@@shartlover420 If you want higher detail characters I hope you got a PC worth 2.5k or youre fine at playing at 30 fps lol. Fleshed out? dude the game has more depth than age of empires 2 as it is.
It's definitely Age of Empires. On the fence with this trailer. The animations and character models look pretty dated and the gameplay is VERY similar to the original trilogy... but it's also a high quality RTS in 2021 which is much needed in this starved genre. Who am I kidding, of course I'm buying this
I guarantee the gameplay is going to quite a bit different than the OG games. All 8 factions are going to play distinctly from each other. Like at 2:02 , the Mongols can literally pack up their entire base and move it. Knowing Relic, they will add a lot of innovation to the series.
@@LightLeo111 IIRC the nomad mongol thing was supposed to be present in age 2, but was ultimately scrapped. There would be civs which were nomads, did not have monks, but could enslave or capture civillians from other civs. Maybe they decided to make it happen this time.
@@LightLeo111 you're totally right actually. After watching again I've realised there's a decent amount of differences. The factions seem really unique
@@Static-EN- I'm building my pc gaming and I only have to buy the HDD and the fans to complete it , I'm so excited because it's the first time I have the opportunity to play AAA games, Aoe3 definitive edition and AOE4😁😁😁😁
Zooming into the units makes the odd proportions stand out, as well as the saturated colors. But when you zoom out to normal viewing distance, you can tell that the proportions and colors are all there to make the game readable from that distance.
I don't think simplified is the right word. I'd go with exaggerated. But hey, if you disagree with the choice, it's easy to just not buy the game, or wait until mods can fix what you don't like.
@@lukeb1339 it's so they can be identified by the opponents as well, and if you want the game to have any competitive following, the designs need to stand out.
Nature etc. looks really amazing, but fighting animations have to be reworked imho. What are they hitting with the spears? Looks like the air. Maybe it is because combat noise is missing, but it seems kind of odd. Same with the elephants, when they hit the wall they are not actually touching it???
Seems like the same style of animation than before Otherwise gameplay and graphics that don't burn your eyes is what matter the most If they didn't build the animation to create a hit/damage when two object hit to have a better running game and lot more of npc/moving object it will probably stay the same Can look bad but you avoid to deal with a 1000 entity calculating at the same time if they did hit each other or not
2 things bother me a lot: -The arrows are too big and the speed of the shots seems a little slow. In addition, when they hit an enemy, they disappear abruptly (without any fadeout effect, for example). Watching in slowmotion is really weird. -The movement of some units is sometimes not so smooth during the change of direction. This can be seen clearly at various times if you watch at 0.5x speed. I believe these little details can end up ruining the immersion of the game.
Devs. Please delay this game until 2022 so you can put more polish on the graphics and optimization. For 2021 and for Relic, I know you can do better than arrows that awkwardly jiggle thru the air, unevenly scaled units and buildings, and cheap textures on units. COH2 is my favorite game of all time, and I still play it because it looks amazing even now. Please take time to make a game that will still look good 8 years from now. You’ve done it before and there’s no rush. We’ve waited for AOE4 for two decades, what’s another year or two.
I really hope that each civilization has its own special "concept" that makes them unique to play and not just clones of each other with identical abilities and stuff
i am very excited and concerned at the same time. the graphics look amazing on terrain shots but cartoony on units shots. also the animation look a bit off. but other than that, mechanics look very interesting
@@Bollibompa Well I never get hyped for games. But this time I thought: "Well, the Definitive editions were really good and it's AoE4, there is no way you can really mess up an AoE game beyond any hope of recovery, right?" Wrong. AoE has a very grounded set of style and the community just wanted them to follow the obvious things everyone was expecting of them. But they can't even nail the most basic thing which is the graphics. And by the way, the same company already made the Exact. Same. Mistake with dawn of war 3, which failed terribly. So yeah... let that sink in.
well i love age of empires, but damn some of that its looking way too "cartoons". I really hope they put more realism specially in some buildings and in the modeling of the people.
They ruined civilization with these stupid graphics and now they are trying to do the same with age of empires, this game will never (unfortunately) be a threat to AOE II popularity.
Exactly!!! I expected a linear progression from the classical age to modern age or at least 19th century. Imagine the ancient Romans, the fall and split into multiple reigns and then the italian kingdom. I know it would be a long ass game like civilization but it would be something new and amazing for an AoE. 16 years of waiting and we got the umpteenth age of empires 2 remake. Im so so disappointed.
I'm a big fan of the AoE franchise, but this trailer didn't impress me much. It feels like a mobile game for casual gamers. I hope it gets better before the release.
