On the graphic aspect, I think the pre-rendered graphic on AOE 2 offers a realistic model and texturing. When the game goes full 3D rendering, the details are limited by polycount. AOE 2: DE really nails it for me.
I dont think it looks better graphically tbh but it works better for the RTS and competitive game play than AOE4 does. Just my 2 cents about it anyways.
Everyone is looking at Unreal Engine 5 thinking about the next big open world game but I am very interested to see where AoE and other RTS games go with it. We could have some really good looking games in this genre soon.
Its insane to me that before AOE2:DE came out, I finally got a PC again for gaming (had been on console for all my life basically), and I immediately thought of AOE2. Im a shooter type gamer for the most part and this was at the height of Fortnite so i mainly got my PC for that. But the first game I downloaded and played wasnt FN, it was a masterpiece of a game called Age of Empires 2. Even without the remastered version, I was in love once again with a game I first played with my father(a huge history/war nerd) when I was about 5 years old. Im just continually amazed by AOE2... DE might be the greatest remastered game I've ever played, as they simply updated the graphics in a way that didnt change any of the feel of the game, and only made subtle QoL ones basically. But even if they never released DE, an extremely healthy player base would STILL be playing this game. Yeah I know the HD version is what people have been playing since 2013 or whatever and that helped a ton, but I would 1000% still play the actual original almost 25 year old game. My point is, AOE2 if simply one the GREATEST most replayable game across the board of all time. It's astounding how perfect a game they made so long ago, it makes me want to cry. Im sure many others have memories of this game from their childhood and if youre like me, years from now whenever my dad is no longer here, I will play this game and think of all the great memories both fun and educational I had with him because of this game.
Today at Osaka Itami Airport I saw two guys one with AOE4 Sweaters with Developer on his arm, So I looked up this right now. Pretty cool if I just saw a DEV
The changes in projectiles are a bummer in my opinion, along with lack of hill bonuses. With more advanced tech, they could actually make a proper calculations based on height differences, but nope... Same with homing arrows - I hate excessive micro, but in terms of arrows and siege equipment, it makes sense to be able to dodge. And basically homing/hitscan attack could be made into a unique thing for gunpowder infantry with a fixed hit rate, for example. The point is - with so many years between those game, there should not be even a contest, every single aspect should be objectively better... It is not. There are also couple of other things that rub me the wrong way about AOE4: The art direction - something feels off about the colour palette. It feels washed out, yet team colours are insanely vibrant, creating weird, out of place contrast. The proportions, weirdly wobbly animations with exaggerated weapons to supposedly make them more distinguishable - it has a subtlety of a sledgehammer and ironically makes it... less clear. I noticed that team colours on units appear to be overdone, which combined with animations being more wobbly, makes unit groups turn into incomprehensible blobs. And the UI... It is functional but it looks like something taken from a generic mobile game - it feels out of place and has all the character of a slab of iron. It is oversimplified for clarity, yet it loses all the style for this. It is like those corporate logos getting overly simplified to near nothingness - and this UI kind of runs along this line.
Unfortunately I don't agree with the micro management thought. This game sure loses micro from moving units back and forth to dodge arrows (ridiculous like u said) but gains micro by the much more realistic aim of army setup. Before I could just sit there 1 or 2 types of units. And win a aoe 2 game. Aoe 4 requires much more analysis on the battlefield while moving the correct rock paper scissors in correct areas. So you still gotta micro manage just in a different way. And people fight much earlier! Before only pros would play Fuedal properly. now I play a 1v1 and 50% of games don't go past castle age. And ends generally before castle. So while your microing your army your also doing the pre game of building your economic side at the EXACT same time or you lose. Before AOE2 was fastest one to perfect economic supply and just mass army. Games where always IV and long IV.
You forgot to mention the unzoom level in Age of Empires IV. The unzoom range is ridicolusly low and it makes Age of Empires IV really difficult to manage. For a 2021 game it is an absolute joke.
