I've been playing like, a lot of AOE 2 HD.
What's your Steam name? I have it too, I will play against you and anyone else from here that wants to play.
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ProTip: I'm not super good
Compare and contrast it to Civilization, please! I love Civilization, but haven't played any AOE.
I love both but here are the key differences and similarities
Civ: Turn based, spans ancient history all the way to future era, the games are much more time consuming, there are many different ways to win
AoE: Real time, everything is in Medieval era (there is some progression: Dark Ages -> Feudal Ages -> Castle Ages -> Imperial Ages), killing everyone is pretty much the only way to win (at least in non-campaign missions), have to gather four different types of resources to have a strong economy, really cool campaigns that will teach you about history without feeling educational
Both games have a lot of different unique nations to play as, they both have diplomacy, they both have trade