It's an upgraded version of Aoe2 you can see it in there. I prefer aoe3 by far but apparently I'm one of the few. Everyone asked for this exact game but it seems they don't know what they really want
Feels? you didnt even play it. Thats is such a bad critizism so early. Also if you want super realistic models I hope you have a 3080 or else youre going to get 30 fps with how many models there are on the screen.
@@kingkoollgs Where does it say it's unfinished? It seems more like they're flexing that it looks great with the "all in-game engine footage" or whatever at the start
Probably because its the most successful and popular game in the franchise. Its also the best according to the vast majority of AOE fans so im not sure why you'd be surprised.
Graphics aren't actually as bad when I saw side by side comparison with previous games however the lightning might be too much and it all looks a bit too bright. Also the arrow animations are a bit weird but there is still a lot of time till fall. With that being said I can't wait to play this asap!
Yeah, I don't know if this has a technical meaning like the game will run better with all the details but I also wouldn't mind if the graphics were similar to the Definitive Collection
@@ambershee Yeah, I know but since the first reveal I thought it looks too cartoony and yes it does but compared to the previous games it's not that different. I would say it's mostly the lightning but still, something feels weird about the whole gameplay and I can't seem to figure out what.
We need 30 soldiers to be created at once. May horses and elephants run over armies. Let siege weapons be pushed by people. Bring real physics into the game and not a crap mobile. And the arrows... DUDE, WHAT KIND OF ARROW IS THAT?
Not sure if I like the art style and it looks like a game from 2007. Why aren't the assets more detailed? I was hoping for aoe 3 style graphics but more modern mashed with aeo2 game play.
To me, it was always about that. I just want AOM DE of the original game (Greeks, Egyptians, Norse) with none of the extra fluff. Just a good old polish and modern paint job on a classic title.
Okay sorry but I'm not not thrilled about this at all anymore, it looks like a downgrade from the first reveals... Like a freaking mobile game. Graphics wise it's like it's from 10 years ago, the UI is disgusting, the mechanics, animations and models seem sub--par and I don't like how tiny the buildings are (or how huge the people are?)... like it's old-school Age. What's with the autonomous siege engines? Age 3 did this a lot better. Whatever happened to the promise of grandeur? A sense of realism? Something next-gen? What the heck happened? Also, tiny engagements? Is it really going to be dumbed down like Dawn of War with small armies? What is up with the arrow physics? Why does this just feel like a half-baked rehash of AoE 2? How can the Definitive Editions look better than this? What have you done to Age of Empires and our dream of a great sequel?
I love the fact that each civilization will be completely unique just as in AoEIII. I also loved the Area of Effect convertion. But the graphics look too "Mobile Game" for me...
The graphics are likely this way for performance reasons. AOE is a game with hundreds of units on screen at once, im not sure why you're expecting some amazing realistic graphics. Not to mention the fact that they have to balance graphics with making it playable to the most people possible, because not everyone has $3000 brand new PCs.
4:48 - No no that's wrong. First, you send your light cav charging blindly into the enemy, then you put your siege engines up front so they get destroyed first after firing one shot. I mean that's siege defense 101!! *this comment was sponsored by GoT*
I like it, but, at least in my opinion, the lighting, colors and animations make it look like a mobile game, maybe they need to work a little more on that front.
Played AoE2 DE for 100 hours latest couple of months. This trailer makes me drop all thoughts of getting AoE4. A cheap mobile game is what I found this feels like.
Does this mean we are finally allowed to build roads in an AoE game? Without resorting to map editor? I know we can put troops on walls now, but do we also have an official "ambush" feature as shown here? This is awesome.
Hmmm... this trailer didn't seem to showcase any new idea for the RTS genre, but rather appears to just mesh many cool ideas from other games of the genre into the AoE2 settings. (Elements from Warcraft and Stronghold come to my mind first, but I'm sure there are others) A bit disappointing perhaps, but at the same time, I can't really imagine any new idea myself that would completely revolutionize the gameplay without the series losing its identity. I'm just happy AoE is getting so much attention, really.
Where the hell is the blood and skeletons?! Other than that, like it so far. Don't make the game pg rated... give us war with all the blood and guts included.
@@valenesco45 I think it has something to do with Chinese videogame policies and China is a big market that they do not wish to miss out on. This is just my theory.
2 things bother me a lot: -The arrows are too big and the speed of the shots seems a little slow. In addition, when they hit an enemy, they disappear abruptly (without any fadeout effect, for example). Watching in slowmotion is really weird. -The movement of some units is sometimes not so smooth during the change of direction. This can be seen clearly at various times if you watch at 0.5x speed I believe these little details can end up ruining the immersion of the game.
Yeah, those homing arrows are pretty bad. I did a double take when it showed the arrows being fired at the deer. Also couldn't help but laugh pretty hard!