I have to say that the statement that Age of Empires 4 is "one of, if not the most restricted launch, in terms of civs in the franchis's history" to be...quite inaccurate. Age of Empires 3, which also had asymmetrical civilizations, had 8 civs at launch, as well. Age of Mythology only had 3 civilizations at launch. Otherwise, well done comparison!
AOE 2: DE just looks better. And it's easier to see at a glance what thing is what. In AOE 2 you are NEVER confused as to what unit or building is what. This is my biggest beef with AOE 4 in that it's just hard to see what units I'm dealing with.
I have only one problem with the visuals and that is that the villagers appear like giants next to the buildings. 😂
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I don't know why so many "modern" RTS games make that mistake... it's such a disaster to see that a knight is like half as big a castle..... AoE4 is a huge letdown for me. It could have been the gamechanger for modern RTS games and after all these years of development, it's a graphic improvement over 3.
I see it more as a single unit represents a larger group of people rather than a single person. So it's more about the convenience of visually larger units rather than the 'realism' of their size
Don't know if this still an active page, but really struggling on which to buy. Played AOE1 or 2 like 10ish+ years ago. And played more civ then on, Which would be consider more beginner friendly and is a lot easier to progress and understand?
This guy hasnt played Age of empires 3 right? Because almost all of what he said was done in Age 3, a game 15-12 years old. The method of building something to age was a thing that asian dynasties could do. The 3D graphics were also in Age 3, this Age 4 looks exactly like Age 3 but with Age 2 civs and time setting. The homming projectiles were in Age 3 as well. Even your bonus point, which is something good about Age 4, was in Age 3, thats why Age 3 innovated the most to the franchise. Conclusion: Age 4 doesnt evolve a sh*t, doesnt innovate, its just a "fan game" but most of the franchise fans are dissapointed, because we were expecting something new (idk, tanks, planes, gartling guns, WW1 rifles, WW2 obuses...)
I'm interested, but not sure about buying right now, either. I probably will, because this game has been on my watch list for more than a year. But I play other games - MMO's, City Builders, outside the RTS Genre. While getting hardcore into RTS again is something I might do when I feel like I want a break from other stuff, it's not high on my priority list. RTS was my favorite genre back in the 2000's, but now my attention is split. At the same time, I've got the complete definitive editions of AOE II and III so I'm hesitant to buy yet another game. At a casual glance it honestly looks like - from a competitive multiplayer perspective - AOE II DE probably is and will remain the best game out of the bunch for a while. I don't want that to be true necessarily, but it really looks like this is where the biggest share of players ultimately stand. A few months after release, that could change. But AOE4 doesn't look like it is or will be worth a full exodus of the AOE 2 Community. And that's where it gets really muddy, because Microsoft did a great job of supporting AOE 2 DE in a way which makes it harder to sell AOE 4... which tells me that they fully expect all of these games to retain their own unique communities side by side. That's awesome, but also unprecedented. If true, it also gives me that much more cause to think that when I want to dive into AOE again, I might just stick to AOE 2 DE, or even AOE 3 which is in many ways also a beautiful game.
I am definitely odd one out but I prefer AoE4 only because it feels cleaner while AoE2 feels like I am playing a game on a paper, I mean they're 20 years apart but still I enjoy something more fresh
I should've seen this coming, but I have trouble seeing units from green-brown backgrounds when the colours are Dark Green, any blue on water, brown on mountains/hills, and darker purples. I really don't like the art style. It is muddy and earthy when compared to its 3D ancestors like AOE3 and AOM. UI blends into the enviroment and doesn't pop with contrasting colours. I am trying to like the game enough to buy it, but failing this hard on basic RTS UI and enviroment details is just a massive turn off. I mean look at those unit portraits and projectile tracking, just disgraceful.
I was hyped for Age of Empires 4 when it was announced, but after looking the gameplay videos, it just seems to be Age of Empires 2: Definite Editions Definite Edition, it even recycles the same campaign stories like Jeanne d’Arc
I've never understood the Civ argument with AoE:2. Since every civ is roughly the same. You can master one civ in AoE2, and you pretty much mastered all of them. A literal, "You have seen one you've seen them all." situation. Compare this to Mythology, 3, and 4. You master one civ in those games. You're guaranteed to suck with the rest. Especially with AoE3. I swear watching people talk about the variety in the multiple samey AoE2 civs. Is like watching someone praise the variety you're given in a bag of M&Ms. 6 different colors, they all taste the same.
Does your accent fall off periodically as you speak? Sounds like you go from semi-Aussi to American especially with some of the "Rs" =) Just something interesting I noticed. I don't have experience listening to all different language variations but I'd say you sound New Zealander but I didn't know if the New Zealand accent alters the R sound so much. Thanks for the video. Cheers.
I bought both of them, after I played aoe 4, I can't go back playing 2. No hate, just my opinion. The excitement in every clash and the base building is just wonderful.
agreed. 2 is janky af coming from 4...people just like what theyre better at and since they been playing 2 for 20 years they will stick to it. same thing happens in almost every rts. most sc1 players went back to it after 2 was out a while and its now currently more popular than 2 even though by todays standards sc1 is broken steaming pile of poo
Aoe 4 looks amazing, but if you ask me which I'd rather play, I choose aoe 2. It's simpler graphically so the design of structures is just cleaner for gameplay
I do not like AoE IV style. The most obvious one is somewhat feels like it is a miniature. I mean while playing this games the building looks like tiny and cartoonized. I prefer AoE II DE.
AoE 2 is widely regarded as the staple of the series. It also happens to be more similar to AoE4, whereas many people consider 3 to be a bit different - not always bad, but more of on oddball in comparison to the rest. That's my understanding - others may have more to add!
Devs have no idea. It's downgrade to aoe 3 even 2 i'd argue... You have so many ideas to pull out of many different genres, and you make a downgraded age2 DE, but in 3D though!
Thank god for removing the missing arrows, like dude I wanna enjoy myself with a game when I come home frome my 9-5 and not micro my knights to dodge fucking arrows like some world championship sweatlord. I have a feeling that the RTS community really consists mostly of competetive sweatlords these days who like their game to be as complicated and hard to master as possible. How else would you explain AoE3 seing so little love, while it is probably the most accessible title in the AoE series, like once the early game is over you have your infinite eco with mill, plantation and factory behind your walls and you can focus completely on shitting out units and doing battle.
theres nothing wrong with complexity and raising the skill ceiling but it has to be fun and interesting. dodging arrows is not an interesting skill to develop nor is it fun for either the offender or defender.
AOE 2 Defenitive edition is way more mature and still the most popular played classic which has been mostly considered the best in the series, almost 2 decades. AOE 4 is very new and the verdict is still not done for it as yet, it still has a long way in terms of tweaking and updates before we know what it will be, but so far so it's a success. If you want to get into AOE start with AOE 2 DE, there is plenty of time to get into AOE 4 as am sure it will be the successor to AOE 2 for the future decades.. especially when you look at the pricing. I would wait for aoe4 price to drop before getting it. AOE 2 DE is about a third of that price for a more complete classic that still stands the test of time
basically if you didnt grow up playing aoe2 you will like 4 better. have yet to meet a person that started the series with 4 that likes the 20 year old crusty janky 2 better...people love their nostalgia and will gravitate towards whatever they are better at. 4 could have been the best game ever made in any genre and youd still have half the people saying 2 is the best and 4 is shit
yep. people that kept playing 2 like 2 better. if you started with 4 you will like 4 better. basically across the board. people love their nostalgia and winning and they can win more with a game theyve been playing for 20 years. that simple
AoE2 DE has the better graphic, animation, gameplay, immersion and sound. The things AoE4 makes better are countable by one hand... I mean, just look at a battle of 100 v 100 men. In AoE2 you have the FEELING of a real battle.
