Age of Empires IV: The Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire in Age of Empires IV specializes in rugged infantry and unique religious units, giving players an early lead with raw strength and a focused economy. Bonuses and the religious Prelates strengthen units and buildings, and the fearsome Landskneckt make the Holy Roman Empire a sturdy and resourceful civ. With impenetrable cities and methodically battling opponents, anyone can take full advantage of everything this civilization has to offer.
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[@icespicefan4771]

Im glad RTS games are still being made. Even though im bad at them, they're still really fun to play.

[@MaximilianoAedo]

"So you have come to hear the tale of Frederick Barbarossa? Better order us another round. Maybe three. You see...it is a great tale. But then again, everything about the man is great. Barbarossa was a man of great appetites...great ambition...and a great, red beard. But the question - the question you want to know is: Was that enough? Is the will of one man enough to forge an empire? For there was no Holy Roman Empire at that time. Only a gaggle of quarreling city-states. These dubiously loyal princedoms were more interested in a loose confederation than a unified empire. But Barbarossa, he believed that he was the Emperor by the will of God, and he intended to bring the Holy Roman Empire back to its former glory. If that meant crushing all of the German princes, well, so be it."

[@robin9740]

I can't wait to betray my allies in his campaign!

[@crimplay397]

Friedrich Barbarossa Bzw Friedrich Rotbart

[@alanmonteros6432]

I loved how the narrator turns out to be one of his rivals

[@St1TcHinGMonk3y101]

I most certainly read that in a smooth German accent XD

[@bobwang9171]

Have you heard the tragedy of frederick barbarossa the red?

[@proverbialking3452]

"The Holy Roman Empire is quickly able to fortify a position." Fatslob: *heavy breathing*

[@exyl_sounds]

cant wait to do some holy roman gaming

[@plaidpvcpipe3792]

For Franz! Oh wait, wrong game.

[@swefress]

@@plaidpvcpipe3792 No, that's the right game

[@plaidpvcpipe3792]

@@swefress The Empire endures!

[@thecheeselord5943]

Charlemagne Gaming

[@akshatmalik5643]

With some ramen

[@Jointi5]

I really like the idea of making civs more focused on different player types.

[@thomasscott4081]

@pit lord it looks great

[@HeilerDerWelten]

@pit lord it looks amazing, way better than aoe 2 or anything else that you like.

[@theminuskai7453]

this, wether a player wants to be agressive, defensive, or play as support, they should always have a tool to aport with their philosophy

[@Trubripes]

Surprised this haven't been said yet: Faith, Steel, Gunpowder.

[@CBRN-115]

Well, time to summon the elector counts

[@tacticalprofessor2847]

This Does have my consent.

[@VossMarionette]

Karl Franz approves

[@Trubripes]

@@CBRN-115 I bet that's HRE campaign.

[@ryoumakoushiro7447]

Well, at least they bring Incense and Iron

[@SplendidFactor]

Summon the Elector Counts!

[@dr.strangelove9815]

Faith, steel and... My handgunners need some floppy hats!

[@Victory1942]

I enjoyed the sheer amount of times the expression "Holy Roman Empire" was repeated throughout this video

[@aoe3Chusik]

@pit lord nobody's gonna miss you. don't play it then

[@AS.47]

Still waiting for someone to properly pronounce "Landsknecht"

[@sakib9102]

Is it pronounced "Landsk - necht" or "Lands - knecht" ?

[@AS.47]

@@sakib9102 Lands-knecht. If you wanna hear the proper pronounciation, type the word in google translator and have it read by the german voice ;)

[@aurorasdawn4681]

@@sakib9102 "Knecht" means "commoner" (as opposed to knights), and "Lands" means that the Knecht originates from the (flat) "land", i.e. the Empire - as opposed to mercenaries originating from the Swiss Alps. In the 16th century however, it was most commonly spelt "Lanzknecht", literally meaning "Pike Knecht". Btw, "Knight" and "Knecht" have the same etymological roots in Germanic language, meaning a person in someone's service. But in English it got upvalued to referring to a noble vassal whilst in German it got pejorated towards referring to non-noble subordinates.

