I Love Age of Empires IV
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Same here .. i started playing age of empires 4 about a year ago.. and from that time . Im playing it daily non stop.. this game is a work of art .. the gameplay. The strategy.the civilizationa. All other stuffs.. simply AOE4 is legend
Aoe 2 graphics and the amount of units you can select are only 60 max were the biggest hold back for me and lack of overall abilities then aoe 3 fixed all of that but then limited amount of towers and houses that made the game feel small no matter what or how big your base is so when aoe4 came out finally a game that has the graphics ,has max units has ability to select as many units as you want and you can build a gigantic city with fortress walls FINALLY the only thing we NEED more of is civs I swear I don’t know how they released aoe4 with so little civs to choose it’s crazy ! Everything else is perfect
Same
Whats ur rank
After AOE4; even remastered AOM's graphics looks so bad.
@@katam89ppl dont play RTS's for visuals. Warno looks better, but hardly anyone plays that. More ppl are playing AOE2 DE than AOE4, not bc graphics, but bc content. However, many did not like the style of AOE4, which's why they had to drop the price so early, and why Relic suffered (they also got less sales for COH3 than expected, and more players are playing the older one w worse graphics - COH2, for same reason: content).
I love beasty for loving AOE4...
I love @mrsaeedali for loving beasty for loving AOE4...
I love me
AoE4 has entirely sucked me in since I started playing the game a few months ago - the game is just so fun and engaging. I know a fair amount of people have alot of gripes or issues with the game and that is completely fair; but my personal experience with this game has just been incredible.
Mongols need to be reverted back to season 1
Exact same experience as you. Started a few months ago and havent had this much fun in an RTS since Warcraft 3
A lot of the people disliking AOE4 base it on expieriences they had at launch, at launch the game had so many issues in every single department you can think of, sadly a lot of people quit and never looked back while the game has improved so much. The game however should not have launched in that state and it can never fully recover from that first impression. The new RTS games coming out do not interest me at all, they just make me realise AOE4 is even better right now than I thought it was. Other RTS games make me appreciate this game more.
I honestly have never played a RTS game that well thought out and crafted than aoe4. You can feel the Developers put tons of efforts into this game just for all the details and contents whether thats civs, balances, micros, varieties of structures, features etc... All these combined with decision making mechanics that make sense. I used to be a huge FIFA fan, but the gameplay is now not even close to aoe4. I know it is different genre of game but change my mind with any other games. This is very rare in gaming world to say the least.
The Age franchise has always been my favorite RTS. Every iteration in the franchise is great.
Yes!! Exactly that my good man! Love all games, but my favorite Age of Empires III.
@@lukavikit1862 AoE3 is my favorite as well followed by AoM. I can't wait for Retold. I recently got back into AoEIv after a 2 year hiatus and quite enjoy it. I'll always be partial to the oddballs of the Age franchise though. AoE3 was ahead of it's time in many ways. Still is.
@@DuVtrell I feel the same, aoe3 for me is were strategy matters "more than micro" (in all honesty I feel that in AoE3 they are equally important but hey in AoE2 without micro you can loose a cav vs archer battle, whereas in AoE3 thats near impossible, when considering just skirm vs HCav) in all of the Age series, how you use the decks, how you intend to age, what units to make (mercs, natives, regular troops) all of these give an extra flavor to the game even if you play the same civ MU severall times, they can all be diferent and to top that up, there are revolts or diferent federal states to give even more uniqueness to it.
The best one that came close for me is red alert and company of heroes because its similar with micro but its still strategy more then micro because of how the units and bases function. You take ressource positions depending on how you want to agress or set up defences and its the only game where i feel like water gameplay blend in very well with land and air gameplay. But for me aoe4 is the game i always go back too
Exacly, i dont know why many people complain that much, I dont see myself playing other rts than aoe.
Once you start about how you are not instant dedge the moment you get cheesed, I thought of a game where I am playing 2v2 with a friend. They did an all-in and we defended properly, so we decided to ramp up our armies, go castle and then immediately attack twice as hard as they did us. The moment we are ready, we scout one player's army on the edge of the map going for some weird flank and I said "now we attack" and we did and fought 2v1 for a short while, destroyed a bunch of production and once that army arrived to defend it was too late - we win. And it just felt like the most strategic victory with my friend yet (we are quite new still). And we both realized just how fun it can be even though we aren't incredible at the game..
