I just hope it doesn't end up with a tonne of paid DLC like Gladius did. Just have all the factions in there and the start.
As for the game , looks similar to Gladius with a re-skin ??

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Quoting: ElectricPrismBoth AoE 3 and AoE 4 have a review rating of 83-86%.

Meanwhile AoE 2 is rated at 94%

Similar to Civilization V (96%) vs Civilization VI (85%)

Proof that low effort 3D versions aren't automatically better than 2D or old-school graphics.

I really don't understand what is so damn hard -- if Age of Empires verbatim copied the 2D sprite style in 3D and the exact mechanics 1:1 their game would score in the 92-98% easy.

All this "New Crap" just annoys me and other gamers too -- like "swear filters" taking the fun out of modern games.

Games of all things should not be influenced by "the church" of modernity (but that's a detail that I could write entire essays about).

Maybe by the time they make Age of Empires 5 they'll find a way to make it free-to-play and finally get the 3D right. In any case garnering more interest in the series is a smart move -- they should have done this with 2 -- then the masses would be in a swarm to play and buy more.

Edit: to clarify -- If swear filters or gore are things a person wants -- they should be "opt in" and not "opt out" -- Serious Sam 3 is the perfect example of this where they replace all blood sfx with hippie flowers and it's just so much fun -- because games are supposed to be games and not real life.

Age of Empires 3 was not that bad IMO.
The art was still colorful and vibrant.
Age of Empires 4 however - i could never get into. It looked bland and flat and lifeless. I got it as a gift and i feel bad for barely touching it.

As for the filters , i can't say. My friends and I usually play versus AI and i have to mute them since they spam the taunts non stop. :grin:

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Surprised no comments here. The mod is a great find , almost 4 sub-factions per each faction. And the AI seems a bit smarter than the OpenRA one. ( at least it captures the neutral oil refineries)
They incorporated a lot of units from later C&C franchises.
Cool game , noice find Liam.

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Is it me , or does this look like a Tiberian Dawn mod.
I mean the water and terrain look almost identical.
Would the energy source emerging from the ground be "tiberium" ? :tongue:

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Bye bye paycheck ..... :cry:

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: razing32

Quoting: Samsai

Quoting: nenoroLiam: i leave systemD for systemD

Oh come on liam join gentoo we have cookies

Liam has in the past nuked his system by compiling OBS and you suggest he use Gentoo? Pretty bold, if you ask me. :P

I have to hear that story :woot:

Somewhere I followed a wrong command, didn't pay enough attention, stuff got removed that shouldn't and it all died. It was a learning experience to be sure and I've rarely compiled anything since :P. Flathub all the way.

I think Linus from tech tips tried Pop OS , tried to install a new DE and managed to remove the display manager by mistake so no desktop showed up anymore.

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Quoting: Samsai

Quoting: nenoroLiam: i leave systemD for systemD

Oh come on liam join gentoo we have cookies

Liam has in the past nuked his system by compiling OBS and you suggest he use Gentoo? Pretty bold, if you ask me. :P

I have to hear that story :woot:

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Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: const

Quoting: GuestI quite enjoyed Wheel of Time, and was reminded of it recently from the "tv" series adaptation (which I also enjoyed). Not yet read any of the books. Safe to say that I'll be snagging that one. I know it doesn't have a native version, but for games that old I'm not exactly expecting it. That's what I use wine for.

Had you read the books (it's the most epic saga I've ever read), you probably wouldn't have enjoyed the series. It's a horrible adaption, yet it seems like it might not come of as horrible without the reference. :D
So, don't read the books until you finished the series or just switch completely. But be aware it's a long saga (~20000 pages iirc) with very detailed descriptions.

Ha, I read the first book, asked my friends how many books there were (at the time 7 was the answer) and I responded with "He is going to die before he finishes the story..."

Did he finish it ?
I'd like to buy the books but i don't want anything incomplete.

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Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: GuestWish someone would sell me James Bond 007: Nightfire and The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II. :unsure:

I still have my Battle for Middle Earth collection that has the two of them. I think the last time I tried them in Wine, they failed, and I believe that in Win10 they are broken.

Well , not sure i won't get a ban from Liam , but i know for a fact there are torrents with whole collection working fine on Win 10.

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Nice article.
I am surprised how much history and games were available back then. Kind of regret no switching over earlier , but then again i was a dumb impatient kid.

BTW - would you also consider trying Kohan : Immortal Sovereigns , a strategy game from 2001. Curios if it would run :)

EDIT : Fyi - internet archive has a copy of the Loki ISOs it seems

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