i think i wont like this one sinds the archer thing i love from age 2 and unit positioning and the hill bonuses the had to stay in age 4 to make me buy age 4 thanx for the info
As we get more technology the true effort in a game goes down. The 90s and early 2000s were definitely the golden age of story and mechanic driven games
Personally for me AOE 2 is king and AOE4 is trash because aside from just the map and stretegy they are no evolution . Power or magical power , heroes , those upgrade to grind like in AOE 3 , you know ANYTHing and i really mean it ANYTHING that make a game different or not the same like MMORPG do (level , heroes stats) OBviously this should be balance if a 40 level player play someone level 2 , you are all level 2 . HEroes level well that is skill if he dont die and can lever but shouldnt be overpower like i have a hero level 10 i win . Talent Tree , Direction or God worshipping Like yin age of mythology , you can adapt per stategy i think that was a very good idea. But here we are with NOTHING , yes if we have nothing no power no tree no level no hero no absoluty no fucking 1 thing in like 1 millenia , AOE 2 is the best game
@@JumboPixel yeah but seems too exaggerated. Idk if it's a speech tactic for human psychology though. Because after I watched some gameplays or tips n trick vids, I realized you're not the only one.
![TheViper Faces A Defensive MASTERPIECE [AoE4]](/img/1.gif)
Age of Empires is what got me to love history. AoE2DE was a freaking masterpiece remake.
On the graphic aspect, I think the pre-rendered graphic on AOE 2 offers a realistic model and texturing. When the game goes full 3D rendering, the details are limited by polycount. AOE 2: DE really nails it for me.
Thanks for making me learn about polygon counts on Wikipedia lol
I dont think it looks better graphically tbh but it works better for the RTS and competitive game play than AOE4 does. Just my 2 cents about it anyways.
I prefer the isometric look much more than the 3D, it's more visually appealing and readable
Def...think im going to stick with AOE2:DE
Wait, so they made it a 3D world but removed terrain bonuses/penalties? That's kind of dumb.
Exactly
Probably an anti camping mechanic.
@@satyakisil9711 camping could be an actual war strategy tho, making the game even more intere
Interesting
@@alessandrogiavazzi yeah, but it makes games a lot longer and more boring. Both wonders and sacred sites already encourage camping.
Everyone is looking at Unreal Engine 5 thinking about the next big open world game but I am very interested to see where AoE and other RTS games go with it. We could have some really good looking games in this genre soon.
RTS is, and always has been, the very best video game genre to ever exist. It's just the perfect kind of game.
Its not all about graphics , i like aoe 2 de more than aoe 4.
@@Matthi508 no one asked
"Projectiles are essentially homing missiles" 🤣
Age 2 de is by far the best ever made
I have all the games and quite enjoy 4
No argument there
@@stequality should i get 2 or 4
@@nut7315 I’d say 4 !
@@nut7315 get 2 its like a couple bucks and often on sale
It's amazing that 20 years ago you had hill bonus. Very cool feature. It's stupid not to keep it in AoE4🙄
Also the Arrow should have more complex mechanics
Its insane to me that before AOE2:DE came out, I finally got a PC again for gaming (had been on console for all my life basically), and I immediately thought of AOE2. Im a shooter type gamer for the most part and this was at the height of Fortnite so i mainly got my PC for that. But the first game I downloaded and played wasnt FN, it was a masterpiece of a game called Age of Empires 2. Even without the remastered version, I was in love once again with a game I first played with my father(a huge history/war nerd) when I was about 5 years old. Im just continually amazed by AOE2... DE might be the greatest remastered game I've ever played, as they simply updated the graphics in a way that didnt change any of the feel of the game, and only made subtle QoL ones basically. But even if they never released DE, an extremely healthy player base would STILL be playing this game. Yeah I know the HD version is what people have been playing since 2013 or whatever and that helped a ton, but I would 1000% still play the actual original almost 25 year old game. My point is, AOE2 if simply one the GREATEST most replayable game across the board of all time. It's astounding how perfect a game they made so long ago, it makes me want to cry. Im sure many others have memories of this game from their childhood and if youre like me, years from now whenever my dad is no longer here, I will play this game and think of all the great memories both fun and educational I had with him because of this game.
Today at Osaka Itami Airport I saw two guys one with AOE4 Sweaters with Developer on his arm, So I looked up this right now. Pretty cool if I just saw a DEV
The changes in projectiles are a bummer in my opinion, along with lack of hill bonuses.