Hardly looks different from the remasters - it's like a 1.5 version of AoE2. It's a better idea than AoE3, of course, but there doesn't seem to be much evolution taking place beyond that. And I think we all know that an actual game will never look as cinematic as 4:36 and onward looks, so unless there's an in-game mechanic that facilitates this in its entirety, you can call this mild deception (like how a burger you get never looks like how it's advertised). Also can't wait to see the nonsensical scumbag multiplayer tactics like blocking off unit movement with magic blueprint placements.
I was a hard player of age of empires 2 (I begun playing AOE) in the final os the 90's. In my view the most important thing is the game jogability, not the graphics. The atmosphere of the internet at that time were also fine, we played by sharing IP numbers through IRC servers. Now, everyone is trained to pay a lot of money to play. Sad but true.
I think battle for middle earth has the best combat. It feels great running over units with horses. For me I love everything about age of empires expect for the combat, that is the only part of the game that I find abit lacking and too simple. Wish it took inspiration from battle from middle earth.
Animations and models are wack, the style is just not good i'd rather have old AOE 2 than what i saw in this trailer. Hope things are better when released.
This may be an unpopular opinion but I somehow expected way more than this... There are some very interesting gameplay implications but the rest ist AoE2 on speed - with 5 year old visuals. A tad bit disappointing tbh.
yea the swords looks like a fantasy sword rather than historical. but i dont mind as long as it's fun to play. im not expecting realistic vibes in this game because i can play total war for that.
@@Celedan It is just zoomed up a lot. Try zooming up on battles in aoe 2 DE or 3 and it will be much corny than this. I think animation needs more work tho.
@@Celedan Let me explain. First of all I am glad Microsoft even wanted to make a new game in AOE, because I have been signing petitions and what not for last 16 years begging for a new game. Second, I like the art style, this art style sells, that is why they are doing it. Most MOBAs like Dota 2 has a similiar artstyle. The contrast and simple nature actually makes online play great. Third is that I won't expect models to look lavish than this, because RTS needs to be run smoothly. You essentially cut down performance out of the game if you further increase details. My pc can't even run aoe 2 DE in high graphics and many people complained about not being able to enjoy 4vs 4 matches without experiencing huge fps drops. I already saw a frame rate drop in the trailer, so imagine having detailed graphics on top of this. And most people actually pushed the developers to make it simple so any pc can run it easily. Fourth is when you look at aoe 2 and 3, aoe 2 is much more popular than aoe 3 even with a superior graphics of 3. People tend to take 2 over 3 since 2 is more simple, understandable and non confusing to look at and very well organized. At the end of the day graphics is not what sells an RTS. The only error I see is animation being clumsy in few areas. But they will fix it hopefully.
These models look worse to me than original AOE3. This just killed all my excitement, it looks like it's from 2007. I like the roads but like damn. Really disappointed.
this will be my first pc game in about 10 years. I just hope the optics are still being worked on, sometimes it looks like a comic or even fantasy. I know Age was always bright and relatively colorful .. But people, what kind of arrows are they😳😖
...THIS is what took you guys 16 years? Definitely buying and giving it a chance without a doubt, but where are the 2021 graphics and new exciting new mechanics?
Before you bash Age of Empires IV, remember this, this franchise was almost dead and found a lifeline through old developers and some enthusiastic fans. Support the franchise and we will see great games in the future. Definitive Editions were great. Support it and keep this franchise alive. RTS is a rare genre now.
Disappointed by low quality physics and frames drop specifically in fighting and arrows scenes, in addition to humble quantity of armies. They must have shown us massive battle scene of 600 unit at least to impress audience. But it seems Microsoft studio lack experience in fulfilling gamers simple requirements. I suggest to give the position of directing this game which i played all releases since i was yong boy and still, am in game and knows exactly what it lacks for to dominate the RTS market for next decade. Sincerely Old warrior
Next level arrow physics featuring elephants which uses their stare ability to mow down buildings.
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That arrows animations is something out of this world...
something else
Those arrows tho...
Looks like ad for a Browsergame
A lot of work still left it seems.
Yeah, looks like a game from like 2017 or something, hopefully the animations get a lot more polish and everything gets more fleshed out
I dont think much will change as its releasing this fall
@@shartlover420 If you want higher detail characters I hope you got a PC worth 2.5k or youre fine at playing at 30 fps lol. Fleshed out? dude the game has more depth than age of empires 2 as it is.
The landscapes and buildings look really good, but the units and animations look cartoony and weird.
It's definitely Age of Empires. On the fence with this trailer. The animations and character models look pretty dated and the gameplay is VERY similar to the original trilogy... but it's also a high quality RTS in 2021 which is much needed in this starved genre. Who am I kidding, of course I'm buying this
I guarantee the gameplay is going to quite a bit different than the OG games. All 8 factions are going to play distinctly from each other. Like at 2:02 , the Mongols can literally pack up their entire base and move it.
