Hi guys!
I didn’t see a discussion about this topic, and I wanted to share my thoughts.
As a little kid I played some aoe2, and I enjoyed it a lot. Then I moved to aom and when I first played aom I was amazed by the hero Arkantos’ and the soldier’s battlecry. It felt epic. I moved to aoe3 where the soldiers shout after a victory on the battlefield, which is still not bad, but during a battle like in aom was more epic. (There are some shouts in aoe3 during battles.) In aoe3 obviously the cannons were the most epic things in terms of sound. When the battle happened off-screen, meanwhile you managed your eco and trained soldiers, the sound of the cannons were like they were a couple hundred meters away. Like in the movie Patriot, when they are at home at night. It was so atmospheric and epic. It seems that they made this a bit worse in aoe3de, sadly.
I’m hoping for great sounds in aoe4 during the battles. I always loved the unit selection sounds in different languages, it was good, and sometimes funny. The part where I think aoe4 sounds could do better than the previous games, is when you command your units to attack. Those were most of the times not energetic enough, and also mainly used the word “Attack!”. They could say “For the King!”, “England!” and so on. (With other civs obviously their things.) In aoe3 there’s the explorer’s “For America!”, but it’s basically a meme, because he says it a bit silly. The attack-command sounds should be maybe a bit louder than to other age games compared to villagers saying “Hello.”. The other thing is the battlecry itself, what I would really like to hear from the whole army when they are running towards the enemy. Then in battle some shouts something like in aoe3 but with more spirit and a bit louder.
What do you think guys? How do you like the sounds of age games, and what do you expect from aoe4?
Thanks to the devs if they are reading these, and giving them any thoughts.
I hope that if things are not perfect in the game at release, they are willing to do some changes beyond bugfix, balance and new content.