[Big_T_333]

Gotta be better than most games. Lots of mindless stuff you could play. It’s all relative. 🤷‍♂️

[dfectedRO]

no. I am an over-thinker, the game makes me overthink even more.

[auronddraig]

Oh yeah. Every time I’m not playing, my brain hurts.

[sevhoo]

I think it really trains your brain to think clear while you’re under pressure. When you’re under attack you have no other choice than adapt to the situation and find a solution.

[kobrakai11]

Yes.

[Sostratus]

I think it would be hard to measure this in a way that’s independent of selection effects. AoE2 players are probably better than average at certain cognitive tasks, but more because they’re the kind of people who would be interested in such a game than the game helping them somehow.

I would bet it would be helpful for older people who need to keep their brain active, but it would just be one of many ways to do that.

[Nobody414]

I love aoe2 and have watched and played for many years, but I have trouble sleeping after a night of gaming

[dj0wns]

I’ve found the skills learned in learning aoe2 translate quite well to other things I’ve tried to learn, namely musical instruments. I think that my understanding of 1. Learning how you learn, 2. How to stay motivated when things are tough, 3. Self discipline, 4. The value of muscle memory and how to train it, 5. Multitasking, 6. How to efficiently prioritize sub skills when learning a new skill, have all been greatly strengthened by practicing aoe2.

[nilluminator]

Hell yeah, it taught me better micromanaging and strats for other RTS and even city-builders.

OR,

Like water is good for my kidneys

OR

Man, it’s amazing how so many YouTubers title their videos with obvious facts and phrase them as questions

[supervoegli]

as in, it makes me better at doing other things, probably no.

as in, it makes me happy and is beneficial for my mental health, definitely yes…

[ponuno]

1! Wait, I mean 2. No, no its 24

[FowlFortress]

Absolutely. You can put it on your resume as: extensive capacity planning and prioritization experience.

You’re taking your current workforce and planning how best to optimize their time and skills to be the most efficient with your resources. As you take on projects, you can increase your capacity and take on more projects. As soon as obstacles arise (the enemy) and threaten your current projects, you show your resilience, prioritization, and adaptation skills, sometimes diverting projects to work on more important projects.

These are all necessary skills for any manager.

[420yumyum]

Anno 1602 was used in a study to treat dsylexia and it worked. I think all real time strategy games can be used to exercise your brain. Just don’t overdo it.

[Embarrassed-Bus-8591]

Brain: Yes

Health: No

[we_are_checking]

i don’t know man, I am often awake at night thinking about How i could have prevented my loss haha

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