Knowing Relic, they will add a lot of innovation to the series.
@@LightLeo111 IIRC the nomad mongol thing was supposed to be present in age 2, but was ultimately scrapped. There would be civs which were nomads, did not have monks, but could enslave or capture civillians from other civs. Maybe they decided to make it happen this time.
@@LightLeo111 you're totally right actually. After watching again I've realised there's a decent amount of differences. The factions seem really unique
Yeah but i like it, it should be easy on computers (maybe esport ?)
I'm hyped
@@Spyke_misc thought the same.
Also, this is probably not the final art, as they are working on the game yet.
please please reduce the size of the arrows and long swords they're HUGE
Well, they are named "long" swords for a reason.
I love the little 'spectres' that apear when you are building something. Gives a great feeling of it actually getting built.
Exactly what I thought!!!
Anyone else thinks the UI looks far too basic/mobile game-like?
Yes
I don't think that's the UI, it could be a placeholder in the mean time, it doesn't need much of one, now a days.
it almost looks like Civilization 5 or 6, i dont care though, I still want to play it xd
@@Static-EN- I'm building my pc gaming and I only have to buy the HDD and the fans to complete it , I'm so excited because it's the first time I have the opportunity to play AAA games, Aoe3 definitive edition and AOE4😁😁😁😁
@@SCHATTENJGGER GEFORCE RTX 3090 ? :p
looks like AOE2 in a AOE3 shell,Lighting is nice but the overall graphics thou needs work.
Zooming into the units makes the odd proportions stand out, as well as the saturated colors. But when you zoom out to normal viewing distance, you can tell that the proportions and colors are all there to make the game readable from that distance.
Yah zooming on fights really doesn't help in aoe games. Have to wait till real gameplay vedios come out.
The players aren't blind. That assumes we don't know what we're training. They simplified the designs toooo much for the sake of visability
I don't think simplified is the right word. I'd go with exaggerated. But hey, if you disagree with the choice, it's easy to just not buy the game, or wait until mods can fix what you don't like.
@@lukeb1339 it's so they can be identified by the opponents as well, and if you want the game to have any competitive following, the designs need to stand out.
Nature etc. looks really amazing, but fighting animations have to be reworked imho. What are they hitting with the spears? Looks like the air. Maybe it is because combat noise is missing, but it seems kind of odd. Same with the elephants, when they hit the wall they are not actually touching it???
Yeah thats prolly could use some work...
Yeah, this might've looked quite fine if they had shown it in 2010 or so
16 years of waiting for this
Seems like the same style of animation than before
Otherwise gameplay and graphics that don't burn your eyes is what matter the most
If they didn't build the animation to create a hit/damage when two object hit to have a better running game and lot more of npc/moving object it will probably stay the same
Can look bad but you avoid to deal with a 1000 entity calculating at the same time if they did hit each other or not
2 things bother me a lot:
-The arrows are too big and the speed of the shots seems a little slow. In addition, when they hit an enemy, they disappear abruptly (without any fadeout effect, for example). Watching in slowmotion is really weird.
-The movement of some units is sometimes not so smooth during the change of direction. This can be seen clearly at various times if you watch at 0.5x speed.
I believe these little details can end up ruining the immersion of the game.
Devs. Please delay this game until 2022 so you can put more polish on the graphics and optimization. For 2021 and for Relic, I know you can do better than arrows that awkwardly jiggle thru the air, unevenly scaled units and buildings, and cheap textures on units. COH2 is my favorite game of all time, and I still play it because it looks amazing even now. Please take time to make a game that will still look good 8 years from now. You’ve done it before and there’s no rush. We’ve waited for AOE4 for two decades, what’s another year or two.
The mongols look like a really intersting concept for a AoE civ.
yep, like moving
I really hope that each civilization has its own special "concept" that makes them unique to play and not just clones of each other with identical abilities and stuff
i am very excited and concerned at the same time. the graphics look amazing on terrain shots but cartoony on units shots. also the animation look a bit off. but other than that, mechanics look very interesting
Arrow physics and cartoony units make it look like a mobile game. Im praying they fix it
Same. I just don't want to play this game anymore.
Hopefully someone will fix this with mods to add better textures and maybe animations.
@@kristianm6269
The game is not even out yet... Maybe stop being either super hyped or not at all for games? Take things in moderation.
@@Bollibompa Well I never get hyped for games.
But this time I thought:
"Well, the Definitive editions were really good and it's AoE4, there is no way you can really mess up an AoE game beyond any hope of recovery, right?"
Wrong.
AoE has a very grounded set of style and the community just wanted them to follow the obvious things everyone was expecting of them.
But they can't even nail the most basic thing which is the graphics.
And by the way, the same company already made the Exact. Same. Mistake with dawn of war 3, which failed terribly.
So yeah... let that sink in.
This trailer is Wololo'ing me pretty hard...
Same here
Especially at 5:39. After this, one gets converted from AoE2 to AoE4 :-)
Siege weapons moving by themselves? please make it like AoE3 where they are operated by humans.
yes please
Aoe2 is a better game than aoe3, i'm happy they are getting inspiration from it.
Aoe3 is just cringe.
yeah it bothers me a lot too
@@adahepper2665
Haha, why?
well i love age of empires, but damn some of that its looking way too "cartoons". I really hope they put more realism specially in some buildings and in the modeling of the people.
Realism is overrated lol.
need to tap that fortnite market
@@DJSerpent realism is preferable to the generic "mobile gaming" style
They ruined civilization with these stupid graphics and now they are trying to do the same with age of empires, this game will never (unfortunately) be a threat to AOE II popularity.
@@MrBurtbackerack not rlly lol, this community just doesn't understand stylized art. It's not "cartoony" shows the level of ignorance.
Honestly I’m disappointed. All I see here are AoE2 themes with AoE 3 visuals. I’m not sure what I expected but it was certainly a lot more than this.
Exactly!!! I expected a linear progression from the classical age to modern age or at least 19th century. Imagine the ancient Romans, the fall and split into multiple reigns and then the italian kingdom. I know it would be a long ass game like civilization but it would be something new and amazing for an AoE.
16 years of waiting and we got the umpteenth age of empires 2 remake. Im so so disappointed.
AoE 3 looks better than this.
I'm a big fan of the AoE franchise, but this trailer didn't impress me much. It feels like a mobile game for casual gamers. I hope it gets better before the release.
It's an upgraded version of Aoe2 you can see it in there. I prefer aoe3 by far but apparently I'm one of the few. Everyone asked for this exact game but it seems they don't know what they really want
As a huge fan of AoE games it pains me to say that this looks and feels like a mobile game :(
Feels? you didnt even play it. Thats is such a bad critizism so early. Also if you want super realistic models I hope you have a 3080 or else youre going to get 30 fps with how many models there are on the screen.
At least it's not buggy like your favorite game 😛
Looks like the devs have got a bit of a case of "if it ain't broke, DON'T F***ING TOUCH IT"
They broke it by messing with the formula in AoE 3, glad someone knocked them back to their senses
We all know that a game is much more than graphics but, honestly, I expected more for a game made in 2021.
id still like to play the game on my 1050 pls. nah but for real I think it looks ok
Yeah it looks like something from '05-'10 era honestly. Models remind me a lot of a slightly-more-HD Stronghold 2.
Terrain and buildings look alright, but the units look unfinished,
Yes, seems like there is no Ambient Occlusion on Units. Blacks nearly look faded greys.
because it is unfinished
@@kingkoollgs Where does it say it's unfinished? It seems more like they're flexing that it looks great with the "all in-game engine footage" or whatever at the start
The terrain looks an awful like my vision before my lasik...
The graphics are disappointing. Rome 2 Total War from 2013 has better graphics and is much larger in scale with more models on screen.
Woah woah. Why do I feel like this is more of a successor to Age of Empires II THAN AOE3!?
Because they know age 2 is the most successful game of the series and are trying to replicate what went right
Aoe3 they experimented a little much with
Probably because its the most successful and popular game in the franchise. Its also the best according to the vast majority of AOE fans so im not sure why you'd be surprised.
Because the graphism are closer to aoe 2 release date than aoe 3 😂
@@antonkrachzer9788 biased.
Graphics aren't actually as bad when I saw side by side comparison with previous games however the lightning might be too much and it all looks a bit too bright. Also the arrow animations are a bit weird but there is still a lot of time till fall. With that being said I can't wait to play this asap!
hope the units will be more detailled because atm aoe 2 is far better even in the slow def version
Yeah, I don't know if this has a technical meaning like the game will run better with all the details but I also wouldn't mind if the graphics were similar to the Definitive Collection
"side by side with previous games" - the previous games were 15 years ago.
@@ambershee Yeah, I know but since the first reveal I thought it looks too cartoony and yes it does but compared to the previous games it's not that different. I would say it's mostly the lightning but still, something feels weird about the whole gameplay and I can't seem to figure out what.
10.000.000% agree
Age of Mythology Definite Edition died for this...
Im no fan of RTS games, but AoE has a good spot in my heart and this fills me with joy
Young punks
Animations look weird, hope it gets better!
