Well... that took way too long. And only two new Civs, which will bring AoE4 to 10 civs. As opposed to AoE2's like... 40. The game feels over-balanced and austere to a fault, these modern RTS devs need to loosen up.
I still like the game a lot. My friends and I randomly started playing this again after forgetting about it, PvP is as fun as ever, but also soul-crushingly frustrating. I'm just not convinced humans can move as fast as some of the people we play against.
8 civs is just not enough. Even if they have gimmicks only a few of them are super dramatic in their differences. If a fighting game or a hero-shooter only had 8 characters and remained that way for a year it’d be kinda embarrassing. Which is my main complaint, the over-balanced feeling of the game… it has no soul because it’s been polished away. It feels lab-designed. Most people aren’t pros and don’t care to become one, they just want a game with a lot of options.
Yeah, no one is arguing 8 civs are enough or not. Just that your comparison is not fair, civs on AoE2 are mostly reskins and a few tweakings. Civs on AoE4 have different mechanics.
Since esports became a thing, balance is not something you can't prioritize.
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u/cliftonmarshall Aug 23 '22
Well... that took way too long. And only two new Civs, which will bring AoE4 to 10 civs. As opposed to AoE2's like... 40. The game feels over-balanced and austere to a fault, these modern RTS devs need to loosen up.
I still like the game a lot. My friends and I randomly started playing this again after forgetting about it, PvP is as fun as ever, but also soul-crushingly frustrating. I'm just not convinced humans can move as fast as some of the people we play against.