

Six different civilisations ages/regions are available to play in. Uh oh, not a good start - so the freemium game is released and immediately you can't buy anything? Probably for the best - see the amounts involved below. The music and graphical effects are attractive and do add atmosphere, but (in my opinion) you've really got to be an RPG or 'sim' fan to make any headway here: As with other 'civilisation' games, especially those of a freemium nature, it's all about juggling numbers and stats, with multiple currencies, metrics, characters, resources, all to keep track of. You'll get the idea from the in-game screenshots here. Take command, and make your mark on history! Outsmart your attackers and outplay your victims to earn achievements and climb to the top of the leaderboards. Over the ages, you’ll research technology, live through famous battles, and recruit a variety of heroes to your side, including Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, and Joan of Arc. Then, train an army to raid other cities, and command them in battle to dismantle your opponents’ defenses. Upgrade your keep, fortify your walls, and garrison defensive troops to protect yourself from marauders. Choose from one of several civilizations, including the Britons, Teutons, and Kievan Rus. The titles are historical real-time strategy games, and their gameplay revolves around two main game modes: Single player and campaign.Īnyway, Ages of Empires: Castle Siege is coming for PC Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 in September 2014.Age of Empires®: Castle Siege invites you to guide your empire through the Medieval Era on your Windows PC or touch screen device. Since then, seven titles and three spin-offs have been released. The first title of the series was Age of Empires, released in 1997. In my Opinion Age of Empires 2 and 3 was really amazing games and develop an “Age of Empires 4” keeping the roots from “Ages of Empires “was not really a hard thing to do and certainly would be a great game for Microsoft.Īnd if you never heard about Age of Empires before:Īge of Empires is a real-time strategy series of games, developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Studios.

Microsoft was announced before that was working on a new Age of Empires title, but… Ok, maybe the game is not really “stupid” and maybe the game is good, but again Microsoft is just making a bad use of the name Age of Empires and this time the game is a”Tower Defense” / “Tower Attack” style and is everything less “Age of Empires” from what we know.
