How AoE4 Can Totally Surpass AoE2 and Become the Classic

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Appreciate you bringing your above-average knowledge and insight to an essential topic here. Fact is, AoE forums have quality and brains totally unseen in other computer game discussion.

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I’m not a Turk and not a Greek/Roman either, I’m just a guy with basic respect for History. AoE is special because of this.

I’m going to elaborate a bit about your question in an appropriate topic sometime.

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With the sudden renewed interest about the graphics topic, I believe the main Post here gains renewed relevance…

@Vinifrss

Ultimately, the rise of a classic RTS hinges entirely on its gameplay, not graphics. A great RTS game provides quick and insightful vision while whipping the camera; this is one of the reasons for AoE2’s success. AoE4 should make units and buildings HIGHLY identifiable from far zoom in a flash - even exaggerating some elements a bit is ok… but NOT overly detailed (and definitely not cute!!). Millions of people stuck with AoE2 for 20+ years, was it because it looks amazing? Not at all. In the end, graphics truly DON’T matter much here, the graphics debate misses the point. AoE4 could very well exceed the readability (thus gameplay experience) of AoE2.

Again, this Topic is not saying AoE4 will be a hit. It’s saying it could potentially