I would prefer you to play multiplayer through LAN. The later is used when the person you want to play multiplayer is situated very far from you, most of the time using internet as a multiplayer network is avoided since if the internet speed is not good the game may get stuck.

There are mainly two ways you can play multiplayer games ,First, is through a LAN network and the second, is via Internet. This is one of the important thing that you must choose before you play the game. Choosing the Network For Playing Multiplayer There are network vulnerabilities with Turning Firewall OFF but since you want to play the game this is one of the sacrifice you must make. This is due to the fact that Age of empires is basically Windows XP game and the ports used for hosting the game is blocked in windows 7. This is one of the major drawback with Age of Empires, you can not host the game when you have turned your Windows firewall ON. Here are the step by step guide to proceed :- Turn Off Your Windows Firewall Since there maybe many who don’t know how to play Age of Empires II multiplayer via LAN or Internet and i am dedicating this article for them. Creating your own kingdom and battling against your friends with the army you created is really a different experience.

When I played age of empires multiplayer via lan I realized this game is more fun. But the fun dissipates after some time when you have completed all the campaigns and you use too much cheats to play each game. This is one of the games that you will use too much Cheat codes in order to get all the resources for creating necessary buildings and doing upgrades. And during those days Age of Empires I and Age of empires II were very much popular that you could get it from any game enthusiast. Maybe my likeness to this game was due to the fact that I liked to play Strategy games and also games that are related to ancient days. Age of empires was one of the First and few games that I play even now.

Age of empires 2 the conquerors