so which is better aoe 4 or this?

[Timmy The Great]

and why

[Elriadon]

I'd say this is a better game. It even has much better graphics and animations.

[Sax]

3 has better graphics, more civs to play as, and arguably better mechanics. 4 is just a re-imagined aoe2 with less maps and civs ontop of having a soulless art style.

[Elriadon]

Originally posted by Count Saxula:

3 has better graphics, more civs to play as, and arguably better mechanics. 4 is just a re-imagined aoe2 with less maps and civs ontop of having a soulless art style.

Pretty much.

[Captain Wolverstone]

AoEIII is a masterpiece.

[Lord Haart]

U mean this one, the remake, right ?

[Gwotyng]

4 is even worse than 2. The gameplay has nothing new, and graphics and ui are so crude. I can't stand for the restrictions setting my hotkeys.

[Waiwai]

I highly suggest you to stay with AoE3:DE until AoE4 gets an overhaul update or a huge discount.

I don't see a point to buy AoE4 right now, since there is nothing looks new or special.

I was hoping more ages would be available, for example, like 7 ages in the Rise of Nations, but nah, it seems it is an AoE2 successor and nothing more.

The only thing you might want to buy AoE4 is, you don't need to worry about friendly fire.

[Elriadon]

Originally posted by Waiwai:

The only thing you might want to buy AoE4 is, you don't need to worry about friendly fire.

AoE3 siege weapons also don't have friendly fire. I think, atleast.

I wanted to like AoE4, but it just looks so cheap.

[疾风之狼]

3 is the best
4 has little civ difference.
4 has learned no advantage from 3

[Eaglemut]

Originally posted by Darel:

Originally posted by Waiwai:

The only thing you might want to buy AoE4 is, you don't need to worry about friendly fire.

AoE3 siege weapons also don't have friendly fire. I think, atleast.

Correct.

[Lord Brimestone]

For the price, this is definitely a better value.

[Waiwai]

Originally posted by Darel:

AoE3 siege weapons also don't have friendly fire. I think, atleast.

I wanted to like AoE4, but it just looks so cheap.

What is the point to compare something that never existed in AoE3?

AoE2 has friendly fire, and AoE4 is just AoE2 successor with a fancy skin with everything re-coded in result, as far as what I heard in those gameplay video.

[Flatl1ner]

At the moment 3 has better graphics, zoom, mechanics and campaign and much more civs.
In compensation for this 4 has a higher price.

[.:Jj:.]

At this moment I can't point out to too many areas where IV dwarfs over III(DE).
Outside of freshness- visual design of GUI, watercolor terrain textures, new sounds, civ mechanics...
Overall it's a pretty good RTS but not really coming close to expectations for 4th mainline Age of Empires game.
Plus it's missing a lot of features (some ought to come in the next few months)- skirmish customization options, player color selection, cheat codes, map editor, ability to fully rebind + bind all mouse buttons, rough camera (zoom is still meh), bad tech-tree design...

On top of overall mediocre visuals for a AAA-priced game. The engine is just not very good and nothing there is really impressive for a 2021. Everything from complexity of models to tech behinf water or weather. Just a bit dated, uninspired at best.

I guess all campaign content in IV might be longer in III, hard to say atm.

[Waiwai]

Originally posted by .:Jj:.:

At this moment I can't point out to too many areas where IV dwarfs over III(DE).
Outside of freshness- visual design of GUI, watercolor terrain textures, new sounds, civ mechanics...
Overall it's a pretty good RTS but not really coming close to expectations for 4th mainline AGe of Empires game.
Plus it's missing a lot of features (some ought to come in the next few months)- skirmish customization options, player color selection, cheat codes, map editor, ability to fully rebind + bind all mouse buttons, rough camera (zoom is still meh)...
On top of overall mediocre visuals for a AAA-priced game. The engine is just not very good and nothing there is really impressive for a 2021.

How about the CPU usage, GPU usage and performance in 7-AI skrimish with the highest difficulty? Will the game lag and path-finding hang like AoE3:DE?