What would it take to make a 'all ages' AoE game?

[snowyonetwo]

By that I mean starting from the Stone and going up to at least WWII era.

[I'm gaming]

There were games like Rise of Nations and Empire Earth.

[GunFred]

My dream AoE goes from Dark Ages to Napoleonic Era. Many nations and cultures persists through these ages and beyond the Napoleonic Era, battle and war quickly changes.

[teebirdwill]

The original Empire Earth did this beautifully. Allowed you to customize unit stat upgrades too. I'd love to see a definitive edition for that.

[2GenL]

How would you do the ages mechanism?
1: dark age
2: feudal
3: gun powder
4: electrical
5: space/nuclear
Would make for some interesting gameplay.

[snowyonetwo]

Originally posted by _2GenL_:

How would you do the ages mechanism?
1: dark age
2: feudal
3: gun powder
4: electrical
5: space/nuclear
Would make for some interesting gameplay.

1 Tool
2 Bronze
3 Iron
4 Feudal
5 Castle
6 Renessance
7 Discovery
8 Colonial
9 Industrial
10 Great War

Doubt we'd go beyond that. Obviously there'd be a bunch of civs who don't 'fit' 100% because very few civs survived THAT long. The real issue would likely be making each age feel distinct.

[2GenL]

This reminds me a bit of the original aoe3 collectors box and the book that came with it: In the back was pictures of future aoe games that never happened. After the aoe1,2,3 photos was one for modern day style then a 5th photo with a spacelike armed person

[Raider_manhc]

just go play rise of nations, that game pretty much does all you want. its a nice game, pretty much what age of empires could be with all ages...

[cammando205]

Originally posted by Raider_manhc:

just go play rise of nations, that game pretty much does all you want. its a nice game, pretty much what age of empires could be with all ages...

I'll second this suggestion. RoN is frigg'n spectacular.

[DarkMachine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H17Fim5O8dE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJnpIEgusBA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGg-WqVvgvg

[Space-Wolf]

Couple games already exist like this. Empire Earth, Rise of Nations...

[HE1NZ]

The more ages they do the less substance the game will have. None of the AoE clones managed to overthrow the king. Modern warfare belongs in the games like Company of Heroes and C&C, not AoE.

[Mr.AM(AverageEstonian)]

If i may say let each series of games stick to their own guns and unique astethics and eras devs decide for their games and series. Just saying.

[Whakahoatanga]

In terms of Ages:

-Prehistoric Age
-Early Stone Age
-Late Stone Age
-Copper Age
-Bronze Age
-Early Middle Ages
-Middle Ages
-Renaissance
-Imperial Age
-Industrial Age
-Atomic Age-World War 1
-Atomic Age-World War 2
-Atomic Age-Modern Age
-Information Age
-Near Future
-Future
-Far Future

Warfare would change from simple clubs to Swords to Guns to Laser weapons maybe for the Future Ages

Games who tried to do that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXOzZIgbqBI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7DWNE0ytBc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWNWrm3lEFk