@Sylva Old games seem to have resurgence in general lately, be it sequels or reboots. Doom, Spellforce, AoW, Knights of Honor, Baldur's Gate...

I expect BG3 to be crap from the nature of things, but it's made by Larian so maybe we'll get a nice surprise

Yeah but even then AoE2 is an anomaly

it's the original game, from like 1999, but the competitive scene is larger than ever, the level of gameplay has never been higher, and streams of the game reach thousands of viewers.

It's so strange and cool

The company that owns it (Microsoft I think?) has even realized that the game is undergoing a renaissance and will be launching dedicated servers for it in October

Yeah it's because they released a HD version

Its a 20 year old game
Raking in more money than ever.
It's unheard of

So it generated more bucks

No one is playing the original disc copy

guys
bros
dudes
n words
what if
*hits DMT*
phones r bad?
damn bro

Im not sure how many of the original disc copies are even playable now, lol.

But the actual gameplay has changed little beyond the addition of new material

I inherited aoe 1 and 2 from my grandfather and won aoe 3 as a result of a school competition

And then my friend bought me a copy of aoe 3 on steam

So they've never made a dime off me

Well, there are almost no RTS these days that aren't crap (hoping KoH2 will change that up) so no wonder people are going back decades to play the good ones

^

Though of course, KoH is a grand strategy, AoE is a skirm, and those are basically dead <:GWmythiFeelsBadMan:391321619748093972>

RTSs are dead

The it guy at my uni gave me a copy of windows for free when I told him I was building my pc

embrace dotka

I miss command and conquer

So Microsoft has never made a dime off me

@Ayylmao Long live shooty light RPG survival crafting arena "mmo"

All it needs is some QTEs

I haven't really played any new games

I never liked AoE that much, but I loved Age of Mythology. Also Rise of Nations <:ahegon:566797166258028548>

Not since corporate got hold of the game industry

The newest game I play on a regular basis is aoe 3

Anyone knows Seven Kingdoms, btw? The first game was a pretty regular stuff, the second one added seven tribes of monsters because fuck it, why not <:pot_of_kek:544849795433496586>

I got into AoE2 as a kid because I liked the ability to make your own campaigns/stories

As an adult i play it multiplayer

San andreas I also play

The newest game I played recently is nigga simulator

Also known as Mafia III

San andreas is arguably the best game ever made

It would be good if you cut most of the "gameplay" which consists of running around the city and shooting dudes

Was like 5 years ahead of its time

>implying SA is somehow better than VC

@Xaverius can't swim cuckold

Sure, it has more stuff and The Truth, but the graphics somehow got worse

Swimming is only useful for collecting horseshoes, reee