Everything we know about AoE3 Definitive Edition (in 5 minutes)

[@mordinsolis6133]

A german magazine had an interview where they got some new infos. here a short summary: Game supports Ultrawide Resolutions, they mention you can use 2 4k monitors to achieve 7680x2160. Units can still fire through walls atm, they could fix it, but they are not sure if such a huge gameplay change should be done. They are open to it if the community asks for it enough. A-Move is fixed, as well as enhanced AI by the people at Forgotten Empires New Higher AI Difficulty, where the AI doesnt just cheat to keep up(it still cheats, but said difficulty is higher without more cheating) Home City Levels to get new better cards unlocked are a thing of the past. All cards are available from the get go(great change imo, i still have some home cities not fully upgraded after hundreds of hours of play) Home City still gets new Decor on level ups though. (singleplayer campaign still has card unlocks as before) Swedes are the aggressive new civ, uses gunpowder and mercenaries.(they say a civ AOE3 fans will feel at home with) Inka are the defensive new civ, good walls and special fortifications.(they say a civ AOE2 fans will feel at home with) Sioux and Iroquois are getting overhauled, with help of people from these cultures they changed the civs to represent them better, as mentioned gold is replaced with fur trade(works the same from a gameplay perspective, but they didnt use coins as the europeans did in that timeframe). Story missions for Warchief expansions will also be reworked, with a Native American writer redoing the story so its less of a "natives are the henchmen of the europeans" story. No new Campaigns, but the historical battles will be used to show stories like the one of Francis Drake raiding spanish ports.

[@jorgec.a3123]

The whole native American overhaul and story changes is fucking stupid

[@lansquenete9536]

@@jorgec.a3123 I think it's fair, since none of it affects the gameplay or balance The only stupid part for me is the fur trading thing; mentioning it in the campaign and including it in the enciclopedia for clarification would have been enough

[@ivory9494]

Cool, thanks for the info

[@vladimirlagos2688]

I'm ok with the Native Ametican civ changes insofar as it doesn't further mess up the balance issues of the game. I kind of always found it quite lame how they approached these civilizations in the campaign (on the other hand, I hated the first and second campaigns, so...)

[@scardy92]

Kind of unfortunate that Sweden gets to use mercenaries since it was one of the first nations to have a regular army and NOT depend on mercenary troops. (its probably ok from a gameplay/balance perspective though)

[@tomwors]

I always wanted SoTL to cover AOE3. No other coverage matches up to his and i love the game even with its issues

[@khankhomrad8855]

Age 3 has some crazy math. Would be fun seeing SOTL going over all the details which Age 3 has.

[@romano-britishmedli7407]

This would be awesome! I'm definitively supporting SoTL covering AoE3. I have always liked the game and have played it quite a bit.

[@ASroma10001]

@André Alcântara the main thing with unbalance in AOE3 its that it doesnt got any atention at all from Microsoft when it was realeased. just think how much work was put in AOE2 since it lunched in 1999 between Voobly, FE and DE. i really have high hopes for AOE3 DE since i loved wath they did with AOE2

[@Y.M...]

I think he along with many other AoE2 players say that (they believe) AoE3 is a lot less detailed and a lot more monotonous or same-y, like you don't get the same variety of metas in 3 as you could with 2. That's why they all put out scarce to no content on it.

[@mord55]

Seconded! If SoTL started doing some AOE3DE videos, I would be very happy. I'm sure he wouldn't make it his full-time thing to replace AOE2, but maybe if Microsoft gives AOE3DE the support that AOE3 never got, maybe it will become competitive and worth prolonged attention.

[@lordmoncef5494]

Now we need AOM definitive edition

[@khankhomrad8855]

Age 4 2021, AOM DE 2022, AOM II 2023.

[@DrunkTigerGrill]

If only...

[@mikeelarsen1964]

Yes please, and make titans actually good lol.

[@Tiberium10332]

In an new interview with the German gaming news platform Gamestar they've stated: That they have an other idea instead of an definitive edition, but they don't know if they'll do it or they will make an definitive edition. But they didn't forget AOM.

[@masternobody1896]

nope microsoft does not have money. or do they?

[@thenativeempires6217]

Glad to see you pay attention to Age of Empires III

[@LiiwTube]

@Arrow8D lol

[@greenlamp9219]

me too! aoe 3 is actually my favorite

[@jiguo773]

Most underrated rts game of all time. Definitely my favorite in the series

[@a-drewg1716]

I always hated how criminally underrated it was too. It was something new and wasn't just age of Empires 2 with guns now. I mean I can really only think of 1 real complaint that makes since. 1 was the card decks requiring you to level up a home city meaning you had to sink hours into a civ to get the cards to make it powerful and if you didn't you would flat out be at a disadvantage.

[@moustachioasfvewhfe3]

@@a-drewg1716 supposedly they took out having to upgrade card decks

[@a-drewg1716]

@@moustachioasfvewhfe3 ya it is now suppose to he all unlocked at the start

[@PillowWillow007]

I already have AoE 1 & 2 DE, so I'm also getting this one, to complete my collection.

[@jiguo773]

A-DrewG I think game play wise it was too complicated for your average rts player compared to 1&2 when you have a dozen or so civs each with a unique play style. Primary reason why multiplayer and competitive play never took off like 2 .

[@DanmakuNyanNyan]

Boy I can't wait for the HD Monster Truck village plowing!

[@luisvila918]

tuck tuck tuck

[@bryan-7997]

Or the Lazer Bear of Canada

[@Alex-it7ms]

George Crushington

[@kR-qj7rw]

Nothing beats George crushing ton

[@Kusunoky]

🤣

[@FloosWorld_AoE]

Funfact regarding the release date: On that day in 1997, AoE 1 was released

[@ScatterBrain783]

Fun fact: We still use the sod roofs here in Norway (and I imagine Sweden as well), although not super common everywhere in the country there are regions that still uses them.

[@darkryst]

@Arrow8D stop sending your trash link everywhere, it's annoying

[@AHappyCub]

Can't wait to play as the Swedes while blasting the entire Carolus Rex album Swedish version

[@BornToRecycle]

A man of culture here!

[@bubbasbigblast8563]

Poltava Rode to certain death and pain Poltava Swedish soldiers met their bane Poltava Sacrificed their lives in vain Poltava! ..wait, probably not that one.

[@gripen-swe]

Hell yeah! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJOwiWVmoMZqobM

[@YataTheFifteenth]

WITH THE LORD MY PROTECTOR

[@unearthlyenemy]

Man, those old models looked ripped right out of Empire Earth....

[@KroM234]

That game... I always appreciated how the stone age males actually talked while their female counterparts only used grunts

[@YagrumBagarn]

@@KroM234 lol tru

[@MiyuGOD]

Imagine how Empire Earth models actually are lol

[@bogdanbogdanoff5164]

@@KroM234 based

[@etherraichu]

I love Empire Earth. Sure, its not the most well balanced or polished game in the world. But it's certainly ambitious. Its a shame the second larger Highlands map is bugged and starts all the players next to each other as if they were on teams.

[@WormyMaster]

I forgot that the home cities were a thing i AOE 3... It has been a while since I played it...

[@masternobody1896]

its time for exploits

[@seanandrews5329]

Lmao

[@Enchie]

I always loved them. Nothing like spawning in a army of musketeers and a giant cannon to send in to destroy your enemy. Or two factories to give you near infinite resources.

[@cactuscoe9096]

Wait until you remember about the card system

[@jon7086]

Not sure I remember correctly: use large army card and they march through the city

[@KR33P1NGD3ATH]

Just started watching your channel 2 weeks ago thanks to my younger than myself uncle. We loved age 2 as kids and it blows my mind that there is still so much appreciation for the game! Love your channel and hugely appreciate your guides, very detailed, informative and fun to watch.

[@GraveUypo]

aoe3 was the first RTS that i thought looked really impressive. it was so pretty for its time.

[@reasonandevidence]

It's stilly aged really well (unless you zoom in to the max)

[@princelynocare1861]

It had a very steep learning curve though, at least compared to AOE2. They should have made it closer to AOE2 for easier migration for the community. Who wants to spend one month or more just to get barely decent at a game. But once you've got the hang of it, you get addicted.

[@Legion12Centurion]

Sweden had a few colonies, one of them was New Sweden in todays Deleware river towards the coast and lasted for 17 year (1638-1655). The logghouses exist still today in USA so they had a lasting imprint. The colony was conquered and taken over by the Neatherlands. Many of the inhabitants of this settlement where also people from Finland or finnish speaking swedish people. Whats interesting is that the Swedish settlers had good relations with the Natives I think they where called the Susquehannock in the area and trading guns to them and also had an agreements for trading pelts. The reasons for them essentially being the settlements protectors was how the firearms helped them wage a war against an alliance of natives. They even sided with New Sweden against the Neatherlands in the take over of the colony and was very protective of it due to the benefits they got from trading.

[@mickethegoblin7167]

Which is why they are justified in adding them

[@dastemplar9681]

I’m actually looking forward to trying out the Swedes. People often forget Sweden was once a superpower that rivaled almost all of the other European powers in the 17th-early 18th Century

[@Mrnatethegreat2002]

Awesome work man, hopefully you can do some coverage of the game and resurrect the aoe3 fandom.

[@The_Room_2_Doggys_Revenge]

@@Dwarfplayer Or SamuraiRevolution

[@fenistereinc.5797]

Fandom never died. I fact Aoe 3 fandom created in the last years amazing mods like Wars of Liberty with more than 20 new civs!! That type of dedication is incredible, especially knowing we are a smaller community.

[@91rumpnisse]

SotL: This is the first time the Swedes are in AoE Me, a Swede: *laughs in vikings*

[@PillowWillow007]

Let's go pillage and plunder this "New World"!

[@Enchie]

Doesn't that also include Norway and Denmark? Are you saying all Scandinavians are the same?