And I played a bunch of SC2 and I played WC3 ladder, and I really like this concept of having a more strategic RTS too, rather than high octane micro wars where one tiny piece of information missing means certain doom so often. And I watched a shitton of SC2 because like you say, it is incredible fun to watch, but it is just so incredibly punishing to play.
TLDR: I am (getting) old too and that's okay, AoE4 is awesome! :D
Nice story. And really adds to Beast's points
Yes, exactly this. AoE4 lets you react and counter-strategise your opponent like a wrestling match where you struggle and gradually overwhelm them with better decision making, wheras Stormgate is a first-strike game, thats hard to come back from if you lose that first battle.
I am old too 35. Middle of the road RTS palyer. I am enjoying my time with Stormgate so far, I enjoyed my time with sc2. I loved and cherish my time with AOE from 1 and 2 even 3. AOE4 is by far my favorite and the one I can't stay away from. I leave for a few weeks and then see a youtube cast of a game and I get excited to jump on the ladder. I also love the depth of the strategies needed to be competitive. i almost don't think these games can really be directly compared I like them differently like I like Fallout compared to final fantasy, they are both RPGs but no one thinks they are competitors
Age 4 is simply the best and most varied RTS in the industry. It took me a few years to realize that because I avoided RTS games for a long time and even if I got Age 4 on day one and played it for a couple months, I was just busy with other games from other genres.
But after playing since the new DLC and since I was a Kid both Age of Empires, StarCraft and Warcraft were my top games, I completely agree: Blizzard's Style for RTS is just too stressful and needs to be performed like a clock. If you waste a few seconds, you are already losing to a rush or cannon in your base.
Age 2 felt too old for me and the variety and gameplay mechanics were not enough even if they were being remastered.
Age 4 gives you time to react and your TC also lets you survive if you don't give up a couple minutes more. You can also master a civilization or feel confident, but you also know that there's so much to learn and if you don't want to, you can still be competent in the game. Something WC/SC don't have, because you must learn everything from each race (only 3 fortunately/sadly).
Let's hope Age 4 keeps growing strong and the DLC adds the most requested classic civilizations (Spain/Aztecs or something from Central/South America) and from there, expand the possibilities.
First time I'm able to rank and have fun at the same time in the RTS genre. Or just go full Custom Games and still learn a lot from each playthrough.
GG Bois
I agree, and I'm 37 😊..aoe4 feels less stressful, and like a breath of fresh air
36. Aoe2 Definitive is by a mile the best
@@loweloking88 arrow evading gives me stress.
@@PervyAutomaton Ballistics exists. Makes arrows undodgable for 99% of all players. The other 1% are micro nerds.
@@FloosWorld_AoE Ballistics comes later in the game
@@andreicristian9575 It's one of the techs you research asap when you invest into archers and is in Castle Age.
I'm a casual, mostly offline player and I just love the AoE series. I love it is about strategy and decision-making. You can go super tryhard, working your way up the ladder and optimizing your playstyle, or you can just chill and play almost a sim city game against the AI.
I love the challenge is more mental (strategy) than physical (APM).
I agree with your points as an ex SC2 grand master. I just want the ladder system of SC2 in AoE4. It’s soooo trash in AoE4. The free smurfing, the hacking, the dodging, etc. But the game itself is very damn good.
Vortix said AOE IV doesn't requires micro at all. I highly disagree, and one of the things i like the most about AOE IV is how micro/macro/decision making is correctly balanced one each other, you don't lose your army in the blink of an eye but you must be aware on how you position your army / protect your longbowmans /protect your siege.
The only thing that's killing me in AOE IV is siege: most of the times it feels like the only way to counter siege is with more siege. He has 4 springalds, okey so i must make 5 springalds, i kill his 4 springalds and then i have mines literally useless for the next 10 minutes because now he makes only infa/archers/horsemen. Other than that, games where your enemy is just completely closed, you can't literally harass nowhere and then a mass of siege that you couldn't scout appears and kills absolutely everything you have to destroy those walls. Then you can't push until you have more siege than him and the game just becomes a siege-mathematic game.
