Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Launch Day Multiplayer Impressions

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition has launched and so it's time to have a look at the version that got released after the Beta experience - I streamed on 14th November night about 7 hours after launch. I again perform tests and show FPS, CPU/RAM/GPU usage. My computer: i5-3570 3.40 GHz quad-core, 8GB RAM, playing off normal HDD, system on SSD, GPU AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB (should be similar to Nvidia 1060), 1920x1200 resolution, 60Hz display. In the meantime some things have been attempted to be fixed (like the pretty much non-functioning multiplayer), there was a first small patch, but players are still reporting similar issues and from my checking out of things, it's still not working well 2 days after launch (number of the shown games is still limited, largely cannot join any spectating, lag/stutter is still in, maybe slightly better, but not by much if so, and could just be random observation, looking also at other streams). Time stamps: Start - Benchmarking and heading into multiplayer, problems arise early and serious again 22:05 Going for testing ranked 1v1 (the nick is more probably from Steam) 1:05:08 Testing single player 1:18:52 Team ranked 2:46:39 4v4 BF! Join me live for more Age of Empires and other games at http://www.twitch.tv/BlackAddersPlays Like me: https://www.facebook.com/BlackAddersPlays Follow my tweets: https://twitter.com/BlackAdderPlays Visit my gaming microblog: http://blackaddersplays.tumblr.com Come chat: https://discordapp.com/invite/WFYhM2h If you feel like you would want to send me some extra resources to continue or even improve the efforts for the community, you can do so through: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/BlackAddersPlays PayPal - https://www.paypal.me/BlackAddersPlays This video was created under Microsoft's "Game Content Usage Rules" using assets from Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, © Microsoft Corporation. Game Content Usage Rules: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/developers/rules