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Age of Empires I (Video Game)
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The first game of the Age of Empires series, simply called Age of Empires, was released in 1997. It offered 12 ancient civilizations (Assyria, Babylonia, Choson, Egypt, Greece, Hittites, Minoa, Persia, Phoenicia, Shang, Sumer and Yamato) and was set between the Stone and Iron Ages. The campaigns were set in Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Babylon and Yamato.An expansion pack, Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome, added the Roman Empire and 4 related civilizations (Rome, Carthage, Palmyra and Macedonia). The campaigns were set in Ancient Rome, where the player, depending on the campaign, will side with Rome itself or with their enemies.At E3 2017, the Definitive Edition was announced, an Updated Re-release that was released on February 20, 2018. The game received a drastic art style change as well as a reworking of some of its campaigns. In 2023, the game would receive another remake, this time in the form of an Expansion Pack for Age of Empires II's Definitive Edition named Return of Rome. This version of the game ports the original game to the AoEII Definitive Edition engine, adds three new campaigns (Sargon of Akkad, Pyrrhus of Epirus, and Trajan), and a new civilization for multiplayer (the Lac Viet) alongside balance adjustments. | |
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Isometric Projection | |
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Isometric Projection: The map is diamond-shaped, unlike many contemporary games. The practice was carried on in the sequels, though in them you can rotate the map. | |
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Instant-Win Condition | |
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Instant-Win Condition: Possessing all artifacts or ruins, or having a Wonder survive, for "2000 years", or about 20 minutes in Real Time. | |
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Misplaced Wildlife | |
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Misplaced Wildlife: This particular installment is really bad at this. There are American bald eagles and alligators, despite being set entirely in the Old World (though a relative of the latter could have been seen by the Shang, and people frequently confuse crocodiles for alligators) and while lions, gazelles and elephants fit in the Ancient Middle East they are a very weird vision when you are playing a campaign set in Europe or Japan. They are a carryover from early game development, when the game was entirely set in the Middle East and Greece, before ES/Microsoft realized that they could make more money in East Asia if they also used local civilizations. Though placing lions in Ancient Greece isn't that unrealistic. Herodotus writes in 480 BC that lions were a common sight in Greece, and even attacked Xerxes's troops as they crossed from Macedonia to Greece. They only became extinct there by 100 AD. [1] Crocodile or Alligator, neither reptile has any business being in the Alps. The Egypt campaign features whales in the Nile. All the elephants (wild and tame) are African, but Asian ones would be more familiar to most civilizations in the game. | |
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Power-Up Letdown | |
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Power Up Letdown: It's hard for some players to tell if the Ballista Tower is actually a good upgrade, since its projectiles are stronger but slower than the Guard Tower's arrows. | |
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The Computer Is a Lying Bastard | |
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The Computer Is a Lying Bastard: One of the game's pre-scenario hints for the first scenario in the Glory of Greece campaign, "Land Grab", says "Attack only when you are truly ready; the Dorians are well-prepared for an onslaught.", which could be easily interpreted as "take your time to build your economy before attacking". Maybe it's sufficient on lower difficulties, but on Hardest this is the worst thing you can do as the Dorians will very quickly upgrade their Clubmen into Axemen and send them your way before you can establish your position (and if you attempt to go after Tyrinia first, the Dorians will quickly join in the melee with the intent to melt you). What you should do instead is interpret "when you are truly ready" as "as soon as the scenario begins" and rush them on the spot without even making a Town Center first so that they don't get the chance to become a threat. Just make sure you don't lose all your Villagers, or else you'll have a different problem on your hands. "The Battle of Tunes" in the First Punic War campaign suggested that Long Swordsmen are one of Carthage's best units, alongside Fire Galleys and War Elephants. Carthaginian Long Swordsmen don't have any civ-specific bonuses at all, and units such as Horse Archers and Phalanxes are more useful. | |
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Digitized Sprites | |
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Digitized Sprites: Every unit and building sprite was rendered from CGI models. | |
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Enemy Exchange Program | |
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Enemy Exchange Program: The priests can convert your enemies' units. Their priests can convert yours too. And priests can convert other priests. | |
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Siege Engines | |
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Siege Engines: Catapults and ballistae, as well as their fancier upgrades. | |
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Tactical Rock–Paper–Scissors | |
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Tactical Rock–Paper–Scissors: Infantry > Cavalry > Archers and Siege Engines > Infantry. | |
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Glass Cannon | |
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Glass Cannon: Siege weapons, which can be devastating if used correctly, but require constant support from skirmishing units and priests to heal them. | |
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Boring, but Practical | |
