Poster Project 

war games

Age of Empires

Age of Empires is a real time strategy game that recreates various historical events by taking the player throughout different historical periods. From Stone Age up to European colonization of Americas, the player can explore both economic and military development of civilizations throughout the centuries. The unique opportunity to take control over great commanders and important historical personas such as Joan of Arc or Genghis Khan, which can not only entertain the player but also work as a source of information. 

Yet the gameplay is not very realistic due to countless inconsistencies, the game’s historical theme as well as the detail that was put into the game in order to make each civilization as real as possible and have the opportunity to watch two empires battle each other even if it never took place in history. Nevertheless, Age of Empires  proved to be a very successful war game series published for the first time in 1997 and selling millions of copies until present day.