Age of Empires IV Review - No French were harmed making this video ;).
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lol, it's actually really refreshing to hear a review of this game from someone who hasn't played any of the previous ones, even tho Mack's an old fart
Let him enjoy it ;) He doesn't need to know that Age of Empires 2 is vastly superior to this in pretty much every conceivable way.
@@ValosarX he should
@@ValosarX I bought Age of Empires 2 DE on release date for this game, and it's spectacular + nostalgic 👌
@@ValosarX ok boomer
jesus mate, you need to retro review Age of Empires 2 definitive edition, that's like tens of millions of people's childhoods right there.
The definitive edition is incredible at 4k
And the AI in AoE DE is just fucking sssick!
so is every game ever
I was an adult, but… yeah. I played this almost every day for years.
@@ML-eq4rx Nope, not really.
Also just because your dad never came back from getting milk doesn't mean you have to be an arsehole on the Internet you know ;)
The AI in age of empires has different personalities. Like "defensive" "aggressive". Etc.
If you rolled the dice and got a game where all 3 AI are "extremely aggressive/expansionists" then you may get bum rushed like that.
I've had Intermediate A.I that throws Elephants and Seige weapons at walls and I've had Intermediate A.I that just sends archers. Very different A.I depending on the game.
I've not played a game yet where the AI isn't sending 2 units against me. I'm playing on the hardest difficulty as well
As a French, I understand the feeling. It’s satisfying to invade England as France but imo the best feeling is to ally every single of its enemies to piss them off (Scotland in EU4... so good !)
I love the rivalry we English have with the French, until someone attacks our shared values then we are together as allies.
Its like a rivalry between competitive brothers!
It must feel satisfying as a Frenchman to invade England in this game - because they never succeeded in real history; the Normans were not French.
Ah guys come on now we all know that the real punching bag are the commies in China. I say that as a Nationalistic American. Those beg to receive punishment with just the look in their eye and as an proud American I'm quite itchy in the finger to grant their end.
@@broderickblack easy dude
@@broderickblack Literally noone was talking about USA, congrats on being the typical nationalist American though?
You really need to play AOE II sometime, it is amazing
You REALLY have to play AoE II though, it's a classic for a reason and I think you'll love it if you like old school RTS's
No
lol, mak saying its a very RTSy game... well it is an RTS game, so you would expect that
I played the heck out of that game. Great memories and it’s still a great game.
its the same shit with worse graphics...like exactly the same
Yes
AoE2 definitive is worth a review
TH-cam says it's still processing the HD version of the video, been stuck on it for well over an hour, I have watched it and it does appear to be working fine but if it is not working for you give it a few more hours.
No problem.
Monetization also takes time for it works.
Did you play any mutiplayer :)
Yes Mac AoE 2 is the grand daddy of all AoE games! We need a retro review for sure, i still play it today.
The Apple Mac version is definitely the best.
Frankly I'm shocked Mack never played AoE 2. Absolute master piece. Ever considered going back to AoE 2: DE from 2019 and review it?
You should definitely do a retro review for Age of Empires 2. It is easily one of the best games ever made.
The campaign was jaw dropping to see, to be honest. The amount of time they put into it was refreshing to see in an RTS. Well worth the money in my opinion
thats funny cause aoe4 has outright the weakest campaign the series alongside aoe1. aoe2 and aoe3 are leagues above it.
@@raptorhacker599 nah
Mack, I don't comment often, but when I do... You HAVE to ay AOE2:de. Please. Do a retro review. Anything. Aoe 2 is THE legend... I started on Aoe 1,lovwd Aoe 2,hated Aoe 3 and this, from videos, looks like a shit. I was taken by a surprise by your video Mack! You have to play Aoe 2, please. Make yourself the pleasure! It is still getting updates and new campaigns. Do you believe that? After so many years, few months ago, many, many new campaigns, one from my little country of Czech Republic even! (Jan Žižka). Please Mack, please give Aoe 2 a try. It's a legend.
Mack you REALLY need to just play AOE 2 if you enjoyed IV. Skip 1 and 3, AOE 2 is absolutely one of the greatest games ever made.
AoM is my fav, 3 has a decent campaign I always felt that the campaigns of 1 and 2 felt like skirmishes rather then a coherent campaign
WAY too expensive. 120 Australian dollars on Steam, something like 90 USD. Obscene and the graphics don't look so good.
Us Aussies always get the shaft, VPN's for the win gotta avoid that Australia tax
I uninstalled this game after 30 minutes. It does nothing new and the things it does do were done better by earlier installments. AoE4 should've come out in 2018 instead of AoE:DE.
