AoE4 Commentary | DauT (Franks) vs Hera (English)

[@saintsundere]

praying to god the AOE4 team rolls out a deluxe capture age hub for casters like Tristan, like blocking off the time and easily pulling up the civs. Casters are the best adverts for AOE

[@coryk4974]

😳 how do you have time to enjoy AoE content and write scripts for Andrew❤️

[@verdibyrd]

capture age was made by a 3rd party dev so i kinda doubt microsoft will do it, but it would be cool

[@firstleaguereplays3470]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHqUe5J5rNGajLM

[@saintsundere]

@@coryk4974 Ayyyy hello fellow DWR fan! Seems to be high correlation between Andrew fans and Tristan fans, my Twitter feed had a handful of mentions re: AOE4. And the answer is easy: Andrew does *everything,* mostly one man production like Tristan. I come in after 1st draft with minor suggestions or pre 1st draft for topic discussion. Then pre-release of vid!

[@saintsundere]

@@verdibyrd Seeing how long it took to get Spectatorcast back onto AOE2 it seems more than likely that Microsoft is just going to leave all the money on the table that the casters are trying to bring to them. Still keeping hope alive tho!!! god bless the capture age devs

[@HaleStormStrong]

It’s so refreshing to hear T90 asking questions that I know the answer to for once lol

[@ryanmckenzie5918]

Fun watch! It's definitely interesting to see the pros trying to learn a new game. I also appreciate the commentary and the acknowledgement that we all still need to learn the game and its features. I was watching another channel earlier, and it's like some folks just keep saying "this needs to be more like AoE2". It's really frustrating and not at all constructive. We HAVE AoE2. I'm excited to see the series go in a new direction.

[@dekmar7954]

This!

[@saiashwin26]

The thing is AoE4 wants to be AoE2 but it’s worse in every way. If AoE4 tried to be its own thing then no one would judge it like that.

[@vincentjander4533]

So far I am having a lot of fun with the game. It feels very different from the previous games but at the same time very familiar.

[@MrWasian]

Yup, I saw some negative reviews on Steam because people didn't like that there is a learning curve in 4. It doesn't play like 2 or 3, but it still has that AoE core gameplay. I love it, Relic did a wonderful job introducing a new title to the franchise. Just need some QoL touch ups, more civs, and constant balance/patches for fixes.

[@icecoldchilipreppers]

@@saiashwin26 no it doesn't, I've been playing age 2 since it came out 20 years ago. This is a different game, I felt the difference the first time I used the line formation with my pike to prevent enemy knights from charging my archers.

[@Dreamcastle1522]

The knights are healing because of a french exclusive tech called "chivalry". It can be researched on the School of Chivalry

[@RayTracingRevolution]

AoE4 is a really good foundation, even if it needs some work, especially regarding missing features. But it's just fun to play

[@Ronaldopopkings]

Agreed!

[@gwanael34]

The best way I could describe how it feels to me is aoe2 definitive edition 2 It's the upgrade of the upgrade.

[@merdufer]

It's fun to play, but it's not as fun to watch as AOE2. Once you've seen enough games, all the battles play out the same. There is no projectile dodging, attack ground, or high ground advantage to drastically change the outcome of a battle based on the players' skills.

[@gwanael34]

@@merdufer So a STRATEGY game is less about micro and more about macro. I fail to see what's the problem with that. That is the one thing I hated about starcraft. Macro feels smarter and therefore more appropriate to RTS to me than micro.

[@merdufer]

@@gwanael34 I said what the problem was in my comment. It's not as fun to watch. I love 4x strategy games, but I wouldn't watch a tournament for any of those games. Competitive RTS has been micro intensive from Day 1, because that's a big part of what makes it exciting live on the big stage.

[@the3rdid485]

8:01 Aoe2 Deer: 140 food Aoe4 Deer: 350 food "Oh that's actually not a lot." Aoe4 Deer: "Am I joke to you?

[@tankofnova9022]

Just another AoE2 purest trying to trash on what is encroaching on their turf. Sad to see.

[@ubelmensch]

@@tankofnova9022 What?

[@tankofnova9022]

@@ubelmensch AoE2 players/casters are unfairly taking subtle shits on 4 just like this comment points out. If you listen closely to a lot of the content that is out rn it's quite common.

[@rorschach775]

@@tankofnova9022 T90 learning this UI sounds like my grandparents trying to turn on the TV. Kinda ruining it.

