History VideoGame / AgeOfEmpiresCastleSiege

!Tropes:
* BadassBeard: Many of the heroes have imponent beards, especially Alexander Nevsky. Averted with Henry V and Bellisarius, who only have short stubble, and the heroes who have {{Badass Mustache}}s. Ladder invaders have beards as well.
* BadassMustache: Sviatoslav I of Kiev has a very big, braided mustache, although he himself is not that useful in combat if you don't have raiders.

* CurbstompBattle: Occasionally, there is a training combat in which the player goes against a fortress of an inactive user. The victory is easy for the player since the castle is low on technology and the defences tend to be poor.

''Age of Empires: Castle Siege'' was a free TowerDefense videogame in which you build and mantain a castle and attack another castles. The players have to build the defenses and traps to prevent invaders from winning. To win an invasion, the player must collect at least one star; the maximum of stars per battle are three. A star can be earned if you destroy the keep or 50% of the castle buildings (walls don't count). The third star is earned if all the castle was destroyed. If an invasion is successful, you earn crowns, but if you fail to earn at least one star, you lose crowns.

This game was declared {{Abandonware}}; the game remained active until 13[[superscript:th]] May 2019 [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames and is no longer playable nor obtainable in the stores since.]]

This game was declared {{Abandonware}}; the game remained active until 13[[superscript:th]] May 2019 and is no longer playable nor obtainable in the stores since.

''Age of Empires: Castle Siege'' is a free TowerDefense videogame in which you build and mantain a castle and attack another castles. The players have to build the defenses and traps to prevent invaders from winning. To win an invasion, the player must collect at least one star; the maximum of stars per battle are three. A star can be earned if you destroy the keep or 50% of the castle buildings (walls don't count). The third star is earned if all the castle was destroyed. If an invasion is successful, you earn crowns, but if you fail to earn at least one star, you lose crowns.

This game was declared {{Abandonware}}; the game will remain active until 13[[superscript:th]] May 2019. After that, the game will no longer be playable nor obtainable in the stores.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Belisarius' skill to destroy a part of the wall is valuable, especially when the siege weapons are {{Mighty Glacier}}s, but otherwise he is a terrible fighter.

* KillItWithFire: Cheirosiphons have a sort of gun that shoots fire, which makes them deadly. Fire Traps are somewhat wide areas that activate some seconds after enemy troops stand there for some time, to prevent them to approach an area or to surprise them. Some heroes, like Alexander Nevsky and Tariq ibn Ziyad, have fire abilities.

** Trebuchets are very effective against buildings, but are very vulnerable to attacks. While not poor on defense, its slow attack may

* {{Caltrops}}: They are a trap that delays and hurts enemies who stand in them. They don't last too much in each invasion.

* IShallTauntYou: Charles Martel's ability is Taunt, which brings all enemy troops to attack him.
* KillItWithFire: Cheirosiphons, Fire Traps, and a few heroes' abilities.

** Trebuchets are very effective against buildings, but are very vulnerable to enemies.

* EnemyExchangeProgram: Joan of Arc's ability.
* FragileSpeedster: Raiders and ladder invaders are frail and not very good against many soldiers, but are fast. The same happens with engineers from the engineeer traps, which are even frailer.

* SeparateButIdentical: there are different civilizations, but ultimately all use the same soldiers and have the same upgrades. The only gameplay difference is that you get the associated earliest hero and the cultural unit just when you build the respect buildings and without need of pennons.
* WarElephants: John Kourkouas rides an elephant which allows him to ram buildings and to scare enemies as a special ability. When he uses his ability, his elephant does a big stomp and all the enemies near his range abandon the area.

* ColorCodedForYouConvenience: Along with each soldier having its own color, all enemy troops are gray.

** Cheirosiphons and siege weapons are very strong but slow. Aside from battering rams among the siege weapons, all them are not resistant to attacks; even rams may be vulnerable to attacks of towers, due to their slowness.

* BadassBeard: Many of the heroes have imponent beards. Averted with Henry V and Bellisarius, who only have short stubble, and the heroes who have {{Badass Mustache}}s. Ladder invaders have beards as well.