Age of Empires IV - The French

The French civilization is known for their fierce Royal Knights, specialized gunpowder artillery, and economic bonuses. Constructing archery ranges and stables within the influence of French keeps, archers and Royal Knights can be trained using fewer resources. For early attacks, Royal Knights are available starting in the Feudal Age, and with destructive charges and the Chivalry upgrade to automatically heal when not in combat, the French are unstoppable. Only a thorough defense can counter the legendary cavalry charge of the French.
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[@atocanboi409]

I don't know about you guys, but I get the feeling that the royal knight is a formidable unit with a fierce charge attack that gives the French a fierce presence on the battlefield when they use their devastating cavalry charge

[@thomasscream4179]

Man, that subliminal messaging really works

[@Jemzuki]

Devastating cavalry charge that goes full stop immediately upon reaching an enemy unit ^^

[@atocanboi409]

@@Jemzuki lol imagine if it could hit multiple units how OP that would be

[@SheWii100]

Exactly! The English one is already way more consistent but this

[@Jemzuki]

@@atocanboi409 it could inflict damage on the first unit it hits and knock back the following ones without damage, unless they're pikemen/anti cavalry unit perhaps?

[@nqh4393]

It's kinda ironic how that chivalry tech is most useful during raids against those poor farmers.

[@paulanthonycordova1724]

Chivalry on to their own people I suppose

[@felipechaves6612]

Knights were usually douches tbh

[@haaxeu6501]

It kind of makes sense in a way, the codes of chivalry didn't really apply when dealing with low-born people.

[@tavernburner3066]

The not what irony means.

[@tavernburner3066]

@@haaxeu6501 depends on the code of chivarly

[@jahfield9116]

really loving all these civ details in short videos

[@olican101]

I just wish they told us more.

[@jahfield9116]

@pit lord Imagine spamming this under every comment, how sad and pathetic do you have to be. You don't like it, you don't buy it stop telling everyone else what to do.

[@Farsightful]

yeah they already started teaching how to counter everyone. i m taking notes already

[@nqh4393]

For Bretonnia!!! For the Lady!!! For Chivalry!!! Wait, wrong Série!!!

[@misterfevillord1588]

More doomwheelss for the lord of doomwheelsss!

[@Marth667]

Not the* nononono Zeee* Oui

[@ducminh7568]

I'm gonna put some nukes to your capital

[@salamorda]

All hail lelouch, all hail britannia!

[@ducminh7568]

@@salamorda this is a place for Sigmar son, not weeb

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

Looks like the AoE tradition of having broken French Calvary continues unabated.

[@meffies857]

* 50 Gerdamnes raiding your city while you were typing this comment.

[@frenett1]

@pit lord The caps lock button is beneath the Tab button

[@szombatjanos]

@pit lord * Definitive Edition

[@szombatjanos]

@pit lord These two things are not mutually exclusive.

[@ewanhogg3068]

@@szombatjanos Ssshhh, you'll make the poor kid's head explode with a revelation like that.

[@Static-EN-]

I was having a hard time choosing to main either the English, Franks, or the Holy Roman Empire and now I want to serve my opponents some fresh hot baguettes

[@Cyrribrae]

I hope these are Baguettes in the style of the Trojan Horse. Giant baked goods whose pillowy dough interiors house cleverly hidden and incidentally well-fed cavalry.

[@quentinb1650]

N'oublie pas le vin et le fromage s'il te plait, on se respecte un minimum ici :)

[@Static-EN-]

@@quentinb1650 In this world, there is only omelette du fromage

[@lordbelou7279]

@@quentinb1650 Hé, on sait faire du fromage ailleurs aussi ! Par contre j'ai pas dit qu'il était bon... Salutations du Luxembourg au fait !

[@9pmInTokyo]

Mongols is where it's at!

[@lostfan10000]

"All you Europeans are Frenk to me." -Sahin the Falcon, Age of Empires 3

[@nathanielclaw2841]

Morgan: wtf dude, that hurts!

[@justinroberts1290]

I'm Scottish you Turkish (redacted)!

[@2WARDEN2]

based sahin

[@scintillam_dei]

@@justinroberts1290 Second-class Brits. The capital is London, not Edinburythegoodpronunciationforabadonetostay. The language is English, not Scottish Gaelic. And soon, Arabic will be the main language, followed by Urdu.

[@lostfan10000]

@@scintillam_dei This Frenk is angry.

[@jordinagel1184]

It’s nice to actually be able to produce knights in the Feudal Age. Never made sense to me why you could never do that in AoE 2 (balance aside), given that knights were a fundamental part of feudalism. Also, good to see them using gunpowder. The French were (iirc) one of the first European states to professionally use it on the battlefield, in the last quarter or so of the 100 Years War, but that never seemed to reflect on the French in strategy games such as the AoE series

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

The last mission of the Joan of Arc campaign in AoE 2 kinda had a small nod towards French cannons.

[@jordinagel1184]

@@ArawnOfAnnwn that it did. Jean Bureau and that other guy. It’s neat because they’re the only bombard heroes in the game (and the only artillery ones together with Bad Neighbor and God’s Own Sling), but apart from that I’ve rarely seen any acknowledgment of this

[@dermenore7162]

Yeah, it's great that this face of military history is acknowledged by the trailer.

[@Dinofaustivoro]

I agree. Sadly ages names dont mean anything historical after aoe1. What is "Castle Age"?

[@qwerty222999]

Same with Vikings not having access to Berskers or Longboats in feudal, not to speak of the necesity of having a castle to produce them, given that viking's didn't build traditional stone castles, and their civ name should've been norse or scandinavians.

[@paulomendoza5606]

The real question is whether or not we'll see La Hire make an appearance in AOE4

[@vikingcathq]

The blood on La Hire's sword is almost dry!

[@Dannyistravelling]

La Hire wishes to kill somessing!!!

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

Them Brits can't make a castle stronger than La Hire.

[@imperator88vis67]

"La Hire's sword is not bloody enough!!"

[@Farsightful]

@Green Mosaic with infinite supply of francisque xD

[@derhallwanger3988]

Is it just me or does the game looks better in every new trailer?

[@aymenberhili8218]

Game definitely looks much better

[@victoro6829]

For me its the same. They didn't fix the scale of the buildings, they didn't put units to carry artillery, the boats physics is still awful. I don't know why it is better...

[@nellam8]

@@victoro6829 did you ever play rts?

[@victoro6829]

@@nellam8 what

[@tokagerkun]

@@victoro6829 I think he means that in RTS games, things can't be fully realistic. So scale of buildings, for example, isn't going to be perfect.

[@bravomike4734]

French vs Mongols is definitely going to be interesting.

[@503leafy]

Going to be a bunch of dead horses everywhere.

[@hallamhal]

AHHHHHH THE FRENCH CHAMPAGNE has always been celebrated for its excellence

[@bomalpatriote5536]

Je suis d'accord 😉

[@Kiyoshi2207]

The cavalry will be much cooler if it is design like in LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth - those Rohan charge there is the best cavalry charge in game I've ever seen. So satisfying to watch.

[@adjoftce6547]

Cavalry charge was way better BFME 2 and 3, in the first the cav would lost half their hp on a charge and instantly kill themselves on spearmen

[@Kiyoshi2207]

@@adjoftce6547 kinda the point, since spearmen is the hard-counter of the cavarly but still; I was speaking more on the visual side: the way a whole cavarly army smash into a horde of enemies just so satisfying to watch.

[@adjoftce6547]

@@Kiyoshi2207 Yeah i understood and i agree 100%, just pointing the fact that in the first game, having max lvl cav buffed with shield and armor dying in 2 sec on a charge from the front or rear of lvl 1 spearmen was super frustrating, even non pike units caused them so much dmg, i remember Mûmakil dying by walking on random uruk pikemen, good thing they significantly changed it in the next games and added a brace/pike for infantry formation.