[@KawaiiThresh]

Also AoE4 Boar 1000 food thats almost entire food for castle age l0l

[@axesofebil]

I'm waiting for the knight charge micro to be developed. Super excited to follow the scene figuring out the quirks that will make top tier AOE 4 players

[@fuzzy-02]

i hope age of empires dev realize the importance of casters to their games and focus on making QoL features for them

[@brockness791]

I really wanna see more aoe4 content, I'm loving it so far

[@EAfirstlast]

The strategic choice got baked into the landmark system. Albeit for english and french, their choices are just too obvious for the feudal age up, the economic landmarks really need a buff. Other factions have harder choices on that first age up between economic advantage and military advantage.

[@ChrisDesi]

Chamber of Commerce lets you bring a substantial percentage more of resources, allows you to make more knights albeit without the 20% production speed bonus. Abbey of Kings for the English sucks donkey dick though.

[@samali3278]

Thanks for all of the hard work you always put in Tristan!

[@AtomicArtumas]

Honestly, as someone that's not an "AoE2 for life" kind of person, I feel like a lot of the flack this game has been getting is either completely undeserved, or from the perspective of casting, something that many games don't even bother implementing anything beyond the most basic of options for, if they even include THAT much, and thus AoE2 is always going to look better than it actually is in that regard simply because it actually supports casting in a real way. If you compare this with other remotely modern RTS games, from SupCom 2 to Starcraft 2 to Stronghold Crusader 2, to AoE3, to C&C Generals, 4, etc., to DoW3, to Strategy games as a whole like the total war series, to strategy-like games like Rimworld.... AoE4 stands up really well. Of every RTS game I can think of that's released in the past 10-15 years, Starcraft 2 might be the only one that's objectively superior, and considering SC's basically considered THE big-name RTS, is that at all surprising? AoE4 feels like "what would happen if AoE2 had been made in the modern era, with modern features and mechanics, instead of 20-something years ago" The civs feel interesting, the game looks pretty good for a true RTS, the maps feel fairly well designed, the mechanics feel like there's actually some real depth to them... The "issues" come from people expecting this to be "AoE2 but in 4k 3D graphics" - It's obvious at first look that it's not trying to be that. I'm sure that within a year, if the game receives dedicated "support" from the COMMUNITY, with people ACTUALLY playing it, that we'll see things like the spectator mode improved, a 3rd-party casting program, etc. etc. - And that people will learn the actual differences between units, civs, the actually optimal ways to play the game, how important different aspects are, etc. If you throw an AoE2 pro into Stronghold, Supcom1/2 or even Starcraft, they're probably going to do "above average" at best, simply because the games play absurdly differently. This is no different - It'll take time to adjust. So far, I think AoE4 reminds me of a fun mix between AoE3 and AoM, but with the setting of AoE2. I think it'll be a great game, overall, but that it's going to just be... different from AoE2. And people really need to accept that.

[@ChrisStoneinator]

Funny you should say that because my big issue with it is that it tried too hard to be *like* AoE2, a game that already exists. Also you can't expect the community to adopt and relearn an inferior game just so that it gets support and improvements. It's on the team that made the game to see the potential if the community doesn't. Otherwise what was the point of the project?

[@sebastian114]

@@ChrisStoneinator You are calling it an inferior game, I honestly think its alot of fun to play and more intresting that aoe 2. That being said both games are good in their own regard but I see alot of people complaining that its not aoe 2 or aoe 3 and thats annoying since no its not supposed to be those games.

[@felixantoinetremblay]

Interesting that sheeps run faster than wolves...

[@ezrawhitmer1840]

Only when following a scout, they are practically snails otherwise.

[@manangupta6458]

that pincer move tho

[@mrmcstupid7646]

Destroyed. French are super good. If you can find some French Vs Rus, I think you'll have a good match ViperVDrongo is good stuff to cast. That mass convert lmao

[@agustinmoreira5937]

All hail our lord and savior Daut!

[@Zeru.]

Imho some crucial things are missing from this game that have also been pointed out in beta testing and they just didn't care to add them. For example why can't I look at the map after the match? I want to see the map, I want to see what I could have done better, I want to analyze the game afterwards but you simply can't. Also adding mouse hotkeys. I mean, I was very vocal about it in beta and they just simply didn't care enough to add it. My 2 most used hotkeys in AoE 2 are the 2 buttons on my mouse. In AoE4 you can't add hotkeys on mouse. Not to mention the UI and the zoom (which were 2 of the most discussed issues in beta) also were not addressed. I feel like they haven't changed anything from beta and it is a massive red flag for me.