[@sakib9102]

@@aurorasdawn4681 interesting indeed.

[@rickf6375]

Granted, it's not the easiest term for a non-native speaker

[@Alkhalim]

The battle atmosphere of this game is very nice.

[@ozzy-bj3ov]

Good to see you alkhalim

[@Alkhalim]

@@ozzy-bj3ov Hey Alex! :D

[@soklot]

Needs more crayons.

[@MrCowboyszz]

Well he tried, but landsknecht is still pronounced a bit differently at the end.

[@hubewa24]

It's Land sharks XD

[@dr.strangelove9815]

LANsharks?!

[@louistostmann2049]

@@hubewa24 Good ol' Drongo

[@aurorasdawn4681]

It's pronounced Lanshnecks, right?

[@kevintrang3007]

@@aurorasdawn4681 It's pronounced like lands-knehcht The a in land sounds like the u in luck and the ch is pronounced similarly to the Spanish j

[@Konde616]

Hope additional zoom and less fog will be available for the released game.

[@DavidCardonaESM]

I just realized that having more zoom can decrease unit control because they are more size accurate

[@geminusleonem9365]

@@DavidCardonaESM You would still be able to zoom in for more accuracy, but not having a proper zoomed out view of the map kills the game's planning and set-up phases.

[@lateralus6512]

@@geminusleonem9365 Yeah exactly. Strategic zoom is one of the best innovations for strategy gaming. That fact that these developers haven't figured it out yet has me worried.

[@karnazacss]

yeah I hope the low graphic settings are competitive-friendly. I want to compete, and so many people aswell

[@JcBravo8]

@pit lord The only cartoony bit is the bright colors. Subdue that and it's exactly like a classic AOE.

[@crusadinghours3505]

Take a drink every time he says Holy Roman Empire, see how long you last.

[@northerncassowary8567]

Yea a drink of water, I’m gonna live till 51

[@JohnDoe-il4dz]

For some reason every time he said I kept hearing "Holy Vermin Empire".

[@Steef560]

The Landsknecht should shoulder his Zweihänder instead of wearing it on the side, this would look cooler and is even the more historical accurate way

[@brigadier3596]

No

[@lorrdy7640]

@@brigadier3596 yes

[@brigadier3596]

@@lorrdy7640 from side is faster. Efficency > Coolness

[@Steef560]

@@brigadier3596 In every historical illustration that i know the Bidenhander is carried this way, like a Polearm.

[@brigadier3596]

@@Steef560 my condolences ot the man to side who gets sliced when you pull the sword out from the back

[@crimsongoldeagle8868]

With a bit more saturation, contrast, and light, this game could look pretty good. I hope they at least put in settings for these things in the options menu. But the best case would be making it standard, so the game would look good when people cast it.

[@rediponto9588]

Instead of 'landsknecht' the special unit should be called 'doppelsoldner', since the most common weapon of a landsknecht is a pike (although zweihander is the more iconic one)

[@syntax2004]

I though they use halberd as a main weapon?

[@AussieDrongo]

WHERE IS THE DING?! I WAS PROMISED THERE WOULD BE DING

[@JWonn]

Ding Ding

[@dylanbilson4271]

Sorry, your grace. Hit me until you're happy.

[@NomanJohan]

This games looks better everytime new video releases.

[@lordz00]

Still looks like a mobile game about smurfs. :V

[@Miskolcer]

It looks awful for 2021. BfME2 looked way better 13 years ago.

[@NomanJohan]

@@Miskolcer Well they want everyone to be able to play this game. Higher specs will leave a lot of people out of this game.

[@NomanJohan]

@@lordz00 While Id like prettier graphics having a 3090 but I don't mind as long as they nail gameplay. The graphics are alright. We know there will be improments.

