Age of Empires 4

[Raptorsin7]

Anyone on this forum playing the new age of empires 4 beta?

[Chew211]

No, but will get it as soon as it comes out. 

AOE 2 is the first game I ever touched. I was 3. I've improved slightly since then ?

[Raptorsin7]

@Chew211 Sweet, I played a lot of AOE 3 growing up. Some of my happiest memories and best feelings were from playing that game.

AOE 4 has a ton of potential imo. I was impressed by the beta. I'm going to post on the forum and see if some of my ideas can actually be implemented by developers 

[Milos Uzelac]

I've spent a large part of my childhood being entranced and incapsulated by all of the games of the AOE series from 1, 2 to Mythology and 3 and its expansions. They were basicly my fondest childhood memories and I've improgramed in my mind the sounds and voices from those games as well as the general feeling when playing them and their aesthetic. 

However this heavy nostalgia of my childhood years and times that I felt when they released the new expansions for all of the games of the genre and the definitive edition remakes of the original games only fueled my escapist desires (especially when listening to the soundtracks, finding new memes about the game and watching gameplay videos of the series and sinking a lot of hours in these activities) and addictive habits of playing video games for long hours during my school years and a large part of my university time to distract myself from some of the problems I've faced and work I've had to do and the unresolved and unmitigated pains and sufferings I've been facing in my own life for some time currently. 

So eventually after they announced the release of the definitive edition and the 4th title game in the series I've decided to let go of my desires of childhood nostalgia of wanting to play one of those games or watch how the gameplay looks like since I see it as an unhealthy temptation and desire that fuels my wants to using and overabusing it in an unhealthy amount of time to distract myself for investing and directing most of my time and energy in facing and solving my current problems and using it as an escapist unhealthy habit tplo avoid facing issues I now and currently have with my life. 

Didn't want to intentionally darken up this conversation and thread just wanted to share my experiences and memories with the game series and my obstacles preventing me for being more involved when it comes to upcoming sequel of the game a part from hardware and money ones in terms of starting it up. 

Edited August 9, 2021 by Milos Uzelac

[Roy]

I will strongly consider buying it when it comes out. I was a gamer for a long time but I have not been interested in any games that have been hyped up or have come out in the past 5~ years.

I mostly just stick to Eu4 when I want to play something, or a different shooter now and then.

AOE2 (The Conquerors Expansion) was one of the first games I ever had, it's aged quite well and is still great to this day. I have it on Steam.

[Eren Eeager]

I don't know, I actually think aoe is massively overrated game. I played 2 and 3 and both actually feel like a pain in the ass actually to play. I much prefer stronghold crusader and command and conquer generals. Also the upcoming aoe 4 game looks shity actually.

[Roy]

On 8/11/2021 at 4:10 AM, Michael569 said:

I'm enjoying the AOE2 HD version on steam. It's one of those strategy games like Starcraft 1 that you can pretty much play in 50 years and it will still be super enjoyable. I

Bruh play with me sometime! I've been wanting to play it again.

[Raptorsin7]

@modmyth I never played AOE 1, but i played a bit of AOE2 it was one of the first games I ever played.

I think AOE3 came around at the perfect time for me, it was just so exciting and exhilarating to make armies etc

A lot of people really hated AOE3, to this day AOE2 has a significantly larger player based than AOE 3

[Raptorsin7]

1 minute ago, modmyth said:

@Eren Eeager  I think for some of us (well, at least for myself), the nostalgia factor makes it really hard to see it more "objectively". Though I remember playing similar styled strategy games at the time of AoE 1/2 and they weren't as good IMO. Also, it was genre defining.

Yeah the memories of play AOE 3 are some of the best of my life. I was still somewhat emotionally open at that point so my ability to enjoy the game was unparalleled 

[Roy]

4 minutes ago, Raptorsin7 said:

A lot of people really hated AOE3, to this day AOE2 has a significantly larger player based than AOE 3

Ngl I bought AOE3 on a steam sale years ago.... haven't tried it because of the narrative I've heard about it, and remember seeing my friend play 15 years ago and not liking it then lol.

Funnily enough it looks like it's based on the colonial era of history, which I enjoy quite a bit. I have a shameful amount of hours logged on Europa Universalis 4 

[Eren Eeager]

@modmyth Yeah, absolutely. And they using that against gamers in the upcoming average game they are developing.

Just look at this.

It is basically aoe 2 with a better graphics.

 

[Raptorsin7]

@modmyth I just listened to a series on Napolean's wars and now I have an urge to download the Napoleonic era total war game haha

[Raptorsin7]

5 minutes ago, Michael569 said:

For me it was definitely Rome 2 but that's because I'm really passionate about that time of human history and I explore a lot of those sites here in UK on weekends. The Shogun 2 series are awesome if you liked the movie, The Last Samurai, with Tom Cruise. The Medieval one was also awesome but it is a bit older so expected outdated graphics. For me napoleon didn't fit but that's because I don't particularly like that period of European history. 

I loved the last samurai maybe I'll check that one out.

 

21 minutes ago, modmyth said:

What's the best one of the series, or a good one to start with? (If it matters.) I'm trying to expand my palette a bit.

 

I've actually never played a total war game. I've played a few different RTS games, but growing up I played a lot of Halo, Gears of war, and call of duty