder and I quickly decided to stick with the original. Although Asian Dynasties was fun in a sense that it added 3 civs you could play as: Japan, China and India. They even had two campaigns, if I recall correctly, about wars in Korea. Ahh, the memories.

[@AlphaSquadZero]

> HD Edition was well loved > The frequency bugs and game dropping creating the meme "Thanks HD" You did a good job on this video, all the same.

[@LeoDGH1]

I remember when my parents bought me Age of Empires 2 for my 9th birthday... That was 23 years ago...

[@AntonSlavik111]

I am glad AoE2 DE came out because i played the CD versions into the ground but never really played the HD version for one reason or another but i have played a ton of DE and i am really happy to see some of AoE 1 campaigns starting to come over.

[@davidromeroblaya7920]

I remember playing the Java version in my phone. Right in the feelings.

[@elfelganor]

Oooo.. gr8 vid!. I never knew there were so much versions of AOEII! I remember a few years after the Conquerors Expansion, I found a AOEII clone, Star Wars branded! Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds! Not a bad clone, and was definitely fun; especially if someone is a Star Wars fan. I also remember being a bit annoyed with the release of AOEIIDE as I at that time bought the HD edition. But the upgrades of DE was worth it after a while.

[@lightningv46]

After covering a DS game here, any plans to look at the advanced wars games? They're sweet

[@SKiBOiDawah]

when I had the Ps2, I could fix the cursor problem by plugging in the mouse!, and yes it worked flawlessly !

[@avcan]

Awesome video. Really enjoyed this one 👍

[@Zade_95]

thanks avcan! like your plane

[@onEmEmbErstudios]

I did played the Age of Empires 2 mobile phone version once and the AoE3 as well. I was... something else. The AoE3 was actually really good

[@ArchOfWinter]

I'm actually surprised the game wasn't ported to even more platform. Not even a iPhone/Android/Windows Phone release? In my mind, AoE2 is the strategy game version of RE4/Doom of being ported to everything.

[@PandaXclone2]

I would probably say your segment on the PS2 version needs to be revisited. Not only because you emulated the game instead of using real hardware (which could explain any performance drops you're suffering), but also because this version _actually_ _had_ proper keyboard and mouse support when you plugged them into the USB ports. The only real valid concern I can see otherwise is the resolution being too small.

[@incaseofimportantnegotiations]

for someone ho cleraly wasn't born in the 80 you really should research that no one ever said feature phone, at least not in the real orld, and phones that had colour displays polyphony could play moviies could play mp3 had internet and could run games were called smartphones, the apple clones were called touch phones to distinguish from PPC and smartphones

[@TheRealSpeedWolf]

Hello there, I am a Men of War player and a veteran of the series, having been with it for nearly 20 years. Do you still need help with that?

[@mmcb2910]

I suppose I should finally get around to playing this game at some point. But which version should I use? I doubt I have a PS2 :(

[@youmukonpaku3168]

Galactic Battlegrounds is the version you should use

[@BlitzDragoon7115]

Age of Empires is one of the RTS greats.

[@michaelgabrielpalanas56]

you should do a review on battle realms bro, it's a classic RTS from the 2000's era that has acult following.

[@Majorwindy]

I had the DS version - it was a good time

[@incaseofimportantnegotiations]

aoe2ps2 is literally the same aoe2 but lower resolution and well patched against teutons tc and patched against castle-building fishing boats almost same controls with k+m same maps same everything. some voicelines inside campaigns are missing

[@diego2817]

Age 2 DE is one if not rhe best RTS currently, it just destroys age od disney IV

[@HistoricalWeapons]

Aoe mobile 2005 still better than the modern version

[@benhayward2597]

In terms of brand recognition I think the only game that comes close or perhaps exceeds it is civ

[@pyroshilov8474]

It may be the nostalgia kicking in but i remember AoE2 on the console to be quite good for it's time. Not the greatest game for playing on a tiny CRT and whenever the game loaded it sounded like a Nuclear reactor going into meltdown but a more than welcome substitute for someone who didn't have a PC yet As for the noise that came off it...damn. trying to play it in the early mornings was a challenge

[@nawfalmisconi1287]

What nugget sauce is that? Be careful, you will be judged based on your answer.

[@Zade_95]

sweet and sour boss

[@CompleteAnimation]

You said every version, but you neglected to show off the Xbox version of the Definitive Edition!

