Age Of Empires Ii: Definitive Edition

As I‘ve written in earlier blog posts, Age of Empires is my most favorite game of all time. So, you can imagine my dismay when Microsoft announced in 2008 that they were shutting down Ensemble Studios, the development studio for all the Age of Empires titles. It would appear that Microsoft has reconsidered the decision to kết thúc the Age of Empires line, as they’ve recently released two significant updates—Age of Empires: Definitive Edition & Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition.

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These updates improved the graphics chất lượng and also moved khổng lồ DirectX 11 as the graphics library upon which the games are based. I wrote about Age of Empires: Definitive Edition and cusc.edu.vn Desktop in an earlier blog post, and in this post I will discuss Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition.

I won’t keep you in suspense any longer: because cusc.edu.vn Desktop™ for Mac moved to táo khuyết Metal & now supports DirectX 11, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition plays great in cusc.edu.vn Desktop on my apple macbook Pro. You can see this for yourself in this short video:

Video1: Some short game play of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition in cusc.edu.vn Desktop

Of course, the most important variable in-game performance is the specs for your Mac. The basic specs for the Mac used for clip 1 are shown in Figure 1.

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Figure 1_The apple macbook phiên bản pro used for video 1

Note: There does appear to lớn be a small bug in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. Its check for clip memory in a cusc.edu.vn Desktop virtual machine is incorrect, & you may see the dialog shown in Figure 2. Just ignore this warning as it does not appear lớn affect chơi game at all. (I have reported the bug to the Age of Empires team.)

Figure 2_A warning from Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition that you can ignore

The Age of Empires team has also announced Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition & Age of Empires IV. I will kiểm tra them in cusc.edu.vn Desktop as soon as they are available.

Let me know in the comments about your experience with any of the Age of Empires titles or other games that you play (or want to play!) in cusc.edu.vn Desktop on your Mac.

Download a không tính tiền 14-day không tính phí trial lớn try Age of Empires and cusc.edu.vn Desktop yourself to lớn see how it works for your Mac mix up!