AoE2 is GOD tier.
I had forgotten this was coming out. Saw some people streaming the campaign and it looked great.
Skirmish (and MP) is where it's at and it seems comparable with the older ones, I hope we get more kingdoms soon and they don't make us pay too much for them.
For sure AoE2 is the best (imo), pending me playing this game. Do give it a go mate.
its on xbox gamepass if you have that, would save you a hefty chunk
Its not better than AoE2. Its actually noticeably worse.
@@Dlahusen1 its better. you are stuck in the past. nostalgia
@@Synchr0nix No, its objectively worse because it has less. At best its a graphically polished up version of AoE2. At worst is a derpy verision of AoE2 with bad AI, less factions, less tech. It took them over a decade to create this. Demand better.
@@Dlahusen1 Debatable
You might love the Stronghold series (Stronghold Crusader/Crusader Extreme). Keep up the good work, Mack!
legends is the only one worth playing nowadays
@@ML-eq4rx no
The only real bad one is Stronghold 3 because of the bugs and lack of content. Any other Stronghold is gameplay-wise really good.
Stay away from crusader extreme and rather play the original
finished playing most of them recently and the proper, worthy of your time order should be:
-stronghold
-stronghold crusader (hd prefferably to original but definietely NOT extreme unless for mp only)
-stronghold 2 if you would like better building sim part and rest of the game being worse than former titles
-maaaybe stronghold legends which is stronghold 2 but with less building sim and no normal faction leaders but instead 3 distinct (different buildings, units) factions: arthurian LEGENDS/human, snow/icy fantasy something idk, devil/mordor something idk
To me it looks like a lazy game developers attempt to cash in on the name of a great franchise. They should have called it 3.2 AOE.
you´re right. For a 60 dollar game, they really should have improved a lot more. Fuck the fanboys
This game looks terrible in comparison to age of empires 2 definitive edition. (A remake of an almost 25 year old game)
AoE2 is still very much alive and competitive with casters and top players are insane lol. Pretty fun to watch too
Also this game looks great as well. Glad you enjoyed it!
I love watching competitive AoE2 games. From the looks of it it doesn’t look like AoE4 is hurting the AoE2 community at all either, which is awesome.
why nobody Talked about aoe3 though? is it bad?
@@JairCrawford same here and i agree. I recommend checking out T90. he's my favorite AoE2 caster
@@R3in_Ch 3 is like the odd one out. It was kinda mixed on the original release and the recent definitive edition didn't fix some issues and problems the community had with it in the first place.
Also 2 while not in 3d, is a gem and one of the most popular RTS games ever. It still has a lot of players and the strategy is very deep with a steep learning curve. You can do a lot of wild stuff. Actual matches are nothing like in the videos you see because people do all kinds of crazy things you'd have to see to believe
@@ninjaruss4205 I’ve been subscribed to T90 for years now haha. Small world.
Age of Empires 2 still the GOAT
Do yourself a favor and check AoE2 definitive edition.
I never disagree with Mack, but I'm going to dissent here and chalk it up to Mack's admitted inexperience with AoE. WHERE IS THE NEW CONTENT? The game looks, sounds, and plays pretty much like every other AoE. We waited all this time for this???
The history lessons that come with this game especially about the different types of weapons and equipment is so amazing. I love it. I’m praying they give us Age of Mythology 2
I think people are overrating this a bit, because it's decent compared to how shit most modern RTS games are. Big budget RTS games used to be amazing, industry defining experiences. This is just ok. It misses things that even 20 year old games had as standard, like proper cavalry charges, smooth building destruction, smooth mounting and dismounting of walls/fortifications, its naval combat is a joke, and it launches with a skeletal online component, no ladder, no nothing. It's the functional, it's the bare minimum, it's a 5-6/10. Expected more from probably the last true veteran RTS studio with Microsoft's money behind them, but I think they mismanaged it a little, split too many devs to work on CoH3, I don't know. It's nowhere near as good as it should have been.
Ignore the fan boys AOE 4 is not even close to AOE 2.
Ah nice, was hoping you'd look at this, loved aoe 1 and 2 so glad to see you enjoyed it. Will prob pick it up and like the idea of the history lessons
The AI is meant to be this way. Theres different strategies the the computer will randomly choose from at the start of a battle
So you have no control over it and no smooth learning curve at all? That is a great idea right there! /s
AOE 2 and 3 Mack, some great campaigns there, aoe 2 you got frederick barbarossa, saladin, atilla the hun, ghengis khan, and braveheart william wallace
I'm tired of seeing fucking blue every time I play, we should be able to select player colors, this needs to be addressed ASAP!
