It is also a lot of fun, especially when you play multiplayer. Not only are the singleplayer missions fun and historically correct, it has lots to offer to new RTS players, as well as old RTS players, and is the most well-balanced game I have ever played. And if you already have it, go and play it again! It is really so much more enjoying than all the modern RTS games with fancy graphics but no substance. There has never been such an addicting RTS game out there, so if you still don't own it, buy it! It is more than worth it. It is already 9 years old and I am still playing it every now and then, because it just has so much more to offer than all the other RTS games that were released since then, especially AOE3, which was really disappointing to me. Besides that there is just an endless amount of stuff to do in this game, because there are so many different factions, units, strategies, campaigns, scenarios and probably the most easy to use map editor of all time. ) The gameplay is just awesome, because it has such a great balance between economy and warfare, which allows you to build huge cities and train enormous armies to besiege them. (look at 3D games of that time and you know what I mean. The graphics may not be up to date anymore but since it's 2D it doesn't grow old as fast as 3D titles do. ) Seriously this game has everything you ever wanted in an RTS game.
) The gameplay is just awesome, because it has such a great balance between economy and warfare, which allows Best RTS game of all time.