In case you didn't follow the Gamescom 2017 livestream , yes, both AoE4 and a definitive edition (remake?) of AoE2 are in the works.
Personally, as with any news surrounding AoE (AoE Online and Castle Siege come to mind), I'm very torn. On the one hand, any news of a new Age game is incredibly exciting. If all goes well, AoE4 could revive the series and become the successor that AoE3 never quite was. Or it could be an awful cash grab not worthy of the AoE title.
The AoE2 definitive edition on the other hand could very well splinter the community even further: once it's out there will be HD on Steam, DE for Windows Store, and some of us will still prefer the UserPatch version. Getting any kind of compatibility between the game versions could be a nightmare. Are any scenarios from the original game going to be playable in the Definitive Edition, for example, if the game is remade from the ground up?
Thoughts?
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Personally, as with any news surrounding AoE (AoE Online and Castle Siege come to mind), I'm very torn. On the one hand, any news of a new Age game is incredibly exciting. If all goes well, AoE4 could revive the series and become the successor that AoE3 never quite was. Or it could be an awful cash grab not worthy of the AoE title.
The AoE2 definitive edition on the other hand could very well splinter the community even further: once it's out there will be HD on Steam, DE for Windows Store, and some of us will still prefer the UserPatch version. Getting any kind of compatibility between the game versions could be a nightmare. Are any scenarios from the original game going to be playable in the Definitive Edition, for example, if the game is remade from the ground up?
Thoughts?
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OF | [/ \] |¯| [/ \] | ME
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The Relics of Athalën (5.0) | AoK Opus - 100,000+ downloads | StormWind Studios | "I consider the conversion of Basse to be one of the great triumphs of my modding crusade" - Matt LiVecchi