[@taserrr]

What on earth are you on about, have you played any games the last 5 years? This looks like a mobile game, a ps3 could easily run this...

[@CanalMedieval]

Maravilha! Beautiful, detailed and historically coherent buildings!

[@gibranhenriquedesouza2843]

BR?

[@CanalMedieval]

@@gibranhenriquedesouza2843 BRíssimo. HUE.

[@scintillam_dei]

I do realistic maps for Age of Empires 1 and 2. Check them out.

[@magnodemorais9317]

Vc por aqui que grata surpresa Canal Medieval

[@CanalMedieval]

@@magnodemorais9317 Sempre vigilante à fidelidade histórica. Até então estou gostando.

[@anm9600]

Can’t really tell if I’ve become used to the graphics, or if the game has been graphically improved since the first gameplay trailers. It seems more polished. Maybe it’s placebo. But the hype is real though, and I’m in from day one!

[@Navie.]

It's not a placebo the animations look smother and overall graphics look much better

[@SpiceTable]

You are right. The arrows have shrunk and look its arc is definiley better looking

[@JeanLucPicard85]

We've been wololo'd. :P

[@SpiceTable]

@@JeanLucPicard85 well now that the captain is here, Janeway out HAAHAAHHAHA!

[@hiran4935]

After lot of complains they have improved it a lot. At least they listen to fans which is very nice

[@matthewy2j]

The Emperor shall guide us straight to Novigrad.

[@ohhellyeah2878]

Lol didn't expect to see a TW3 reference here, but i def dig it.

[@MantisAoECivilisationConcepts]

AoE4 has such a great sound design, I love it!

[@magnajota4341]

Drink every time he says. "Holy Roman Empire."

[@CroftGaming]

Was just about to comment the same😂

[@rakowozz]

Well, it is Friday. Holy Roman Empire

[@eagle2com]

He says "Holy Vroman Empire" though :3

[@hisnameisiam808]

Didn't know this was coming out! I'm excited!

[@deaclavilis6760]

So it seems that instead of based on ethnicity and culture, the factions in age of empires IV are more likely to be political bodies such as HRE (Germans) unlike what are there in the former age of installments. So are we going to see Ottomans rather than Turks or Ming rather than Chinese?

[@andypro6158]

It's a collection of what ever nation / culture that spans approximately from year 500 to 1500.

[@shermuhammadkhan3383]

It was sad to see the landsknecht get stomped and being unable to do its job in its own civilisation overview on its moments to shine!! That aside, this was a great civilisation overview, and i am really hyped !! Can't wait for release !

[@nvmtt1403]

landsknecht were a pike unit. these are using zwei handers, meaning these are probably members of the special regiment called forlorn hope. these troops were used to break enemy pike formations and were basically a suicide squad with double pay. if that is the case, this is pretty accurate, a squishy unit with massive AOE damage that is used as a suicide screen to wreck the enemy frontline before the main formation moves in to finish them off. That is exactly how they are supposed to be used.

[@BIGmlems]

Which is funny because both landsknecht and doppelsoldner were very strong melee units in aoe 3 despite their cost you could mow down anything as long as it wasnt a cannon.

[@frankberger7035]

@@BIGmlems One of the few good counters to the french Cuirassier in 5 hour (40 minute treaty) games.

[@perrytran9504]

Well they really sucked in the last beta build we got to play, so I think it just needs a rework for the game's launch.

