I'm still really excited for Age of Empires 4 but the idea that it could possibly end up being used to make military AI is so fucking sad. I just want play a game I loved since I was a child....
This is all speculation so hopefully nothing like that actually happens.
Anyone else here excited for Age 4?
Always a cool thing, and the series did spark my interest in history. Although I did think for the longest time that William Wallace won the Battle of Falkirk because of AoE2 and other assorted historical stuff that is swept under the rug for the sake of a satisfying story in the campaigns. It did teach me to be hella sceptical in regards to popular media history, eventually, so it's not all bad.
I wish they'd release an actual full gameplay like a skirmish or a multiplayer game, instead of those short heavily edited trailer pieces, so we could actually see how it works. Like I want to see if the town generates those sweet looking roads on their own or if that's all scenario editor doodads that they add in to spice it up.
Yeah the age games were always better at sparking interest in history than actually teaching it lol
There are some long let's plays of the recent beta out there if you want to see more long gameplay. I haven't seen multiplayer yet tho