Have you played AoE2:DE and seen its colorblindness options? Is a lot more than the pre-DE games. And there are also mini-map changes that make things stand out more, in general. Just wondering, since “previous AOE games” can mean a few different things nowadays. Also, I posted this in November 2019, which you might find somewhat comforting:
Notice the presentation screen that was showing at Relic (the developer of AoE IV):