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Boring, but Practical: Axemen are the backbone of most armies, since unlike their Clubmen predecessors, their attack is superior to that of mere villagers, and unlike Swordsmen, they don't cost any gold. Bowmen don't get much in the way of upgrades, but unlike their Improved brethren, they don't cost gold to produce, making them a decent choice for spamming ranged attacks even at advanced ages. | |
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Screw the Money, This Is Personal! | |
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Screw the Money, This Is Personal!: Tributing an enemy AI will trigger the following line: | |
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Foregone Conclusion | |
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Foregone Conclusion: One mission in the expansion has you playing as Hannibal, bringing the elephants over the Alps. You know how it's going to end, even if you win, and the victory text basically says, "Well, you'll be remembered as a genius for this tactic, at least." | |
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Units Not to Scale | |
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Units Not to Scale: This is quite visible when putting units inside Transport Ships; each embarking unit may be the same apparent size as the transport, or even larger. Non-Wonder buildings are a lot shorter than units. | |
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Hero Must Survive | |
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Hero Must Survive: Some unique units trigger your defeat when destroyed. | |
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Damage Is Fire | |
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Damage Is Fire: When buildings take enough damage, they are set aflame, even when they aren't being attacked by weapons that would allow that to happen. Being on fire doesn't cause additional damage, though, it is simply a visual indicator that significant damage has been dealt. Averted with the stone walls: early release pictures of the game showed them on fire, but this was changed in the final release to show gradual degradation instead. | |
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Prehistoria | |
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The only military unit available in the Stone Age is the Clubman, a warrior armed with a spiked club. The only advantage he has over villagers is that he has twice their health points, but since he can't gather resources you have no incentive to train them until the Tool Age, when you will upgrade them to Axemen as soon as possible. | |
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Non-Lethal K.O. | |
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Non-Lethal K.O.: The BabyPrez chat unit, which is an infant on a tricycle, does not die when it's out of HPs, it just falls out of the tricycle and cries, though it still counts as a dead unit. | |
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It's a Wonderful Failure | |
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It's a Wonderful Failure: If you lose or quit a campaign scenario in The Rise of Rome, a short description of the consequences of your failure will be displayed - including a Bond One-Liner ("report to Catapult Unit XIV where you'll get another chance to have an impact on the Carthaginians"). | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness: So many, it has its own page. | |
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Primitive Clubs | |
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Primitive Clubs: The Clubman is a Stone Age Barracks unit which uses a club in order to attack opponents. | |
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Schizophrenic Difficulty | |
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Schizophrenic Difficulty: The Yamato campaign is probably the worst, but all four campaigns have issues with this, even the tutorial campaign. | |
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Scratch Damage | |
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Scratch Damage: Any damage is divided by 5 against buildings so most attacks that aren't from siege weapon will be this. | |
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Speaking Simlish | |
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Speaking Simlish: Units all speak in one fictional language, regardless of civilization, compared to later games that gave more accurate voice clips based on the civilization. "Rogan?" (one of the possible clips a villager uses when selected) and "Wololo!" (one of the priest's clips when converting an enemy) in particular became an ongoing joke. | |
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Improbable Infant Survival | |
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Improbable Infant Survival: The BabyPrez chat unit, which is an infant on a tricycle, is the only unit in the game that doesn't die when it's out of HPs. | |
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Artistic License – History | |
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Artistic License – History: Zig-zagged. The civilizations are designed to fight the same way their historical counterparts did. The Egyptians, for example, are good at farming and have powerful chariots and elephants, but no access to decent siege weapons and infantry. The campaigns follow historical events closely, and there's a decent amount of history which can be learned from the games. Being an RTS game, it doesn't strive to emulate the actual scenarios perfectly, however. | |
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Arrows on Fire | |
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Arrows on Fire: Alchemy, which gives a damage bonus to all ranged attacks (including the fire ships) except for the slingers and changes the relevant projectile sprites to burning equivalents. | |
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Aggressive Play Incentive | |
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Aggressive Play Incentive: The third mission of the trial "Rise of the Hittites" campaign has just one patch of gold ore — across an ocean and solidly in enemy territory. The only way to collect some before it's all gone is to move quickly, ignoring fortifications and non-critical technological advancement in favor of aggressively disabling your immediate neighbor (without time for a thorough cleanup) and launching the first ships you can build to establish a foothold. | |
