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 - Successful Portable StrategyI was both pleased and intrigued to hear that Age of Empires could be played on the Nintendo DS. The turn based combat works well, the graphics are pleasing, though simple. Age of Empires in turn-based form ends up feeling somewhat like those early days playing Sid Meier's Civilization. It begs the question, why isn't Civilization on the DS? Age of Empires succeeds in bringing the RTS elements of resource management and expansion into a turn based game. I have heard good things about the multiplayer, but alas, I have not had the opportunity to try it out. If you are a strategy buff, this game is worth a look. Rating: - pretty good gameI have found that age of empires ds is not quite as bad as people make it out to be. I have logged 17 hours with this game and although it has frozen twice(both non-lethal to game) that creating a username four characters or longer does indeed help. All that aside it is a really great game with plenty of units and excellent battle animations (though a little repetitive). This game recieves 4 stars because of glitches, but it is an overall good game. Although I wouldn't put this as number 1 on your must have list. It makes a good 2nd or 3rd! Rating:  - DEFECTIVEThis game is absolutely awesome...... until it starts to freeze up on you and eventually crashes, unable to be played again. This is what happened to me. Apparently, I wasn't supposed to "Save and Quit." Otherwise I'd still be playing it hours on end. Had the developers let me know this little tidbit (besides the attached instruction for user profile being more than 3 characters long), I'd have no complaints for the game. No wonder Gamestop had a huge sale on every copy! If you decide to purchase this game, remember: DO NOT "SAVE & QUIT" during gameplay. Simply "SAVE" your game and turn the DS off. Good luck to all you who have purchased this game and pray that your money doesn't go wasted... I myself purchased two copies of the game with the same problem... Rating:  - Great GameI was hesitant to buy this game, because I really couldn't see the great AOE2 experience on the PC being reproduced on something like the DS. Well, they didn't reproduce the experience, but in creating a similar experience they did one heck of a job. While the simplified economy, military, etc. can be a let down at first, the game still retains a lot of strategy, and is very addictive! More civs and maps would have been nice, but I can understand that there would be restrictions on a portable. The only major issue that I have with the game are the lock-ups. I get one about once every five games. Other than that though (which requires that I save more often), the game is great! Rating: - Few crashing problems here...I'm not sure if I got the only fully working copy of this game or not, but I have extensively played this game (100+ hours) and have only rarely had a lock-up - and these can be avoided if you save every few rounds when playing a large multi-player game. I've got no idea why some people are having such serious problems with the title. As for the game itself, it is a great adaptation of the PC game, you don't have all of the features or whistles of the computer game, but what is here is wonderfully scaled to the DS platform. I never liked this game much on the PC, but the scale and interface work great with this iteration. The gameplay seems simple, but you really have to master the use of terrain and unit type to complete the harder campaigns. Well worth the price for anyone who likes wargames/strategy.
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