Windows Central giving a 100 to a Microsoft game. Heh, of course.
I’m pretty much sticking to the PCGamer review, tho. It basically develops on several things that have largely been discussed in this forums and that generally I agree a lot with (textures and animations, polite battles, population limit…). Also GameStar review points to most of the same things.
And they are even too light with some criticism I would have developed more… but overall that’s it, the amount of elements that would have brought AoE IV from a “really good” re-entry to the franchise to a “true new RTS king”. Those two reviews also highlight correctly what makes AoE IV worth to play, too, so definitely worth reading.