General Poll for AoE 4. Might be useful for devs

Age of Empires IV IV - Discussion
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For all of you who enjoy this game, you might find this Poll very useful and enjoyable to fill. Take a couple minutes to let us know what might make AoE 4 better. P.D do not hestitate in suggest some other questions to the poll, in order to have more variety of opinions and ideas.

Do you prefer visually clear units or reallistic proportions sacrifyng clear visualizing of the units?

  • Clear units
  • Reallistic proportions

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Do you want building limits in order to have a more balanced game?

  • yes
  • no

0 voters

Do you want unlimited population or over 200 even it sacrifies computer performance?

  • yes
  • no

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Do you want big good detailed realistic ships that add physics and inmersion to the game like AoE 3 or would you stick to simple boats as long as you have no creation limits?

  • Realistic ships
  • Simple ships

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In terms of playability, what mechanics should keep the most in AoE 4?

  • AoE 1
  • AoE 2
  • AoE 3

0 voters

In your own opinion, what´s your favorite game?

  • AoE 1
  • AoE 2
  • AoE 3

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Which of the next options might make the game graphics and playability better? (you can select multiple)

  • Crew on the siege engines
  • Reflections and shades on armor and weapons
  • More details on clothes
  • Crew on ships
  • Crew on buildings
  • Better physics
  • Capturing and garrison in buildings
  • Stealing enemies siege engines
  • First person or cinematic camera
  • Swimming units to land when transportations ships get destroyed (avois lossing and entire army)
  • Blood and dirt on clothes once in a fight
  • Celebration after defeating an important building or army (like in age of empires 3)
  • Camera rumble according to destruction (buildings colapsing, cannons, etc)

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What game´s music should be added to AoE 4? (you can select multiple)

  • AoE 1
  • AoE 2
  • AoE 3
  • AoM

0 voters

Would you like to see some units from all the other AoE games for a different game mode just for fun (for example wololo converters, age 1 soldiers, AoM soldiers/Titans, etc)?

  • yes
  • no

0 voters

What micromanaging is better and more enjoyable?

  • AoE 2
  • AoE 3

0 voters

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nice options here, but i DO miss the no option regarding the soundtrack. I wouldnt want age 4 to have any of the previous ones apart from the main theme :smiley:

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The very good news is that the soundtracks for the Age of Empires 4 were written by the person who wrote the soundtracks for the Witcher 3 game. Personally, I really liked the soundtracks from The Witcher 3. Therefore, I believe that the musical component of AoE4 will be at its best (I already want to play it at least because of the soundtracks)

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Those people who played The Witcher 3 probably remember those awesome soundtracks (especially the one that sounded on Skellig). If something similar happens in the Age of Empires 4, then it will be just a BUZZ FOR THE EARS!

I really hope so

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It will be a great addition. I was also surprised about that selection, I think that was best decision ever, music from Witcher 3 or GoW are amazing in my opinion and they picked witcher 3 composer, and if hes a fan of the AoE saga I am completely sure he will do a great job!

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Better physics is a must, please, lol

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When they released DoW 3, fans complained about the same and the cartoony graphics, I just realized yesterday. Hope they can do major changes on time to avoid having a failure again. (talking about Relic)

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I didnt vote because I didnt find my answers among the selections.

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What do you mean? I am confused

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The questions imply that we live in a world where my favorite game is either AoE2 or AoE3. There’s literally five games in this franchise, and two of them are better in my mind than either of those.

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Oh I agree with you, it is basically because since we in a AoE forum we expect that AoE 4 has something similiar to the previous games.

But you can do mention of those games, I wish they can take a little from other RTS as well.

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Could they make unit scaling an option that the user can set to his/her liking (within a reasonable range, of course)? Maybe it’s just my practically 20/20 vision, but I’ve never liked the cartoonish proportions of many games, though I understand how they might throw off a less hawk-eyed person. For me at least, more realistically-proportioned units (and buildings) would really help the immersion!

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they probably wont themselves, since it could lead to an advantage in competative games for example if you have a larger monitor and therefore can see more clearly with big units than with small monitor.

but i guarantee you a mod will be made^^

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Really well thought out poll, quite enjoyed filling it in/ seeing the responses - concise questions lead to concise results it seems :slight_smile:

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Thanks bro, glad you liked it :smiley:

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Is really good poll here, hey you should see the delhi sultanate trailer is really god!

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I did not notice, looks amazing! despite some dumb animations, its in beta, so I hope they polish that by then

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Nice poll here, but what is meant with „building limits“ exactly?

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Like in AoE3 I guess.
You can only build 7 towers and 3 Town Centres.
You can ship home city cards to increase the limit but you can’t remove it.

But the building limits were basically just a replacement for Stone. Because without having this rare resource limiting how much you can build if would have been to easy to spam towers in AoE3.

But AoE4 has stone again so I don’t think this limit is needed.

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Great poll! Though preserving the AoE identity is important, I hope the game will develop its own distinct identity. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: