Some tidbits on the AoE remake, including remastered wololo:

I wanted this. Hopefully I'm not gonna be monkey pawed.

>>380655226

Pretty much all the new sound effects are worse or over produced including the music. How do you do worse than 20 year old music. Why is a woman on the AOE team at all. Microsoft never learns. First they killed ensemble now they have incompetents remastering a game that is a landmark rts.

>>380656472
I like the new ones better, especially the music. Original wololo is more nostalgic obviously but if I'm playing a remake I'd rather hear a new take on it.
>Why is a woman on the AOE team at all.
???

>>380656709

The media manager that is helping run the AOE forum, look at the top of the webpage.

Well we disagree and if you look at the comments, quite a few others dislike the new music as well.

>>380657276
I'm aware a woman made the post on the website, I'm just waiting for an explanation of your random sexism. Why not have a woman making an AoE game? (not that the woman making that website post is necessarily even working on the game.)

So you can still enable the original audio/play the game in "classic mode"? Thank fuck.

>>380655226

Also the new art looks horribly over-produced, as if just because they can they're trying to shove as much shit in there as possible. Definitely a design philosophy problem.

The babylonian government center is just crammed to gills with fauna.

>>380657454

I wasn't aware I had to explain myself to you, gash.

>>380657454

>I'm just waiting for an explanation of your random sexism

Are you being serious?

>>380655226
I hope there is a classic graphics mode

>>380655226
The "Beta" killed all my interest into this game, I will wait until it's complete.

>tfw Microsoft killed Ensemble and gave us garbage like Halo Wars in exchange

>>380657454
Imagine being on this site for any period of time and not figuring out that people will stir the pot just to stir the pot

don't act dumb

>>380657958

I guess the 7 people who bought Halo War 2 are happy.

>>380658025
There's nothing wrong with responding to sexism. I don't see why people should be able to say stuff like that without explanation.

>>380657454
It's called "Trying to get replies"

No one here is actually sexist or racist. It's just so absurd to unironically think that way, so obviously it's the best way to grab attention. Chances are, the poster is an attention whoring woman anyway.

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>>380658108
>tfw still thinking that Halo Wars was the reason they were shut down even though AoE3's poor performance got them to close doors before Halo Wars came out

>>380658193

>This newbie marketer is in for a host of surprising.

You're not going to last here long bub.

>>380658356

You honestly think people here don't hate women? How long have you been here?

>>380658375
>niche market does nichely
>i know lets stig da halos on it :DDD

There was probably genuine shock and a bunch of people losing their jobs over that not working

>>380658193
Jesus christ fuck off back to rebbit already.

No one here ever has any reason to explain SHIT. It's anonymous. You can say anything at all and simply close the thread.

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>>380658356
>No one here is actually sexist or racist.
>mfw
>>380658442
I've been here since 2007 champ

>>380658846

Then why did you ask about the sexism, wouldn't you already know?

>>380659036
4chan has actually gotten more sexist (and less racist) over the years in my opinion. At least, /v/ specifically.
I just thought I would reply to an outright shameless sexist comment to see what he says.

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>>380658846
Underage b& aside, obviously. They just fall for the memes and think it's cool. No rational thinking adults could possibly be sexist or racist. They'd have to have the mind of a child.

OP is Jennifer Goldwin the token female community person so stop giving her attention

>>380659249
There are many people here and in the "real world" who are not rational thinking adults, but still exist and treat people of different sexes/races badly. Saying "racists aren't rational" doesn't make them non-existent or not seriously sexist/racist.

I hope they give an option to use the old music and sfx.

I just want the resolution and basic aoe2 QoL stuff.

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>>380659280
OP here. I am not actually Jennifer Goldwin. I just wanted to start a conversation about a remake about which I am excited. To prove that I'm not on a marketing team, I will say this:

Niggers

Too bad they couldn't get Bruce Shelley to come back.

>>380659406
Granted, but they're not exactly a threat to civilized society. They'll either breed out or start a violent conflict that they will inevitably lose because they are a vocal minority and nothing more. I just consider those people resources. They're not exactly the same as rational thinkers.

>>380659249

Considering the sheer number of minded data from google analytics would say otherwise. The country is quite racist and seemingly happy about it by recent elections. