Today i seen a short video Gameplay of the new RTS of Games of Thrones. It has been announced during the Summer Games Fest and Playside developers are working on It.
It’s a “premium RTS” ( triple A RTS) and It seems It will moved by a modified versione of Unreal Engine 5.
Basically we are watching a new “Battle for the middle earth game” ( the second titles Is One of the best RTS ever made).
What it’s really interesting is the world Map of Westeros that you could conquest with your factions.
Unreal Engine 5 shows its quality with RTS Games and i think It Will be the future also for Age of empires future titles (World’s Edge was hiring new positions for this).
This Is the world Map that i really would like to see for AOE
We were discussing a lot about the lack of single player contents for AOE4.
A world Map could give to casual players new ways to play.
Would you like to see a World Map for Age of Empires?
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BFME 1 & 2 are really different from AOE. This game mix Total War features with RPG and RTS basics. (Games like Halo Wars and Company of Heroes work in the same way, less economy, more strategy).
AOE share more with WAR/STARCRAFT, Total Annihilation or Star Wars empire at war. A good balance between eco and military, with strats for both dimension.
Put a world map similar to RISK, with no context and no evolutive background (AOE4 has no persistent content like AOE3 or AOEonline) is going to be more work for a niche. Campaigns are not reasons why the game is bought anymore. In 1998/2000 people have less access to internet and many were hyped for solo PC games or console shooters.
Now everybody care about playing with friends, people, and connect online to share, meet, confront.
I’m not saying this is not a good idea, but there are priorities to pull more players on the game and i think this is not one.
Obviously we want new civs, maps, variants… But in game modes, things like Classed FFA or Clan gestion in game are more plebiscite.
Maybe this idea could be exploited as a clan war context for seasonal event, for example a “100 years war map” accessible to all player which play english, french, lancaster, Joa, HRE … and give unique cosmetics at the end of the event.
It’s wrong. Camapaigns and single player contents are the reasons why people buy RTS. Sultan’s Ascend sold many copies for this reason.
Developers of AOE said that the main base of AOE are casual who love to play with Campaigns and skirmishes.
Multiplayer Is a Little percent of all base but it is very noisy so it seems It represents the main base, but it’s drastically wrong.
This Is fundamental for every RTS .
So, basically, a World Map would be a great value for Aoe franchise and i Hope next titles Will include It.
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