# Future of AOE **URL:** \ **Category:** IV - Discussion\ **Created:** [October 8, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196 "2021-10-08T14:41:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OperaticShip743](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/operaticship743/32/104612_2.png) [@OperaticShip743](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/OperaticShip743)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/23 "2021-10-09T01:35:06Z")
Imagine a villager picking berries near an interstellar base. 😆 😆 😆 ---
**Author:** ![JjForcebreaker](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/jjforcebreaker/32/108266_2.png) [@JjForcebreaker](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/JjForcebreaker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/24 "2021-10-09T03:15:20Z")
> [@OperaticShip743](#): > > Imagine a villager picking berries near an interstellar base. Works for Star Wars. ![20191119072945_1](https://forums.ageofempires.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/a/5a272aea0afce3dc83498ab888ef3734077b3144.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/mahazona/32/213405_2.png) [@Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Mahazona)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/26 "2021-10-09T03:40:09Z")
> [@OperaticShip743](#): > > Imagine a villager picking berries near an interstellar base. 😆 😆 😆 Initially Aoe was supposed to be some futurestic world rts game. the photon man unit in both aoe and aoe2 are a remainder of that initial idea. ---
**Author:** ![SicklyPython609](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/sicklypython609/32/29637_2.png) [@SicklyPython609](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/SicklyPython609)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/27 "2021-10-09T03:42:43Z")
> [@Mahazona](#): > > Initially Aoe was supposed to be some futurestic world rts game Of course not. 20 characters ---
**Author:** ![JjForcebreaker](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/jjforcebreaker/32/108266_2.png) [@JjForcebreaker](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/JjForcebreaker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/28 "2021-10-09T03:47:47Z")
On ‘Age of Kings’ engine they’ve achieved 4-dimensional warfare- air/space- ground - sea - underwater. ![20201016013346_1](https://forums.ageofempires.com/uploads/default/original/3X/3/4/3460ed7624ae0bf35d6c7fb46985bfde1b1b0d15.jpeg) ![20201007182929_1](https://forums.ageofempires.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/0/604d27ec8151f7d30be85a914f587df465a1ef44.jpeg) I can imagine futuristic mods for AoE III in an alternative universe where that game got robust mod tools and an improved map editor. People’ve been doing that with RTS games in all time periods- from Total War games to Men of War. AoE II and III got some sweet mods full of new content, but this series was more about custom scenarios and RM scripts than actual, proper, big modding- just like a vast majority of other RTS classics. ---
**Author:** ![AgeofNoob3936](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/ageofnoob3936/32/78771_2.png) [@AgeofNoob3936](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/AgeofNoob3936)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 3:49am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/29 "2021-10-09T03:49:24Z")
> [@AndyPXIII](#): > > Please cite your authority, because I am fairly certain you have none other than a long-debunked image in a book from 15 years ago. The image from AoE1 to AoE5 of Ensemble? I saw that one, but I think it was just a banner at their office, no? ---
**Author:** ![JjForcebreaker](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/jjforcebreaker/32/108266_2.png) [@JjForcebreaker](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/JjForcebreaker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/30 "2021-10-09T03:51:06Z")
It was a picture from an art book. From collector’s edition of AoE III. I have mine but deep inside the storage with game boxes, here’s a pic from reddit: ![AoE III artbook teaser](https://forums.ageofempires.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/a/aab3c641d702f0724254ab8fd1797571eca6f283.jpeg) It was more a fun little thing, an artistic vision of what MIGHT become of the series, than any real announcement. While futuristic AoE would be cool… we had a lot of those. And AoEs are known for being grounded and based in history. It’s like Civilizaiton competitors that are based in fictional world- they are good, but there’s something missing. I’d rather have new CnC with mechs and robots than Age of Empires. Unless they hire great historians and artists and craft history of potential Earth empires from the future. ---
**Author:** ![AgeofNoob3936](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/ageofnoob3936/32/78771_2.png) [@AgeofNoob3936](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/AgeofNoob3936)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/31 "2021-10-09T03:52:18Z")
Ah, I guess I even got that wrong too… 11 But yeah, I never took that image seriously when I saw it many years ago… ---
**Author:** ![Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/mahazona/32/213405_2.png) [@Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Mahazona)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/32 "2021-10-09T03:59:43Z")
> [@JjForcebreaker](#): > > AoEs are known for being grounded and based in history. Aoe 3 did go out of the historical ways with its original scenario. ---