[@VineFynn]

@pit lord ah yes the obsolete more expensive of the two steam versions of aoe2

[@bartomiejzakrzewski7220]

France - Legendary Cav charges Poland - Am I joke to you ?

[@Regunes]

I mean yeah, tho correct me if i'm wrong, but the Winged hussards were not as (comicly) heavy armored as the french.

[@matt2.052]

This is the first game I’ve preordered in 13 years

[@torturetuesday5191]

Same, it looks really good!

[@Laughingorcorp]

This is the first game I've order a new graphics card in 13years

[@Makrelacz]

Good luck.

[@matt2.052]

@@Makrelacz ?

[@Arkantos1798]

first game I preordered ever!!

[@FrostyBud777]

Thank you every member of the Age of Empires team. Bless you and keep up the good work. SO excited for the 28th! My 38th birthday is on the 29th. SO thankful!

[@tauempire7507]

My 32nd birthday is on 29th!!! Ahah cannot wait for the game aswell)

[@punkyllama420]

RTS fans have been starved for the last decade haha

[@scintillam_dei]

Bill Gates already sent you your present: genetically-modified mosquitoes. Don't forget to inject mystery items out of paranoid fear of the bogey-virus.

[@FrostyBud777]

@@scintillam_dei Lets Go brandon and Gates! I wont be negative but I dont like gates and dont like the cdc. That is the best way I can say it. I read Pub Med for fun. Natural medicine is the best. Saved my life Im living proof.

[@hgbnkbggj2915]

@@scintillam_dei Pipe down. Ridiculous comment in here of all places. Besides, it's not Bill Gates's medicine, the vaccines do not have mystery 'ingredients' and there is legitimate reason for everyone to be wary of covid. In other words, you are wrong on all accounts.

[@memebooms5813]

Age of empires 3 french in this game still here!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

My dear artillery cannons… The empire shall rise again!

[@adamchadwick81]

Can’t wait to play. Viva La France!

[@Lyc4n111]

*Vive :)

[@FlawedFabrications]

"Their destructive charges are nearly unstoppable in large numbers." -laughs in Agincourt-

[@haaxeu6501]

Laughs in Patay

[@hyrikul602]

Well, it was a battle. France won the war. :)

[@dragon12234]

In Agincourt the English held a defensive position across a very muddy plain with dense forests on either side. And then had their own knights dismounted and ready to receive any French that managed to get across

[@Eldiran1]

You are absolutely wright . However , the french still won the war , with their superior artillery (And the genius of jean Bureau ) , which is recognised by giving some bonus to the french artillery .

[@tibsky1396]

Over nearly 1000 years of Middle Ages, you limit yourself to Azincourt.

[@helop8773]

À la guerre mes frères français!!

[@JoseLeybaDiaz]

Shut up.

[@RennieAsh]

@@JoseLeybaDiaz Je ne veux pas

[@tibsky1396]

A la santé du Roy Louis VI le Gros.

[@bomalpatriote5536]

J'arrive !!! ✌️

[@goteborg7744]

Baguette baguette !!

[@aniruddhbhatkal1834]

will we get that line from AOE2's Joan of Arc? "We'll see how British longbows fare against French cannon!"? Sounds like it might actually be viable here

[@TheRogueJedii]

I love that French finally got a unique cav unit.

[@kingstarscream320]

….They had one in AOE3….

[@MatthewVanston]

What about those broken OP Cuirassiers?

[@anm9600]

These presentation videos are getting me all hyped up! I wonder which civ will have most mass appeal.

[@zarzwag9733]

I have a feeling that the French will be the most popular (as in AoE2), followed by the English.

[@anm9600]

@@zarzwag9733 I think you’re right. But I see a lot of beta testers with warm feelings for the Holy Roman Empire. We’ll see. The Rus is the most appealing civ to me.

