A lot of people seem to only focus on the competitive multiplayer side of this game. It's great and all, but people seem to forget how much single player content this game has. The campaigns are very fun and also surprisingly varied in gameplay.
Agreed. I think aoe2 is the best single player rts, even better than warcraft 3, starcraft, homeworld and other strategy games memorable for their campaigns
I've been playing this game for years and I still suck ass at it despite knowing a lot of the meta, like build orders and basic strategies around economy and military macro-management.
Also, this is one of the biggest time sink games ever. The last time I played a 4v4 random map against Hard AI opponents, the game lasted 6 and half hours, thanks to constant stalements, since everyone also had trade going on so nobody ran out of resources.
i played this game to death when i was a kid way before i even knew the term "rts", or even that "competitive multiplayer" was something people did. i just loved building things and amassing the army units. i don't do multiplayer but i'm really interested in trying the single player in this again soon.
i will never get tired of this game
Also, this is one of the biggest time sink games ever. The last time I played a 4v4 random map against Hard AI opponents, the game lasted 6 and half hours, thanks to constant stalements, since everyone also had trade going on so nobody ran out of resources.