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MarkMe2525
Banned
I generally agree with not wanting to use controller. In saying that, one of my fondess memories is when my childhood friend and I had extension cables running through his house so our PS1 could get close enough to attach the console link cables. We stayed up till daylight playing Command and Conquer Red Alert.
One round, I created a great wall of Tesla coils. IIRC, I must have had 100 of them and he didn't build any aircraft. I wiped the floor with him all night
.Found this by a MS spokesman:
"PC versions will be getting the very same benefits, including controller support, crossplay with consoles and cloud gaming support."
Hope it'll be there at launch. "will be" can be anything and in times of road maps and unfinishes games and releases with many features only being added later on I'd be not surprised.
Really want to play co-op with a buddy this weekend who only got an Xbox, which I don't have.
diffusionx
Gold Member
I remember playing Starcraft 64 with my friend. We had both played the PC version but yea, it was actually fun.I generally agree with not wanting to use controller. In saying that, one of my fondess memories is when my childhood friend and I had extension cables running through his house so our PS1 could get close enough to attach the console link cables. We stayed up till daylight playing Command and Conquer Red Alert.
One round, I created a great wall of Tesla coils. IIRC, I must have had 100 of them and he didn't build any aircraft. I wiped the floor with him all night
AOE2 is just an 11/10 game at this point, tons of content, very refined, the DE is extremely well done with smart enhancements like to the AI, but yea, hook up a mouse and keyboard if you can is my recommendation.
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.Pennywise
Banned
That's with the 4k textures on PC also
Freeman76
Member
My download was 341mb but maybe thats not the full game. 31gb sounds a lot for this game
Kilau
Gold Member
I totally forgot the enhanced graphics are separate on PC.
It's still about 5-6GB smaller on PC but it's closer.
It's not the full download yet, won't be available until 9AM PST.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Full download is up, 24.1 GB.
Kilau
Gold Member
Was just going to say that. The listing wasn't correct and is roughly the same size as the PC versions with graphic enhancements installed. Also 10 new achievements, total of 201 now!
Alpha Male
Member
As a console player I have never played Age of Empires before but I always wanted to. It's funny...I've said for many years that the only PC games I felt like I've missed out on are strategy games - mainly Company of Heroes, Age of Empires and Age of Wonders. Now having all those playable on or coming to console soon is awesome!
This game is absolutely F'n GREAT...and I can't wait to play Age of Empires 4 later this year!
This game is absolutely F'n GREAT...and I can't wait to play Age of Empires 4 later this year!
Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
I have it on the Nintendo DS
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Loving those 'treacherous', 'Sly', and 'Evil' English during the tutorial..
Thats right baby, thats right. We're all evil motherfuckers here
Thats right baby, thats right. We're all evil motherfuckers here
iHaunter
Member
It's been on Steam for years. Still play it with my crew. But it's nothing that's new. Looks like they just ported it.
Komatsu
Member
It supports kb/m.
Orbital2060
Member
Ive played through until the Felkirk battle in the Wallace campaign and the controlller layout works really well. Maybe its because AoE2 is simpler than other strategy games. Not that many menus and sub systems to maneuver. But it feels great to play on console and its such a nice laid back game with the music and ambience and battle sounds. Kinda weird to be playing this on a console given its natural habitat on PC but it works.
Punished Miku
Banned
Thats encouraging. I haven't tried it yet but will be playing on controller