[@ChrisStoneinator]

I've been away from the community for a few years... DauT STILL plays? Damn respect

[@aaronhansen5726]

Great game, very enjoyable to watch, that battle at the end was cool af, and the match was so back and forth. Loving aoe4 so far! Im a lifelong aoe 2 player so i get that its an adjustment haha, great job so far tho t90 no worries about ur lack of familiarity because we're all just learning too, ignore the haters love u

[@aragornii507]

When are we getting aoe 4 low elo legends?

[@arstos487]

Hey T90! Bit of a scuffed way to do it, but I think if you go to the Timeline and select "Wood" from the drop down menu you can see roughly how much wood they have at the end. Won't be an exact number because it's on the graph, but you'll get a decent ballpark. Hope that's helpful!

[@depressedespresso3928]

''Microing in AoE4 it's useless'' ok lol

[@4288hellboy]

hey T90, I realy like your AOE2 content, but i also enjoy AOE4! I realy hope you can continue creating content for both games :)

[@RyanPMcGowan]

For resources at the end, go to Timeline. That's a live look at the resources.

[@moistbreadcrust7381]

Not a big fan of the homing projectiles but other than that the game looks good.

[@jekanyika]

I lived in an English village, my neighbours weren't especially strong.

[@offsdexter2]

I hope they are willing to change some mechanics like the projectiles missing or not. I legit think the game is fun to play, but it has a lot of small things that could be better. I imagine a great experience could come from this in a year.

[@pulli23]

hmm seeems to me that without a grid there's hardly any blocking or walling potential? I miss that in any modern rts game,where with "modern graphics" they let go of the tactic map usage.

[@yc5117]

its still a grid based placement system, theyve intentionally added space around the buildings, so walls are more important now

[@pulli23]

@@yc5117 hmm good to hear there is still a grid (as opposed to some other rts that went to the full free-form 3d). Yet the honest effect I notice in most rts games that I've played is that in doing this the game has less tactical things like quick blocking ("quick wall"). Sure you can argue that this is illogical, and that is true. But to me rts is an evolution of games like chess with more variation (easier to break parity) and working in real time (sadly, but turn based games are either very basic/unbalanced or non existant by now).

[@Kopa_Malphas]

The Viper sheds a proud tear.

[@vincentjander4533]

At 13:40 can't Hera use the Anti-Cavallry spikes of the Longbowmen against the knights? Or is it only a campaign feature of the unit

[@tankofnova9022]

He could have, but he was panicking.

[@jameslodge700]

I loved the cast! Would have loved to see Hera take advantage of the longbow ability to deploy their palings, probably could have helped to fend off that last knight charge by cutting off one or two of the directions that DauT was attacking from lol. Been loving both playing aoe4 and watching you learn how the whole thing works!

[@goofygoober9999]

I know it's early but whats the opinion on this Vs AoE2 professional play wise?? Is it going to replace AoE2 for tournaments??

[@jayperez9796]

I needed this at work right now. Ty T90

[@I3oozeAddict]

Don't you mean.... Ty90?

[@1EVERTONION]

Why was the stone count not working?

[@ACID_]

Hey T90, I really like your outro what music is that ;)

[@toddgilman9476]

post match statistics : timeline : dropdown top left to see banked resources broken down by type

[@GrayNacht]

Loving the AoE4 commentary!

[@NoraNoita]

T90 can you do something on youtube as well where you draw a box and hide the time of the video?

[@bizzhat]

when the vills drop off resources, do they pause for like half a sec.?

[@yc5117]

they have a drop off animation

[@bizzhat]

yes, yes - but does it seem like they.. as the question stated, pause for a little while before turning back? or perhaps it's just the animation which makes it seem so.

[@martzink]

Didn't know the medieval times had homing arrows, look 8:24 how they steer to the target.

[@MajesticOak]

I blame ancient alien tech.

[@shykorustotora]

Pretty sure in medieval times, the Abbasid Dynasty never fought the French in an Asian biome but hey, you'll live

[@Th3UprightMan]

@@shykorustotora Ignorant and condescending. A popular mix on the internet.