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Edutainment Game | |
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Edutainment Game: The first purpose of the game is entertainment, but there's plenty of historical information available: the campaigns in the first game dealt with the history of four civilizations - Egypt (the tutorial), Greece, Babylon, and Yamato. While the missions themselves certainly sacrificed historical accuracy for gameplay, the mission intros gave decent background information. Rise of Rome's campaigns covered the history of Rome from both Rome itself and their enemies. | |
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Painfully Slow Projectile | |
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Painfully Slow Projectile: Ballista Bolts fly so slowly that one unit under constant micromanagement can never get hit by them. The AI knows this, and will cheerfully dance its units around all projectiles including arrows. | |
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Carry a Big Stick | |
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Carry a Big Stick: If you are desperate enough to send villagers out to fight from the Stone to the Bronze Age, you will find them wielding a giant bone. The only military unit available in the Stone Age is the Clubman, a warrior armed with a spiked club. The only advantage he has over villagers is that he has twice their health points, but since he can't gather resources you have no incentive to train them until the Tool Age, when you will upgrade them to Axemen as soon as possible. | |
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Marathon Level | |
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Marathon Level: A few, but The Great Hunt is probably the most notable. | |
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Guide Dang It! | |
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Guide Dang It!: Want to know about the civilization tech tree and bonuses? Don't have an external guide or expect such information to be in the game? Good luck remembering them. The Definitive Edition included an in-game tech tree to fix this. | |
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Spiked Wheels | |
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The Scythe Chariots from Rise of Rome deal splash damage when attacking, thanks to their Spiked Wheels. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7784e19b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7784e19b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7784e19b | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7b50237d | type |
Distinction Without a Difference | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7b50237d | comment |
Distinction Without a Difference: The game as one cheat code for losing instantly and one cheat code to kill all the players's units. Because losing all of your units always result in a defeat, both cheat codes are basically the same. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7b50237d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7b50237d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7b50237d | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7c862b8a | type |
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7c862b8a | comment |
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Your AI allies in the random map. The diplomacy mechanic is so flawed that they demand resources from you every few minutes. If you don't, they will declare a war against you and join the enemy's side. Sometimes they even do this out of nowhere if the game stretches on too long. And no, extorting resources from them is ignored at best. Later games fixed this with the "Lock Teams" function and making giving resources optional. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7c862b8a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7c862b8a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7c862b8a | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7dd72460 | type |
Gold-Colored Superiority | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7dd72460 | comment |
Gold-Colored Superiority: Inverted for the "Swordsman" line of unit. The first one is the Short Swordsman, who wears a gold-colored helmet. It upgrades into the Broad Swordsman, which wears bronze-colored armor, and its next upgrade, the Long Swordsman, wears iron armor. Played straight for the Cavalry's upgrade, the Heavy Cavalry. Both the rider and the horse wear golden armor. Return of Rome redesigned the final tier units that look identical to their previous form note previously they were only denoted with a fiery background in their portraits, but they look identical on the map so that they would have gold in their designs. Heavy Cavalry, which was previously gold, was changed to wear silver armor instead. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7dd72460 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7dd72460 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7dd72460 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7deb3fb1 | type |
Crutch Character | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7deb3fb1 | comment |
Crutch Character: Tool Age units (Axemen, Bowmen, Scouts, Slingers) are useful in said age, but lose power quickly when Bronze Age is reached and they cannot be upgradednote the Improved Bowman is not in the same line as the Bowman because it costs gold instead of wood, and prior to Definitive Edition, you needed the Axeman upgrade in order to research Short Swordsman. DE removed these pre-requisites, meaning Short Swordsmen are immediately available upon reaching Bronze Age. Very useful for spamming and if you're low on gold, though. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7deb3fb1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7deb3fb1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7deb3fb1 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7ea2a915 | type |
Animation Bump | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7ea2a915 | comment |
Animation Bump: It's minor, but units introduced in the Rise of Rome expansion have smoother animations than units from the base game. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7ea2a915 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7ea2a915 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_7ea2a915 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_8125d8f6 | type |