With more advanced tech, they could actually make a proper calculations based on height differences, but nope...
Same with homing arrows - I hate excessive micro, but in terms of arrows and siege equipment, it makes sense to be able to dodge. And basically homing/hitscan attack could be made into a unique thing for gunpowder infantry with a fixed hit rate, for example.
The point is - with so many years between those game, there should not be even a contest, every single aspect should be objectively better... It is not.
There are also couple of other things that rub me the wrong way about AOE4:
The art direction - something feels off about the colour palette. It feels washed out, yet team colours are insanely vibrant, creating weird, out of place contrast. The proportions, weirdly wobbly animations with exaggerated weapons to supposedly make them more distinguishable - it has a subtlety of a sledgehammer and ironically makes it... less clear. I noticed that team colours on units appear to be overdone, which combined with animations being more wobbly, makes unit groups turn into incomprehensible blobs.
And the UI... It is functional but it looks like something taken from a generic mobile game - it feels out of place and has all the character of a slab of iron. It is oversimplified for clarity, yet it loses all the style for this. It is like those corporate logos getting overly simplified to near nothingness - and this UI kind of runs along this line.
Unfortunately I don't agree with the micro management thought. This game sure loses micro from moving units back and forth to dodge arrows (ridiculous like u said) but gains micro by the much more realistic aim of army setup. Before I could just sit there 1 or 2 types of units. And win a aoe 2 game. Aoe 4 requires much more analysis on the battlefield while moving the correct rock paper scissors in correct areas. So you still gotta micro manage just in a different way. And people fight much earlier!
Before only pros would play Fuedal properly. now I play a 1v1 and 50% of games don't go past castle age. And ends generally before castle. So while your microing your army your also doing the pre game of building your economic side at the EXACT same time or you lose. Before AOE2 was fastest one to perfect economic supply and just mass army. Games where always IV and long IV.
You forgot to mention the unzoom level in Age of Empires IV. The unzoom range is ridicolusly low and it makes Age of Empires IV really difficult to manage. For a 2021 game it is an absolute joke.
it is a joke
Couldn’t agree more, coming from FAF where you can see whole map at once. Can’t even city whole city in aoe4 😂
I have to say that the statement that Age of Empires 4 is "one of, if not the most restricted launch, in terms of civs in the franchis's history" to be...quite inaccurate. Age of Empires 3, which also had asymmetrical civilizations, had 8 civs at launch, as well. Age of Mythology only had 3 civilizations at launch. Otherwise, well done comparison!
AOE 2: DE just looks better. And it's easier to see at a glance what thing is what. In AOE 2 you are NEVER confused as to what unit or building is what. This is my biggest beef with AOE 4 in that it's just hard to see what units I'm dealing with.
Can't believe he was comparing AOE4 to AOE2:TC instead of AOE2:DE.
It’s funny that AOE2 with older graphic always look more realistic than AOE4 with advanced 3D model😂😂😂
definitely not. maybe get to an eye doctor?
Informative - debating between buying II-DE & IV
I have only one problem with the visuals and that is that the villagers appear like giants next to the buildings. 😂
I don't know why so many "modern" RTS games make that mistake... it's such a disaster to see that a knight is like half as big a castle.....
AoE4 is a huge letdown for me. It could have been the gamechanger for modern RTS games and after all these years of development, it's a graphic improvement over 3.
i don't see that as a big deal to be honest they are a bit out of scale but who care, buildings should be a bit bigger
@@Amphok Realism. It's like if real world people would be 5 m tall. Makes the game feel like arcadish or cartoonish.
more like 3 m
I see it more as a single unit represents a larger group of people rather than a single person. So it's more about the convenience of visually larger units rather than the 'realism' of their size
Don't know if this still an active page, but really struggling on which to buy. Played AOE1 or 2 like 10ish+ years ago. And played more civ then on, Which would be consider more beginner friendly and is a lot easier to progress and understand?
all i know is im not paying $60 bucks for a updated AOE 2 with less content
In a few years I guess we can get it for twenty dollars, then I will likely get it.
