#1276 UpdatedAge of Empires II: Definitive Edition Build 36906 + Enhanced Graphics Pack
Genres/Tags: Strategy, RTS, Isometric, 2D
Companies: Forgotten Empires, Tantalus Media, Wicked Witch Software, Xbox Game Studios
Languages: RUS/ENG/MULTI14
Original Size: 38.6 GB
Repack Size: from 6.5 GB [Selective Download]
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- Dec 16, 2020 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Lords of the West will be released on PC via Steam and the Microsoft store on January 26, 2021 for $9.99 / £7.99. It is available for pre-order right now.
- For Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition on the PC, GameFAQs has 24 cheat codes and secrets.
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition celebrates the 20th anniversary of one of the most popular strategy games ever with stunning 4K Ultra HD graphics, a new and fully remastered soundtrack, and a brand-new expansion, “The Last Khans” with 3 new campaigns and 4 new civilizations. The definitive edition is a remaster of the original Age of Empires game from 1997. Microsoft Studios announced new 4k graphics, improved balancebased on UserPatch, different zoom modes, a classic mode, multiplayer, a map editor and mod support. The new graphics look closer to aoe2.
Repack Features
- Based on Age.of.Empires.II.Definitive.Edition.Build.36906-CODEX ISO: codex-age.of.empires.ii.definitive.edition.build.36906.iso (34,402,500,608 bytes)
- Missing language packs (6.6 GB) added, thanks to Skiminok!
- Game version – Build 36906; Enhanced Graphics Pack is included and available as an optional download
- 100% Lossless & MD5 Perfect: all files are identical to originals after installation
- NOTHING ripped, NOTHING re-encoded
- Selective Download feature: you can skip downloading and installing of Enhanced Graphics Pack and voiceovers you don’t need
- Significantly smaller archive size (compressed from cumulative 38.6 to 6.5~22.1 GB, depending on selected components)
- Installation takes (main game without EGP): ~10 minutes on 8-threads CPU; ~20 minutes on 4-threads CPU
- Installation with EGP is ~3 times longer
- After-install integrity check so you could make sure that everything installed properly
- HDD space after installation: up to 46 GB
- Language can be changed in game settings
- Repack uses XTool library by Razor12911
- At least 2 GB of free RAM (inc. virtual) required for installing this repack
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition celebrates the 20th anniversary of one of the most popular strategy games ever with stunning 4K Ultra HD graphics, a new and fully remastered soundtrack, and brand-new content, “The Last Khans” with 3 new campaigns and 4 new civilizations.
Explore all the original campaigns like never before as well as the best-selling expansions, spanning over 200 hours of gameplay and 1,000 years of human history. Head online to challenge other players with 35 different civilizations in your quest for world domination throughout the ages.
Choose your path to greatness with this definitive remaster to one of the most beloved strategy games of all time.
Enhanced Graphics Pack
The Enhanced Graphics Pack increases Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition to ultra-high fidelity resolution. Before you attempt to install, please make sure that your system requirements meet or exceed the minimum specs for this content: 2.4 Ghz i5 or greater or AMD equivalent, 8 GB RAM, Nvidia® GTX 650 / AMD HD 5850 or better
You can skip downloading of Enhanced Graphics Pack and voiceover files or you don’t need. Here is the list of selective/optional files:
- fg-optional-hd-pack.bin (Download only if you have an Ultra HD display, otherwise it’s pretty useless)
- fg-selective-english.bin (REQUIRED for all languages withour their own voiceovers)
- fg-selective-all-non-english.bin (REQUIRED for all languages but English)
- fg-selective-chinese.bin
- fg-selective-french.bin
- fg-selective-german.bin
- fg-selective-italian.bin
- fg-selective-korean.bin
- fg-selective-brazilian.bin
- fg-selective-spanish.bin
- fg-selective-mexican.bin
In example, if you want to launch the game w/p EGP and with Spanish UI/Subtitles/Voiceovers – skip all “selective/optional” files, but download fg-selective-spanish.bin & all main files (01-11).
Backwards Compatibility
This repack is NOT backwards compatible with previous AoE2DE repack.
BTW, the game works under Windows 7, but is freaking memory hungry. Eats around 5-6 GB of RAM w/o Ultra textures and >10 GB with Ultra textures on a freshly created game map. So if you experience crashes, you should buy more RAM or increase page file at least.
We've started 2020 by playing 20 years old Real-Time Strategy which gotsignificant new (re)release called Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition.
While previous AoE2 HD edition was basically an update for modern systems,Definitive Edition brings significant and much needed improvements which makethe two-decades-old game more playable and enjoyable, most notably:
- farms and fish traps can be automatically renewed ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
- improved UI shows amounts of villagers assigned to individual resources
- improved command, building, and waypoint queues
- new AI (daaayum it's good)
- new civilizations (35 total)
- fabulous updated HD (and even Ultra HD with optional free DLC) graphics including building destruction simulation
- Art of War challenges provide a tool for noobs to to learn and train game essentials
- ranked matchmaking
- cross-play (yes, people play AoE2 on xbox :-O)
- more quality of life improvements like zoom, grid, research indication, improved saves & replays, achievements, Empires War mode, ...
- integrated mod support
The game is really great on its own, but the search for perfection never endsand there is integrated mod support, so let's talk about few essential modsthat improve the game even further!
All these mods are UI/graphics/sounds utility mods or scenarios that don'tinterfere with game data so you can safely use them in online matchesincluding ranked and they're easily available from the in-game mod browser.
What did the monk say?
First and foremost, let's talk about the game's most distincive if notsignature unit - the monk.
I don't think I need to explain what WOLOLO means. In fact, it's a toptier meme that's still strong after two decades and I never quite understoodwhy AoE 2 replaced the legendary conversion sound with a boring and generic'holy sound'.
Modding community provided fixes for this critical regression in the past likeWololo Monks modfor AoE2 HD, but Definitive Edition changed sound engine so old sound modsdon't work.
This was the only mod I was really missing to complete my AoE experience soI wrote it myself and uploaded to the in-game mod browser:
Now you can WOLOLO like any self-respecting person would, courtesy oftexnoforge ;)
Taming the Trees
The new graphics are nice, but trees are so big they sometimes make selection,commands, and building placement more difficult than it needs to be.
There are several options to make trees smaller, pick one:
- Improved Small Trees
- Bamboo Only (Small Trees)
- CubeTrees
If you happen to actually like CubeTrees, you can convert all resources tocubes using the infamousAge of Cubes mod ¯_(ツ)_/¯
git gud
Age Of Empires Definitive Edition Free
I really like the Art of War series of tutorials/challenges that explainand let players train essential aspects of the game. If you'd like to improveyour opening and individual build orders even more, there's a great modwhich works much like the Art of War but includes 10 different buildorders to train with A-F rating for you to improve on.Activate through Game Mode -> Custom Scenario.
- Interactive Build Order Guide
You can also train hotkeys to construct various building quickly and reliably,giving you more time to focus on important things and less rage overthat lumber camp on gold that should've been mining camp.Activate through Game Mode -> Custom Scenario.
Unless you remember details of all 35 civs, consider displaying condensedversion of tech tree of your current civ at all times, which is especiallyuseful when playing random.
- Improved Tech Tree UI Mod
Blood for the Blood God
Age Of Empires 2 Definitive Edition Steam
By default, dead bodies of units disappear quite fast and no skeletons are leftbehind in DE. And thus my final reccomendation adds blood to the game which stays for quitesome time. Aside from the obvious visual pleasure of good slaughter, itprovides utility of marking the spots of battle for quite some time.
- Crimson Blood