as others mentioned, this version has pathfinding issues

other than that, the game is very raw. being the predecessor to aoe2, where they greatly expanded upon a lot of ideas found in this one, a lot of things do not feel as thought out (namely, where you research tech is a bit confusing if you go backwards, amongst other things)

i do still think it's one of the greats of the RTS genres, but if you want something a little less raw, the return of rome DLC in AoE2 DE kind of covers a lot of bases, in a better wrapped package

that said, this one has more campaigns if you want the full AoE1 experience

as others mentioned, this version has pathfinding issues other than that, the game is very raw. being the predecessor to aoe2, where they greatly expanded upon a lot of ideas found in this one, a lot of things do not feel as thought out (namely, where you research tech is a bit confusing if you go backwards, amongst other things) i do still think it's one of the greats of the RTS genres, but if you want something a little less raw, the return of rome DLC in AoE2 DE kind of covers a lot of bases, in a better wrapped package that said, this one has more campaigns if you want the full AoE1 experience