How can you rave about the games of old and not played Age of Empires? Go play AoE 2 and Age of Mythology. Fantastic games.
Aoe2de is 10x smarter and more interesting game, tho if you dont play lan or online multiplayer, better choise is aoe4 campaings even tho aoe2 had decent ones.
France preemptively surrendered to Germany when I started my game
Mac, I cannot believe you've never played Aoe before!?!?!?!?!?! Mental mate!! Go check out 2! Also spot on with the AI it's well dodgy..
"No French were harmed in the making of this video." Then you're doing it wrong lol
Think Ill check this out even though Im not usually very good at RTS games ,I like the idea of a documentary style campaign. Looking forward to your Forza Horizon 5 review!
Yeah and I bet am the only reviewer that can be arsed to test the biggest driving game of the year out on a wheel and pedal system as well as controller and give my opinion of the FFB. Honestly the system is broken, just full of lazy people.
@@WorthABuyreviews Read a review today, think it was Eurogamer or one of those. Long, in-depth review of the graphics, the cars, the graphics, the setting, the cars, the graphics, the audio, the graphics and the cars, and it got a 9. No mention of handling anywhere. At all.
Modern journalism.
"The gameplay is really RTSy" ...no shit Sherlock
Surprised you didn't have any issues with key mapping etc
I'm huge AoE fan but this one suck balls nothing new just feels empty you would think they would add something new to the game thank the donkey balls I have game pass that game is not worth 59.99 more like 19.99 tops....🙄
Watch them putting out DLC expansions for years upon years, retroactively confirming this launch was early access all along.
@@bazzy5644 you know it they going to milk the utters of it 🐄
The whole series is quite good in their own ways, the original trilogy definitive edition all work great and all have their own little quirks to learn. AoE has always been a bit loose with the pathfinding and AI. That isn't ideal but they have always made up for it in excellent game design that overcomes it. AoE3 is probably the weakest entry, it's from that dark time in gaming when everything was kinda going to shit. It is still better than most RTS.
name better rts ?
@@yooanto9465 C&C
I think we're in another of those dark times
No conquest skirmish, no save or pause in multiplayer. No stats at the end of the game. Overpriced. AOE2 much better
Why would you save or pause multiplayer
@@unstableordinance to sleep, to eat, to fuck. What kind of stupid question is that? RTS matches can be long enough and that feature is missed.
I was expecting this would be a game that'd take out a lot of innocent bells. It basically does everything that is wrong with AAA game development these days and its a bit sad to see you thumb it up this easily without putting it into context (which would mean playing AOE 2 and 3).
I come here for your unapologetic style of reviewing and at least when getting to the price there should've been a storm of bells going off. All the obvious signs of a quick and dirty, overpriced and lifeless product are there. Our enemy, Mack. Our corporate, soulless enemy.
You just fidn't see it while figuring out how to age up, lol. Or maybe the horrible british documentary style (fine on the telly, a complete immersion killer in a game) gave you a fuzzy feeling while you slapped some virtual frenchmen.
I don't know, but a big thumbs down for this review.
Love you though :3
Totally agree
Glad to hear you like this. I was obsessed with AoE2 but none of the others have been fun for me. So maybe I'll pick this up when it's on sale and hope it's good. Thanks!
I've become so desensitized to all the bell ringing and horn honking that I wouldn't even have noticed it until Mack said "that was the horn"
For me, nothing can beat Age Of Empires 2, have hours and hours playing that game. I was looking forward to this game, but for me it failed to impress me.
Im working my way thru aoe1 right now for first time. Cannot wait to start 2 after im finished. Been loving the first one.
I'm having a lot of fun in the Normandy campaign at the moment. Haven't played any more yet but I'm pleasantly surprised
I'm stuck on the mission "The siege of Wallingford" on hard mode, such a tough game on hard.
@@tomw6947 I'll keep an eye out for that one. I'm on intermediate myself
@@tomw6947 I ragequit this multiple times. When are you supposed to have time to make units!!! Then your reinforcements come and you say "Thats my army?!?" like 10 guys
@@engineerhealthyself Lmao I can't get past the final attack after you destroy the 4 outpost, little tip when you receive your reinforcements move towards your base and attack the first tower along with the army you have built and destroy the first tower, then retreat you your castle before you get attacked and continue to build your army. The problem is the longer you leave it the stronger the attacks get, also build another 2 castles (3 all together as you start with one) inside your base to help defend the walls, good luck soldier.
