but the game has the right formula to get started plus an obvious roadmap and that's what really matters. And it has some better things than HD did but it's not in the level of AOE2DE and it won't be for a while.
AGE OF EMPIRES 2 HD VS DEFINITIVE EDITION FULL
When you are making a game from the ground up with a brand new dev team no, the hindsight won't help everywhere, Ensemble is no more and forgotten empires are charged with the DE editions only, and i promise you as a person who plays AOE4 a lot of my small gripes with AOE2 did get addressed, they didn't make the game just blind, but they had a set schedule and set priorities and those are on full display.Īlso, I don't care if we talk about 1999 AOK, 1997, hell even conquerors in 2001, whatever date you want to slap on it, AOE2 had many misses and issues that didn't get addressed in any shape or form until HD came out like basic multiplayer functionality that is not a third party solution or other major fixes with the game that only things like Userpatch even brought to some decent level, and even then it took a long while for it to be stable, which then got f'd over by the African Kingdoms and eventually got fixed, again.ĪOE4 is a lot better AOK was and arguably AOC as well, no questions asked. If we're talking about the year AoK was actually released then citation needed. Originally posted by RaphaniacZX:AOE4 is way better than Age of Kings was 1997Sure, -2yo AoK can't compare with any game that actually exists. We're only 3 days in, so you can calm your doom horses down. You're all really pent up on this idea the pros have to choose one game and can't play both and you know, have fun with the games.
Hell AOE3 proofs that too even if people like to mock it.Īlso, any game's popularity will slowly decline after release and the initial hype, so did AOE2: HD albeit very steadily and so will do DE even if AOE4 did not exist. If the core base gameplay is solid, fun and the civilizations are engaging (which for the record they are more fun than AOE2s) then the game will thrive for the longer run. AOE2 is living proof of that with the amount of things that were horribly wrong about it like being able to properly play multiplayer games to begin until 13 or so years later when an official answer came out not called Voobly, which I would argue is far more important than somebody being unhappy with not being able to select cyan at this time that they can fix let's say 2 months from now. fixed colours, restrictive pop caps etc.Ī game's success or longevity is not decided by the amount of quirks or "unacceptable" things should fix. Sure, you might say they'll fix it later down the road but there are already people leaving due to avoidable issues which have been mentioned times and times again during the betas like the Zoom level. The reasons the pros are mostly playing AOE4 is because of the Genesis tournament, but I seriously doubt it will overtake AOE2 in terms of popularity with all the issues it has.
All repeating the same points that AOE4 is basically a AOE2 3D rehash with some AOE3 elements mixed in with way less content, a loveless UI, controversial graphics to say the least and a prohibitive prize tag for the content it offers. Just look at the score it has currently and the amount of units sold. As for when to get AOE4 if it looks exciting grab game pass and try it, and if not wait at least for a Black Friday/Holiday sale.Īfter the initial hype, it will fall down in popularity. Originally posted by RaphaniacZX:AOE4 in the long run, and the reasoning for that is simple, you're comparing a remaster of a remaster with about 7 expansions and x amount of quality of life changes over 20 years to a game that came out like 3 days ago as of this comment.ĪOE4 is way better than Age of Kings was 1997 and will only keep getting better, also for the record if you're sickened by the idea that the pros who have been playing these games non stop finally are playing a refreshing experience after 16 years without a new AOE title (if you count AOE3), all I have to say is cope and seethe n00bs.ĪOE2:DE is not going anywhere and it's as fun as ever to play with friends, but excuse the people having fun because a new game came out instead of recycled success.