Re:The Making of Warcraft (2012)
by milcron on Monday August 22, 2016 @06:08PM
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It's aging, but Age of Empires 2 has had a comeback recently.
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Speaking of AoE II, a couple of months back I bought the "HD remake" of it on Steam.
I was a bit disappointed in the remake with regards to how they handled the sizing of the UI.
Every part of the UI is very small on my high resolution (2560 x 1440) display.
Not what I expected when they market it as a HD remake.
I searched the internet to see if anyone else was disappointed and found that indeed I was not alone.
Here is one example of what others are saying: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1bslgq/why_is_the_us...
Still, AoE II was a good game and I have fond memories of it from my childhood.
Re:The Making of Warcraft (2012)
by smhenderson on Monday August 22, 2016 @07:50PM
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I keep a Winows XP box running just to play it and several other games from then and before. I also play the Star Wars spin off, Galactic Battlegrounds, on it. It's AoE II but with SW factions and maps...
I agree in that I'd call it more of an HD "refactor" than a remake.
The HD version supports all sorts of resolutions, whereas the original game was restricted to just 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x1024!
I watched a lot of AoE2 on YouTube and Twitch about 6 months ago. It's really fun to watch on the background while doing idle work, and learn the meta and various races. I admit I haven't played the actual game since it was released (great memories for a 10yo to make).