Overall, it's feels like game favours the ultra-defensive style of play, but that's the only thing i don't like of AOE IV, is just an amazing game and i think none of these new RTS will be even close to it.
Yeah siege is the only thing I don’t like about AoE 4 also. Even as a defensive player myself it’s just way too good vs infantry and even cavalry when massed. I’d want to try a version where there is only rams/trebs and no other siege
@@zanedurante3709this would be a dope mode. Maybe even an infantry/cavalry only mode.
I don't want to dunk on Vortix too hard, but I don't understand how he can announce a hard switch to a game that looks like it might not even get finished. SG reception is lets say lukewarm at best and FG already ran out of funds and had to release EA early. I think what he means by "no micro" is "I can't leverage my APM to the point I can just straight win a games by having higher APM, which you can in starcraft and SG. In SG I'm sure a pro can kill a beginner with the starting dog.
AoE4 is a good game, but exactly the things you mentioned here is why i ultimately like starcraft and that style more. Games go too long, no rush strats that can kill because of tank TCs, walls everywhere, late game is boring as fuck. AoE4 is good thru castle age...but ive literally left some games, team games especially, late game. Im about to try out aoe2, i have a feeling i will like it more.
but Vortix is probably comparing to SC, and aoe4 basically doesnt REQUIRE micro in comparison. And especially compared to Starcraft / Broodwar. The units in aoe4 dont move well for micro either. Thats why i think ill like aoe2 more because i know it has snappier unit movement, similar to SC.
Speaking of, thats another issue i have with AoE4, all units across the board are too slow. Takes to long to move your army anywhere. Little things like faster movement speed, let all units attack walls, etc would overall make aoe4 a much more exciting game. Make early game strategies more viable, make it possible to actually eliminate opponents with rush strats.
As I'm just starting to play AoE4. I can agree with every single word you said. The resources are scattered around the map randomly enough to bring the replayability to the max, even though I'm not experienced enough to comment on the timings It's clear AoE4 has a better approach.
Join the offcial discord of Age of Empires. So much help to get good there :)
I'm a AOE2 player at first, but when it comes to that more and more friends has quit RTS game, I started to find another good stuff, then I buy AOE4, watch tutorial, found your channel, and tried to learn the difference, and I very enjoy this game. Hope it can last longer, and everyone can enjoy the epic historical RTS game. :)
Are you me? I couldn't put it in better words on why I prefer the age series over "blizzlike" rts outside of mentioning that defenses also actually matter in age.
AoE4 is the best rts right now
This is how I picture my wife talking about me to her friends…such romance between beastly and AoE IV and I’m here for it hahaha
Strange SC2 prevailed. I was an WC3 gamer, at the time. But Warcraft 3 died - and SC2 survived. It is what it is.
@@corresandberg cuz it was much better
I think one thing AoE4 does well aside from the Civ designs is the city development. The detail Relic put into your city naturally blooming when you build buildings and such has always impressed me - those intricate details on houses, landmarks, TC's, etc. You have the combination of great RTS and city building. That resonates with a lot of players, imo.
AOE4 is so much fun and I never get tired of it
I’m my opinion a0e4 is the best RTS ever. I love AOM and I played the remake in early access. But the entire time I was playing it I just found myself wishing it was the same engine as aoe4. And then I went back to aoe and loved it it’s just perfect
Trying out Stormgate made me appreciate Aoe4 so frkn much!
My favorite RTS ever is Supreme Commander 2.. looking at stormgate makes me think the game came out during the 2000s. Ive played the whole AOE series and it has been my favorite series of rts in a while. Rest in piece supreme commander 2
I couldn't agree more. Maybe I'm old or smh but when I play RTS I want to have to think of strategy, not to partition my brain in 20 to do 20 separate things
The more I watch your videos. The more I appreciate you sharing them with us here. Where these things you say about many RTS games is precisely what I often times speak about them too. That even if controls were not an issue of the game either on my part, or of the game itself. Whereas games like Star Craft interestingly resemble the psychology of a physical 1x1 fight between 2 soldiers with one taking the other out just for them briefly flinching or letting up by the general nature of those games allowance too.