[@buttnuttz6119]

jthedog yes but actually no

[@thegreatjacinto4504]

well, in fact they where added in the mod wars of liberty for aoe3, if you didn't already test it, you should

[@jonasnee]

vikings are really mostly Danes and Norwegians.

[@snowboardslider24]

LOVE the subtle AOE II music remix in the background! Don't think we didn't notice!

[@dragonkingofthestars]

looking forward to this. . . i remember trying to play AOE3 a few years back but could never get into an online game. . . all the old players just auto kicked me screw em'

[@ManthanPandYEAH]

i am an old player but trust me even i get kicked 😅😅😅

[@firebird4491]

They even kick me from “noob only” games.

[@RaitoYagami88]

Elitist douchebags are a plague on the gaming community.

[@sergeantmemeswaraj7048]

@@firebird4491 The thing is that there is a lvl system, and if u join higher level ofc u will be kicked. The community considers lvl 0- 13 as a noob range. Lets say there is a 3v3 noob match , they are three lvl 12 and two lvl 13 and u join the match as level 1, won't u make the teams unbalanced? U can host beginner games/ join one of those game.

[@tomwors]

It's definitely the kind of game that would benefit from a modern discord server to coordinate games and rooms. Jumping into a 13 year old game blind with so few players is rough

[@Rosielx]

Best thing about Inka's introduction: The all mighty empire flag *WIPHALA*

[@kR-qj7rw]

Carnaval de tambobamba ?

[@ANTSEMUT1]

It really is a nice touch 😊😊😊

[@_ch1pset]

From what I see in the footage, it appears to me that the biggest improvements are the textures and ambient occlusions. I'm excited for this though. I loved AoE 2, but I think I spent a lot more time playing AoE 3 growing up. I used to play online almost every night after school religiously. I would play against randos mostly, but I had a few online friends and we'd XP farm. Definitely was a fun game, and the online community was great back then. I know now there's a small-ish AoE3 community, but I haven't played it online in over 10 years so I don't know anything about the current community.

[@Bu6id0]

About resources HUD: It looks like you can choose between AOE 2 layout OR AOE 3 layout, you can see the old style next to minimap in Campaign Act 1 gameplay footage

[@marcello7781]

I can't wait for it. I was expecting more civilizations, modifications and campaigns (an Inca campaign got example) but I think it's ok. There might be more expansions. Now it's the turn of Age of Mythology.

[@ghardrimvoreksson7266]

Surely some updates as they are doing for aoe2 de

[@mulder801]

Finally, this game is part of my teenage years lol. I hope you will make a lot of videos about this gem when it come out later.

[@dogeofgreatness2222]

Man the Swedes! Carolous rex album from Sabaton is gonna play in the back everytime I play them.

[@MrCDRWilson]

I would love to see you start doing regular videos exploring AOE III strategy and civilizations overviews. I still play AOE II Def Ed but I really want to get into III Def Ed for something different

[@aidantumlinson8504]

First off I love the loyalty to their fans with the steam discounts, second I like that they’re making 3 kinda similar to AOE 2, and they’re so quick with the release dates! I feel like AOE 2 came out a few months ago... can’t wait to play it!

[@BrandonBlume]

0:44 Is this still true? I can't find any mention of an enhnaced graphics pack for AOE3DE anywhere. Not on the store page, option in the game, or any news about it online. Did they change their minds?

[@raulandrus]

I always loved the physics based Age3 canon mechanics. Can't wait to play it again with an active player base since the first time it died pretty quickly.

[@Cythil]

Yeah, those Sod roofs are really common here in Scandinavia and fits very well with Sweden. Something very common on those sort of log houses that is pictured.

[@shatzinorris1417]

Concerning the Sweds, they were madlads in AoE III's timeset. They invented pretty much everything about the warfare. It's called the "Era of Great Power", translated to "STORMAKSTID" !

[@Joker-yw9hl]

100%. I've been so hyped for the Swedes that I had to install Empire Total War which I've barely played just to sesh Sweden

[@bartelvandervelden9894]

But wasn't Swedish fighting on the battlefields just a further development of the Dutch checkered (maniple styled) formations/methods (which were a reaction to the Spanish Tercios)? Still very hyped tho

[@gastonhitw720]

@@bartelvandervelden9894 the swedes designed modern warfare, you can read about it in the thirty years war

[@shatzinorris1417]

@@bartelvandervelden9894 Well you can see the napoleonic warfare as a turbotercio strategy. Still, there are many strategies, equipment and drilling process he invented/chose. Gustavus was a complete madlad

[@livendus]

Just a minor correction; the Gustavian period is not referring to Gustavus Adolphus. It's the name for the reigns of kings Gustavus III and IV half a century after the end of the Era of Great Power.

[@LuxLuxKlan]

So hyped for this. Absolutely love the whole franchise, from AOE1 to AOM

[@Yamaazaka]

1:09 "Age 3 is going to be more demanding than Age 2" In other words the sky is blue lol. Edit: ILY Spirit ;)

[@derkaderkamohamadallaackbarnut]

I have been playing a lot of 0A.D. And I can't wait for this to come out!

[@Enchie]

I always preferred AOE3 too AOE2, because of the home city feature and how much uniqueness their is between civs, especially with the later factions. But their were some problems I had with it. The unit cap was one. While it was 200 hundred, many units cost more then one population. Calvery, artillery, mercenaries, special villagers, and several infantry. It could range from two to six population slots for just one unit. The maps were just not as fun as two's. Their was no real randomness like you could get in two, and you could increase or decrease the size of the maps. With only a select ones getting a larger version. They always felt the same, with the only real difference was your placement on the map. Any if you were playing with the max of eight, on some maps you would be placed within two dozen or so tiles of your allies. Their just wasn't any room. The defenses, besides the fort, mostly felt useless after raids ended. Walls barely ment anything, besides a slight slow down, and towers were just limited to eight max, with castles being limited to just four. And the only reason forts felt like a problem, was because the AI loved to park them in the middle of the map with a army standing right next to it. The resource gathering was to simple. No strategy, besides defending them, involved most of the time. They don't need to drop off resources, with every one just teleported to your stockpile.

[@77oxf]

You know you could edit the unit costs and population limits via the proto XML file?

[@silverstringsgia]

I didn't expect this amount of improvement

[@snowleopard-G]

I would really love to know if they added simple game changes such as 4 teams, random civ button instead of having to choose a civ, more maps, how many of these 'historical battles' there will be, what troop balances there were(if any, namely gendames) and if they got rid of damn cav boxes

[@niksarass]

Gendarmes

[@snowleopard-G]

@@niksarass 😐

[@LORDKunzite3]

The trailer hyped me lowkey. I love AoE3 and I'm glad they seem to remade it really good.

[@eemesstee1686]

I hope they keep the feature of clicking on resource icons to jump to villagers

[@Jaxck77]

It looks fab! Two new civs is way better than I was expecting, especially the quality & unique character they’ve clearly given both the Swedes & Inca. I’d really like to see an option to disable batch building for multiplayer, and the ability to play with fixed Home Cities (both of these I’d consider analogous to Age2’s alternative formats such as Empire Wars or 500 pop). It would also be amazing to see more civs in the future. Notable civs I think definitely warrant an include are the Haida (also known as the “Vikings of the Pacific Northwest”, famed globally for their totem poles), the Moroccans (Morocco was a major rival of both Spain & Portugal throughout this era, and it was only after Iberian expansion into the new world that they truly gained the upper hand), Ghana (Ghana was the major player in west Africa during the period of Age3, and it was their unfortunate history of slave taking which inspired the European Triangle Trade), Austria (one of the Great Powers of Europe at the time, and a major rival to France & Prussia), and Arabia (this would be the most ahistorical civ, since Arabia was ruled by the Ottomans at the time. However the two groups had very different cultures and Arab revolts were common especially those concentrated around the holy cities of Mecca & Medina) It would also be great to see “Germany” renamed to “Prussia” to more accurately model what the in game civ represents. They could have a Revolution option “German Unification” which renames the civ to “Germany” and boosts their signature unique units.

[@vladimirlagos2688]

I hope SotL comes around to reviewing the civs and units of AoE3. That would complete the next to last item to complete my full wish list regarding this game. The only other was seeing the Italians and the Poles as playable civs in this game.

[@Niko_Mourat]

Fantastic video! Though i wouldn’t add the Inca where good builders, all of our recent ancestors inherited their ancient sites- Inca Mayans Aztecs all say in ancient texts that they came across those locations. Humanity is well over 400k years old, but calamities have brought us down multiple times through the eons. Continue the good work!

[@Daniel.J.Rinander]

2:28 That church looks like Riddarholmskyrkan, a church in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.

[@ShadowDragon1848]

I really liked AoE 3. I like the timeframe, the more diverse civs and the homecities. Sooo I am really hyped for the definitive edition. Thank you for covering it. :D

[@ollyclass]

Damn I got aoe3 on disk for having a really good year 7 parent's evening.

[@jaybonn5973]

Fascinating I never noticed the mughal city. That's a nice graphical update. Hopefully they have a pitch setting so you can change your plane. As well as idk add the sky

[@Imperiused]

Is anyone else eager for the possibility of more expansions for AoE III? Africa is criminally overlooked I think. Morocco, Asante, Dahomey, Sokoto, Njinga, Kongo, Hausa, and others are all worthy candidates.

[@housshil3675]

I mean, as a Moroccan I was happy they included the berbers in aoe 2, because my people did have a big impact of the world throughout antiquity until the late middle ages.. But most of Africa was kinda absent from the colonial age onward.. Which aoe3 covers.