@Kilian idk man, for me looks a lot more complicated then the II version of the game
It's 5 bucks on g2a was 15 on g2a on release because it was so bad
@Hans Carlsson it's been less than 15 dollars on g2a since release
aoe4 strikes me as a game that belongs on a mobile platform based on its ui and the removal of so many micromanagement features.
This guy hasnt played Age of empires 3 right? Because almost all of what he said was done in Age 3, a game 15-12 years old. The method of building something to age was a thing that asian dynasties could do. The 3D graphics were also in Age 3, this Age 4 looks exactly like Age 3 but with Age 2 civs and time setting. The homming projectiles were in Age 3 as well. Even your bonus point, which is something good about Age 4, was in Age 3, thats why Age 3 innovated the most to the franchise. Conclusion: Age 4 doesnt evolve a sh*t, doesnt innovate, its just a "fan game" but most of the franchise fans are dissapointed, because we were expecting something new (idk, tanks, planes, gartling guns, WW1 rifles, WW2 obuses...)
I'm interested, but not sure about buying right now, either. I probably will, because this game has been on my watch list for more than a year. But I play other games - MMO's, City Builders, outside the RTS Genre. While getting hardcore into RTS again is something I might do when I feel like I want a break from other stuff, it's not high on my priority list. RTS was my favorite genre back in the 2000's, but now my attention is split. At the same time, I've got the complete definitive editions of AOE II and III so I'm hesitant to buy yet another game. At a casual glance it honestly looks like - from a competitive multiplayer perspective - AOE II DE probably is and will remain the best game out of the bunch for a while. I don't want that to be true necessarily, but it really looks like this is where the biggest share of players ultimately stand. A few months after release, that could change. But AOE4 doesn't look like it is or will be worth a full exodus of the AOE 2 Community. And that's where it gets really muddy, because Microsoft did a great job of supporting AOE 2 DE in a way which makes it harder to sell AOE 4... which tells me that they fully expect all of these games to retain their own unique communities side by side. That's awesome, but also unprecedented. If true, it also gives me that much more cause to think that when I want to dive into AOE again, I might just stick to AOE 2 DE, or even AOE 3 which is in many ways also a beautiful game.
AoE3 sucks
In age of empires 2 with projectiles you need the ballistics tech from the university to have 100% accuracy
I am definitely odd one out but I prefer AoE4 only because it feels cleaner while AoE2 feels like I am playing a game on a paper, I mean they're 20 years apart but still I enjoy something more fresh
Playing AoE2 since 1999, bought it coz i loved AOE1 (Trail Version).
AOE2 DE is a masterpiece and it i prefer the more detailed look compared to AOE4.
Aoe 4 is graphic shit, looks like a mobile game footprint
I should've seen this coming, but I have trouble seeing units from green-brown backgrounds when the colours are Dark Green, any blue on water, brown on mountains/hills, and darker purples.
I really don't like the art style. It is muddy and earthy when compared to its 3D ancestors like AOE3 and AOM. UI blends into the enviroment and doesn't pop with contrasting colours.
I am trying to like the game enough to buy it, but failing this hard on basic RTS UI and enviroment details is just a massive turn off. I mean look at those unit portraits and projectile tracking, just disgraceful.
exactly this. it's horrible to look at that minimap being cluttered with useless icons and all the other horrible design elements...
Nice presentation!
I was hyped for Age of Empires 4 when it was announced, but after looking the gameplay videos, it just seems to be Age of Empires 2: Definite Editions Definite Edition, it even recycles the same campaign stories like Jeanne d’Arc
I've never understood the Civ argument with AoE:2. Since every civ is roughly the same. You can master one civ in AoE2, and you pretty much mastered all of them. A literal, "You have seen one you've seen them all." situation. Compare this to Mythology, 3, and 4. You master one civ in those games. You're guaranteed to suck with the rest. Especially with AoE3.
I swear watching people talk about the variety in the multiple samey AoE2 civs. Is like watching someone praise the variety you're given in a bag of M&Ms. 6 different colors, they all taste the same.