[@XxxMhalyxxX]

@Age of Empires ⚜️ Il manque la fleur de lys sur la cavalerie "Drapeau bleu ou blanc avec les lys dorées" unité de combat, château, cathédrale ... ⚜️

[@mehawimes629]

My favorite civ! Looking forward to playing with the French!

[@JonatasAdoM]

Healing when outside of combat. You just know they're gonna nerf that.

[@AntiMatter930]

That is so op. But I'm assuming these boys will cost a pretty penny

[@TatsuShiatsu]

@@AntiMatter930 0:28 they cost 105 food 75 gold here.

[@igelkotte]

I mean Berserks already does that in aoe2

[@Jaysus04]

@@AntiMatter930 With the french speciality of building influence, they actually have the cheapest knights and units in general in the game. There is nothing expensive about them.

[@TatsuShiatsu]

@Alien Reject isn't that the point?

[@jaegergames7042]

Played the Test. Was gorgeous. No bugs, oddly for me with stuff like this. I haven't enjoyed an AOE game, or a modern RTS, to this degree, in years. I won't go full bore here, but I will say: Total-War-Style/CoH range indicators on Ranged and Aartillery units was an amazing design call.

[@gabrielknight7091]

par la sainte cathédrale nous allons stopper les vils Anglais

[@adelaclos7508]

La perfide Albion !

[@memebooms5813]

Wonders available? This is the best!

[@universo_aoe]

One of my favourite civs! La caballería manda ⚜️

[@C0wb0yBebop]

The Gentleman Commands ?

[@universo_aoe]

@@C0wb0yBebop the cavalry commands! In spanish we use the same word for cavalier and gentleman xD

[@Cloodden]

That last canon ball took all sorts of corners.

[@catha86]

this game is growing on me. Has potential to replace starcraft for e-sport

[@zachariastsampasidis8880]

Let's not be in a hurry

[@johnpijano4786]

If this would "surpass" starcraft then it should survive both the highs and the lows. Starcraft has done both and has managed a strong equilibrium

[@catha86]

@@zachariastsampasidis8880 we need a new rts game for sure. Just make a new Warcraft 4 already but this is the closes to esport I have ever seen

[@taserrr]

I don't think you've got a clue what makes an esports. There's 0 way of knowing if this game could be an esports because all of that relies on the balance of the game, something you couldn't possibly know yet. Or do you really think esports has to do with graphics?

[@j3nki541]

I hope it brings more attention to AoE2, the absolute pinnacle of rts games!

[@aymenberhili8218]

Croissant

[@redybull5]

baguette

[@siretriste4045]

Omelette du fromage

[@ryoumakoushiro7447]

Oui

[@FriedrichBarb]

Frog leg soup hon hon hon

[@sultanmomenofzenata177]

Lait de chèvre.

[@jlcdavenport6268]

If the royal Knights are nearly unstoppable, why does the weakest infantry unit stop them every single time? Why do they charge into a sudden stop?

[@barty1995]

That's just Age of Empires unit collision. Movement in AoE games has never really accounted for physics and momentum, you have to think of it as a very game-y RTS along the lines of Starcraft. If you want to see infantry getting run down properly, you need to look at Total War and the like.

[@isaaccisneros9778]

@@barty1995 "properly"

[@Jaysus04]

It's actually the speciality of the spearmen to block cavalry charges. In AoE 4 your cavalry cannot charge into spearmen, they lose that ability and directly start striking with their swords. Spearmen and the Longbow speciality are able to stop or block cavalry charge effects.

[@Farsightful]

@@isaaccisneros9778

[@orisofikusuma7843]

Holy moly the cannon sound tho, terrifying

[@StatedOregon5]

ooohh man i am so hyped for this game

[@ShiroNoFune]

I hope the charge of the royal knights comes with a "Sacre bleau!" voice over

[@ahmetsaidgurdal4223]

It reminded me Sid Meire's Civilization 6's civ intorduction

[@thomasfplm]

Instead of Royal Knight, I'd think it would be interesting if if it was called Paladin, in reference to the knights that accompanied Charlemagne. It would make for a more distinct and easier name to pronounce.