Easy Level Trick | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_8125d8f6 | comment |
Easy Level Trick: In "Oppression", the sixth scenario of the Yamato campaign, the goal is to destroy an enemy Government Center guarded by a large number of siege engines while they ask you for a huge sum of gold every few minutes. The quickest way to do this is to send a few villagers to draw fire near the building in question. Thanks to the catapults' Artificial Stupidity and massive splash radius, they will fire shots that hit their own Government Center while being easy for your villagers to dodge, and will win the scenario for you. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_8125d8f6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_8125d8f6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_8125d8f6 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_885a5be7 | type |
Suffer the Slings | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_885a5be7 | comment |
Suffer the Slings: In the expansion, Slingers are available from the Tool Age and onward. They receive bonuses against archers and base defences, with the latter making them mildly successful at raiding, but become obsolete almost immediately since they receive very little in the way of useful upgrades once the Bronze Age is reached. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_885a5be7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_885a5be7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_885a5be7 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_8a9eb844 | type |
Perspective Flip | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_8a9eb844 | comment |
Perspective Flip: An interesting case of this in Definitive Edition. In the sequel, there is one mission where you play as the Huns during the Battle of the Catalaunian Fields. Definitive Edition has reworked the last mission of the Imperium Romanum campaign so the map, positions, and teams are all the same, only this time you're playing as the Romans instead of the Huns. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_8a9eb844 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_8a9eb844 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_8a9eb844 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_925b2abb | type |
Horse Archer | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_925b2abb | comment |
Horse Archer: Come in horse, elephant and chariot varieties. Horse Archers are fast and hit the hardest, but they could not take damage well. Elephant Archers are slow and bulky, allowing them to tank and shield fragile units. Chariot Archers are weaker than Horse Archers, but they could be accessed an age earlier for civilizations that have them, resist Priest conversion, and cost no gold. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_925b2abb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_925b2abb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_925b2abb | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_92dfffae | type |
Retraux | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_92dfffae | comment |
Retraux: Classic Mode in the Definitive Edition allows players to change the graphics to that of the original Age of Empires, though it is restricted to random map modes. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_92dfffae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_92dfffae | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_92dfffae | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_933576c8 | type |
Mighty Glacier | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_933576c8 | comment |
Mighty Glacier: War elephants and the Hoplite line are durable and deal lots of damage but move very slowly. The Persian and Greek civilizations, respectively, get bonuses that make those units slightly faster than standard infantry, turning them into Lightning Bruisers. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_933576c8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_933576c8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_933576c8 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_940a5958 | type |
Artificial Stupidity | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_940a5958 | comment |
Catapults. People just simply avoid them because they can do more harm to you rather than the enemy. Thanks to its dumbness, they will be happy to try to launch a boulder on a single villager and hit your entire army. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_940a5958 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_940a5958 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_940a5958 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_9b9397bb | type |
Difficult, but Awesome | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_9b9397bb | comment |
Difficult, but Awesome: Ballista Towers, though not at first. No matter how cool they look, the upgrade costs a small fortune and the ballista bolts they fire move much slower than arrows; even with Ballistics, there's a good chance whatever they're firing at will move before the bolt hits. However, when they're massed, their bolts are enough to even slice Armored Elephants like butter, compounded by the fact that buildings are easily massed, while units (and especially the expensive Elephants) can't, due to the 50 population limit. Triremes suffer from the same issue as Ballista Towers with the additional drawback of costing population limit. However, their huge power spike compared to War Galleys outweigh the downsides. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_9b9397bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_9b9397bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_9b9397bb | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_9c0e0a28 | type |
Savage Setpiece | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_9c0e0a28 | comment |
Savage Setpiece: Elephants can be safely ignored unless they've been attacked by your side. Averted with the stronger Elephant Kings, which will attack anything and everything even if not provoked. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_9c0e0a28 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_9c0e0a28 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_9c0e0a28 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_9e8aa11e | type |