We need 30 soldiers to be created at once.
May horses and elephants run over armies.
Let siege weapons be pushed by people.
Bring real physics into the game and not a crap mobile.
And the arrows... DUDE,
WHAT KIND OF ARROW IS THAT?
Not sure if I like the art style and it looks like a game from 2007. Why aren't the assets more detailed? I was hoping for aoe 3 style graphics but more modern mashed with aeo2 game play.
Because details turn into a mess in RTS. This kind of game needs clarity.
@@kazioo2 it doesn't need to look like a mobile game either though
Super underwhelming on the animation front. Hopefully the gameplay is much better.
This gives me hope for a new Age of Mythology :O
I would pay 100$ for that!
vvvvvv Vulomeh
To me, it was always about that. I just want AOM DE of the original game (Greeks, Egyptians, Norse) with none of the extra fluff. Just a good old polish and modern paint job on a classic title.
Okay sorry but I'm not not thrilled about this at all anymore, it looks like a downgrade from the first reveals... Like a freaking mobile game. Graphics wise it's like it's from 10 years ago, the UI is disgusting, the mechanics, animations and models seem sub--par and I don't like how tiny the buildings are (or how huge the people are?)... like it's old-school Age. What's with the autonomous siege engines? Age 3 did this a lot better. Whatever happened to the promise of grandeur? A sense of realism? Something next-gen? What the heck happened? Also, tiny engagements? Is it really going to be dumbed down like Dawn of War with small armies? What is up with the arrow physics? Why does this just feel like a half-baked rehash of AoE 2? How can the Definitive Editions look better than this? What have you done to Age of Empires and our dream of a great sequel?
Omg yes take my money
I love the fact that each civilization will be completely unique just as in AoEIII.
I also loved the Area of Effect convertion.
But the graphics look too "Mobile Game" for me...
Cartooned
The graphics are likely this way for performance reasons. AOE is a game with hundreds of units on screen at once, im not sure why you're expecting some amazing realistic graphics. Not to mention the fact that they have to balance graphics with making it playable to the most people possible, because not everyone has $3000 brand new PCs.
@@Chris-qj5cs I understand that as well, but no reason for the graphics to be worse than the remasters they've done in past games
@@Chris-qj5cs lol but thoose graphism doesn't even look better than aoe 3 ones, who was released in 2005
Looks like Age 2 remake but a lil bit weird
I think that they need to improve the animations... Other than that, it's looking great, I mean for the genre.
actually it looks nothing like AoE II, but AoE III A LOT! ...which is a bad sign imo
@@johnny182ee
Yes, AoE II already exists so?
@@johnny182ee It looks a ton like 3 graphically, but the gameplay seems to be trying to go more for 2. I definitely hope that's the case!
4:48 - No no that's wrong. First, you send your light cav charging blindly into the enemy, then you put your siege engines up front so they get destroyed first after firing one shot. I mean that's siege defense 101!! *this comment was sponsored by GoT*
I share your anger brother.
I like it, but, at least in my opinion, the lighting, colors and animations make it look like a mobile game, maybe they need to work a little more on that front.
Mobile RTS? Really disappointed with this visual design choices... Let's wait for more gameplay
Looks bad :( All these years and this is what they come up with? These models look 15 years behind its time.
Siege weapons moving by themselves? What? back to 1997 😕
It will just makes it looks silky. Its better without it imo
make it less cartoon. I already have AOE2 DE with more updates coming, so why complain, just continue taking care of this one.
I haven't taken the time, but thanks for what you have done with AOE2 , and for all the fun.
Played AoE2 DE for 100 hours latest couple of months. This trailer makes me drop all thoughts of getting AoE4. A cheap mobile game is what I found this feels like.
Does this mean we are finally allowed to build roads in an AoE game? Without resorting to map editor?
I know we can put troops on walls now, but do we also have an official "ambush" feature as shown here?
This is awesome.
Seems like trees can conceal units. Not sure it gives any numerical bonuses
Looks like aoe 3 ambush, you can hide ur units, only the explorer can see those hiden units.
I hope my 200 elephants assault strategy will still work after all these years
Lol! I can easily defend from this with 50 units.
@@DaviTrombela84 You can, AI can't
Hmmm... this trailer didn't seem to showcase any new idea for the RTS genre, but rather appears to just mesh many cool ideas from other games of the genre into the AoE2 settings. (Elements from Warcraft and Stronghold come to my mind first, but I'm sure there are others)
A bit disappointing perhaps, but at the same time, I can't really imagine any new idea myself that would completely revolutionize the gameplay without the series losing its identity. I'm just happy AoE is getting so much attention, really.
