I wonder did they fired the crew who made Sultans Ascend dlc?
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kinda feels good to be abandoned as an aoe3 fan, at least weāre spared the slop other games are getting
āyou either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villainā
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I like the new AOM content. They did a much better job with Chinese this time around than their old Chinese they replaced. AOM is grossly underappreciated. AOE2 Heros yeah thatās not great, but I think they are just running out of ideas for AOE2. AOE1 is such a shame because itās a great time period with a lot of potential. They should have kept updating AOE1 until it was great instead of abandoning it and then trying to bring it half-baked into AOE2. AOE3 feels the most outdated to me - itās the one I have the least amount of fun with.
How so? 
What makes it outdated for you?
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So much of itās outdated:
- Home city shipments: AoEIV doesnāt use anything resembling such outdated things at allā¦
- Influence/aura unit systems: AoEIV doesnāt use anything resembling such outdated things at allā¦
- (Asian) Wonders to age up: AoEIV doesnāt use anything resembling such outdated things at allā¦
Also, the proportions! AoE3 is so outdated that the proportions of the units and buildings are almost realistic - how silly!
In all seriousness, outdated seems like the wrong term - I get that gameplay-wise itās fairly different and probably not your jam, though Iād say that thereās a fair amount in that game thatās forward-thinking enough to be syphoned into other AOEs.
Unit readability, silhouettes, obvious differences? Iād say thatās pretty outdated compared to AOEIV for newer players as itās not as clear-cut/simple (and I mean that in a good way) to process.
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Civilisations II, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII all have their roots in the first Civilisation game, and indeed carry over a number of core principles.
That doesnāt mean people canāt find Civ I (or any other older iteration) outdated by comparison. Itās an opinion. People have them. If I decided to post in the AoE III subforum every time someone mentioned IV in a bad light, Iād never get anything done 
The purpose of my post wasnāt to hate on AOE3 and trigger all the AOE3 fanboys. I actually enjoy all the AOE/AOM games. Iām on a monthly rotation of all 4 games for online play with my friends (AOE2, AOE3, AOE4, AOM). My point on being outdated isnāt so much the mechanics, like you said it has many great ideas that can work in an RTS (home city shipments, influence/aura, etc). My point was the game itself is not as polished/remastered as the others. The interface and graphics feel very early 2000s. The way you matchmake, loading screens, everything - you can tell they just put less effort into modernizing it than the others. Some of this is true for AOE2 and AOM, but it really stands out in AOE3.
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mmm no se a que te refieres, al menos yo e jugado el aoe 3 DE y ni de chiste tiene graficos de principios de los 2000, si quiera viste como se veia el aoe 3 original? ahora incluso se les puede ver las siluetas del rostro y bien definidos y parte de que aoe 3 DE aun tenga problemas, se debe principalmente a que loa abandonaron xd