Friendly Fireproof | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_9e8aa11e | comment |
Friendly Fireproof: Catapults and Catapult Triremes avert this; they'll damage anything in the area of effect radius. Played straight with the Ballistae, Ballista Towers and bolt-firing Triremes, as their projectiles don't have any Splash Damage. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_9e8aa11e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_9e8aa11e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_9e8aa11e | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_b5b1709a | type |
Vanilla Unit | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_b5b1709a | comment |
Vanilla Unit: Aside from the slingers, units from the barracks are the most basic units in the game. They have no ability and all have medium stats by the time each of them is unlocked. Their biggest strength is their low resource cost, making them convenient to make an army out of. They also benefit from the "logistics" upgrade, which reduces their population cost. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_b5b1709a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_b5b1709a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_b5b1709a | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_b79a7274 | type |
Color-Coded Armies | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_b79a7274 | comment |
Color-Coded Armies: Each of the eight possible army teams is associated with a color, in order: blue, red, yellow, brown, orange, green, gray and turquoise. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_b79a7274 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_b79a7274 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_b79a7274 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_bfae65a4 | type |
Guilt-Based Gaming | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_bfae65a4 | comment |
Guilt-Based Gaming: If you quit in the middle of the game, your side loses and you get scolded. It doesn't help that there's creepy music and a creepy skeleton in the background. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_bfae65a4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_bfae65a4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_bfae65a4 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_c6846f0f | type |
Bad with the Bone | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_c6846f0f | comment |
Bad with the Bone: The villagers attack enemy units with big bones until Iron Age where they use pitchforks instead. (the change is only aesthetic though) | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_c6846f0f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_c6846f0f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_c6846f0f | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: "I'll be back" and "I shall return" are the names of some levels. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_c798a33a | type |
Art-Style Clash | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_c798a33a | comment |
Art-Style Clash: The Definitive Edition, which came out two decades after the original game, gives the game a graphical overhaul which notably changes the Digitized Sprites to actual 3D models. However, cheat units still use their old graphics from the original game, giving them an "out of place" look. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_c798a33a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_c798a33a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_c798a33a | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_d15ab386 | type |
Gladiator Revolt | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_d15ab386 | comment |
Gladiator Revolt: There's a mission where you have to defend an Italian region from Spartacus revolts. The Slave Army is on Post-Iron Age, while you're in Bronze Age. In Definitive Edition, the tables are turned, making the scenario a bit more appropriate: this time, you play as Spartacus with the small base while Crassus has the post-Iron Age army. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_d15ab386 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_d15ab386 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_d15ab386 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_d2f577a1 | type |
Lead the Target | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_d2f577a1 | comment |
Lead the Target: The "Ballistics" upgrade allows your units to shoot at where the target will be, instead of where it is now. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_d2f577a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_d2f577a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_d2f577a1 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_d4bb4e51 | type |
Walking Shirtless Scene | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_d4bb4e51 | comment |
Walking Shirtless Scene: Villagers, clubmen, bowmen and war elephant riders are shirtless. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_d4bb4e51 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_d4bb4e51 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_d4bb4e51 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_def3303d | type |
Firewood Resources | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_def3303d | comment |
Firewood Resources: Wood and Stone, the eventual series' staples. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_def3303d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_def3303d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_def3303d | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_df11acbe | type |
Artificial Brilliance | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_df11acbe | comment |
Artificial Brilliance: AI ranged units will try to move away from melee enemies before resuming the attack. Not much use for a catapult trying to run from a horseman, but an archer can and will kite your infantry, and unless you have an opposing archer to Draw Aggro and make him stop, just one lowly bowman can get a whole squad of your axemen killed. It reinforces the Tactical Rock–Paper–Scissors, making cavalry (even the lowly Scout) that much more important overall. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_df11acbe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_df11acbe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_df11acbe | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_df858e81 | type |
