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Age of Empires: Definitive Edition is a remaster of Age of Empires. It features significantly improved visuals, multiple quality of life improvements, and incorporates The Rise of Rome expansion. It was released with certain changes.

First announced on June 12, 2017[1][2] and set to be released on October 19, 2017 as a Windows 10 store-exclusive title for the original game's 20th anniversary,[3] it was delayed until February 20, 2018 and later released on Steam on August 19, 2019.

On October 25, 2022, on the 25th Anniversary of the Age of Empires series, the game was announced to be ported to the Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition engine. This was implemented through the Return of Rome expansion for the latter.

New features[]

  • Achievements
  • All-new graphics and artwork
  • Attack move functionality[4]
  • Balance adjustments
  • Classic Mode – The original 1997 experience
  • Enhanced pathfinding[4]
  • Increased population limit[4]
  • New, fully remastered soundtrack
  • New terrains and scenario editor objects
  • New zoom levels[4]
  • Remastered sound effects
  • Revamped and expanded UI
  • Reworked campaigns

Major post-launch changes:

  • Automatic Farm Reseed in the Granary
  • Automatic File Transfer of scenarios and maps in the Multiplayer Lobby
  • Global queue indicator for all currently queued technologies and units
  • Mixed technology queues
  • Mixed unit queues
  • New Elo and 'Ranked' game modes
  • Option to toggle blood effects on and off
  • Priests auto-heal wounded units
  • Scouts auto-attack if they've been tasked to attack, or when attacked by a non-gaia unit
  • Ship acceleration removed
  • UI indicator for amount of villagers working on each resource
  • Unit stances[5]

Campaigns[]

The Definitive Edition offers the campaigns from Age of Empires (including Reign of the Hittites from the demo) and The Rise of Rome (including The First Punic War from the demo). Some scenarios were renamed, had gameplay changes, or included different descriptions and faction names.

The full list of campaigns are:

Trivia[]

  • This is the only Definitive Edition to not include new civilizations and brand new campaigns or scenarios (Reign of the Hitites and The First Punic War were demo campaigns for the original version) and is the only one where all unit voices have been redone.

Gallery[]

Collectible backgrounds
Collectible Steam trading cards

External links[]

References[]

Age of Empires
Main series
ReturnRome-AoEIcon Age of EmpiresRomeIcon The Rise of Rome
Age of Empires Definitive Edition icon Definitive Edition
AoE2Icon-ReturnRome Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Return of Rome
AoE2-DLCicon-0 Age of Empires IIAoE2-DLCicon-1 The Conquerors
Aoe2 hb HD Edition: AoE2-DLCicon-2 The Forgotten · AoE2-DLCicon-3 The African Kingdoms · AoE2-DLCicon-4 Rise of the Rajas
AoEIIDE icon Definitive Edition (AoE2-DLCicon-5 The Last Khans) : AoE2Icon-LordsWest Lords of the West · Dawn of the Dukes icon Dawn of the Dukes · AoE2Icon-DynastiesIndia Dynasties of India · AoE2Icon-ReturnRome Return of Rome · AoE2Icon-MountainRoyals The Mountain Royals · Aoe2 hb Victors and Vanquished
Aom original icon Age of MythologyAoM The Titans icon The Titans
AoM Extended icon Extended Edition: AoM Extended icon Tale of the Dragon
AoMIcon-Retold Retold: AoMR Promotional art Freyr New Gods Pack: Freyr · Blank profile Immortal Pillars
3Icon48px Age of Empires III3WCIcon48px The WarChiefs · 3ADIcon48px The Asian Dynasties
Age3DE Icon Definitive Edition: AoE3 USA DLC USA DLC · Age3DE Icon The African Royals · AoE3 Mexico DLC Mexican DLC · Age3DE Icon Knights of the Mediterranean
GameIcon-AoE4 Age of Empires IVAnniversary Edition · The Sultans Ascend
Other games
Age of Empires Online Age of Empires Online · Age of Empires Castle Siege logo Age of Empires: Castle Siege
HandheldAoe2DSicon Age of Empires: The Age of Kings · AoMDSicon Age of Empires: Mythologies
MobileAge of Empires II Mobile (Deluxe) · Age of Empires III Mobile · Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties Mobile · Age of Empires - World Domination logo Age of Empires: World Domination · AoE Mobile new icon Age of Empires Mobile
TabletopAge of Empires: Expandable Card Game · Age of Mythology: The Boardgame · Glenn Drover's Empires: The Age of Discovery
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