[@Jaysus04]

​@@nvmtt1403 Those suiciders were called Doppelsöldner as they received double the pay. Landknechts used pikes, lances, halberds, greatswords (or rather Flambergs) and gun powder weapons. But in the game Landsknechts are completely useless and historically very inaccurate. They cost 100 gold and 20 or 60 food (don't remember) and die to everything. They can barely beat a spearmen. They are the least cost effective unit in the game by far. They are just terrible and their "huge" attack isn't that huge and does not offset their all around weakness in the slightest. And even if they had an even greater attack, it would still matter not as they are barely able to reach an opponent before dying. They have almost no armor, which is fine, but they also have one of the worst health pools, are supposed to be fast but run just as quickly as spearmen and get countered by literally everything, but especially anything that is ranged. Wearing only light armors made them very agile. Their agility is not taken into account at all. The reason for their light armor is completely ignored by the game and instead just turned into a double malus = little armor, pathetic hp. The cheapest archers already counter one of the most expensive units in the game. There is zero reason to build this unit. And everybody calling them powerful or working as intended is either blind or not capable of judgement. They are a complete disgrace of a unit and need a massive overhaul or should just be removed from the game. They offer nothing excpet being a ressource dump with no effect. They are pathetic. The whole HRE is pathetic as it offers the worst special unit in the game. Aside from their men at arms, which are good, the army of the HRE is lackluster and does not go beyond the baseline of unit designs. Anything the HRE has army wise, aside from MAA, is also available to other civs and mostly in a better or more synergetic version. If release was sometime next year, I would say "okay, a matter of development". But the release is in 11 days the state of the civ in the beta was incredibly underwhelming in regards of their army strength and uniqueness.

[@Cyprous]

Finally the game looks good now, they fixed the animations and arrows and inproved graphics

[@normmacdonaldliveseason3ep866]

They should get rid of that exploding battering ram.

[@Jan-xf8sk]

@@normmacdonaldliveseason3ep866 they probably haven't made death animations for siege weapons, thus the ugly exploding battering ram. (Maybe they should add it up after launch, via patches?)

[@AdamNisenziSpisak]

@@Jan-xf8sk cope

[@taserrr]

Fanboys will be fanboys, game looks embarassing for a microsoft released product for today's time. This looks like a mobile game. And what is up with the art, why didn't they stick to AoE2 art?

[@Cyprous]

@@taserrr the game is 7/10 i know, but if you compare what we see about 3 months ago we can see progress.

[@MrHoodlin]

I like how in every civilization preview video the narrator describes the civilization the same, but with different words.

[@gajxo]

I think they should have kept the Teutonic Knight. He is easily one of most iconic units in AoE2 and more appropriate for the time period. The landsknechts became prominent only in the 1400s.

[@louistostmann2049]

The Teutonic knights didn't belong to the HRE. They were only active in some eastern provinces, but mostly in their own state (1230-1561), so it would be historicaly not really accurate to use Teutonic knights.

[@martingajarsky6433]

@@louistostmann2049 You're right but that can be just fixed by renaming the unit Germanic Knight, Crusader Knight. I think having a unit from the 11-14th century makes more sense than the Landschknecht from 15th-16th. Or just use the name Teutons, Germanics and not use HRE which includes also Bohemia, Netherlands and Italy.

[@louistostmann2049]

@@martingajarsky6433 But Germanics would not fit, because the other civs represent empires/states and not some people. The teutonic order as a civ would be fine and certainly very interesting, but that would be an entirely different culture (religion, system of government, military, architecture...) than the HRE, so a simple rename would not fit.

[@sualtam9509]

@@louistostmann2049 Well yes and no. While the state of the Teutonic Order did not, the Teutonic Order did also have lot's of posessions in the Empire. The Grandmaster was considered a prince of the empire.

[@ICCraider]

@@louistostmann2049 Oh come one dude. They aren't being historically accurate about the landsknechts either. A landsknecht formation mainly consisted of *pikemen* supported by zweihanders and later handgunners. Also they were mercenaries so they were never loyal to anyone. And there were more internal HRE wars than external ones. There was never a single war where the entirety of the HRE united against a single foe. So basically having it as a single unified faction in any game is historically inaccurate. So might as well have the freaking Teutonic knights because AOE was never a historically accurate game.

[@angriboi]

I hope, there will be (like in AoE2) added new factions in AoE4 later. In AoE2, I was a huge fan of gunpowder and naval civs, like the Spanish or Portuguese.