Where´s my monk with the soundboard nr 11 - lalala , nvm - 5:38
Where the hell is the blood and skeletons?! Other than that, like it so far. Don't make the game pg rated... give us war with all the blood and guts included.
You askin too much for snowflake developers in 2021
Man the corpse mountains in AoE2 were hilarious
@@valenesco45 I think it has something to do with Chinese videogame policies and China is a big market that they do not wish to miss out on. This is just my theory.
If it's just AoE 2 but better, I'm fine with that. DON'T MESS THIS UP!
"just better". that alone is damn difficult to achieve!
Seriously guys...make those castles bigger, they don't look big enough compared to the people around those!
Finally i can properly say ' I have the high ground, you have lost this battle' from the looks of the terrain
Looks like a mobile phone app
2 things bother me a lot:
-The arrows are too big and the speed of the shots seems a little slow. In addition, when they hit an enemy, they disappear abruptly (without any fadeout effect, for example). Watching in slowmotion is really weird.
-The movement of some units is sometimes not so smooth during the change of direction. This can be seen clearly at various times if you watch at 0.5x speed
I believe these little details can end up ruining the immersion of the game.
back to the 2005!
expected better animations , better size for units , also homing arrows
at least learn something from total war games and its mechanics
Yeah, those homing arrows are pretty bad. I did a double take when it showed the arrows being fired at the deer. Also couldn't help but laugh pretty hard!
@@Lanokota yea at 0:44
Looks like it could have been released in 2008. I don't know...
15 years ago this was decent graphics. not that graphics means everything but...
When is AOE 5 ?
When they rename this one to Age of Empires Online Definitive Edition and actually make a 4
Hardly looks different from the remasters - it's like a 1.5 version of AoE2. It's a better idea than AoE3, of course, but there doesn't seem to be much evolution taking place beyond that. And I think we all know that an actual game will never look as cinematic as 4:36 and onward looks, so unless there's an in-game mechanic that facilitates this in its entirety, you can call this mild deception (like how a burger you get never looks like how it's advertised). Also can't wait to see the nonsensical scumbag multiplayer tactics like blocking off unit movement with magic blueprint placements.
What evolution are you looking for exactly? The amount of gameplay changes is insane.
why do the graphics and animations look like its 10 years old already?
Why are the graphics so low quality??
16 YEARS FOR A REMAKE AGE OF EMPIRES 2!!!
I was a hard player of age of empires 2 (I begun playing AOE) in the final os the 90's. In my view the most important thing is the game jogability, not the graphics. The atmosphere of the internet at that time were also fine, we played by sharing IP numbers through IRC servers. Now, everyone is trained to pay a lot of money to play. Sad but true.
Age of Empires, Rome Total War and Battle for Middle Earth my all time RTS favorites.
I also thought Battle for Middle Earth!
Battle for midle Earth its also going to get a new Game Battle for midle Earth reforged
I think battle for middle earth has the best combat. It feels great running over units with horses. For me I love everything about age of empires expect for the combat, that is the only part of the game that I find abit lacking and too simple. Wish it took inspiration from battle from middle earth.
@@sistakastet my strategy in AoE equates to 100% wololo!
Looks like a mobile game. The graphics are way too cartoony :( I really hope they fix this
5:38 what a brutality!
Warcraft 3 from 2004. has more realistic and better animations. Guys, focus on that HEAVILY! And rework these arrows.
Empires: Dawn of the Modern World; single most underrated RTS.
Animations and models are wack, the style is just not good i'd rather have old AOE 2 than what i saw in this trailer. Hope things are better when released.
Hope they enhanced Tuck Tuck Tuck too :D
Looks really interesting. The one thing that can be improved is the coloring. It is way to intense so everything looks like plastic toy soldiers.
honestly expected a little better models/graphics/effects/physics. But love it none-the-less.
What's with the arrow physics??? Devs Come on..
Looks mediocre. Graphics and animations look dated already. But the gameplay looks like a lot of fun.
Me: Game will be good
Trailer: Wololo
Me: Game will be bad
Nice comment but I hope it doesn't turn bad😭
This may be an unpopular opinion but I somehow expected way more than this...
There are some very interesting gameplay implications but the rest ist AoE2 on speed - with 5 year old visuals.
A tad bit disappointing tbh.
is it me or are all the people huge compared to the buildings.
thats always been the case in AoE, youre just noticing it more now.
Yeah, in AOE III DE are units a little bit smaller and hard to see imo. So this is the way for AOE.
My only dislikes are the large / oversized weapons and the bright colour palette, but apart from that it's great to see.
yea the swords looks like a fantasy sword rather than historical. but i dont mind as long as it's fun to play. im not expecting realistic vibes in this game because i can play total war for that.
