new civ : Ottomans and Malians ? Why not Ottoman and Byzantine ?

[Erica Estrelina Hill]

anyway ~ thanks Forgotten Empires for taking over the work ~

[Toete]

I was thinking the same but I am pretty sure Byzantines will be add as the first paid DLC. I was surprised by Malians over them but still a new Civ is always welcome.

[Erica Estrelina Hill]

Originally posted by Toete:

I was thinking the same but I am pretty sure Byzantines will be add as the first paid DLC. I was surprised by Malians over them but still a new Civ is always welcome.

how do you think about maya aztec and inca , will they add these factions to AOE4 ?

[GrizzGolf]

Disappointing for sure

[FloosWorld]

Originally posted by Erica Estrelina Hill:

anyway ~ thanks Forgotten Empires for taking over the work ~

Forgotten didn't take over, they were already involved prerelease and mainly responsible for the Art of War missions.

[Kaiser9110]

I've played a lot of AOE3 and trust me guys, you don't want Forgotten Empires anywhere near AOE4.

[FloosWorld]

Originally posted by Kaiser9110:

I've played a lot of AOE3 and trust me guys, you don't want Forgotten Empires anywhere near AOE4.

Actually, Forgotten does a decent job with AoE 2 which itself is no surprise as they started with their own mod for that game.

[Kaiser9110]

Originally posted by FloosWorld:

Originally posted by Kaiser9110:

I've played a lot of AOE3 and trust me guys, you don't want Forgotten Empires anywhere near AOE4.

Actually, Forgotten does a decent job with AoE 2 which itself is no surprise as they started with their own mod for that game.

Yeah I concede they have done a good job updating AOE2, and even AOE1. However, at the end of the day, AOE2 is still a basic game from 1999 which is less demanding on developers. You could feel the difficulties FE had adapting to a more modern 3D masterpiece such as AOE3. I think a modern AAA game like AOE4 would be completely out of their depth.

[KingCoward]

Because why not? whats the point of such a ridiculous question.

[Mavericko]

its just not interesting. byzantine has what? cataphact? and good ships? bunch of walls? this is not aoe2 where you can just add bonus here and there and called it 'unique' civ. Meanwhile Ottoman are super vast military prowess. and Malians used to be the richest gold empire of all time. they can explore way more

Plus we dont need another Holy Roman. as you know byzantine is Roman and we already have a Holy Roman Empire civ

[FloosWorld]

Originally posted by Maverick:

this is not aoe2 where you can just add bonus here and there and called it 'unique' civ.

Yeah, it's AoE 4 where all civ have the same generic tech tree + unique stuff gets added on top which causes less uniqueness.

[Erica Estrelina Hill]

Originally posted by Maverick:

its just not interesting. byzantine has what? cataphact? and good ships? bunch of walls? this is not aoe2 where you can just add bonus here and there and called it 'unique' civ. Meanwhile Ottoman are super vast military prowess. and Malians used to be the richest gold empire of all time. they can explore way more

Plus we dont need another Holy Roman. as you know byzantine is Roman and we already have a Holy Roman Empire civ

hmm.. its not aoe 2 ，yes... i think maybe they shouldnt add french and england ，longbows ？knights ？oh its not very insteresting ，this is not aoe 2 ，why did they add this ？

and ottoman civ is not out yet , You have no idea how good it is ，holy roman empire ？yes its “rome ” ，its not that “holy” ，its not that “rome”

[Trevor Reznik]

Where was it confirmed Forgotten Empires took over from Relic?

[Lotor13]

Byzantines would come as paid DLC probably, not as free uptade

[FloosWorld]

Originally posted by Trevor Reznik:

Where was it confirmed Forgotten Empires took over from Relic?

Forgotten posted on Twitter a while ago that they are recruiting for AoE 4 leading to some people believe that they take over development. In fact, Forgotten was already invovled pre-release but mainly for balance and Art of War missions.

[Trevor Reznik]

I'm pretty sure Forgotten is helping out, Relic is still at the helm though.