[@BenStanleyFront]

Didn't know that in medieval times they taught all the archers how to dance, collectively dodging entire volleys of arrow fire. Also didn't know they taught mangonels to deconstruct themselves when firing up a hill in order to maximise damage. I am genuinely sorry though that the tournament scene for the game you love might shrink because of a new game. That sucks.

[@Th3UprightMan]

Really doubling down on that ignorance and condescension. Wowee!

[@iwersonsch5131]

Pretty neat to watch Cumans vs. Cumans

[@EvilEmperorZ]

Thanks for casting Aoe4. Been watching Hera and TheViper but I get sick watching their pov lol 🤢

[@asgeirsoe]

Outposts don’t cost stone, T90 ;)

[@onemealmonster]

Bro this AOE4 content is 🔥. I think more than the game it's you. Keep doing what you do my man ❤️

[@TheScottTracy]

needs a zoom out further mod

[@waleswideman1]

Is there no zoom

[@TheScottTracy]

@@waleswideman1 minimal zoom out it's playable but could definitely be better.

[@ChrisStoneinator]

If it's anything like AoE3 you can just change a .cfg file. Maybe the anti-cheat would pick that up though...

[@AndreaRebek]

for now aoe4 it seems more fast than 2 or at least in the matches that i watch

[@gunnervine]

it's because dark age is cosmetic

[@masterofkaarsvet]

Daut coming in with the 9000 stone

[@Talim2211]

why block the timer when your video has a timer? :D

[@garryfromwallmart4263]

Shame you stopped doing AoE4 commentary, your voice is so damn calming

[@Redneck353]

looks like healing is from nearby buildings like TC and prod buildings

[@scurvybill]

All scouts heal themselves, but French knights have a tech that lets them heal out of combat. Otherwise you need monks for heals.

[@XeoMacNasty]

Adding that box to cover the time on KZbin isn't as effective cause we have a timeline anyway lol

[@christopherrossa1619]

Kind of late to the party… but French get a tech that gives knights regeneration permanently

[@SpicyFiur]

Does T90 have a discord?

[@zharper93]

NOT ENOUGH HUSSAR

[@Solafar_VB]

i honestly think AoE4 will fail as a competitive game since it feels very... Streamlined. What T90 said about aging up is only one example. less micro intensive is an other thing i think will hurt it. i hope AoE4 proves me wrong since i actually want AoE2 to be replaced by a newer Game at some point.

[@pablocau3792]

Channel: T90Oficcial Age Of Empires 2 Video: AOE 4 Duuuude D=

[@Paledomain]

Didn't know there were Franks in this game! Neat :P

[@martzink]

the field of view is so small, only see a few buildings, i want to zoom out

[@OwlLomesto]

My biggest issue with the game so far, that and the hotkeys

[@naveenonpaper]

How dare you find ANYTHING uncomfortable about this game? Consume product, don't ask questions. Consume product, don't criticise.

[@keatontruman3275]

Hurt so much to not see Hera use her q ability on those knights

[@gunnervine]

yes he might have been able to kill 2 knights instead of only 1.

[@marutip]

The Lord is gonna win the Genesis cup at this rate !

[@verdibyrd]

Amen

[@indraallian6371]

Royal knights heals when out of battle.

[@skyfever111]

the wait is unreal, im literally too poor to get this..... praying for codex or skidrow kek

[@Aussie.Owlcoholic]

You could get a month of gamepass, the first month is only 1 dollar or something like that

[@ChrisStoneinator]

It's overpriced** FTFY

[@weewillywonga]

This is awesome, thanks for the AoE4 content Tristan!

[@davidgustavsson4000]

This game actually looks pretty sick. Doesn't work even a little on Linux though. I saw a report on protondb that said "runs perfectly smoothly, but all textures are invisible" which is funny. I hope it's fixed some day.

[@waleswideman1]

Why run linux? I had it when I was a kid but didnt know what i was doing. Think it was linux red hat or something. Split my hard drive in two on windows xp

[@davidgustavsson4000]

@@waleswideman1 too many reasons to enumerate. Microsoft is surprisingly shitty at writing software, and a lot of the best foss software out there is either not supported or is a hassle to install, use and keep up to date on Windows. It's perfectly fine for a shallow user who wants to do spreadsheets once in a while and doesn't want to know what happens behind the scenes, but if you want to know and control what your computer is doing you want Linux.

[@Brad-lt2re]

People really downvoting because it's not AoE2? grow up ffs

[@Th3UprightMan]

Why do you assume that?