Ummm.....AOE 2 empires play far different from eachother. Hell, all 4 Indian civs play way different.
thats misleading, its just aoe 2 makes the differences more nuanced instead of coloring different units for every civ. aoe 2 is much better.
I think civ difference in aoe2 is more pvp-focus.
Does your accent fall off periodically as you speak? Sounds like you go from semi-Aussi to American especially with some of the "Rs" =) Just something interesting I noticed. I don't have experience listening to all different language variations but I'd say you sound New Zealander but I didn't know if the New Zealand accent alters the R sound so much. Thanks for the video. Cheers.
I don't really like the way AoE4 looks. Not bad, but not good.
I bought both of them, after I played aoe 4, I can't go back playing 2. No hate, just my opinion. The excitement in every clash and the base building is just wonderful.
agreed. 2 is janky af coming from 4...people just like what theyre better at and since they been playing 2 for 20 years they will stick to it. same thing happens in almost every rts. most sc1 players went back to it after 2 was out a while and its now currently more popular than 2 even though by todays standards sc1 is broken steaming pile of poo
I thought you could stand inside of watch towers on aoe2?
Sounds like a dumbed down version of AoE2 with a new coat of paint.
AOE4 looks like a mobile game for kids, AOE2 looks like a historical strategy game
Aoe 4 looks amazing, but if you ask me which I'd rather play, I choose aoe 2. It's simpler graphically so the design of structures is just cleaner for gameplay
I do not like AoE IV style. The most obvious one is somewhat feels like it is a miniature. I mean while playing this games the building looks like tiny and cartoonized. I prefer AoE II DE.
Mind my ignorance, but why is there no comparison to AoE 3? Can anyone educate me there? Why is this the more digestible comparison?
AoE 2 is widely regarded as the staple of the series. It also happens to be more similar to AoE4, whereas many people consider 3 to be a bit different - not always bad, but more of on oddball in comparison to the rest.
That's my understanding - others may have more to add!
a lot more people play 2 than 3 and its commonly thought of as the best game in the series. he says it in the video.
You can get 2 with 3 dlc packs for the same price as 4
Devs have no idea. It's downgrade to aoe 3 even 2 i'd argue... You have so many ideas to pull out of many different genres, and you make a downgraded age2 DE, but in 3D though!
aoe2 is the best aoe ever
Thank god for removing the missing arrows, like dude I wanna enjoy myself with a game when I come home frome my 9-5 and not micro my knights to dodge fucking arrows like some world championship sweatlord.
I have a feeling that the RTS community really consists mostly of competetive sweatlords these days who like their game to be as complicated and hard to master as possible.
How else would you explain AoE3 seing so little love, while it is probably the most accessible title in the AoE series, like once the early game is over you have your infinite eco with mill, plantation and factory behind your walls and you can focus completely on shitting out units and doing battle.
theres nothing wrong with complexity and raising the skill ceiling but it has to be fun and interesting. dodging arrows is not an interesting skill to develop nor is it fun for either the offender or defender.
which is better
AOE 2 Defenitive edition is way more mature and still the most popular played classic which has been mostly considered the best in the series, almost 2 decades. AOE 4 is very new and the verdict is still not done for it as yet, it still has a long way in terms of tweaking and updates before we know what it will be, but so far so it's a success. If you want to get into AOE start with AOE 2 DE, there is plenty of time to get into AOE 4 as am sure it will be the successor to AOE 2 for the future decades.. especially when you look at the pricing. I would wait for aoe4 price to drop before getting it. AOE 2 DE is about a third of that price for a more complete classic that still stands the test of time
@@Kareem-cx4fi thanks a lot 👍🏻
basically if you didnt grow up playing aoe2 you will like 4 better. have yet to meet a person that started the series with 4 that likes the 20 year old crusty janky 2 better...people love their nostalgia and will gravitate towards whatever they are better at. 4 could have been the best game ever made in any genre and youd still have half the people saying 2 is the best and 4 is shit
@@vivsavagex thanks
0AD is the best game in the AoE series/
Still playing AOE 2 HD Maharaja's 👍
The best of all AOE
Well done, sir
trying to decide which AOE to get? would be my 1st one to play. Cant make my mind up, Ive seen the AOE2 is the best so far, might get that one.
omg were having the same exact problem did u decide wht to go with?
