AoE II...
I liked that game when i fought the campaigns and PvNPC.
But after i began playing it against a friend, the game lost it's appeal.
The time you need to complete a game versus a well versed player is huge. My last battle took over 9 hours...
It was just a big "train the most troops you can", and then both armies fought in the middle of the map (Usually in the way to siege the enemy fortress), and all the units of both players were killed. And after that, all began again... *Siiiiigh*
I ended up building a city comparable to Minas Tirith. With 5 levels of triple walls defended by at least 300 units (we were using the 1000 population limit mod), the final battle was immense, and laggy. The game engine does not like having ~2000+ units on it. The siege of my city took over 2 hours.
I prefer StarCraft instead. PvP is much faster... and you have better weps.
(If you find any mistake in my English, please let me know via a PM)
(Really, I speak terrible English, so please, tell me if I make mistakes. I'd like to improve it a bit )