The RPS opinion is worth more than most other sites' combined. Mods should read the comments on the article for some nice feedback.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/26/wot-i-think-age-of-empires-online/#more-71234
|||Some great quotes:
'I guess that’s what I thought about the game and that’s all I can really say to you. Age of Empires Online is good. But it isn’t Utopia.'
'- On the implementation of many points-based systems of earning to which the world owes nothing and is made a poorer place in which to live.
Points. Numbers. Points. These are the spinal cord of any MMO and many games besides. Age of Empires Online is in love with points.'
|||The game itself is great but the grinding just killed it for me during the beta. Has it improved to any extent? or is it still several hours in you find yourself finally being able to go to the 2nd age.
- Trillbysays:08/26/2011 at 13:51
Nah, you get to the 2nd age lickety-split. But that is where I left it too, because the slow pace and the lamentable level design (kill 8 towers; collect 500 wood; build 10 spearmen), and also the total lack of any compelling narrative put me off. At least in the traditional WoW clone, you quickly build a sort of relationship with your character – here, you are simply following orders ad infinitum.
In Utopia, there are Celts."
An overall favourable review.
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