Thracian unique Sword
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Age of Empires IV – Romphaia swordmans
Age of Empires 2: Chronicles – Romphaia swordmans
New Elephant Civ of the Punjab Region
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Age of Empires IV – Elephant Civ of the Punjab: “TUGHLAQ”
Age of Empires 2 Chronicles – Elephant Civ of the Punjab: “PURU”
Japanese Kanabo
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Age of Empires IV – Kanabo samurai
Age of Mythology: RE – Oni with Kanabo
Japanese Daimyo
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Age of Empires IV – Daimyo “Shogun” for Sengoku Civ
Age of Mythology: RE – Daimyo for Japanese Civ
COINCIDENCE???
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In my opinion, the development teams considered borrowing elements while researching the histories of the new civs they wanted to represent:
- This includes both the original Macedonian dynasty and the Byzantine dynasty.
- The Puru civ and the Delhi Sultanate, separated in time by 1,500 years of difference.
- Romphaia, its Thracian origins and its subsequent use by the Varangians on the Byzantine side.
- Japanese unit designs of Shogun shared for AoM Retold and AoEIV Sengoku Variant Daimyo.
That being the case, I imagine that other DLCs from the entire company could take the same approach in the future, or perhaps this is an exceptional case.
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Come on man!
This is so obvious
They copycat themselves.
As long as it’s their own and it works well with each of the games, it’s pretty fair, I guess
They have kept things pretty focused on the same parts of culture across games within a years release. Thankfully the designs look independent of each other, from models to gameplay!
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Well, a year before Retold’s release in 2023, they added the Tower of the Sultan to Ayyubids which looks and works just like the Egyptian Siege Tower from AoM. Georgians and Armenians received the Mule Cart which just works like the Ox Cart from the Norse.
Not too uncommon and nothing too wild for games that partily share the same devs to take features from other games.
As you mentioned the Daimyo… he also exists in AoE 3:
Pics taken from: Daimyo (Age of Empires III) | Age of Empires Series Wiki | Fandom
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Exactly, this is the important thing actually
Think there is too much borrowing between these games, to be honest. The one feature I do enjoy from AoE3, which was itself an evolution from AoM, is the idea of Landmarks for age ups. I think that is a nice evolution of ideas that becomes its own identity in AoE4.
Straight up adding direct mechanics from these older games though is unnecessary. I’m very much against the usage of “points of interests” which are directly taken from AoE3’s cluttered mess of design sprinkled in all maps. For AoE4 which features a decently simple but deep interplay of mechanics, these add nothing of value at all and only detract from the main experience.
Haven’t posted in a while. I thought I’d be excited for the new DLC in a months time, but actually, I feel nothing at all. The moment I even consider that they could’ve released an Aztec civilization, but haven’t in all of these years, just completely kills my interest in anything AoE4 related.
A solution would be to add POIs as new Game Mode instead of being map dependant
So people that like POIs would keep playing with them all way around
