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Age of Empires: Definitive Edition is an updated version of the 1997 Classical RTS Age of Empires and its The Rise of Rome expansion pack, basing its balancing on the UPatch community patch for the original game. It features completely redone graphics, improved controls, an updated multiplayer lobby.
The game was initially a Microsoft Store exclusive until it received a more popular Steam release on August 19, 2019. Its support cycle ended with the last patch (version 46777) from April 2021, up to which the game received bug fixes, balancing changes, ranked multiplayer modes, a farm reseeding feature, unit stances and compression improvements, among else.
As of June 2023, the game is no longer actively supported by the developers, except for periodic server maintenance periods which apply to all Definitive Editions' servers. In May 2023, the Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition expansion titled Return of Rome includes most content of the first game's Definitive Edition except the campaigns, adapted to the engine and controls of the second game. While the servers are still online and active, this game did not receive the same level of popularity as the later games in the series.
General information
- Official Discord server for the series
- Official forum
- Overview of new features
- Official support knowledgebase
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
- Skips both the Microsoft Studios intro and the game's intro animation
Run the game with the NOSTARTUP command line parameter[2]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
Audio
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Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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- Campaign narration is read aloud from the text on the UI before starting a mission. No in-game narration or subtitles.
Localizations
Language |
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English |
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Simplified Chinese |
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Traditional Chinese |
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French |
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German |
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Hindi |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Korean |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Latin American Spanish |
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Vietnamese |
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Network
- Elo and Ranked matches have been introduced in Update 10 (May 14, 2019).[3]
Multiplayer types
Type |
Native |
Players |
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LAN play |
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Requires connection to the master server for lobby creation |
Online play |
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Supports cross-platform multiplayer |
Connection types
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
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Direct3D |
11 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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Windows |
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System requirements
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Operating system (OS) |
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Processor (CPU) |
1.8 GHz Dual Core
| Intel Core i5 Quad Core 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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Video card (GPU) |
Intel HD 4000 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 ATI Radeon HD 5850 2 GB of VRAM |
- 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References