Age of empires 2.5
2.1 more like it
Looks very nice just keep polishing the animations and mechanics would love to see a little more blood on the battlefield
It really doesn't. Looks like a unity fan project.
Right...
@@Celedan It is just zoomed up a lot. Try zooming up on battles in aoe 2 DE or 3 and it will be much corny than this. I think animation needs more work tho.
@@hiran4935 why give excuses to a bad job?
@@Celedan Let me explain. First of all I am glad Microsoft even wanted to make a new game in AOE, because I have been signing petitions and what not for last 16 years begging for a new game.
Second, I like the art style, this art style sells, that is why they are doing it. Most MOBAs like Dota 2 has a similiar artstyle. The contrast and simple nature actually makes online play great.
Third is that I won't expect models to look lavish than this, because RTS needs to be run smoothly. You essentially cut down performance out of the game if you further increase details. My pc can't even run aoe 2 DE in high graphics and many people complained about not being able to enjoy 4vs 4 matches without experiencing huge fps drops. I already saw a frame rate drop in the trailer, so imagine having detailed graphics on top of this. And most people actually pushed the developers to make it simple so any pc can run it easily.
Fourth is when you look at aoe 2 and 3, aoe 2 is much more popular than aoe 3 even with a superior graphics of 3. People tend to take 2 over 3 since 2 is more simple, understandable and non confusing to look at and very well organized. At the end of the day graphics is not what sells an RTS.
The only error I see is animation being clumsy in few areas. But they will fix it hopefully.
These models look worse to me than original AOE3. This just killed all my excitement, it looks like it's from 2007. I like the roads but like damn.
Really disappointed.
It looks like a game from 2006. HD/DE look leagues better. Also what happened to WWI/II period hinted at in the aoe3 collectors book?
That was a silly plan. WW would never work as AoE type of game. Even the 3rd one was rather a mistake with some forced mechanics.
No, bad idea
Looks like a freaking 2010 game like wtf??? You cant release such a low visual quality game in 2021 ffs
we need an age of mytology definitive edition
No, we need an entirely new iteration. I'm so sick of remasters.
@@Arcessitor I didn't understand it, but I already understand that it has been remastered a lot. I just didn't understand the new interaction part.
Really big arrows! They look like spears...
Looks like properly remastered version of Afe of Empires II from 2010. Good work, I will buy it :)
AoE 2 came out in 1999.
this will be my first pc game in about 10 years. I just hope the optics are still being worked on, sometimes it looks like a comic or even fantasy. I know Age was always bright and relatively colorful .. But people, what kind of arrows are they😳😖
Can’t say I’m a huge fan of how the arrows look. They are trying to hard to make them cool and they look unrealistic.
idk any of u guys, but for me this looks more like an AOE2 Remake than the long awaited Aoe lV
...THIS is what took you guys 16 years? Definitely buying and giving it a chance without a doubt, but where are the 2021 graphics and new exciting new mechanics?
would you give it a chance if it wasn't called Age of Empires?
Please add Nusantara Kingdom, like Mojopahit, etc. Does it has RTX? World first RTS game with RTX?
Before you bash Age of Empires IV, remember this, this franchise was almost dead and found a lifeline through old developers and some enthusiastic fans. Support the franchise and we will see great games in the future. Definitive Editions were great. Support it and keep this franchise alive. RTS is a rare genre now.
4K looks amazing. I have built my PC after 15 years for this game and can't wait for the Fall.
I used to play aoe and aom with my lil bro.
This bring back some good old memories.
Solo el imaginarme el Mithology con este motor grafico, me hace venir, ojala se acuerden de esa vieja gloria
Bad bad bad. Been a fan of this franchise for over 25 years and this is what we get? What an embarrassment.
Relic why are you stuck with the cartoony art style it's like they can't do nothing else anymore, this need a big graphic overhaul.
We can't trust Relic after DoW 3
Again with the Cartoon complains? Wtf.. is wrong with you guys...
@@sebaaullador1292 nah, I'm talking about gameplay and technical condition, art style is not so important to be honest
@@blacksteelman Sega had their way with DOW3. They wanted them to build a "moba" game.
@@sebaaullador1292 indeed it is .. and not taking this complaint seriously will result in fiasco like our beloved dawn of war 3
I hope the early game is more engaging than in AoE2 and I wonder what the average game length will be on multiplayer.
Disappointed by low quality physics and frames drop specifically in fighting and arrows scenes, in addition to humble quantity of armies. They must have shown us massive battle scene of 600 unit at least to impress audience. But it seems Microsoft studio lack experience in fulfilling gamers simple requirements. I suggest to give the position of directing this game which i played all releases since i was yong boy and still, am in game and knows exactly what it lacks for to dominate the RTS market for next decade.
Sincerely
Old warrior