Beasty I love your "philosophical gaming" videos. It's clear you are spending a lot of time thinking about these things and sharing your thoughts on the subject is much appreciated. At least by me :)
AoE4 is the best "new" RTS out there. I really don't understand why Artosis, Tasteless, Grubby (to a lesser extent because he showed AoE4 love) and all these other figures I enjoy so much from my RTS past do not see this game and appreciate it more. I played a ton of SCBW, WC3, and SC2.. AoE4 beats them all from an enjoyment level. As much as it pains me to say because I love SCBW and WC3 especially. I also believe it's because I am getting older and I feel a lot of what Beasty is saying in this video. But honestly, I think if I had the chance to play AoE4 in a time machine whilst playing the others in their prime I would switch to this game, and not just because of the graphics or quality of life improvements.
Stormgate ain't it. And I'll be more brutal here: It's just a worse SC2. I cannot see it improving upon SC2. Battle Aces is the complete opposite, it's too simple and it doesn't really qualify as an RTS to me, and that's fine, but I'd never play it. I'd rather play DotA.
Artosis and Tasteless never tried AoE4. Artosis played a few games and quit after getting cheesed with Mongol TC rush in the first month of the game. Grubby left RTS entirely, and only still streams WC3, which is his nostalgia game.
@@fupopanda Don't recall Grubby leaving RTS. Maybe you mean competitively, which happened long time ago, before Heroes of the Storm. Grubby did play and enjoy AoE4, but played it at the wrong time, before it got really good, and he was right about it back then.
@@andreicristian9575 There is no RTS that Grubby streams consistently except for WC3.
@@fupopanda But he checks out all the new ones. He just didn't find one that he enjoys as much as WC3, and I can't blame him. Too bad he played AoE4 right after the shitty launch.
nah, Brood War is the fkn goat, 25 year old game that still blows aoe4 out of the water. But to be fair, i dont see broodwar ever being topped in the RTS genre. In alot of ways, it became accidental perfection, and the elements that lead to that will never be in an RTS again
Warching you since SC2 (YT only), loved your different aproaches to play your matches, like "only ghosts" etc. .. without that it would have been much more boring.
Aoe4 is like that thing, but build in. More fun ways to strategies..and so i am still here, enjoing watching and listening to strategie-talks.
Keep enjoing what you makes happy!❤
Cheers Beasty! Been playing AOE4 for a few weeks and been loving it! Even got mates into it, and we have a blast going 4v4 against the AI!
Looking forward to more of your videos and the future of the game!
I think a lot of this vid is talking about the balance of mechanics in RTS (realtime vs strategy). I think the cool thing about starcraft is that more micro enables more strategy (for example the better you are at certain times of micro with certain units it makes early rushes less scary). However it's all preference in the end, I'm just glad there's games out there for everyone.
Beasty’s carrying aoe4 on his shoulders. What we’d do without you
Warcraft 3 and AO4 are the best RTS games imo
yesterday I had a 3v3 game with my friends, we're gold / plat. I got rushed by three players as rus and they destroyed my kremlin and 2 TCs, and my army. However, I ran away with all of the villages and rebuilt, while english and china allies boomed to imperial. I then made some time by harassing with horseman and horse archers, long enough for me to recover. Eventually, we won the game. It was super fun.
That's just not the experience in Starcraft type games. It's too sweaty for me and for a lot of people. It's all about micro-skills rather than thinking. RTS games like the AOE franchise are about thinking rather than microing, and its audience is mainly adults. So, in the end, I don't think these new games will dethrone AOE, but they will get younger players probably
When you were talking about strategy over apm, I'm surprised you haven't played beyond all reason, theres a reason why recon hasn't comeback to aoe4 after becoming one of the best in BAR. It is the best rts ever.
I saw this on Twitch and on YT and it makes me so happy. AOE4 is amazing.
Tbh all the new games are just a variation of sc2. In some aspects better and in some worse. But in the end it’s all the same. AOE4 really is much different and subjectively for me it’s in every single way better. I was hyped for all the new games but the hype died very fast and just like beasty it made me appreciate AOE4 even more.
