And why not have an animated portraits for the Gods that move, speak some phrases and play differently according to what happens in the battle? that would be amazing! and the game star craft 2, which is a very old game, already had something similar. what do you think about this guys?
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It might be cool for when advancing to the next age or using god powers.
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I think this would bring enormous immersion to the game.
Hmmm not too sure - I think it would get annoying and distracting after a while. Plus the moving portraits rocking up - with how the design of the game already looks - would look wayyyyy too cartoony, as demonstrated by the oversized portraits in the campaign, and kind of feel like a 90’s kids educational cd game
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The problem with animated portraits is that I have not seen any that are not ugly.
Making them fully animated by hand would be a massive work so no one does that, either games use 3D models or some sketchy methods to animate 2D sprites.
Those animated 2D sprites are basically like those VTuber models and I hate that style.
Games like Stellaris use that.
Civilisation uses 3D models but they don’t look that good.
Starcraft 2 has a few small animated images but they are designed in a way that they look like from a low quality transmission so it fits in well with the style of the game, plus the game had a higher budget.
AoMR has a lot of gods, even if you just limit it to the major gods, but the god powers come from the Minor gods.
AoE3(DE) actually has voice clips for each of the leaders but no animated images so it wouldn’t be new to the franchise.
Those sound clips only play when you fight against the AI in a skirmish battle, not when you play against a human and not in the campaign or in custom scenarios.
tl;dr
Sound clips sound like a good idea but I’m not a fan of animated portraits.
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I think Anno do a great job in that aspect but they would be too distracting (and kinda annoyingly repetitive) for a AoE game.
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Reminds me of Stronghold Crusader ‘‘a message from the rat’’ 