Age of Empires returning

[BIRMA]

I've just seen a couple of clips of the re-vamped Age of Empires. I remember playing this for ages with my daughter, only problem is I have a Playstation being a big Fallout and Skyrim fan and this is a Microsoft game. So is it worth buying a 4K capable gaming PC like I had at the time (not 4K at that time obviously) or to avoid crashes if they still happen buy an X box?

Edited by BIRMA on Saturday 26th August 13:07

[DoubleSix]

Crashes not something to worry about and personally wouldn't be too fussed about 4k either (unless you have money to burn for minor benefits).

But yeah buy a decent rig.

[Sam.]

Myself i still play AoE2 HD. Which is nowhere near HD as it could be.

I can't wait for this. Will be on my to buy list!

[BIRMA]

DoubleSix said:

Crashes not something to worry about and personally wouldn't be too fussed about 4k either (unless you have money to burn for minor benefits).

But yeah buy a decent rig.

I already have a 4K tv for gaming, I was wondering what would be the better option a gaming PC or X Box

[MiniMan64]

Wish they could do a version on the iPad.

Between that, Roller Coaster Tycoon and Carmageddeon I'd never get any work done ever again in a wave of childhood nostalgia.

[anonymous-user]

MiniMan64 said:

Wish they could do a version on the iPad.

Between that, Roller Coaster Tycoon and Carmageddeon I'd never get any work done ever again in a wave of childhood nostalgia.

Age of empires and other games like command and conquer could be excellent on an iPad.

I thin’ there was c and c a while back but it was a dumbed down version as far as I can recall.

[MiniMan64]

El stovey said:

MiniMan64 said:

Wish they could do a version on the iPad.

Between that, Roller Coaster Tycoon and Carmageddeon I'd never get any work done ever again in a wave of childhood nostalgia.

Age of empires and other games like command and conquer could be excellent on an iPad.

I thin’ there was c and c a while back but it was a dumbed down version as far as I can recall.

Good shout.

Red Alert really would be epic.

Except you know they ruin it with pay-to-play, earning coins and waiting for build times.

[Einion Yrth]

BIRMA said:

DoubleSix said:

Crashes not something to worry about and personally wouldn't be too fussed about 4k either (unless you have money to burn for minor benefits).

But yeah buy a decent rig.

I already have a 4K tv for gaming, I was wondering what would be the better option a gaming PC or X Box

A decent PC will pi55 all over any console. It's all down to available budget. ALL down to available budget.

[BIRMA]

Einion Yrth said:

BIRMA said:

DoubleSix said:

Crashes not something to worry about and personally wouldn't be too fussed about 4k either (unless you have money to burn for minor benefits).

But yeah buy a decent rig.

I already have a 4K tv for gaming, I was wondering what would be the better option a gaming PC or X Box

A decent PC will pi55 all over any console. It's all down to available budget. ALL down to available budget.

As I'll probably only use it for Age of Empires so that may well negate the need to buy a super high end PC so the question is do modern PC's crash more than an Xbox of the same price.

[Tuvra]

MiniMan64 said:

Good shout.

Red AlertGenerals really would be epic.

Except you know they ruin it with pay-to-play, earning coins and waiting for build times.

EFA

[anonymous-user]

BIRMA said:

Einion Yrth said:

BIRMA said:

DoubleSix said:

Crashes not something to worry about and personally wouldn't be too fussed about 4k either (unless you have money to burn for minor benefits).

But yeah buy a decent rig.

I already have a 4K tv for gaming, I was wondering what would be the better option a gaming PC or X Box

A decent PC will pi55 all over any console. It's all down to available budget. ALL down to available budget.

As I'll probably only use it for Age of Empires so that may well negate the need to buy a super high end PC so the question is do modern PC's crash more than an Xbox of the same price.

I’ve had both and my Xbox never crashes.

My kids use the xboxes because they’re much better for playing with their friends. I used to be a massive PC fan but even though high end ones are superior, if I could only have one, I’d keep the Xbox.

[vonuber]

BIRMA said:

I already have a 4K tv for gaming, I was wondering what would be the better option a gaming PC or X Box

A high end PC, a Xbox or ps4 can't actually do real 4k gaming.

[Tuvra]

vonuber said:

A high end PC, a Xbox or ps4 can't actually do real 4k gaming.

One X will.

[tactical lizard]

http://www.openra.net/

For all those red alert fans.

[BIRMA]

vonuber said:

BIRMA said:

I already have a 4K tv for gaming, I was wondering what would be the better option a gaming PC or X Box

A high end PC, a Xbox or ps4 can't actually do real 4k gaming.

I have a PS4 Pro which was bought to play Skyrim 4K I would say that the PS4 Pro has just about caught up with my high end PC gaming machine of 15 years ago when I played Oblivion. I traded non crashing for crap graphics and have been happy enough to live with my decision.
I've decided to go with the new X Box 4k model just because I'll only buy it once.

[Oakey]

BIRMA said:

I have a PS4 Pro which was bought to play Skyrim 4K I would say that the PS4 Pro has just about caught up with my high end PC gaming machine of 15 years ago when I played Oblivion. I traded non crashing for crap graphics and have been happy enough to live with my decision.
I've decided to go with the new X Box 4k model just because I'll only buy it once.

Bullst!

[Defcon5]

15 years ago? What would that get you, an Nvidia 6800 Ultra with a single core Athlon64 and 2gb RAM?

[BIRMA]

Defcon5 said:

15 years ago? What would that get you, an Nvidia 6800 Ultra with a single core Athlon64 and 2gb RAM?

Can't remember but I bought it from a company called Overclockers in its day it was very good and the move to PS 3 was graphic wise a step down.
Not sure what the "Bullst' comment is about.

[Oakey]

The suggestion that a PS4 Pro has only just caught up with a PC from 15years ago.

[BIRMA]

Oakey said:

The suggestion that a PS4 Pro has only just caught up with a PC from 15years ago.

To illustrate a point, in Oblivion when the player was in the building on the mountains there were a number of open fire cauldrons with my PC the flames and smoke were present and looked like a fire with smoke. My PS 3 that I'd just bought running in tandem with the same monitor there was a quite pathetic flame and no smoke I noted this at the time on a forum and the general consensus agreed plus there were many other examples.
When I bought the PS4 Pro I did look out for similar cauldrons in Skyrim I know there are other factors to consider but I concluded that at long last I could enjoy the quality of graphics that I'd enjoyed with my PC all those years ago.