For this week’s Dissecting Design, I took an extended look at Age of Empires 2 HD edition to talk about how the RTS has managed to remained popular by focusing on a different form of design compared to the other RTS during the decade.
- 0:00: Intro
- 2:45 — A 1 on 1 with the AI Discussing the general strategy and gameplay
- 53:00 — Age of Empires’ take on faction diversity
- 1:00:59 — What happened to Age of Empires and Ensemble, and my final thoughts.
