I grew up playing Star Craft and Age of Empires together with my dad in the evenings when he would get home from work. We're picking up AOE IV for Christmas this year and I just can't wait!
My father was a pong champion in the 70s, He opened a small Video Arcade shop in the 80s and we became Local heroes offering 6 tokens for $1 and passing out tons of free tokens on any giving night. and giving high score customers unlimited free games w/ spectator view on a tv screen above the console which was revolutionary at the time. lots of cool lights and loud audio ...we had so much fun...;]
I played the same games with my daughter when she was younger. Starcraft was great, but we both loved AOE2 and I had several computers networked together to play games.
Ah, memories. I remember playing AOE 1 multiplayer via modem, where you had to call a phone number to connect to the AOE servers. and you were charged a certain amount to your phone bill depending on how long you played. That was over 20 years ago.
28.8 dial-up, horrible lag, Choson-Wars, Yammie cav archers, and my favorite, the Minoan archers who could outrange anything. "No Siege" was a rule, because siege was stupidly OP, as were ballista towers. Micro non-existent. What fun!
you need to use A for attack move literally all of the time. also you can use ctrl + a to select all on screen, or ctrl + shift + A for all units on the map. handy things to have bound to function buttons. regular movement/attack commands are only meant for retreating, priority delegation, collecting relics, and tasking villagers. edit: the benefit of attack move is that units will engage the closest enemy until they can path to the targeted ground without aggro, so you don't waste any damage time with your armies trying to walk around enemies and not attacking while they get hit for free, and you dont have to spend time controlling groups that will seek out everything on the way to the attack move position, and end up in formation after all targets are dealt with.
Ever since my very first gameplay on Age of Empires 1 (with The Rise of Rome) 17 years ago, I’ve completely fell in love with this game. Now seeing how the game has became so modernized and well developed even after all these years, it really brings nostalgic and great memories. ❤️
same for me. Age of empires, age of mythology, battle for middle earth, Red Alert, Motocross Madness, FIFA, NHL, the rise of Rome as well, such nostalgia. :)
It is now believed that the site where the battle was fought was not at the Hastings Battlefield as previously believed. The terrain there in 1066 would have been too swampy. The current archaeology and research actually points a little further North around where a roundabout currently is.
There's no "current archaeology" pointing to a change in location. Time Team found no archaeological evidence of it, and their idea that the low ground at the bottom of the traditional slope was a bog has no similar evidence and is pure speculation. The current state of the research is that the battle was fought in the traditional location, and until some actual evidence to the contrary turns up, I don't think that's going to change.
@@Cahirable The problem is that nothing has been found dating back to that time period at the official site either. Even if scavengers swarmed the field right after, some items would have been left behind. Until artifacts from around that time are found at the official site or somewhere nearby, we may never know conclusively the exact location of the battle.
@@ldawg360l Right, in which case there's no point to rejigging the battlefield from the current academic consensus and which also matches the primary sources pretty well. Without evidence, the consensus is going to remain the traditional battlefield site.
@@ldawg360l unless william took everything left and either reused the things (like leather armor and spears) or simply recycled them (axes and norse-styled armors) if not both, alongside giving the corpses burials or disposing of them, with the possible goal being to not leave any evidence that the battle took place
They never said it will be a totally new game. And it is amazing for historynerds like me. I grew up playing AoE1, now almost done with my master in archaeology. So this is a kind of game which sparks this interest. If a new generation kids can enjoy this game it is a win to our society :) And yeah this game also plays on nostalgia. So what :)
i didnt even know a bunch of stuff like the 360 cam or minimize the menus, but in my defense ive never played b4 and i came here for tips. love the vid
After something like 30 years of computer gaming, they still can't develop a game which has a realistic number of troops in a realistic simulation of a medieval battle. There were about 15,000-25,000 troops in total at this battle.
you'll want to check the total war serie if you want to bring a few thousands troops in a single battlefield ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L7NJHND_1B0.html&ab_channel=PixelatedApollo
One thing that I miss about this game is the settings for the troops. Aggressive mode would work really well in destroying that village. Not having to grab groups and throw them at each and every building would be nice. Also setting the scout to scout the map was really helpful. Please tell me that this is a work in progress WIP and not a finished product.
