The idea is sound and, I'm sure in time things will improve, but right now most of the top rated mods are re-textures. Which brings me back to my Workshop concerns. So let me say, seeing Age of Empires II in glorious 1920 x 1080 is a sight to behold, if only because it's not boxed in by black bars anymore. On the other side of this, there is now full support for widescreen, HD resolutions. If you've been wanting to buy this for improved graphics, then you may want to hold back. This is not a game that looks substantially better than its predecessor, in fact, you will be hard pressed to see any difference at all even when looking at two images side by side. You see, the new graphical improvements to this HD remake consist of some new water textures, new fire animations and a couple of other, smaller re-textures. There are already around 1000 pieces of new content on the Workshop, but I must confess, I am disappointed. Like in games such as Skyrim or Team Fortress 2, the HD Edition can download user made content from the workshop and put it seamlessly into your game. The second of the big additions is Steam Workshop support. So with this, AoE II will have life in it for many years to come on the online scene. This is a great addition as multiplayer and server support for older titles can often wane and, eventually, die.
Hidden Path, the developers behind this remake, have integrated it very well with Steam, allowing the AOE multiplayer component to run on Steam servers, making it easy to invite friends to games and, likewise, join their games. No, what's been done here is that this old classic has been kitted out for the modern age.
You see, the improvements that this HD Edition brings to the table aren't related to the gameplay, or even so much the graphics as its 'HD' title would imply.
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