[@van_Wednesday]

i can´t wait to play it again! me and my friends are missing the game so much since the beta weekend! it feeled like a worthy sequel/alternative for age 2!

[@kingstarscream320]

Age 2 is nothing compared to Age 3

[@van_Wednesday]

@@kingstarscream320 age 3 was good, but it feeled so clunky with its units. and i dont like the card system. for me age 3 is a great rts, but the worst aoe. but its also great - i mean its aoe

[@rethall2308]

Very Holy, somewhat Roman, definetly an Empire!

[@ICCraider]

The HRE was neither holy nor roman nor an empire. It's the very definition of irony.

[@AgentLando]

@@ICCraider it actually is sometimes roman, just as holy as other European powers and used to be an empire in it's earlier days

[@ICCraider]

@@AgentLando How is a fully German and Dutch entity be roman? Also how is an entity that rivals the pope in Rome and caused hundreds to thousands of wars because of it be holy? And the holy roman emperor did not *rule* the HRE. A lot of them couldn't even command 20% of the it even if they wanted to so it's not an empire. Ask any historian and they'd back me up. The HRE was neither holy nor roman nor an empire. The HRE often massacred its own citizens just to resupply their armies. Their Landsknecht often looted and pillaged towns and villages. The rivalry with Rome caused hundreds of wars in Italy between *catholics.* The HRE and the Catholic church was so corrupt(opposite of holy) it caused 2 to 3 reformations leading to the hussite and 30 years war. EDIT: Oh and also they sacked Rome which isn't very roman nor holy.

[@AgentLando]

@@ICCraider what I'm saying here is that the here is just a regular European power that sometimes had rome and the pope under it's control, used to be an empire in the earlier times where everything looked like the hre

[@ICCraider]

@@AgentLando The papal states became a thing with Charlemagne's decree. It was never directly controlled by the HRE. Also the HRE stopped being an empire as soon as the Carolingian dynasty stopped being a thing. And in most games, especially in this one the HRE isn't the one under the Carolingian dynasty. I mean their special unit is literally the *Landsknecht.* Although it is probably the poorest and most historically inaccurate depiction I've ever seen in a game.

[@c0mmanderKeen]

*Langekneshht* :D Game looks great! Looking forward to it.

[@sukruyildizel422]

Make cannonballs bigger, I cant see any impact when they are fired. Also more zoom pls.

[@coppykappa2235]

They did add more zoom , go watch the yesterday stream

[@sukruyildizel422]

@@coppykappa2235 are you sure? It looked same as before to me.

[@coppykappa2235]

@@sukruyildizel422 also to me , but then i noticed a bit of change..

[@pattonramming1988]

I have to say I loved playing this civ almost as much as I did the Chinese

[@HazardWolfCorp]

Great looking game except that there is no blood and the death animations for units such as the battering ram is awful, would like to see some improvement there but definitely gonna buy this when released tho.

[@posdaniel1501]

More videos like this please!

[@krishna4817]

When I was 6 my dad bought me a game that I still play and it was age of empires 3 demo it doesn’t has multiplayer or anything but I still enjoy it and I am looking forward to buy aoe4

[@KanaiIle]

English speakers pronouncing Landsknecht :D

[@DiscothecaImperialis]

2:12 'Sacred Site' is what Relic's signature 'buildings' from 40k: Dawn of War series.

[@Makofueled]

The entire casted history of this game will not teach anyone to say "Landsknecht" but will drive many Germans insane, as casters start talking about "Landschnecke" which are not even human.

[@Cons1337]

Landsschnecke!! xD

[@Makofueled]

@@Cons1337 *shrieks in gastropod*

[@Reyiman]

IT's amazing 🌟

[@MrErdem95]

Looks like landscherhebhde unit has some sort of charge ability. Look at the 1st attack when arrival on a foe.

[@jahfield9116]

Sounds like my go to civ to play

[@arcanos4167]

,,One of these units is the Lanschknescht.." I can't- xD

[@VikTheGreat360]

I'm having so much fun with this faction!