[@CrispyRoboChicken]

The best version of AOE2 was Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds. I am still waiting for a definitive edition of that😢

[@Zade_95]

you'll love the next video

[@BaDitO2]

I had the oldschool mobile version

[@Daveforever]

you have a very comfy looking shirt m8

[@aaronarguijo8293]

my brother showed me de and content on it till we got pcs to play it and it is amazing my brother played when it was age of kings edition I hope it really grows and establish a good culture whith our lord daut as our leader

[@jianaguelo7684]

Is AoE2:TC great like AoE2:AoK?

[@nuttyjawa]

AKSHAULLY - you missed out the Age of Empires Expandable card game based on AoE2: Age of Kings - pffffft do your research 🤪. srsly great vid as always

[@Zade_95]

Umm AKSHUALLY I am aware of it.... It's going into another video soon and I am not kidding Thnx g

[@nuttyjawa]

🤣@@Zade_95

[@tsartomato]

try and stop me

[@davidpalmer5967]

Can use a Mouse for PS2

[@eleven2435]

Speaking of 2 (You know AOE 2, PS 2), would You give a try for another 2? StarCraft 2? 😉

[@Zade_95]

At some point!

[@eleven2435]

😁

[@CammieRacing]

The DS versions seems similar to Advance Wars

[@creativefox7221]

AOE3 on Mobile (Java) was pretty good, I never liked the 2 tho

[@patrickhammer207]

I loved the mobile version of AOE3, but it was kinda jank

[@SkyFly19853]

On Nokia... 🤔

[@incaseofimportantnegotiations]

someone never beat dune2 sega warcraft 2 playstation or native sega rts games not ports

[@incaseofimportantnegotiations]

the best pathfinding the series has seen in aoe1 aoe3 aom age of star wars aoe1de aoe3de aomex aoe4 aoe2 pathfinding is the worst in the whole genre because of the stupid broken formations

[@simonlammens3330]

Bro you forgot the game for nintendo !

[@mementomori1483]

You missed aoe2de on the xbox. compare it to aoe2 ps2

[@Zade_95]

I did think about that one, do wish I'd included it now but there's another video I have in the pipeline that will cover it... ;)

[@incaseofimportantnegotiations]

remapping a gamepad to keyboard is bad? ahahhaha what that's some posterior hands out there. and then aoe2ps2 LITERALLY support usb keyboards and usb mice

[@blackdragoncyrus]

Cute NZ accent, lol.

[@incaseofimportantnegotiations]

tech tree is almost a copy of aoe1 all research was added in DE aok has barely anything

[@randomka-52alligatorthatis34]

But why? Just.....Why? lol.

[@incaseofimportantnegotiations]

11:56 someone have never played games

[@incaseofimportantnegotiations]

pasthfinding in aoe2 is literally 10 times worse than aoe1 even in HD even in DE cossacks, aoe3 and aoe4 are better. starcraft is not

[@incaseofimportantnegotiations]

hd remade and rebalanced half the game expanded all the civs significantly added like 3x the amount of civs and what the hell all that terrible footage? stretched aspect ratio, modified textures, extra low resolution

[@uupdown2]

The xbox version is also pretty crap.

[@chartographer217]

first. nice video.

[@Zade_95]

Hah, thanks!

[@incaseofimportantnegotiations]

aoe1 could even dream of? you show me how you play rome cavalry against carthage elephants or rome archers against anyone or makedonian priests aoe2 added 1 unique unit half of which are fantasy bullshit like franks and that is all it was never brave to remove an entire line from a civ and all th so called improvements were added in DE aok is like a downgrade from aoe in some sense if you like slog and sieges then yes it was an upgradee. aoe1 plays like warcraft and cnc, aoe2 plays like a slog because all units suck at destroying buildings, you always need trebs and rams all the fun and diverse things were added in DE and even then half of it is fantasy bullshit ahem KATAPURUTO

[@redfred004]

Dude, buy a new microphone, I'm begging you, I have to crank my volume up on your videos because your volume is so low.

[@Zade_95]

This is only comment I've received in recent memory that the volume is too low - is it definitely just my videos? What about earlier ones? I'm always balancing to the same Db and it's not the microphone that controls that

[@JustinPrivitera]

@@Zade_95 I have the same experience. The volume on your videos is quite low in my opinion. This has been the case for years at this point.