Imagine how great Aoe 4 is gonna feel when they get the same responsive/smoothness patch that Company Of Heroes 3 just got for some months ago. I am pretty sure the smoothiness is gonna make the game even better than it is now.
@@haakonglindtvad5489 it def needs it, i think unit movement speed increase across the board would help alot as well
the game is so amazing! i hope they will ad new civs soon! as a casual player you spend a few weeks to learn the new civs then you switch back to the old ones which are fun too. then 1v1, 2v2 etc is so different to play. it‘s just so diverse to play and so much fun!
I'm playing more AoE4 than ever. Queueing up right now. See you on the ladder scrubs
I play all sorts of games. I’ve been having fun in Stormgate, Street Fighter 6, etc. I always come back to AoE4. It’s the perfect game for me
variety in gameplay is one of the best things about the AoE franchise, u have not 4 but 16 or in aoe2 over 40 different civs with unique playstyles and options, so strategy and adaptation get way more rewarded then just onetricking a cheese with excellent micro
Holy shit! This as high praise as the game can get!
Incredible and what a testimony. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and love
Even though I don't really have much experience in other rts multiplayer, I think you said it beautifully. Things feel strategic, you have options to respond. I love that feeling too now you've said it
My feelings exactly. Generally, when I was about 14 and had time to invest in SC2 (got Diamond eventually), I truly enjoyed it. When HOTS came out, I had a real live business to deal with and had much less time to play video games in general. And I found myself not enjoying the game anymore. This 1V1 extensive experience is for the people who are ready to invest a lot of their free time in the game. And I found much more joy in playing strategies like Northgard, Dune: Spice Wars and AoE4. The way those games function is much closer to my fantasy of the strategy game. You, as a commander, make your decisions and micro can help you win, but it's not the determining factor. Actual strategic decisions are. And I believe that this is the future of the strategy genre development. Thanks for the video, hope some devs will see this one. It's going to age well.
I recently went and played a bunch of other RTS games after I got a little tired of AOE4 and had a similar experience to what you said of finding myself thinking “I just wanna be playing AOE4.” It’s the best rts out there in my opinion and it’s in a great place right now.
Hell yeah, I fell exacly the same way, I love this game, I played a lot of aoe as a kid but only now Im learning how to properly play, and Im loving every second of it.
I appreciate Beasty's take here. I still really love SC2 and StormGate's style, but I appreciate Beasty being fair and explaining that its just not his taste.
I would like to point out that we feel the same, we like the game being a bit slower, since we're not pro's like you.
On the other hand I also want to point out that the changes that the pro players push are often towards faster games which makes us(me) feel like we don't have time to react.
Every change that pushes for less effective static defences makes me want to play less 1v1 or 2v2.
The point I made about static defences just implies that often they can be a universal way to counter most aggression. They are a tool for people with less knowledge to adjust to enemies aggression to give them time to react.
Making them less effective often makes the game unpleasant, again, for me at least but I should think that it is a more general condition since 1v1 si not the most played mode
have you tried beyond all reason? or played total annihalation or supcom? sounds like those games would right up your alley
There needs to be a robust multiplayer community for those games too
I wish AoE4 had some co-op modes. That is what I like about Starcraft nowadays
I love the water point, water gameplay feels like starcraft indeed. I wish they changed water so it's not about crazy fast fishing but rather having a tactical advantage from controlling water.
For example make fishing gathering rate much slower, so you don't auto-lose the game after loosing water and make all the naval ships very slow but very powerfull, somewhat like a tower or castle that can move on water
Really nice to hear that youre still having that much fun playing AoE4 after all those years. Personally, I have the luck to not be a pro gamer. I am able to play both games without having to decide for one of them and having my career depend on it. Joe privilege.
Currently, SG is just not finished yet. But it looks very promising to me. I'll most likely just keep playing AoE4 and at some point start playing both games alternately when SG reaches a more polished state. And I'll probably never turn my back towards AoE.
Never thought I'd see "Stormgate" and "very promising" in a sentence :D I don't think that game leaves EA.
+1. I played sc2 and switched to AoE4 following Beasty and Demu. There is more strategy in AoE4 than sc2 and Stormgate.
