I am an old Age of Empires player. Was hooked on that series, owned every version that was released. Played endlessly. When games online started becoming available, I searched for something similar, bought many programs but, alas, nothing even came close. A friend of mine told me about a game he was playing and he really enjoyed it. This was 2013. I was introduced to FOE. I have played almost every day since then. I love this game. That is my most precious memory of FOE. I was so excited from the first moment the tutorial popped up to the first building I completed...to the first battle I won...to today, the excitement is still there.