>>56849973In my biased opinion it's the best RTS game in the history.
Set in medieval ages aka has ground in history, the coolest period of it. Lots of people fondly remember it because the game catapulted them from being mediocre to acing history tests back in school.
It's complex, but understanding basics is rather easy.
Really cool campaigns.
It's still supported by devs, current version is Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition which came out in 2019 and received multiple DLCs adding more civs and campaigns plus it's constantly getting balance patches. Has active pro scene as well if you're into that. Casted pro games of aoe2 completely replaced watching sports for me, this is way better than football.