@@engineerhealthyself hahaha, noticed on Skirmishes and decent campaign missions you generally have to play defensively for a while with plenty of archers and garrisoned keeps, then slowly build up and squirrel away an offensive army in a safe corner somewhere until your ready to break out.
In top gear they also like the idea of invading or bombing france
Why is that ?
If you like this, you should absolutely get the Definite Edition of AoE I and II.
I like AOE4. The Docu-style is great however with the narrating telling you what already happend in the past gives less weight to a victory.
Anyway good game but AOE2 DE is the best AOE-game best value for money on Steam.
Mack while you're rediscovering the RTS games have you ever played Supreme Commander or it's follow up Forged Alliance? If not it's a must. It's got it's issues but when it comes to RTS it's second to none. Nothing since has come close to what you can do in that game.
talk about a broken and never fixed AI though. Always disappointed me, best played against a human opponent then yes it shines
Retro RTS reviews mack?! AGE OF EMPIRES 1 ,2,3 DEFINITIVE EDITIONS also Age of mythology, I feel like you will love them
Age of empires 2 with a facelift. I like it but also hate it. Loved AOE 2 but feel like it's kind of lazy with how dated everything feels. For example during larger battles the soldiers dont move around each other like they should, having to manually seperate them and move them over to attack and so on.
I'd say it's a 7/10. Not bad, not great but got the job done.
Is there any new mechanic at all in this game? I tried to find that out once the beta videos popped up, but all i hear now is how many QoL features this thing is missing even over AoE 2.
And i still recall the first trailers talking about how important height differences in terrain will be in this game. Is anything of those promises even at all in this final product?
@@bazzy5644 A "new" mechanic is that you can hide units in forests. Something that was in a game called Praetorians that came out in I believe 2003 lol.
Height doesn't play nearly the factor they tried to make it seem. The game honestly feels more like a community mod long term project.
buildings look so tiny in contrast with units
AoE4 looks different from 2 but not better. It's way over priced. Should be about a $30 game. And you have to remember there's going to be a ton of DLC coming that will probably be at least $15 each.
You missed Age 1 and 2? You've never played an AoE game before this? I'm disappointed in you Mack!
Better late than never lol. If he enjoyed this he should check out the definitive editions.
@@JairCrawford It isn't! His perspective on this game is completely worthless, he missed the point on this review due to inexperience as well. This game has way less content, depth and features than AoE 2 DE and it is more expensive to boot. I wonder what the hell will happen if he does a retro review on AoE 2 and discovers that fuck up himself?
This was a hard game for me.it’s not bad however compared to AOE 2 it’s a pretty washed out game I mean come on 8 factions I understand they all play differently but it’s still 60$ for less factions updated graphics, and the combat is actually not super in depth. This game to me just doesn’t warrant it’s 60$ price point go buy AOE 2 remastered for 15$-20$ you’ll have just as much if not more fun, or at least wait until the game is on sale for 39.99$, but 60$ is way to much for this game especially if your going to buy it just for solo play.
And don't forget who the dev of this game is. Relic, the Dawn of War studio, they put out loads of DLC for their games all the time. I would not be surprised if AoE 4 gets overhauled a lot as the years go by. Which might even be a good thing, looking at it's current state. Still the point stands wait and see with this game, it's not worth it's price at all currently.
@@bazzy5644 lol how could I forget relic oh man yeah so 60$, and most likely 600$ in dlc 😂 but honestly yeah the game just doesn’t hit that 60$ price tag it’s asking, and it really sucks because I’ll see tons of reviews on the game saying how amazing it is when really they are just selling the same formula with less content, and if they do add other factions it will most likely be 10-15$ per two or one, and they will just have tons and tons of leader packs to sell I’m sure
Can you Review please COSSACK 3 ? I know it is an old game but in my opinion one of the best strategy because you can make shit tons of units and thats amazing. If you didnt play please try and let us know what you think about it
You missed out. It was a wonder watching these cheeky little... twits in AOE1 & 2 wander around and do stuff like deforestation, get attacked by wild animals, or sneak off and try to stand around doing nothing until you notice and killed them like a crewel and vindictive god. Use to run this in the background at night as a sort of fish tank. Good stuff.
AOE 2 still has thousands on steam all the time. I haven't come across any issues on the definitive edition.
- Lacks genre basic UI.
- I would say, go for it and check campaigns for AoE2 and go back.
