morninbru
2021
Is it just me, or has the AoE, once the flagship of the RTS genre, deteriorated into boring mediocrity.
(a) Graphics-wise, this is a huge step backward. I'm not even talking about realism: the variety of units, the details on buildings, the terrain, everything has been simplified to a point where I feel I'm playing a f2p mobile game.
(b) The gameplay of the campaign is unbearably boring. The idea of having history lessons followed by an actual campaign mission is great in itself. But the game simply doesn't deliver. You show the vast and marvelous castles of Dover or York in the movie, and then in the game I end up seeing a frigging rectangular wooden wall with a single gate. WTF?
(c) The fact that you can no longer use hotkeys for fast building -- is insanely uncomfortable. I mean, I get it, they are trying to go in the MOBA direction with fast gameplay, quick attacks, no time to properly develop etc. But classical AoE was just not about it. People who play DOTA/WoW are not gonna appreciate this genre.
So ultimately, is this a good game? It's fine, if you're really looking for a fast-paced f2p-like RTS, and also wanna learn a few things about the early medieval history. But, clearly, I would rather recommend something like Ancestors Legacy which is what the AoE 4 should have ideally been like.
(a) Graphics-wise, this is a huge step backward. I'm not even talking about realism: the variety of units, the details on buildings, the terrain, everything has been simplified to a point where I feel I'm playing a f2p mobile game.
(b) The gameplay of the campaign is unbearably boring. The idea of having history lessons followed by an actual campaign mission is great in itself. But the game simply doesn't deliver. You show the vast and marvelous castles of Dover or York in the movie, and then in the game I end up seeing a frigging rectangular wooden wall with a single gate. WTF?
(c) The fact that you can no longer use hotkeys for fast building -- is insanely uncomfortable. I mean, I get it, they are trying to go in the MOBA direction with fast gameplay, quick attacks, no time to properly develop etc. But classical AoE was just not about it. People who play DOTA/WoW are not gonna appreciate this genre.
So ultimately, is this a good game? It's fine, if you're really looking for a fast-paced f2p-like RTS, and also wanna learn a few things about the early medieval history. But, clearly, I would rather recommend something like Ancestors Legacy which is what the AoE 4 should have ideally been like.