You came to the shrine of AoE2 followers, the game that has withstood the test of time for over 20 years and to this day receives support from our hard working and benevolent developers.
Yeah totally not worth getting it, not even at the frequent discount.
Seriously though, it’s a good game with a lot of content both offical and fan made.
I personally don’t care much about AoE3 and never tried the DE version so I can’t recommend it over AoE2 DE.
I mean, don’t get me wrong AoE3 is not a bad game but I would only tell you to get it if you prefer ~~colonial~~ musket era over AoE2 medieval era.
Under assumption that you can’t just get both.
Oh and as for AoE 1 I think it is a bit too rough around the edges for people that don’t have nostalgia for it (beautiful memories…) and AoE2 is supposedly getting AoE1 as a DLC.
anyway