[@Elkarus]

If they wanted a more distinct name maybe Gendarme, the historical name of the royal cavalry.

[@rui8688]

Paladin sounds like a job class in DnD lol

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

What about "Le 192 Club" ? Old-timers will understand

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

@@rui8688 That's cos DnD borrowed it from history. The history came first.

[@Cythil]

@@Elkarus I agree there. But I think it might be confusing considering how the named is used in modern languages. I am pretty happy with Royal Knight however, since it is pretty simple and also fitting.

[@hernandogaribaldi8627]

AAAAAH! The French! -Orson Welles

[@No_Man_Is_An_Island]

*"We need more onion!"* achievement unlock.

[@Static-Venoxis]

there they are!

[@vide0gameCaster]

For the people that tried out the French during the stress test, did they also have a Unique crossbow man unit?

[@GoldenE89]

At 1:48 that mangonel shot gets a lot more gravity all of a sudden :'D :'D

[@maximus28549]

So they have Magyar melee upgrade, Genoese Crossbowmen, Berber camel healing on cavalry, and Tarkins. That seems something.

[@LoutreDuBengale]

MONJOIE !

[@JeanLucPicard85]

Time for the Big Blue Plume Blob to dominate.

[@robertduy]

French is my main civ NOW!!!!!

[@JaysonVaughn]

This is my type of civ, Vive le France!

[@wikirexmax]

RIP throwing axeman, more badass than useful but you will be remembered.

[@ZamaninTimuru]

Spectacular

[@aragornii507]

Oui

[@friendlyfire1799]

It can be playerd multiplayer or what’s the matter in it ? Or we have to select which sector we want to play French , Chinese something like this , I never played aog 2,3

[@ljp400]

1:47 Monk attempts to assert dominance by T-Posing

[@oggeXLVI]

I can already hear the screams of AOE3 players having french cavalry flashbacks

[@HenryElfin]

Oh gendarmes and french paladin #2. Got it

[@candangus123]

Finaly, the French!

[@Shantirel7]

AND THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!

[@kingstarscream320]

Outside the time frame of the game

[@Loutral]

Can't wait to go full Montjoie ! Saint Denis !

[@cjnight6]

Is there an campaign for age of empires 4? The campaign for age of empire 3 was amazing so hopefully you guys put one in.

[@TheScarp21]

This one is the evolved frank from aoe 2

[@adventure_skaut]

this is like the cuirassier all over again

[@misutahowaitodesu]

Burgundian : Hey...

[@waltersimmons9512]

You guys complained about the arrow visibility in the preview as awkward...no I can't even see the arrow.

[@xdg85]

What if... I spam massive pikemen when against French, what else can they do?

[@ThePariahDark]

(Doing an Orson Welles voice) Ahhh, the french... known for their excellence...

[@beauarroyo6590]

Hon Hon Hon! For Ze Lady! Praise ze holy bath water!

[@Adrien323]

Oui oui

[@straelboraaaa]

I wonder if the game change from Age of Longbowmen beta to Age of Royal Knight in the first launch

[@aurimarisraelsalvador1066]

that flaming arrows doe

[@oscarsimonvelasco4263]

Okay now I remember what game look like this, Empire Earth 3 anyone remember that game? AOE4 has an uncanny resemblance with it.

[@saudh8446]

this inspired me to watch the last duel :)

[@TBPetitP]

Lol I just got from watching it at the cinema, very good movie, very well acted, you should watch it.

[@Pamplemoufle]

"It's french, but is good !" ;)

[@sertonetix]

Montjoie ! Saint Denis !!!

[@hudo108]

C'est superbe.

[@SmokeDrake]

They make it sound like the French are the best with Gunpowder but they also say that about the Chinese. Though they dont have the same options.

[@haaxeu6501]

You can have more than one gunpowder civ, just like you can have more than one horse civ (Mongols, French, etc...).

[@SmokeDrake]

@@haaxeu6501 yeah I know just wondering what makes the Chinese gunpowder civ.

