Why was Age of Empires 2 more popular than its successor Age of Empires 3? In this video I compare the two games and talk about why AoE2 has the larger player base.

1:05 Hometown card system
2:15 Endless farms and plantations
3:05 Time period (Middle Ages vs. Colonial period) and its impact on the counter system
5:40 Battle Micro – Sling effect and movement speed changes
6:40 Pace of the game / building an empire.
8:12 Few civilizations vs. many civilizations
9:42 In search of treasures

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Game: Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition with the expansions Forgotten Empires, African Kingdoms, Rise the Rajas and Last Khans vs. Age of Empires 3 with the expansions War Chiefs and Asian Dynasties.

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