[@testtor2714]

Loving the Lunchknescht.

[@ridvirgo1994]

For The Empire!

[@raynightshade8317]

Still sad about no Teutonic Knight but the focus on relics is nice

[@nightman706]

For the grace for the might of our lord. For the land of the holy!

[@OJGB2010x]

This ALSO needs the appereance of some good old classics such as the Gothic Knights and their cavalry, please research on their 15th-16th Century armor.

[@SmartVandelay]

Come on, Holy Roman Empire! Come on if you think you can take us on!

[@St1TcHinGMonk3y101]

Super excited for this game!! Less than a month to go!

[@huggleskuishy]

Best civ

[@IDMYM8]

I have a feeling this game will stand the test of time

[@freddyli5356]

I thought there would be a badass prologue for them.

[@SnacOmac]

Holy!! Roman Empire!!

[@Ltmacgregor]

Even though the stress test made me hate your town center noise(I know they are changing it). It really hyped me up to play this game! I can't wait till it releases!

[@rngesusrandomicus1409]

looks great

[@philipkelly7369]

The beta made me hungry for this game, I'm looking forward to it

[@krellin]

it would be much better if they add bunch of unique combat animations, so that all units dont look like clones but have some varying behaviour while engaged in combat only cosmetic

[@steelshanks1265]

I like the charge with lance, then switch to sword. HRE is interesting, more than the other civs... but where's the Celts guys?

[@Kikematamitos]

Age of Empires IV should be about Great War were there exist Empires to not another medieval game.

[@alexanderkovar7252]

Ahhh the good old "Lunchknescht"

[@hannovonbahrenfeld5986]

😂

[@papyrustheroyalguardsmen3446]

The Nation Calls

[@erez87xp]

So I’ve seen only 4 civilizations up until now. China and 3 European ones. Are there gonna be more? And will there be more variety?

[@jeanfrancoisdutremble9022]

cause you make it better since the stress test i will buy it..but ill wait for a steam sale , cause in canada the game is mostly 100$ and i think it is expensive cause you gonna have alot of dlc..but yeah you gonna have me with a steam sale and will be happy after to pay for dlc

[@pietromalzone2214]

Looking great! I just think they should scale up the buildings a bit.

[@WaldoWally]

Unfortunately I think the game devs went with the common design philosophy for RTS games that sees disproportionate scaling as a necessary evil. Otherwise the game loses much of the strategy, quick pace, and readability needed to make it fun. It's one of many ways realism was sacrifice. But if you think of AoE more like chess than a realistic battle simulator, it's not too big a pill to swallow.

[@JrottenOlm]

1:16 *Landzhknesht* 😂

[@TacticusPrime]

The gameplay looks interesting but the UI man. It looks like development placeholder assets. Are they going to sell themed UI as skins or something?

[@Herlss]

Can anyone tell me if I'm correct or not? I'm curious as to why Landsknechts were chosen to be the Roman's unique unit. Weren't they initially a German concept and created by the Germans, not the Roman's? The word Landsknecht is German itself. Is there a piece of history I am missing?

[@ilovemonkeyos]

The Landsknecht is EXCLUSIVE to the Romans? Damn.

[@NomanJohan]

Holy Roman is not Roman. It's German.

[@nohlavopi8617]

Nothing can beat AoE2

[@flayrekapperz7862]

Damn kinda wished marching drills was named goose step but it's probably anachronotisc or something haha.

[@GravitasZero]

I play as HRE. Early game ram rush + men at arms That’s it

[@jackmichael2839]

i cant wait!!

[@michaelrossouw317]

Game looks amazing so far but are you guys going to address the projectile physics which are a bit all over the place. I think this is quite a big thing especially in larger battles. Thanks

[@samarmstrong7374]

hype!