Love it. Thanks for the great games in wololo. Pleasure to watch you
As a starcraft 2 enjoyer and someone who follow you from SC2 era, I still watch your vid even though I have no idea what happen most of the time lol. Just stay who you are and do what you love my man.
You would probably love Dune spice wars, for its strategic aspect, but it's way slower than your current pacing so that might be a problem. I would had liked to see you give it a go though.
Great video! I'm more of a AoE2 player, but usually watch your videos to stay up to date with AoE 4... Kudos Beasty! Keep up the great work!
There are so many RTS games in development right now, but they all seem to be either a SC/WC style or a SupCom/TA style. AoE 4 feels so unique in that regard, why don’t we see any new RTS games following the AoE/AoM lineage?
Starcraft 2 is still my favorite RTS by far. I'm subeed to you because of Starcraft. The general lore and feel of the game is amazing, and the 1v1 which is all I really play is a blast for me.
It's fast and punishing, but it makes it all the more rewarding when the opponent taps out.
@@jasonfundora6363 sc2 is good. Starcraft Broodwar is the best rts ever made tho. If you never tried it, you should. SC2 is dulled down in all those areas compared to broodwar.
Totally agree. SC2 i love in a different way too. But stormgate feels... uncomplete. Cant explain why. But become older and older, my micro dont really become better :) So i have to look more for strat and makro. And that i find in AOE4.
He nailed it again! Thanks for that!
Take a shot everytime beasty says he loves aoe4
Well that was an emotional roller coaster
Developers... if there would be a time to listen more to Beastyqt, this time is now!
As someone who made masters terran in SC2 (not that great at it) and burned myself out of the game I get it. Missing a scan to see a DT shrine, failing a split against a psi storm, unsieging my tanks at the wrong time, or missing a scout on a proxy 2 rax reaper. it's a lot of punishment for many things that are rather small. I can't play AOE4 very much for health reasons but I do appreciate that the game doesn't come down to making one wrong decision or one wrong move. It takes an opponent taking advantage of multiple openings to win a game. Micro can help you reach that win but the strategy behind it is what's really important.
so glad we got you Beasty! thanks for all you do for the game and the players
I think you were on spot when you said "I'd rather play MOBA than SC2". I think MOBAs are what you get when you take microing units in RTS to it's natural conclusion. It's all about the execution of your unit. I gravitated towards AOE4 precisely because it's not that. It just seems like the definitive version of what RTS should be.
Beasty now has the same issue I got with Crusader Kings. No 4x or grand strategy game just stacks up against it, not even anything from the Paradox catalogue. I support your AoE4 choice.
CK 2 or 3?
@@andreicristian9575 Got more hours on CK2, but haven't really played it much since CK3 came out.
have you tried Stellaris?
@@nunyabizwacks6711 Yep, in fact I am streaming it every Saturday evening at the moment. CK still is better in a way, but Stellaris is certainly best in class for heirs to the Master of Orion throne. What do you think of it?
That's probably why I'm looking forward to Immortals: GoP Beasty, it feels more like those game where RTS started 20 years ago for me. I have played more SC2 and WC3 then any other game apart from DOTA2, but I'm not "hoping" for a remake the way those companies are aiming for it right now. I wouldn't be suprised if a Blizzard did create the next RTS game it would crush those developers. but to be honest something new would probably be to modern for me, it probably comes with mobile or console. (or if not, like battle aces, it sure could be run on a mobile device with some small adjustments) I'm also a bit hoping for Zerospace, they did choose for some nature race that we all expected Stormgate to do, I'm still confused they have chosen for a Protoss. even more shocking was the similarity of skills mixed between the races identical to SC2.
So glad youre in our community man. This game wouldn't be the same without you!
I love AOE 4, had the same feeling back in AOM days. The strategy needed for map control, especially securing gold, and the different playstyle according to different maps! Unfortunatelly nowadays I dont have the time I want to fully enjoy the game.. I get to play 1,2 matches per day and I overstress.. Still I think AOM and AOE 4 are the greatest RTS ever made!
