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Age of Empires II HD is a remake of Age of Empires II that was released for PC through Steam on April 9, 2013. The game was developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Ensemble Studios and was published by Microsoft Game Studios.

Age of Empires II HD received mixed reviews and as of December 2013 has an aggregate score of 68/100 on Metacritic. Critics agreed that the HD edition changed very little from the original game. Daniel Starkey of Destructoid lamented this fact, saying that "the number of changes that have been made here are the absolute bare minimum. There are no HD textures, all of the original sound effects and voice clips have been kept, and none of the mechanics have changed". However, he added that the reluctance to change the game features encourages "a much more aggressive, and obsessive style of play". He highlights the fact that many of the problems of trying to run the original game on a modern computer are gone, and calls its compatibility with Steam's Workshop "an amazing bonus".

Paul Dean of Eurogamer was less forgiving; although he agrees that the Workshop compatibility is a good addition and praises the players in the online community as "remarkably calm and friendly", he says that the game should have been updated more, citing its "boring campaign" and poorly aged gameplay mechanics: "It just doesn't play very well, and its flaws are more blatant than ever before". Underscoring his criticisms of the lack of significant changes to the game, he closes his review with this: "There is absolutely no reason to trade money like that for a game like this, for a mouldy time-capsule that will likely mar your memories of the original. This time, history needs to be left to rest".