**Author:** ![SicklyPython609](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/sicklypython609/32/29637_2.png) [@SicklyPython609](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/SicklyPython609)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/33 "2021-10-09T04:00:46Z")
> [@Mahazona](#): > > Aoe 3 did go out of the historical ways with its original scenario. No it did not. It was always a history based game. ---
**Author:** ![Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/mahazona/32/213405_2.png) [@Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Mahazona)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/35 "2021-10-09T04:01:18Z")
> [@SicklyPython609](#): > > No it did not. It was always a history based game. Finding the fountain of youth is historical? ---
**Author:** ![SicklyPython609](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/sicklypython609/32/29637_2.png) [@SicklyPython609](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/SicklyPython609)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/36 "2021-10-09T04:02:26Z")
Small detail. As I said, franchise is history based. ---
**Author:** ![Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/mahazona/32/213405_2.png) [@Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Mahazona)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/38 "2021-10-09T04:04:00Z")
> [@SicklyPython609](#): > > Small detail. The official scenario is a small detail? ok then. ---
**Author:** ![JjForcebreaker](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/jjforcebreaker/32/108266_2.png) [@JjForcebreaker](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/JjForcebreaker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/39 "2021-10-09T04:05:26Z")
For the base game, of course, the rest of the game is ok. And campaigns got better with expansions, still they were a letdown when it comes to their number and length. I guess crafting these maps, voice acting, working 3d vs 2d took a toll and they were not able to produce as much as they were able in AoE2. It’s unfortunate for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/mahazona/32/213405_2.png) [@Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Mahazona)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/42 "2021-10-09T04:11:04Z")
> [@JjForcebreaker](#): > > I can imagine futuristic mods for AoE III in an alternative universe where that game got robust mod tools and an improved map editor. People’ve been doing that with RTS games in all time periods- from Total War games to Men of War. I also feel aoe3 would have been a better platform for a space or future based game rather than the aoe2 isometric view.its kinda odd when most of the units are archers. ---
**Author:** ![XIVdarkdays](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/xivdarkdays/32/27670_2.png) [@XIVdarkdays](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/XIVdarkdays)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/44 "2021-10-09T09:59:14Z")
Oh, I’m separating AoE from AoM, since I totally think we are already getting something AoM-related next year for its 20th anniversary (at least an announcement). A Definitive Edition with some extra pantheon/culture, most probably, but who knows. ---
**Author:** ![MUTYLATOR5553](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/mutylator5553/32/115284_2.png) [@MUTYLATOR5553](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/MUTYLATOR5553)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/45 "2021-10-09T14:34:10Z")
Once, together with @GusTank04, I wrote a topic about a potential new AoE sub-brand - Age of Wars (AoW). The link is given below: > [@Age of Wars](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-wars/136558): > > I dream of an Age of Empires from the Victorian era to the Cold War. Since AoE 4 turned out to be a throwback to the Middle Ages, it means the need to create a new sub-series - Age of Wars (working name, but probably fits perfectly with a series of games set in the 20th century). Age of Wars 1 - Victorian Era and WW1 Age of Wars 2 - Interwar period and WW2 Age of Wars 3 - Cold War and the Yugoslav War Via @MUTYLATOR5553 This thread is open for people to suggest ideas so we can craft a game c… ---
**Author:** ![Khansa5234](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/khansa5234/32/89941_2.png) [@Khansa5234](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Khansa5234)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/46 "2021-10-10T08:25:16Z")
> [@XIVdarkdays](#): > > Oh, I’m separating AoE from AoM, since I totally think we are already getting something AoM-related next year for its 20th anniversary (at least an announcement). A Definitive Edition with some extra pantheon/culture, most probably, but who knows. Give me any of that and I bet it would be the biggest highlight of 2022! maybe as big as AOE II DE! ---
**Author:** ![Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/mahazona/32/213405_2.png) [@Mahazona](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Mahazona)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/47 "2021-10-10T09:12:20Z")
> [@Khansa5234](#): > > maybe as big as AOE II DE! AoM is a good single player game but was never even close to the level of aoe2 or 3. ---
**Author:** ![Fyrapan90](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/fyrapan90/32/102513_2.png) [@Fyrapan90](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Fyrapan90)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196/48 "2021-10-10T09:43:50Z")
If they ever do a AoE5 next then I hope it will be ancient timeline. I would love to play as the Greeks, Egyptians, Romans etc. So much rich history to tell and I think AOE1 deserves a new title with this timeline. [Previous page](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/future-of-aoe/175196.md?page=3)