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[sector24]

Edi said:
For me, AoW2 and AoW:SM were rather bleh. Never did play AoW:SM a lot. Compared to AoW1 they sucked. Some graphics were prettier and some mechanics changed, but the spirit just wasn't there the same way it was in the original.

I'm glad to hear you guys were disappointed with the later games in the franchise. I see references to AoW all the time on the forum and just assumed you guys liked the game, an opinion I could never support. But now that the truth is out we can all be best friends.

[Edi]

sector24 said:

I'm glad to hear you guys were disappointed with the later games in the franchise. I see references to AoW all the time on the forum and just assumed you guys liked the game, an opinion I could never support. But now that the truth is out we can all be best friends.

I loved the original AoW. Still have it installed.

AoW2 can best be characterized as an incomplete beta of AoW:SM, which was what they said AoW2 should have been. They didn't even port the original AoW2 campaign to SM, which just pissed me off even more because I had to play it on the original AoW2. I've played a few AoW:SM games with a friend on a couple of maps, but the spark just isn't there in that game. The only thing I unreservedly love about AoW2 and AoW:SM is the still art like the hero portraits. That and the move and shoot with missile units, which you didn't have in AoW1.

Can't speak for the others, there seem to be many here who like AoW:SM, but for me it will never be more than a shadow of what AoW1 was.