[@NamelocTheBard]

French seem to have access to both of the specialist cannons (the Ribauldequin for anti infantry and Culverin for range/anti seige) and have better bombards as the "cannon" replaces it and is more mobile. However, those are all "slow burn" expensive imperial age units whereas the Chinese have access to several options that are less expensive and available earlier. So with every civ getting gunpowder it's more like French and Chinese excel with gunpowder focused armies, English, HRE, Rus, and Abbasids are fair with gunpowder, and Delhi and Mongols are dogshit with gunpowder given they have the bare minimum.

[@tbfrstudio5416]

It's quite logical, the Chinese are the first to have created and used black powder, and the French are among the first (see the first) in Europe to have used them a lot and to have experimented in this field and there. have developed ballistic sciences (France has remained very strong in the field of firearms).

[@JeanDeGeaune]

Logical, French was the first nation to use the canons in open battlefield "Bataille de Castillon 1453" and this is why we call this period the end of Middle-age

[@TheParez]

La Hire's sword is almost dry...

[@h.a.i.d.e.r837]

Joan of Arc campaign is going to be awesome!!

[@jacobfcrisp]

I love how the game looks but where's are Rise of Nations 2

[@sneakysimian]

Oh man, I'd love to see RoN2!!

[@arsenpixl]

nnniiiiiice! This is my CIV

[@HomerJay]

It's sad to see so badly implemented cavalry in 2021. The "devastating cavalry charge" looks like a horse just stops suddenly infront of a footman who just continues to do his stuff like nothing happened.

[@Creeping_Shadow]

Ummm yes. This is me. This civ seems so strong!

[@Zarala2010]

So build a stable and raid with a bit of cav, but build two archery ranges and mass archers. Profit on the surprised pikachu mass spears. :D

[@Panther1944]

vive la France mes aieux

[@at3969]

Léon, fetch la vache by the canon

[@alter5057]

that "Chivalry" allows knights to hit the almost-defenseless villagers and flee afterwards. Am i the only one that sees this funny irony?

[@surajsundar4344]

The French have always been celebrated for their excellence. There is a California Champagne by Paul Masson, inspired by that same French excellence. It's fermented in the bottle and like the best French champagne it's vintage dated.

[@mekabrutusmetalicus1973]

Faster town centre ? That seem OP.

[@AntonioZL]

Where's the video on the chinesse and the the abbasid dynasy?

[@allowingtoastyt2125]

I used to play civ6 but the battles look way better

[@notyqehute5567]

Que le seigneur nous donnes ça bénédiction !

[@averagegopnik4868]

1:00 i see that the shields are still bugged

[@kamekazi1123]

Fierce.

[@abacaxi.maldoso]

Alright, they charge 👍

[@ryoumakoushiro7447]

Wait, Arbaletrier (sorry for the butchery) deploy shields? I thought it's only those Pavise Crossbowman?

[@ruknoonshadiddinder9801]

Arbalétriers is literally french for crossbowman. Same unit.

[@m.s.79]

lots of peoples through europe used pavises for all sort of purposes; they arent exclusive to anyone like strategy games do for gameplay purposes.

[@ryoumakoushiro7447]

@@m.s.79 Oh? So all of them used pavise too? Huh.... Interesting, I only know that Pavise used by those Italian Crossbowman from AoE 2

[@tbfrstudio5416]

@@ryoumakoushiro7447 It was used a lot by crossbowmen who attack or besiege, it would provide protection (especially when the weapon was reloaded), otherwise you were exposed.

[@lordbelou7279]

1:50 So, if we get the scots, frenchs are going to rage. But we need the scots. Unicorns and whisky.

[@DaRealAnti]

seems strong

[@JuanxDlol]

When did they add Protoss to Age of Empires 4 ?

[@Regunes]

Wait, I thought protoss where Delhi Sultanate.

[@Turnil321]

The red priest on the left goes into a t-pose at 4:45 - 4:49. Not a good sign when there are bugs in the trailer.