[@GunRunner106]

shows scene of HRE charging enemy in the center all the 'lanchGnechkte' jumpcut to all of em dead and down in the dirt. xD oof

[@Goldknight1997]

I feel like the prelate will be a problem on the battlefield. Actually players will just target him from the start and their goes his unique buffs.

[@user-pk5oj5wr7j]

For sigmar, for the heldenhammer!

[@plaidpvcpipe3792]

This game looks awesome.

[@abbymerchant2069]

this warcraft mod has some nice graphics

[@kawipotwachaiya7176]

This is The Teutons in Age of Empires 2

[@Soapy-chan_old]

I love it when English speakers try to pronounce german words like "Landsknecht"

[@Mustaffaa9]

1:16 "LAnS KEneTSchT"

[@youtubehasbigcringe]

Cringe

[@Soapy-chan_old]

@@youtubehasbigcringe I'm sorry you feel that way.

[@mahiknight]

Sad to see the unique unit won't the Teutonic Knight, but then again I think the Landsknect would be the more universally available German unit during the time period

[@aurorasdawn4681]

Actually no, as Landsknechte only were a thing during the Renaissance, i.e. in the very epoch of AoE. Considering their existance from the 12th to the 15th century, Teutonic Knights might actually be the most universal German unit. Or maybe the "Ministerialis" or "Reichsritter" (Imperial Knight) would fit even better.

[@gersonfilho898]

PLEASE GUYS! MAKE THE VIKING AND THE JAPANESE CIVS AS WELL? MATCHES PERFECTLY TO THIS GAME, EVEN FOR THE HISTORY CIVS INTERACTIONS

[@j.l.hegeman300]

My Dutch heart weeps with this pronounciation 1:16

[@hannovonbahrenfeld5986]

My german too

[@abcdef-cs1jj]

Look, Landsknecht is very hard to pronounce, additionally they mostly fought with pikes and guns, right? So why give them the Zweihänder here? It was used, but it wasn't the rank and file weapon by far. All in all ... why don't we have the Deutschritter as we had in AoE2? :( Except ... maybe the Teutonic Order will come as an additional faction somewhere in the future? That'll be great :D

[@Jaysus04]

When you have the HRE, you need to merge it with the Teutonic Order as the Teutonic Order does not offer the timeline all the civs in AoE 4 are seemingly supposed to offer. And I am actually shocked that the HRE has zero reference to the Teutonic Order. I am afraid this is a chance wasted as the Teutonic Order will most likely not become a stand alone civ. It would make no sense. I think the HRE is in a terrible spot and is the most lackluster and boring civ although there is so much potential. Their unique units feel and work like they were just thrown into the game due to a lack of esprit and idea. There is nothing the HRE can do that other civs don't do better aside from defensive structures and men at arms. I think it's a very poor design for this civ and I hope for a big revamp at release, but that seems unlikely. There is almost no reason to play the HRE. Why would you? They feel so generic and lame.

[@gatsu8223]

The Holy Roman Empire !!!!

[@gatsu8223]

Deus vult

[@theharlequin7280]

As a German its so cute when he said "Lanschkneschd"

[@dtarchon]

Putting yr prelate in the front line is not the best decision, when it offers so much more in economic bonuses. And no, it is not required in the front lines. What u need to excellent macro and right unit compositions depending on the match up.

[@Borealis-Rainbow]

This will be my main

[@ttkb9620]

aoe4 should have camera location and fully customizable hotkeys.

[@BachNguyen-bf2my]

WOW

[@trygveblacktiger597]

The should have been 2 landsknecht units. 1 Landsknecht pretty mutch spearmen armed with pikes and holds both cav and infantry at bay. 2 Doppelsoldaten Landsknecht armed with Zweihander great swords and got abit of AOE

[@edobushido9234]

can someone help me understand this game? is this like Red alert and battle realms? Not like Civilization right?

[@CoffeeSuccubus]

*looks at the HRE map* So which country is it?

[@lurven141]

LANDSKNEKT! :)

[@erikthered7876]

Do it for HRE!