[@naveenonpaper]

Yeah, why do you assume that? Maybe the game isn't that good for everyone.

[@sycc66]

To be fair, this has always been an AoE 2 channel. It makes sense that people wouldn't like him suddenly casting a completely different game.

[@tobiasfeil1993]

The length of the KZbin video also spoils the time 😁

[@sunaryayt]

Dang that confusing 🥴

[@superjarri]

The game looks primising. Not a huge fan of the art style but that's not a big issue. I think they should put more efford into presenting the civs and units in a more convenient way. We need a proper tech tree graphic with proper descriptions as in AOE2. The "tech tree" in AOE4 is not a tech tree at all.

[@Coolbreeze8893]

So is Aoe4 out now?

[@MX009m]

Yeah, steam and game pass for like a week

[@lingwisyer88]

Full release was on Friday?

[@miltiadesk8169]

This is sacrilege! French should always be blue and English red!

[@almightyhydra]

Supposedly spears counter knights but every time I see them fight the knights win.

[@GuardsmanGary_Ch]

how many times have you seen the spearman player brace his spears against the charge instead of attack moving in, though?

[@GuardsmanGary_Ch]

@@enlighteneddoggo5803 AoE4 takes a page out of Total War's playbook in this regard in that cavalry have a charge bonus and spearmen have a charge defence mechanic. There's some ambiguity over the exact effects but if you tell your spearmen to hold their ground they brace against a cavalry charge and negate or counteract it in some way.

[@sycc66]

@@GuardsmanGary_Ch But that's pretty useless because the cav player is just going to run around your braced spearman. That's the thing with having a mobile unit, so if you can't attack moving in with your spearmen you'll never even hit the knights.

[@GuardsmanGary_Ch]

@@sycc66 Why does anyone with knights ever engage enemy units if that's the case? Eventually they will have to fight. Mobility just allows you to choose where and when to fight, it does not allow you to avoid fighting forever.

[@ChrisStoneinator]

@@GuardsmanGary_Ch but there'll be other units in the army that the knights can attack much more efficiently. The reason why proper knight charges happened in real life is that it turns out horses are not very responsive vehicles, and charging is pretty committal. So if you put some long pointy sticks in the way of that, no more horseys. There would be essentially no way for this game to properly balance the knight/spear interaction without entirely reworking how knights move and attack.

[@waleswideman1]

Idk how I feel about age4 taking up my favorite casters time. Age2 is what I been playing and watching 20 years. Well see how this goes but idk how I feel about the look.

[@wolflink9000]

AoE4 > AoE2

[@naveenonpaper]

@@wolflink9000 nope

[@tbomber2209]

Title says franks…

[@tankofnova9022]

Just another way for an AoE2 purest to make you remember AoE2 over this so they can later justify leaving AoE4. They aren't even giving this game a chance. Yesterday I watched a Viper game on his channel and he was straight up making up issues. Pretending that hotkeys wouldn't work when he was knowingly clicking the wrong shit. He was trying to build rams, which is hotkey 3. "I'm pushing Y, why isn't it working?" It was there I knew that he's banking on the stupidity of his audience.

[@heartsickruben]

This was very rough to watch

[@daledo8604]

Why?

[@tankofnova9022]

@@daledo8604 Because it's not age 2. People don't like change.

[@naveenonpaper]

Yeah man. Just consume product, don't ask qustions. Consume product, don't criticise. Consume product, don't think. Consume produck, click click click.

[@heartsickruben]

@@tankofnova9022 It wasn't that. I get he wants/need to upload streaming content but when through the entire video he is constantly saying ''uh thats how it works right? I don't know, I will check later how it works etc.'' It's an amateurish cast.

[@rchelamkuri555]

Its " Good GG" - T90 :P

[@viktor1337w]

I like the rus alot there muskets are realy good but iv only....

[@curiousnoobs8903]

Is it me or anyone else also feela that there is less fun in playing new versions of aoe than playing aoe2. Is it graphics or the game play....probably the graphics

[@adrianioancucuiet346]

I think aoe4 will only be popular 20 years from now

[@ChrisStoneinator]

Ah yes with the AoE4 Definitive Edition where they remove all civ bonuses and all references to war

[@jean-francoislamothe9988]

That was the lamest resign i've seen in a looooong while! Wished we could've seen it all the way to the end!

