Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Reviews
One thing should be said right from the start: "Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition" is and remains an excellent strategy game with an incredible number of hours of play for strategy fans. We think it's great that a piece of video game history has made it to consoles, even if you have to make some compromises when it comes to controls. So, unsurprisingly, for hardcore purists, there's no reason to play the game on console instead of PC. But that's not necessary, because it is precisely through the availability in Gamepass that the game reaches a new audience, which now has a chance to experience a classic of video game history at its best.
Review in German | Read full review
If with Age of Empires II HD Edition Forgotten Empires has extended the life of ten years to the popular strategic Microsoft of 1999, this Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is very likely to do the same.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is remaster of classic strategy game, still popular among many. It introduces remastered graphics, brand new civilizations, many modern mechanics and new campaigns. It's a must-play of every strategy buff.
Review in Polish | Read full review
Maintaining the base of what it was, but innovating with technical and graphic improvements, we find a game that maintains its essence, but it adapts to the current situation in an impeccable way, which makes it together with the new civilizations and campaigns, and to a good multiplayer support, let's have a great strategy game.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
The definitive edition of Age of Empires II has been made with a lot of love and care for the original – the nostalgia it creates in itself is almost a form of time travel. The passion Forgotten Empires and Microsoft have for this title really shines through. Though there are some performance issues, which hampers the experience a little bit, overall this is a remaster done the right way and fills me with hope for the eventual release of Age of Empires IV.
Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition is an excellent effort at bringing back an absolutely classic genre defining title and preparing it for years to come.
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is exactly what it says it is. For all the effort that’s gone into this, it’s kind of insane to get all this game for a mere $20. It plays incredibly well, looks even better, and hasn’t aged a day. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is next to perfect. It’s time to strategize like it’s 1999.