Did they go SJW?

[BigRowdy]

I thought this was a history based game but I could have sworn I saw female soldiers in the reveal trailers.

[unseen4ce]

I would like to know this as well.
Is it historically accurate or historically 'authentic' LOL.

[Marrinhas]

Arent they villagers? i hear something like the villagers now attack with bow. Like in AoE3. ( AoE3 was with gun ut you understand)

[Xautos]

There were female warriors and leaders in the past, nothing to do with modern social politics as you claim OP.

Jeanne d'Arc, Alena Arzamasskaia, Djamila Bouhired, Marie-Madeleine Jarret, Ōhōri Tsuruhime and Niijima Yae are just a few examples of female soldiers who fought for what they believed in and in some cases tragically died for it.

[TheFibrewire]

Scout is a female
https://youtu.be/TTaCrP_U4ao?t=67

[Neurotic Panda]

god forbid there are female units in a game that is about as historically accurate as Pokemon. its a game loosely based on historical empires/nations/kingdoms/etc and throws them all together in a format where you can have a strategic brawl and have fun with them.

Honestly i hope they make all the units female and only males are used to chop trees. Maybe then we could stop complaining about girls being in GAMES or having units portrayed as females who in IRL may have been predominantly male. It's a fictional game that is not 100% based on history.

[K0NG]

i am the first one who laughs about all the left wing twitter whinery..

but this post is just plain stupid.

[381]

in old age of empires you had females villigers lol I gonna cry when I see black units in England or something like that or chines black soldiers that gonna be really bad

[Ham Sandwich]

Originally posted by WhiteLifeMatters:

in old age of empires you had females villigers lol I gonna cry when I see black units in England or something like that or chines black soldiers that gonna be really bad

I was wondering why you all of a sudden started being racist by bringing black people into the thread out of nowhere...

...But then i saw your nickname and it all made sense.

[Kai]

Ah I never noticed it. Female infantry of any kind in the dark ages is going out of your way to go woke. There were some exceptions, but mostly folk tales and exaggerated stories. I mean there are so many countries rn that have laws actively against women rights, think about then, its a no brainer.

The only occasion i can think of where everyone participated was in defence during an invasion. Elders women and children would help supply reinforce, and at the brink of defeat, put up arms. But out in a battle? Nah I dont think so.

But this is Microsoft, i wouldnt be surprised if it was intentionally progressive. Best way to teach history is by altering it, am i right?

[Neurotic Panda]

Originally posted by Kai:

But this is Microsoft, i wouldnt be surprised if it was intentionally progressive. Best way to teach history is by altering it, am i right?

If you learn your legitimate history from the GAME AoE.. then i extremely question your true understanding and knowledge of any history..

aside from the names of the 'teams' and names on the units this game teaches you about legit real history as about as much as Santa Claus does.

I have 0 issue when women being in any game, i question why so many other people do honestly. This isnt a 100% re-creation of the past. its a fictional rts with historical names tossed around.

[Fox]

Lots of people started learning history because of Age of Empires and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Honestly, there shouldn't be that many female units aside from those African warriors and Scythian horse archers, assuming if they'll even be in the game.

But every times there are discussion as to why there are female soldiers in historical game, the commonality tend to be "well it's a video game...". Same for movies when they're out of place, "well it's a movie...". What's next, historical book must feature a female warriors because it's only a book?

[N'Zoth]

Probably. When Microsoft did the AOE3 defenitive edition they basically ripped out colonialism. They also had to make a huge apology spiel about how the original game was insulting to “native” people’s.

[TsudaTumiko]

Originally posted by N'Zoth:

Probably. When Microsoft did the AOE3 defenitive edition they basically ripped out colonialism. They also had to make a huge apology spiel about how the original game was insulting to “native” people’s.

Really? Now I see why they removed blood and made age cartoony, hate politics in video games..

[N'Zoth]

Originally posted by Tsuda Tumiko:

Originally posted by N'Zoth:

Probably. When Microsoft did the AOE3 defenitive edition they basically ripped out colonialism. They also had to make a huge apology spiel about how the original game was insulting to “native” people’s.

Really? Now I see why they removed blood and made age cartoony, hate politics in video games..

https://youtu.be/Vx7bBf_iPSA

Ya it was a bit of a controversy in the AOE3 community when it happened. But it was mostly overlooked due to AOE3 already being the red headed step child of the aoe series

[Fox]

One of the lead director for the game is a woman and the developers look like bunch of young college freshmen so it doesn't surprise me as to why the game doesn't look more weigh in with typical Medieval-grits.

Had this been done by the previous Ensemble Studio crews or, heck, developer of Warhorse Studio who made Kingdom Come: Deliverance, there's no way in hell the game would look like this; graphically speaking.