[@whydidyoutubeaddthis]

French are obv op, of course its your fave civ lol

[@ian2372]

Arrows never missing is pretty bs to be honest.

[@JuanGR1992]

They did gg so... No spect chat again lol

[@mateocolegial5571]

*BEST STUFF EVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!*

[@Francisah]

Please let us zoom out 😩😩😩

[@ageofdoge]

Yeah, us filthy non Facebookers.... Can't decide if I like this game yet.

[@naveenonpaper]

Isn't it like...Meta book now? Or whatever the lizard man wants to call it.

[@ChrisStoneinator]

@@naveenonpaper how about we just don't acknowledge what the lizard man wants to call it eh ;)

[@illegalsmirf]

Dunno, I find AoE 4 to be very same-y and boring

[@mantleau6019]

your not alone

[@jy-li1jq]

Curious question if they didnt stick with aoe3 would they for aoe4?

[@gemsofsteel3648]

It always depends. If people will be interested into playing game and buying dlcs, then they can stick. If not then it is a buisness after all.

[@tylerlambert8400]

@Wiegraf general aoe community I'd assume. Mostly everyone stayed in aoe2

[@werza]

the point of view is too close to the ground

[@davidbucher5363]

wait your channel says age of empires 2 but this if 4 lol

[@peterl9022]

Fair play to the AoE guys for making this game, but man it is nothing compared to AoE 2.

[@chrisnewtownnsw]

nah it's better. the lack of micro helps it and not hinders it. micro is almost like cheating in chess by placing pieces half on a line and hoping the opponent forgets which side it's supposed to be on. It bends the fundamental counter system a bit which creates imbalances.

[@naveenonpaper]

@@chrisnewtownnsw Noob . It's a "feature". haha What's fun in not doing anything. Auto everything = Boring

[@chrisnewtownnsw]

@@naveenonpaper this logic is like playing rock paper scissors against someone but you saying the game only becomes fun when you can do little deceitful tricks like pauses and borks.

[@ChrisStoneinator]

I dunno man, I think "nothing" is a bit of a stretch. At the end of the day it's still a perfectly valid strategy game, and with some expansions and touchups it could become great. Ironically, if they weren't so bound by the need to appease AoE2 diehards such as yourself, they could've made a much better game.

[@subgoose9730]

lol some people auto disliking all the aoe 4 vids

[@SunnySidhu_TinyTauTsss]

I hate just 1 thing in both aoe3 and aoe4. Maps seems to be too small as compared to aoe2

[@ChrisStoneinator]

The upshot of that is that games collapse into a win condition sooner, you run out of resources/space a lot faster if you lose the midgame skirmishes, whereas AoE2 games seem to often be ended by a decisive push. It's a matter of taste I think

[@tonled6960]

Hera gave up waaaayyyy tooo easily.....

[@TheKIngOFNOOOBSS]

Game looks so boring to me

[@alhann95]

French in red English in blue.. a disgrace

[@MrOzzy281]

can you start uploading in 2k we aren't all peasants.

[@cankar6315]

I couldnt like AOE4. Lets continue on DE

[@patrick9498]

I don’t understand why the units in AoE4 move so slowly compared to AoE2. It looks like there is much less opportunity for micro with this type of gameplay, which makes the game less interesting to watch. I’d play the game if they fixed this though.

[@LOLHICRONO]

Which units? Foot units basically keep up with mounted ones.

[@patrick9498]

@@LOLHICRONO it’s more about the animations of the units than their movement speed across the map. But that’s a bit weird that a foot unit could keep up with a cavalry unit lol.

[@neophyte1994]

Why does no one talk about how this game is BEAUTIFUL

[@merlball8520]

Some graphics are cartoony. Some of it is quite nice. The graphics aren't talked about because the overall impression isn't overwhelmingly positive or negative. It's just alright so far.

[@neophyte1994]

@@merlball8520 I'm not just talking about the graphics, but the atmosphere, details, sounds like stampeding knights, the cannon effects, mechanics, weather, biomes. All these details is such a jump from aoe2 Also the music which changes per civ even in the menus, or the stage of a battle or time in-game, the cinematics too god damn

[@naveenonpaper]

It's not that pleasant to watch while playing. It's alright. Like few dont like few. Life goes on.

[@Badcrow7713]

There's no such thing as Franks in AOE4 .... I guess you meant French / France?

[@ChrisStoneinator]

He said Franks and he meant it :)