Age of Empires II Definitive Edition: Conquer the World on Xbox?

Game news Age of Empires II Definitive Edition: Conquer the World on Xbox?

A bold bet…

The idea comes as a surprise to any gamer who has already played a game in the saga, but, yes, Age of Empires II Definitive Edition on Xbox Series and Xbox One, it doesn’t seem natural. As a timeless character in the real-time strategy (RTS) game on PC, The Age of Saga has built a solid reputation. However, The genre isn’t initially intended to be played on consoles. The last existing port with a controller in hand, more than 10 years ago, had not been a great success. It has to be said that the STR works much better with a mouse and keyboard on your computer. The precision of the mouse when selecting troops and the multitude of possible shortcuts with the keyboard offer combinations that are difficult to imitate on consoles.

… for a successful and pleasant playability?

So is this version of the Xbox Series and ONE available since January 31st the good surprise we were expecting? for the occasion we can say that this risky bet was successful. With this console version, the studio offers us a unique title that is much more than a simple port.” If you want to know more, the gameplay details of this version of Age of Empires II are detailed in the video chronicle at the beginning of the article.

And you will feel the difference between PC and console gamers. When watching an Xbox player game, you may see some stiffness in the pointer movement. A defect inherent in the controls of the joysticks, but largely compensated by the fluidity of the interfaces specially presented for the occasion. Finally, the gap between the two environments fills up naturally with the innovations this Xbox version brings. Even if not all controls are optimal, the result is still largely satisfactory and we get the hang of it after hours of gaming.