Shoot the Medic First | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_df858e81 | comment |
Shoot the Medic First: Even if you can out-damage the healing, you don't want the enemy Priests alive long enough to convert your units. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_df858e81 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_df858e81 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_df858e81 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_dfe57573 | type |
Historical In-Joke | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_dfe57573 | comment |
Historical In-Joke: One mission in the expansion involving Archimedes includes a one-time appearance from a unit called the "Mirror Tower," which fires lasers at enemy units. Archimedes supposedly found a way to harness the sun's energy in a similar manner. Sadly, the only way you can ever get a hold of a Mirror Tower is by using the Scenario Builder. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_dfe57573 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_dfe57573 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_dfe57573 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e2d7b14c | type |
Made of Explodium | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e2d7b14c | comment |
Made of Explodium: Birds fly around randomly on the map, and if you ask a villager to attack one, it explodes harmlessly. It's... weird. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e2d7b14c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e2d7b14c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e2d7b14c | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e3c36782 | type |
Call-Forward | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e3c36782 | comment |
Call-Forward: In Definitive Edition, the Roman campaign mission The Coming of the Huns was completely revamped to become nearly identical to the Battle of the Catalaunian Fields mission of the sequel's Attila the Hun campaign, except with a Perspective Flip as you are playing as the Western Roman Empire. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e3c36782 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e3c36782 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e3c36782 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e41b38d3 | type |
Classic Cheat Code | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e41b38d3 | comment |
Classic Cheat Code: E=mc2 Trooper and Photon Man. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e41b38d3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e41b38d3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e41b38d3 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e83fc5 | type |
No "Arc" in "Archery" | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e83fc5 | comment |
No "Arc" in "Archery": Arrows and Ballista Bolts will fly perfectly straight through their entire flight. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e83fc5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e83fc5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_e83fc5 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_ead31b1b | type |
Splash Damage | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_ead31b1b | comment |
Splash Damage: Catapult units have a huge and deadly area of effect radius that doesn't tell friend from foe. It's not advisable to send melee units to attack along with them unless you want to see many of your own soldiers killed. Averted with the Ballista, making it a better option for a joint assault. The war Elephant do this thanks to their tusks. The Scythe Chariots from Rise of Rome deal splash damage when attacking, thanks to their Spiked Wheels. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_ead31b1b | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_ead31b1b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_ead31b1b | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_ecaab580 | type |
Technology Levels | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_ecaab580 | comment |
Technology Levels: Stone Age (Paleolithic/Mesolithic era), Tool Age (Neolithic era), Bronze Age and Iron Age, in that order. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_ecaab580 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_ecaab580 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_ecaab580 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_f3cf30d9 | type |
Arbitrary Headcount Limit | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_f3cf30d9 | comment |
Arbitrary Headcount Limit: There's a 50-unit cap which isn't affected by converting enemy units. Having such a low unit count means the highest tier units (Legions, Cataphracts, Centurions) move out of Awesome, yet Impractical territory, meaning that such units need to be as good as possible in spite of their cost. On the other hand, the AI can and will fill the map with Catapults and Ballista Towers to compensate for the strict population limit by the time you have access to those high-tier units. If you didn't have anything that can outrange those towers (most civs in this game don't) you should rush early-game or might as well restart. | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_f3cf30d9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_f3cf30d9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_f3cf30d9 | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_fd2086a9 | type |
You Require More Vespene Gas | |
| Age of Empires I (Video Game) / int_fd2086a9 | comment |
You Require More Vespene Gas: Food, Wood, Stone and Gold. Food and Wood are required from the get-go, Stone is used for walls, watch towers and slingers starting in the Tool Age, and Gold starts becoming important in the Bronze Age. | |
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Badass Preacher | |
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Badass Preacher: Priests. A good player can beat a match by just using an army of them. Egyptian Priests are even more dangerous, because they get a +3 range bonus that stacks with Afterlife, which also gives +3 range. | |
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Cast from Lifespan: Priests in the expansion get the Martyrdom technology, which allows a conversion to be automatically successful provided you sacrifice the priest. | |
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