[@ashfox7498]

Yeah I definitely want to RP as Killmonger while over running red coats as the Swahili or whoever. If MS is listening I'm already willing to pay out a second 20 dollars for any subsaharan African civs.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

A nation from the Barbary Coast, focused on raiding, could have an interesting gameplay. I think an european extension is possible by adding - Austrians (possibly rework the Germans since they have a bohemian war wagon from the Hussite Wars) - Poles - Italians In Asia I'd add Persians and Manchus (though maybe redundanct with China since they formed the Qing dynasty)

[@Imperiused]

@@housshil3675 Absent only in popular history. If you asked the average person what was happening in Africa during the AoE III time frame, most people could point to the slave trade but probably little else. A lot of people assume Africa was colonized right away, like the Americas, but for 90% of the continent this wasn't the case until the very late 1800s, like 1870 on, which is at the very tail end of AoE III. There's a lot there - its just overlooked. And I'd say Morocco deserves a spot - the Saadi dynasty saw the limelight early in this period, 1500s-1600s, defeating both the Portuguese and the Songhai in succession. And places like Fez saw a bit of a renaissance after receiving Muslim and Jewish refugees from the conclusion of the Reconquista in Spain.

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Wars of Liberty has you covered unless they release DLC for this game, which I'd honestly be fine with. Would love to see more civs

[@TheCoreus]

Was hoping for more additional content like they did with AoE 2, I hope the editors are on par with AoE2! Would love to see Mod support as well!

[@Eddy-xh5mz]

Great game, very fun, if this game wasn't a named Age of Empires people wouldn't complain that is too complex and have to many game mechanics. My only concern is how the would they balance for ranked PvP and I hope we get all the decks a soon as we start playing

[@七百七十七]

It's been confirmed somewhere that all cards will be available from the start.

[@gastonhitw720]

too complex? are you serious? I thought the game was too sloopy and easy to play, you clearly haven't played the game at all! or you are either stupid, it is not the best aoe but it's certanly not complex

[@solace6633]

@@gastonhitw720 no need to be that one asshole but yes the vast majority of aoe 2 players believe it's too complex

[@gastonhitw720]

@@solace6633 sry if I was harsh but it's the truth, the game ain't complex, for aoe 2 players it is because they are not used to and they don't want to learn how to play it either, the viper I think is the only one that played the campaign ang got used to the game

[@kapitanbeuteltier5889]

@@gastonhitw720 no. Its because the factions are truly diverse. They dont all share the same shell with different bonuses but sometimes have completely different mechanics. Coupled with the home-city mechanic, that makes the game less sleek than AoE2 and balancing more difficult.

[@zionxiox1475]

I've just gotten in to AoE II and I love it so much. Takes me back to my countless hours in Warcraft III.. I didn't even know about the third one until just now so it's safe to say I'll be buying it now!!

[@gripen-swe]

Oh, hell yes! Nu är det dags att öppna surströmmingsburken grabbar! Gå på! Hakkaa päälle! 😈🇸🇪

[@Daniel.J.Rinander]

*Me garrisoning units into my Town Center* Kom in och ta en fika, kära karoliner! 😅

[@Patchnote2.0]

I'll definitely be picking it up and giving it a fair shake. I do remember enjoying the campaigns especially!

[@koomer1065]

Sweden as new civilization. *Clears throat* ALL EMBRACE ME ITS MY TIME TO RULE AT LAST 15 YEARS HAVE I BEEN WAITING TO SIT UPON MY THRONE.

[@Efical]

NO ALLEGINCE I WILL SWEAR NO OATH CROWNED BY GOD NOT BY THE CHURCH AS MY POWER IS DIVINE!

[@danielnovotny9094]

Reminder to self: Create new account "[SABATON]Carolus Rex" and only play as Sweeden. 11/10

[@mickethegoblin7167]

@JoeRingo118 because the game is set in colonial America....

[@MaxRavenclaw]

1:37 Wait, is that a serrated blade on the Ashigaru bayonet? I'm pretty sure sword bayonets even up to the Meiji Restoration didn't have serrated blades...

[@WikiHL]

2:08 that's the magic, mon. You praise them gods, pour some blood here and there, and you get super arrows

[@21Arrozito]

It's probably supposed to be poison arrows or something. Which is a bit odd, the only archers the Incas had were mercs from the Amazon. The inca regular army primarily used slings as their ranged weapons.

[@JWonn]

@@21Arrozito That's a good point, maybe they are merc units or a native unit.

[@lloydchristmas4547]

Thanks for the video. I do wish for new campaigns, but I'm still excited about it.

[@tytonovaehollandiae1278]

The Swedes are being added 15 years after the original game was released... FIFTEEN YEARS HAVE I BEEN WAITING TO SIT UPON MY THRONE

[@Nesseight]

And just when you're about to sit, Jon Snow snokes you with his dagger.

[@ahmedlangic13x]

sweds are included in AoE3 Wars Of Liberty

[@TheGeneralgrim]

HYPE! This game was my jam back in high school. I'm all in on this one for sure.

[@HerralemanZyG]

I hope they can include Austrians amd Italians with European campaigns around the italian wars and thirty years war

[@belisarius6949]

As an Austrian I approve.

[@belisarius6949]

@STORM LORD As an Austrian I dont feel comfortable agreeing with an italian so I change my stance and dissaprove.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Don't forget Poland too in Europe !