I went for 2
@@lordlopikong6940 me too brother. Maybe one day we get gud 😭
htf aoe2 looks still better?
it doesn't
@@johnb2572 defo doesn’t
it definitely does not look better lol. maybe its time for an eye doctor, bruv
Age of Empires 4 just looks terrible, looks like it's missing textures or a low res ps1 game.
Rather than has less micro it strips you of the option. You didn't HAVE to in the 2nd one either. Big downside to me.
Age of empires 2 have more soul than others strategy games !!!
starcraft 2, warcraft 3, rise of nations, company of heroes are better like rts
@@mortedevil1403 wc3
There are way more mechanical differences then I’ve seen some people saying. People are trying really hard to hate this game.
Got it so basically people don't like aoe 4 because it's new
yep. people that kept playing 2 like 2 better. if you started with 4 you will like 4 better. basically across the board. people love their nostalgia and winning and they can win more with a game theyve been playing for 20 years. that simple
Empire earth 2 was the best
Can comfirm.
AoE2 DE has the better graphic, animation, gameplay, immersion and sound. The things AoE4 makes better are countable by one hand...
I mean, just look at a battle of 100 v 100 men. In AoE2 you have the FEELING of a real battle.
so AoE2DE or AoE4, which one should I buy?
aoe2 de, anyday
I'd honestly really love it if they would scrap aoe 4 and just apply its graphics to Aoe 2
This.......really setting AOE 4 in the medieval times was a giant mistake. Should have gone back to ancient times.
i think i wont like this one sinds the archer thing i love from age 2 and unit positioning and the hill bonuses the had to stay in age 4 to make me buy age 4 thanx for the info
Age of empires 2 is always age of empires 2 how hard the age of empires franchise will make many age of empires.
Age of empires 2 is still the best 😉
Aoe2 is the better game
Age of Empires One is the best, mo fos.
Bro averaging like 10 idle villagers
Also the bonus difference was needed to make the video 8 mins to monetize it 😅
Bro, stop talking and tell us the differences. We are all players, we know the games basic mechanics.
I preferred AoE 3 to 2.
As we get more technology the true effort in a game goes down. The 90s and early 2000s were definitely the golden age of story and mechanic driven games
AOE4 is boring.
Aoe 2 is the goat and mythology is second best
What's your accent?
Is age of empires 4 fun and worth buying
Definitely!!!!
@@stequality not
buy aoe2 de
So is just aoe2-2
soo aoe2 are much better
Aoe 2 is the best, AOE 4 is the best
AOE 2 only.....
IV is better
Personally for me AOE 2 is king and AOE4 is trash because aside from just the map and stretegy they are no evolution . Power or magical power , heroes , those upgrade to grind like in AOE 3 , you know ANYTHing and i really mean it ANYTHING that make a game different or not the same like MMORPG do (level , heroes stats) OBviously this should be balance if a 40 level player play someone level 2 , you are all level 2 . HEroes level well that is skill if he dont die and can lever but shouldnt be overpower like i have a hero level 10 i win .
Talent Tree , Direction or God worshipping Like yin age of mythology , you can adapt per stategy i think that was a very good idea.
But here we are with NOTHING , yes if we have nothing no power no tree no level no hero no absoluty no fucking 1 thing in like 1 millenia , AOE 2 is the best game
Erectus
First!
Age of empires 2 !!! Best ever
bulshit
Why are you talking like you always have ups and downs while youre the emphasizing the words?
Inflections?
@@JumboPixel yeah but seems too exaggerated. Idk if it's a speech tactic for human psychology though. Because after I watched some gameplays or tips n trick vids, I realized you're not the only one.
AOE 4 stinks
nothing change. lame as the old game. only development is the
hill bonus. micro management time killing shit. no strategy