Age of Empires 2 was first released on PC of course, the announcement of it coming to PS2 was a joy for console gamers the world over including myself.
Surprisingly the conversion from PC to PS2 is excellently executed. The analogue sticks respond extremely well and after a few hours it becomes 2nd nature.
The idea of the game is to build an empire which spans from the Bronze age to the Castle age. Defeat your enemies with a wide array of units. Archers, Cavalry, Catapults and even priests can be used to conquer your enemy.
Unlike Red Alert, the games flow in AOE2 can test your patience a bit, it is slow to start and slow to finish but in between starting and finish is a good fight for survival.
Like Red Alert you start with just a few villagers (they act as your slaves), with these few men you have to build up a base. Have them collect wood, gold, stone and food to keep your base from collapsing. Use the wood you collect to build a barracks/houses/granary etc till...