WOW you thumbed it up, dude it's mobile game graphs (kid friendlly look) so bad even Starcraft 2 beats it that came out ages ago
My main problem with this is that doesn't look much better than AoE3 but runs like absolute shite on my PC (unlike AoE3).
Why does it look like a mobile game tho?
PLEASE REVIEW HELL LET LOOSE, I think you will really like it, thanks,
AoE 2 DE has much more sophisticated AI. Infinitely more customizable Skirmish mode and like 250h worth of campaings, which are really quite charming even though they don't have nearly as much production value as 4.
Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition is the superior game here. Especially the 500 pop count.
I wish they make a mod Middle Earth LOTR , or Warhammer mod.That would be awesome !.I dont like Total War warhammer that much.
A shame the AI is utter garbage in this game. Relic don't have the ability/skills to make a good AI like the AOE 2 DE devs.
i grew up on dune 2, also a bit of age of empires 2, warcraft 1 2 and 3, c&c... i really hope this years dune movie inspires a new proper dune real time strategy game! maybe more houses etc.!
thats when the rts genre died for me. Almost everything that came after C&C Generals is terrible.
@@paulocarreirapinto i didnt really like generals, i forgot to mention starcraft as well, i didnt enjoy those missions where you didnt have a base, but i really liked how different gameplay it was with every 3 races
but yea, rts genre died out i agree, roleplaying took over, and rts didnt have any good new ideas to offer
You missed a lot of great games
I clicked because the title.
Edit: I am a Frenchman, I approve this video.
This made my day. So glad you finally played an AOE game Mack. Was watching your Grounded stream an was getting the impression you wouldn't be reviewing this. Not gonna lie i was getting really annoyed whenever someone asked if you would be doing it an youd fob it off with a nah iv got loads on, not played one before bla bla bla. lol. So as you can imagine was abit shocked to see this pop up today. Glad you enjoyed it an id recommend playing the older versions aswel, maybe a retro review in the future. Hope your well Mack keep up the hard work
it looks cartoony. I don't really know how to say it. The feel is just off. It seems like a cheap knockoff of AoE4
This was an amazing review, Mack. Plus, your insults to the French were hilarious. And that little dig at cancel culture was bloody brilliant!!!!! Bravo, sir. BRAVO!!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂👏👏👏👏👏
Its on gamepass bois
I'll get it when it's not 80 bucks CAD
wonder how they cant make ai thats better then humans coh2 has cheating ai and even then its super easy I think AI has to learn from you and evolve so it dosnt get predictable
I hate how the units are way too large for the buildings, dumb I know but takes away from the immersion for me
No French were harmed making this video but all English died.
The game was very disappointing, as more of the old play was not add to the game. And you disappointed me too.
It looks ugly, just like they remastered Empire Earth...
Although I like the gameplay idk about theit visuals they look mobile gamey to me and tbh make me jist wanna play age 2 hd
Mack, I would LOVE to see you play and review AoE2!
What about PvP?
Mack missed the AOE 123. Fantastic. Refreshing.
Very rare that I disagree with Mac. But at this price point. Really anything above 40$ I'm gonna have to say not yet.
Yes the historical cinematics are solid, and fun to watch as it switches to modern views of historical sites.
But the AI is utter jank, the attack move doesn't prioritize military units from a wheat farm.
And the unit response/animations. Every time you click on attack move they stop what their doing for half a second for some odd reason.
Mac was right to mention pathing, which again needs more time in the oven. The formation selection is a great addition, but it's like herding cats.
After a few patches hopefully they address some of these quirks.
I wasnt playing AoE2 because I was playing Myth 2: Soulblighter.
Profile pic checks out
Glad you enjoyed this. Definitely recommend AoE2
AOE and red alert is what got me into RTS. Great games. Surprise that you missed it but can't play them all. I recently tried out company of heroes and that series holds up quite well. Probably my favorite overall.
red alert is great! what do you think of the remaster??
No French were harmed because they surrendered before you showed up Mack.
Is this a mobile game? Why does it look worse than AOE3
I can't go backward to this from Rome Total War.
Learn Binary and French at the same time
1 = Hoh
0 = Heh
10 = HoHeh
101 = Hoheho
10100= Hohehoho
(And so on)
Do you say this jokingly or do you genuinely hate the french?
Game is ok but not worth $60 I would say worth $40
I played Age of Empires I, but never got the chance to play any of the sequels. It's good to know they're still faithful to the real historical setting
Well worth getting the second game if you enjoy this
You should play the first one, it’s amazing
1:35 as a German I fervently agree
Did anyone else shiver?