[@gastonhitw720]

there is a mod called Wars of Liberty where you can at least play all those factions and more in MP, if you have a friend or more you can play with them either aoe3wol.com/

[@weixing3094]

Yeah, a big miss in AOE3 is that it only focus on colonies and never depict things happened in Europe itself. As one of the few historical RTS games covering that era, it is such a pity.

[@willemverheij3412]

It's looking good. I just hope we get to rotate buildings, have more teams than 2, large versions of all maps and a higher population limit.

[@ADCFproductions]

The Incas invented Tetris, that's a fact!

[@RustingPeace]

No

[@ADCFproductions]

@@RustingPeace 30 1

[@ADCFproductions]

@Emre Vural 38

[@still930]

If I remember correctly, the Inca was a planned Civ for that Napoleonic Wars mod, with the Swedes already being in it. Even those little cabins were there as their unique barracks. I know one of devs got a job with the guys making AoE, just wondering if it was a coincidence or not. Real excited for this either way.

[@RushGamma]

Get ready to see me turtling with my beloved Dutch in multiplayer 😂😂

[@100toeface]

I'm hyped about AOE 3 DE. Mainly because NO MORE FORWARD CASTLES (Building too close to enemy starting tc is not allowed in aoe3) . I can play without constant castle drops! The aoe 2 players can keep castle dropping each other while the rest of us go play a better balanced and more refined game. With more variety of units and strategies too. Spirit I hope you cover AOE 3 too.

[@raynightshade8317]

Hoping modded can add more civs so Napoleonic era can be added, as well as more civs like the Italians.

[@jonashansen1466]

Wars of liberty, please come hither and make this definitive edition something amazing!

[@七百七十七]

@@jonashansen1466 If the WoL team made a mod for DE, my life would be complete.

[@vicvicking1990]

African continent maps 🤞

[@PillowWillow007]

Jacob WeeksCould you fill me in on WoL? I'm new to AoE as I only have AoE 1 &2 DE.

[@alonsogc768]

@@PillowWillow007 it's a mod for AoE 3

[@Toopa88]

I don't know much about Scandinavian history, but I'm also pretty sure that (some) Swedish houses had straw roofs. Not sure where and when this method was used, but I've seen quite a few houses in Skåne with that technique. Even some of the new houses use it, but I think it's quite a luxury and only rarely done nowadays.

[@heyma7800]

this is DOPE!! it would've been even more awesome if they had included another new Asian civ though. Maybe Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Khmer or Korea?

[@FeriandyRaynandoSembiring]

Yeah, I'm from Indonesia. According to Wikipedia, Indonesia has many historical because The Netherlands (Dutch) invasion to Nusantara (Indonesia) and they called them Dutch Indie. They colonization to Indonesia for 350 years, since Dutch civilization already playable in AOE 3 vanilla. In a game AOE 2, they were called Malay civilization which include Malaysia, Indonesia, southern Thailand, Singapore but campaign scenarios focused to Gajah Mada and Hayam Wuruk. So in game AOE 3, Indonesian civilizations has only mods 'Struggle of Indonesia'. Myanmar also has history during British invasion like India. Bring Koreans civilization for expansion DLC because they impressed to Hwacha and turtle ship and Joseon Dynasty. Also bring korean wonders like Asian Dynasties such as Hwangyongsa, Namdaemun Gate, etc... Sorry just only know that civilization...

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

In Wars of Liberty mod there is like 20 new factions, including Korea and these Wonders you just mentioned

[@PillowWillow007]

Hell yeah! I'm excited. As I already have the Definitive Editions of AoE 1 & 2, I'll definately (get it?) have a go with this one. I am a fan of the toned-down micromanagement - less things to keep track of means less mental breakdowns during matches - and the new 3D graphics and the Swedish civilization (prepare yer longboats and war axes, let's pillage the New World!) :D

[@planescaped]

I hope the Japanese have bayonets on everything, including trade carts.

[@awkwardcultism]

Well they did invent Bayonetta after all.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

bayonets on katanas ?

[@ashfox7498]

Bayonets on settler's tape measures

[@n1nj489]

@@Duke_of_Lorraine That's the OG way to use, what's better than making their swords(which were good for cutting) better for stabbing?

[@OsomoMojoFreak]

@@awkwardcultism Just in case you don't know: The japanese really overdid it with bayonets in modern-ish eras: things like LMGs had bayonet mounts.

[@Schlegzy]

Hopefully they'll focus a lot more on balance. I suggest: - Remove box formation for cav (Opri box) - Rework Japan to not be so OP, such as changing the ability of Buddha. - Fix French Cav - Allow for limitless supply of wood for nations that don't have factories/shrines. - Slightly improve early game defences to reduce the ridiculous impact of early game rushes in large 3v3 or 4v4 matches. - Improve ranking system

[@johnnyxp64]

i will pre-order just because they offer the 25% discount to us already owning the Aoe1 De and Aoe2 DE

[@triedandchew]

I got screwed out of the discount because I bought AOE1 DE back when it was a Windows Store exclusive. Apparently you need to own both on Steam.

