Also Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 single handedly revived the genre.

I tried Empire Earth (from 2001) and was impressed by its depth vs AoE. I've been thinking about installing it on Windows 11. But this is somewhat beside the point, I'm sure both would run on Wine. I guess AoE II was published by Microsoft, but it was made by Ensemble Studios before MS bought them. And Office can do one.

EE has depth? Then why is AoE2 played competitevly and noone plays EE?

AoE2 has a lot of micro depth: - quick walling to trap enemy units in or out - each arrow is a projectile that you can dodge - ballistics helps to hit moving targets, still can be dodged by good players

The list goes on. Watch any modern caster for this game (MembTV or T90). There is a lot to enjoy.

What I dislike about Microsoft+AoE is the fact that they publish DLCs with less and less content for huge prices. And AoE mobile is obviously a joke.

> still can be dodged by good players

You are presuming that units would do as they are told, in a timely manner. Which they do not.

Skill issue.

Source: Played AoE2 for decades way back when. Dodging arrows is a skill to be practiced and honed.

Yeah… I'm talking about the current one. Which looks similar to the old one but certainly doesn't play the same.