Love AoE 4, but really enjoying Sins of a Solar Empire 2 a lot since it's steam release. Stormgate sucks doubt it has a future
I'm glad you're happy. Even though I really enjoyed your SC2 content, I could tell that it was hard for you. I personally don't like the AOE4 content as much, but I stay subbed (twitch, I mean), and try to watch all the tournaments at least. I really enjoy seeing you being so enthusiastic, and it's amazing Whamen has stepped in and is going on this journey with you.
The Age of Empire series has always been a more macro oriented series. Even AoE2. Different RTS should be able to focus on different aspects of the genre. I like how the AoE series is now.
I have played mostly RTS games my whoel life and aoe4 is just the best
Totally agree, watching AOE4 at youtube also much more interesting at same way.
and age of empires IV loves you.
I played a bit SG & SC2 lately and this games really stressed me out, while aoe4 is just chill ❤
I haven't had a Stormgate experience yet where I lost the game because I didn't pay attention for couple seconds. Not saying it cannot happen, I probably was only spared this because I'm not high enough MMR (~1.6k). So far the impression 1v1 in SG gives me is "kinda like Starcraft II but nowhere near as stressful". Played only Infernals so far though. I've seen Nathanias on his stream surrendering every single Vanguard vs Vanguard game because of something about dogs so I got reminded of that when you showed that game with dog all in. :D Anyway, if SG starts to become as annoying as SCII eventually, I might end up trying AOE 4 finally.
What do you think of supreme commander FAF though?
Nice Video from you. Its so nice that you share your feelings about our game. I'm glat i can enjoy your content a little while longer.
What do you think of Company of Heroes 3? Sick game
This video is really selling me on AOE4. I just play total war.
I gave up on SC2 on my early 30s because it was just too intense/stressful.
Moved to DotA2, still some action, but much less stressful.
Nothing says "game isn't dead" quite like making five videos in a week about it not being dead lol
But I still love you AOE4
I love aoe4, but I hate that most games require 4min of doing almost nothing.
I just love aoe 4 and i still excited on news about the game even if recently i have less time to play
I dropped SC2 during WOL era because everything dies too fast. I actually got interested in RTS again because stuff dies slower in Stormgate. I guess I have to try out AoE4 now.
You're welcome man, we are happy watching your tier lists and making more guides. I forgot to mention, the walls ;)
You should check out Supreme Commander Forged Alliance (Forged Alliance Forever for MP) or BAR (Beyond all Reason) for some real strategic RTS games.
Scale and strategic possabilities are on another level than most RTS games and not that APM focused like SC2.
Starcraft 2 for me is not RTS. It's more like a fast pace arcade game. Like, I don't really fight against my opponent, I fight the game the fast pace of the game itself. There is no strategy making when I have to spend more time clicking and microing than actually doing the thinking part. I look away from 1 second and my units are gone...like what strategy can I come up with to counter that 1 second of not looking at baneling or disruptor?.
AoE is my favourite esport to watch, but as a balding dad - I do find it harder to play and multitask. Stormgate feels a lot more approachable, their eventual 3v3 does sound like it could be a game changer for team games.
We have a literal pro gamer telling this is actually too much to enjoy (in a game that was supossed to be beginner-friendly) and then we wonder why nobody plays RTS anymore, just imagine how fast the average person who has never played an actual RTS before will uninstall it
You got it backwards, it's only too much BECAUSE he has to be a pro gamer, and the gameplay at the highest possible level can become an APM/attention arms race because they got everything else down, so that's where they can get the edge over competition. For the rest of us, there's a lot more to learn and do before we ever get to the level where high APM matters, if we get there at all.
Now, this is a letter of love to a great game.
I loved battle for middle earth as it was not that micro heavy like other rts.
aoe4 is the best and I love you so much
"it looks so dull, no balls, no soul" -- the guy or gal you were playing with.
SO MUCH BETTER than the paragraphs I had to say about it. laff. the words are simple, but not STERILE - where I feel _Stormgate_ went horribly wrong for me.
6:25 this part is true, Aoe4 is just... right somehow
Insanely fun and conplex RTS to play, let whoever wants to leave leave - I couldn’t care less
Been loving aoe3de and aomretold, am thinking about trying aoe4 in the future. I think ill like it, for me i like rts games with unique civs and many of them, personally not into the laser fituristic rts types. Prefer fantasy/realistic eras.
I really think you would like aoe3