[@StarshadowMelody]

Including Historical Battles over a new campaign is pretty fair, honestly. The campaign of both Vanilla and War Chiefs were a specific fictional story, that of the Black household, spanning a few generations. Asian Dynasties had to buck the trend, though, but at least one of them still went for fiction in the americas. EDIT: Personally, I'd like to see an option to use a HUD more reminiscient of the old version. Even if the 8 Gigabyte RAM demand is presently beyond me, it would be nice for that to be a thing.

[@Steelion69]

I wouldn't worry too much about ram, I think the recommended specs are only for 4k, and max graphical options at the most, and 8 GBs if you just want the basic low resolution stuff.

[@StarshadowMelody]

@@Steelion69 ... read my comment again.

[@Snakie747]

I know AoE3 gets a bad wrap for it's inferiority to Aoe2, but it actually did do some pretty cool things. I liked the treasures in the early game, and the fact that forests weren't this weird impassable thing in Aoe2. I also liked being able to train units by fives, and some other things too. I'm not a fan of gold being farmable- kind of changes the dynamic of games (so everything is a trash unit in AoE3?) and every villager just collecting resources as they gather rather than needing to drop off.

[@Alias_Anybody]

I personally love the fact that coin isn't fundamentally different than the other ressources. Wouldn't make too much sense in the age of gold fleets, plantations and industrial production, right? Wood is still collected faster and can be upgraded quite cheaply while infinite coin collection at a decent rate requires a bunch of quite costly upgrades.

[@vegannegan9652]

Wood is the valuable resource in aoe3. It's also gathered at a very slow base rate.

[@Wesujin]

You can "farm"gold, yes, from plantations, but they are insanely expensive to build and the gather rate is horrible. Best way to get trickle gold is calling in factory cards.

[@HerralemanZyG]

Wood is the most valuable resource and pretty scarce in some maps, also slow collecting rate (unless you play Indian)

[@gastonhitw720]

for me I don't think it is inferior, I mean for players that have been playing nothing else than AOE 2 of course they'll say that, they don't know anything else! they are comfortable watching and playing the game, for years and years, this game just feels completely different, but it has a good multiplayer, there are top players either,. In this DE they could change some fundamental parts of the game, like "no ballistic by default", not a "super early aggression"(in mp you have to attack your enemy very early on) changing units building chain, changing the card to a more "balanced use" etc etc... but for me the normal AOE 3 is fun, different and definetely a good game, the campaign is enjoyable too

[@Ropetable]

OMG my lifelong dream came true, new age of empires 3 civs.. miss playing the game because age of empires 2 def. has been great.

[@ShermTank7272]

Now we just need AoM:DE and AoEO:DE and we'll have the complete set

[@yonokhanman654]

1:27 Without Glasses vs With Glasses

[@overlordmateus407]

tbh, it would have been superb if they announced a collaboration with the Wars of liberty group

[@fenistereinc.5797]

Yes, they are amazing.

[@coldwind8116]

I actually teared up when I saw the Siege of Malta mission redo.

[@Dueilangoisseus]

YES. Sweden! It's still to this day not wholly uncommon to see houses with grass roofs. Especially if you travel out in the countryside.

[@_Doskii]

I live and have traveled plenty in Sweden but I've never really seen a grass roof. Or at least I don't remember seeing one.

[@Dueilangoisseus]

@@_Doskii I think it's more common in the north, though I may be wrong about that. You want to look for old log houses. If you really want to find any, I suggest looking for hembygdsgårdar around Sweden, as quite a few I've visited have had at least some grass roofed log houses. More modern examples can be found in, for example, Storlien: i.ibb.co/44WhMhk/storlien.jpg

[@_Doskii]

@@Dueilangoisseus That might explain it. I'm usually in the southern half of the country. Looks pretty nice though. But don't the roots slowly damage the roof beneath?

[@Dueilangoisseus]

@@_Doskii I don't know how they do it nowadays, but historically they used birch bark between the roof and the soil above. It is water-proof and would last about 30 years or more, depending on how many layers of birch bark used.

[@admiralh3lio996]

This is going to makes the rest of 2020 nice for me ❤️

[@raynightshade8317]

You have a link to the video about them talking about why they picked Inca and Swedish?

[@javetus]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5PMhpqAfJt1j7c Around the 7m mark

[@raynightshade8317]

@Zu I know swedish were 2 of the mercs are their units

[@jorge1582]

I wonder if forgotten empires devs will talk to the guys from wars if Liberty. That mod is amazing and has a very interesting and great ideas they should implement.

[@SimonNZ6969]

I remember my first and only time playing AOE 3 multiplayer. Start the game. Doing my thing. Realize I can import stuff. Hey cool, early troops, that's ni- 5min into the game a full stack army shows up and wipes me out. Turns out higher-level people can import a lot more troops... Not exactly a balanced experienced.

