I bought the remastered AOE2 awhile back and was bored to tears with it in fewer than three hours. And I used to play that for hours and hours and hours back in the day.
So while I’m hopeful that a shiny new version could again provide that kind of enjoyable engagement, I’m somewhat dubious that the gameplay ever can again.
This is currently on sale through tomorrow, 58% off for $16.99. According to IsThereAnyDeal this is an historical low, not counting that one “free to play” weekend when it was temporarily free.