Cheers, Yeeb. Long time, no talk!

What do you mean?

I would rather delete my account than post that filth.

@@legendsofmiddle-earthmod1107 why the hate? genuinely asking

@@Lexemoz Not impressed with what I heard of its remixes thus far, especially the trailer remix. As a whole, I'm not terribly impressed with anything Retold has to show off thus far. And given MS' track record for how little they respect AoM, I don't feel like I need to give them any benefit of the doubt that'll be worth much.

@@legendsofmiddle-earthmod1107 I agree with you. Cartoons graphisms, voice acting etc ...

Cringe.

@@legendsofmiddle-earthmod1107 hell naw, hype

lol yeah. Because the player base is so dedicated. If LOME was a community possession, someone else would have contributed to it over the years. LOME has been a solo endeavor for the last ~8 years, ain't nobody else touching this thing.

Yup. You hit the nail on the head, my friend. All the homies hate DE versions of Ensemble games.

@@legendsofmiddle-earthmod1107The games are spectacular. I only meant the soundtrack. It's their biggest misstep. The rest is an upgrade outside of the lack of skeletons when units die.

@@damsen978 Eh, to each their own. I will only ever be a contender for the originals, unless the original devs performed the remake (which they didn't). The OST are always lacking, regardless though.

@@legendsofmiddle-earthmod1107To each their own indeed.

@@legendsofmiddle-earthmod1107 Technically they did because for AoE 1 and 2 DE, Matt Pritchard, who already worked for Ensemble, joined Forgotten. And so far, FE was very careful with Ensemble's work.

Yeah, at the end of the day, we already know what to expect. We can be certain when saying that MS isn't interested in reviving the cult classic, they're interested in profit. Should I be happy that it looks as "good" as it does? Yeah, probably; it could look worse. Then again, it couldn't possibly be more phoned in than the Chinese DLC. We also can be sure that it'll be milked as much as possible, I can guarantee new civs will be added on a whim. I get nervous when I see designed being re-riffed, there's a pessimistic gut feeling that they plan to do something nefarious, and they're showing us the mild redesigns first to warm us up to the idea that this "is just a modern version, for a modern audience". It's really just the disrespect for the franchise as a whole that burns me the most. Ensemble NEVER produced a failing game, and yet they got axed; now their old games are getting exhumed from the grave to be extracted for more money.

Very true. Even AoE4, which on release I was surprised by its quality and relatively authentic portrayals of history, has kind of fallen into the same rut as the rest of these rereleases; after the layoffs at Relic they released "Sultans Ascend" which absolutely shattered the original feel of Age of Empires with its stupid "variant civs" and had that campaign with its obscenely biased narrative which comfortably fit in with the "Crusaders bad" mentality that "modern audiences" seem to like. Another game that I basically lost hope for. Or AoEIII with all the stupid name changes and even rewriting an entire campaign turning it from a relatively nuanced and interesting story to a "white man bad" story. At the end of the day Ill probably end up getting AOM Retold like the retard I am, but I'm very nervous about how they are going to handle this. I wouldn't be surprised if they scrapped Ensemble Studios in-game wiki and rewrote that as well to "reflect modern sentiments" or something. @@legendsofmiddle-earthmod1107

@@ThatElephantSeal I'm just exhausted of the being biased against for liking the things that I like. It's no longer out of touch boomer executives forcing the hands of the devs. It's now a horde of maladjusted millennials that are hellbent on forcing the square block into the round hole with their completely backwards views of, not only history, but of the game itself. Basically: These types of developers aren't interested in doing justice to a classic title, they're only interested in bending it until it's something that THEY like, your satisfaction is not even remotely considered. That being said -- it still hasn't released, but call me a conspiracy theorist for being born with just a little bit of pattern recognition. The only true step forward for folks like us who are loyal to these classics, are to make NEW classics ourselves, pure and untainted -- which is what I'm trying to do -- by moving on from modding into actual game development. I'll most likely be still keeping on eye on Retold, though, just because I'm a moth to flame.

When?

Modders never die... They're just missing in action.

Based response idk why they be sleeping on LOME it’s so faithful to Tolkien it puts amazon to shame easily..

I'm guessing that you're missing some of the collection. I would look and see if you have all of the necessary content.

Fear not! There's a Christmas update coming towards the end of the year!