[@jorgec.a3123]

It wasnt all an imported army lol

[@a-drewg1716]

though it has been said now that all cards are available at the start you don't need to level up a home city anymore.

[@buttnuttz6119]

Spanish without unction

[@unknownfact4466]

You can make an early-game-focused deck, and stomp early. If you fail, you'll be left vulnerable for the late game. You can also make a late-game-focused deck, but you risk exposing yourself to early troop imports. And so on.

[@sergeantmemeswaraj7048]

The game devs actually realised this mistake, and they created a thing called xp mod. U start a game with someone with xp mod, play for a min, resign and u reach lvl 100 instantly. And if u remake other civs, they will also be lvl 100. Also difference is not really big, like 1 or 2 more units.

[@ShadowCrystallux]

I cannot wait for this game to be released! I love AoE2, but I also love AoE3 and it's going to be amazing playing an updated version of it.

[@aoecaviler943]

My computer can barely run aoe2 de so looks like I'll be missing out on this one

[@gastonhitw720]

you can run the normal AOE 3 easily, it is easy to download with the 2 expansions, less than 5 gb

[@ablemagawitch]

I feel you I play older games because my computer is high end with them and can barely run some of the newest games, if it can at all. People bash but I'm thankful for having it and the ability to play the games. Not everyone gets 1st world parents to help fund their lifestyles.

[@FireFly7961]

Well, maybe 4k UHD will be optional as it is in AoE2, which would be convenient

[@elkoku2002]

Time to upgrade, Ryzen APUs are insanely good for gaming, just wait for retail ryzen 4000

[@Catafracta230588]

I remember playing a mod called Napoleonic Wars. It was quite well made, it had a lot of civilizations, among which was Sweden, and it was pretty dope: had a lot of units that we're really strong. I wonder if they took some ideas from that mod.

[@namechanged1]

The lead dev for Napoleonic Era works at Forgotten Empires since at least 2 years ago, which is interesting.

[@StinkySkunk100]

I want a rematch on west africa, my teammate left and I think I could win on a second try!!!!

[@emadsaberi]

that was me :) sorry for my absence we would've destroyed

[@ManthanPandYEAH]

whaat !

[@Madalaskan01]

I'm one of the six people who actually had AoE3 as my favorite :D I would really like to see more about the home cities and if they expanded the customization options or depth at all.

[@cactuslietuva]

i dont pre-order games, but damm i believe in forgotten empires and really liked AoE3.

[@gastonhitw720]

and don't even pre order games

[@Scion3881]

I had trouble getting into aoe3 years ago but i would try this version. Looks great.

[@molin1999ify]

I wonder why the swedish churches have orthodox crosses.

[@1WatchesuSleep]

I noticed and am curious about that as well. Hopefully there is more to it and not just a design oversight.

[@molin1999ify]

@@1WatchesuSleep Yea like a eastern set campaign or something, cause otherwise i would laugh a little.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

they probably used russian architecture as a placeholder

[@bartelvandervelden9894]

@@Duke_of_Lorraine it's just part of the east European set, Germans got the same buildings as well

[@valkorion8958]

You can choose your religion with most factions, this could be the case. Don't remember if that changed your church or all that was a mechanic from WoR, I recall making my Mexican faction protestant.

[@forgotmyusername2]

Notice the aoe 2 soundtrack song on 4:40. Does anybody know where I can find this version of this track?

[@ashina2146]

Ah yes the new Civilization: -The Inca -The Pewdiepie

[@hernandogaribaldi8627]

-The Robbaz

[@gothangel0]

Lol

[@FeriandyRaynandoSembiring]

Developer AOE 3 choose Swedes civilization because they impressed about Pewdiepie😁😁😁

[@Beholddees]

I really do hope that this game succeeds and that it's success leads to new content like it did with AoE2 and its HD re-release. I love AoE2, but I was too young at the time to truly appreciate it, and though I love playing it now, AoE3 has a real special place in my heart since I was old enough to get into it and play with my family and friends.

[@bskorupk]

Now I wonder if "The Entente: World War 1 Battlefields" will have an HD Edition! :)

[@thatchtop]

Also will be on game pass on PC, which first month is 1$ or 5$ a month after if you just want to try it.

[@Alias_Anybody]

My first question is if you can switch to the old UI, lol. Shouldn't be too hard to implement. Okay, no Prussia/Austria split, I guess they remade it quite conservatively and didn't change much about the existing civs. I'm only a little bit salty. I assume you won't be able to use the old custom maps? A way to convert them to the new format as well as one to take over your old home city files would be amazing fanservice.

[@LetsbeHonestOfficial]

They should pay you for this, man. Great work

[@ericofire]

ngl i wouldve prefered an AOM definitive edition over this. I get redoing that massive campaign would've been a chore, but that's a game i'd love to see in 4k

[@moch.farisdzulfiqar6123]

Now, I want to command my Doppelsoldner army, and watch how satisfying to saw them wipe floor with any opponent units. And of course, I want to hear your more of opionions regarding AoE 3.