You should have a look at Age of Empires Online. I dont know if you have played it before. Microsoft ran if for a couple years back in 2011 or so, they sold as many copies as they could then implemented micro transactions in game to siphon more money out of the existing player base. Everything from buying additional civilizations, buying additional mission areas, to buying consumables you could use in missions to give slight boosts to your men. The player base quickly fizzled out when they tweaked the missions to be impossible without buying those boosts. A few years ago an independent group of developers took over the game, they are now hosting it with all content completely free. Every Civilization, every mission area. On top of that they have continued to develop the game for years adding one new civilization, and hundreds of new missions, abilities, advisors, gear, etc. It is easily 10x the game it was when Microsoft ran it and its completely free. The unique thing about this game is that each civilization has a home city where you can build, craft, store items you earned as mission rewards etc. Each unit on each civ has its own gear. You could for example play a mission and defeat a group of bandits to take loot from them to perhaps find a arrow which offers 8% more damage. You could then go back to your main city and equip that arrow on your bowman. From now on every mission you play your bowman get that 8% bonus damage. Collect enough gear and your army gets stronger, possibly strong enough to do even harder missions for even better loot. Yet the loot is by no means game breaking. You wont get to a point where you are playing in god mode, it remains quite challenging. Because its hosted online almost every mission is co-op capable. Its usually an easy matter to find a team mate through chat if you are having too much trouble with a mission or just want a friend to play with. Or you can always simply choose to try and solo missions which are even recommended for two players to prove you have the skill to pay the bills. There is a global market and trade channel both allowing you to trade off extra gear you don't need, or find sellers for gear you want. A global bank account between all of your civilizations. A pvp arena to test your skills against 1 - 3 other human opponents with its own unique awards. The devs even host seasonal events with unique quests lines and prizes for each. Again this is all free. Don't let that dissuade you from realizing how amazing this game is. Its literally one of the best games of this type I have ever played, thanks largely to the new dev team who have put so much more work into it over the years than Microsoft ever did. I think its safe to say that 90% of the people who like any AOE game will love this one. Here is a link to their web site where you can download the game for free. www.projectceleste.com/
@@adamjohanssonn better yet why dont you look at a rts like total warhammer 2 and compare the graphs. I have played rts since before age of empire 1. C&3 from 2007 has better graphs than this
Not much details to be honest. There should be more stuff to do than just gathering and war. They should bring depth to ally system, trade, resources etc. Of course, this is referenced to history so not much to ask I guess. But need more advanced strategies, fictional campaigns (optional), legions, mode of attacks, etc.
it was not a planned retreat. the normans pulled back as they thought william had been killed. once william revealed he hadnt been, they turned and attacked the oncoming saxons who had followed them down the hill
Really enjoy your videos, man. Just started watching this weekend and I am definitely hooked on this and want to buy this game. It's funny I never got into AoE, was always more a Civilization guy. But my love of history and rts strategy has been kindled by watching you, love your laid back but informative narration. Keep up these awesome videos!
I’m so confused, I’m new to the series and haven’t bought it yet but can you actually have a solo base building experience and actually make your town bigger and better over time or are you locked into multiplayer and these campaign missions??
I've never played AoE before. I've played Sim City and lightly dabbled with Populous but it never got any further than that. I'm currwently playing AoE DE I. I have an XboX (orig) & 2 XboX 360's (one with Kinnect)) and mainly plaued HALO I,II,III. Since getting a new Gaming PC, I've got into gaming. I feel like a right noob. Playing Aoe DE I is a struggle to learn how to play more fluidly, so I think I'll leave it a while before moving onto the other AoE's.
I can't help but feel the beauty of the models and animations is somewhat diminished by the villagers walking through the town hall wall to deliver their resources ;p Those building animations and the attention to details is quite impressive though!
Is the narrator lady the one who does those history specials that come out on PBS? She did one on Christmas in the time of Henry VIII, etc. The voice sounds very familiar.
this game is way better than romance of 3 kingdoms game (RO3K). Here you can see the animation of troops battle. Whereas RO3K, you have to use your imagination Microsoft should make this game available on Xbox console too but they have to create mouse to use on console too becos mouse is easier to control than using a controller.
I grew up in Ashby De La Zouch in the shadow of Ashby Castle the schools always drilling hastings into us. YET I STILL HAVE NO IDEA haha, Im 35 now and i literally just found out Ashby Castle was used to imprison Mary Queen of Scots which is far more intresting to me, i wish i knew that when i was with a scot for 13yrs i could have rubbed that right in her face haha. Im English shes Scotish we had to poop on each other but she always lost since she moved to England lol. So what if she was 5.
@@Miretazam I didn't like it. The way the gameplay felt, was completely different from what I was expecting. I didn't find at that time any excitement, but this new AOE, looks cool :)
@@Miretazam The graphics in AoE 3 was more of a letdown in my opinion. Felt like a sister game to Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 which is also kind of a letdown in terms of its design and style. Undoubtedly, these games have new animations and newer graphics but wasn't enough to become intriguing gameplay wise. Considering having newer graphics but not able to capitalise on it was disappointing. Hence, people prefer to play retro games in spite of having older graphics and style and still enjoys it. When you have better graphics, people naturally demand for more realistic visuals and gameplay. Games like Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 and Age of Empires 3 falls short to that demand because they just gives an overview of the updated technology in their products and not fully exploring the possibilities. Forget meeting the expectations, they can't even try to figure it out.
It's a shame that they charged us almost $50 bucks and it only has 4 campaigns. I absolutely love this series but feel this one wasn't all that great for campaign content. Loved the gameplay though.
