New Age Of Empires

#1 Posted by illmatic19 (932 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

Loving the art style. Apparently you can sign up for a beta, but the link isn't working right now.

#2 Posted by Meteora (5783 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

I was hoping that I'd stumble upon Age of Empires IV; not this. Disappointed. =(

#3 Posted by themangalist (1442 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

beat me to it.

To be honest about the game, I really am starting to hate free to play games are going for the goofy cartoonish style. My childhood favourite game is now made into some battlefield heroes cutesy travion rts... thing. I do not like watching soldiers with huge torsos and little feet fighting in a war. SO, I'm disappointed.

#4 Posted by Death_Unicorn (2812 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

I don't know what to say about that...

It's at least good to see some of the ex-ensemble people doing something.

#5 Posted by Jeffsekai (6947 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

Fuck that shit.

#6 Posted by Soapy86 (2417 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

@themangalist: They're not stylized because they're free to play, they're stylized because that lends itself to lower polygon counts and lower resolution textures. Meaning the system requirements won't be ridiculous and more machines will be able to run it.

Anyway, I think this looks pretty neat.

#7 Posted by EVHKwick (452 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

I'm curious to know what the demand for this was. I'd much rather have another entry in the original series.

#8 Posted by Afroman269 (7388 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

@Meteora said:

" I was hoping that I'd stumble upon Age of Empires IV; not this. Disappointed. =( "

sad face to da maaaax!

#9 Edited by wolf_blitzer85 (5177 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

So Farmville extreme?

Spamming a bunch of dudes could be fun though.

#10 Posted by one_2nd (2359 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

Game went downhill after the second one imo.

#11 Posted by endless_void (706 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

YESSSS A NEW AOE GAME!!!! FINALLY!!!11

To all the haters, read the FAQ, it clears out any notions of the game being like farmville. The only people claiming this is like farmville are the assholes over at kotaku.

#12 Posted by Aronman789 (2610 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

Wow, i've been able to use this quite frequently now: http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

#13 Posted by mosdl (2994 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

Still waiting for the Facebook Civilization game myself.... :)

These kind of games are a good way for people to get into gaming though. First start with Farmville, then work yourself up to this, and then you buy a $60 PC game that your PC can't handle. Oops. It seems to me that "casual" games are simply doing well because they run on most PCs.

#14 Posted by sagesebas (2001 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

@themangalist said:

" beat me to it. To be honest about the game, I really am starting to hate free to play games are going for the goofy cartoonish style. My childhood favourite game is now made into some battlefield heroes cutesy travion rts... thing. I do not like watching soldiers with huge torsos and little feet fighting in a war. SO, I'm disappointed. "

this and GFW sucks hard

#15 Posted by Jazz2 (146 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

I still hope they're making age of empires 4 or age of mythology 2 but this just makes me sad... hopefully it does well for those guys, i guess...

#16 Posted by MrGetBonus (760 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

Games for Windows Live? Lol...

#17 Posted by secretagent099 (127 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

THOSE GAMES SUCK. no strategey whatsoever.

#18 Edited by ISuperGamerI (1802 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

@secretagent099 said:

" THOSE GAMES SUCK. no strategey whatsoever. "

Will you shut the hell up already please? Stop trolling Giant Bomb that's not what this site is about.

EDIT: I'm excited for this new game (and hope they either remake AoE2 or create AoE4).

#19 Posted by Tordah (2369 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

So far I'm disappointed. Like someone already said, I'd much rather have AOE4 or AOM2 than this.

#20 Posted by Mr_Skeleton (4929 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

No empire has conquered the passage of time. RIP Ensemble Studios.

#21 Posted by Geno (6479 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

Persistent MMO RTS? Interesting, but something tells me that the final game will lack substance.

#22 Posted by themangalist (1442 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

@Soapy86:

Valid point you have there. But i would much prefer a hd treatment of the classic 2d sprite army men. that's what the AoE franchise has always meant to me.

#23 Posted by Za3r0 (99 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

@one_2nd: true. first one still my fave

#24 Posted by TheHBK (4870 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

I like it, though not too crazy about the art style. But I mean, really, where else could the AoE series go? They did 3 games, that cover pretty much good parts of history and the gameplay of 2 and 3 still rock today. Youd be asking for something like what they did with Starcraft but thats not necessary. The Art of AoE2 and 3 holds up better today than the first starcraft does. So go back and play those, what could you want from AoE4? Going into the modern age? Nah, thats not really Age of Empires. This is good for the series and is more for people that want social strategy but dont want to farm and find a lonely calf. Though you can still farm in this game.

Age of Empires Online

One of the best-selling real time strategy franchises of all time returns with Age of Empires Online, Microsoft's first title to utilize a free-to-play model.

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