Official Age of Empires Fan Club

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This is Official Age of Empires Fan Club!

~Age of Empires history~:

-Age of Empires is a series of computer video games developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios.

-The first Age of Empires was released in 1997.

-Since then, seven titles and three spin-offs have been released. The titles are historical "real-time strategy" games, and their gameplay revolves around two main game modes: random map and campaign.

-The popularity and quality of the games has earned Ensemble Studios a strong reputation in "real-time strategy" gaming.

-Ensemble collaborated with Big Huge Games on Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties. Critics have credited part of the success of the series to its historical theme and fair play; the artificial intelligence (AI) players fight with less "cheating" than in many of the series' competitors.

-This club is for people that is fan of age of empires. You can simply join this club if you want to.

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Age of Empires History 1
Age of Empires is a series of computer video games developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The first title of the series was Age of Empires, released in 1997. Since then, seven titles and three spin-offs have been released. The titles are historical real-time strategy games, and their gameplay revolves around two main game modes: random map and campaign. The games are set amidst historical events. Age of Empires focused on events in Europe and Asia, spanning from the Stone Age to the Iron Age; the expansion game explored the formation and expansion of the Roman Empire. The sequel, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, was set in the Middle Ages, while its expansion focused on the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The subsequent three games of Age of Empires III explored the early modern period, when Europe was colonizing the Americas and several Asian nations were on the rise. A spin-off game, Age of Mythology, was set in the same period as the original Age of Empires, but...
2009-12-29 12:56 AM PST by ajithls
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Age of Empires History 2
~Music~:

Stephen Rippy has been the series' music director since the first game. He has had occasional help from his brother, David Rippy, as well as Kevin McMullan. He created the original music in Age of Empires with sounds of instruments from the periods in the game. These sounds came from actual instruments, and their digital samples The tunes were the result of extensive research on the cultures, styles, and instruments used. Rippy said sound development on The Age of Kings was easier, since there was knowledge of the instruments used in the Middle Ages. Therefore, they were able to reproduce the tunes for the soundtrack of the game. In Age of Mythology, an orchestral instrumentation was used, instead. According to McMullan, the team also collected large numbers of audio recordings from zoos, and created "a massive sound library of [their] own material." The music of Age of Empires III was similar to The Age of Kings, in which the team used more historical instruments; Rippy noted the...
2009-12-23 1:02 PM PST by ajithls
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