BTW, I have put in numerous hours on Age of Empire: Age of Kings, and while I still love it, it is FULL of bugs as many have complained.
There are a couple of levels in the Japanese story that come almost to a standstill if u play outside of the way the AI expects you to--at one point, I could not longer save, and the whole thing froze. I have experienced a couple of freezes in another scenario as well.
And, apparently there is a fatal flaw if your user name is 3 letters or less, that causes your save file to be deleted. Isn't that fun?
Let's all hope Age of Empires: Mythologies(sp?) this winter is more stable.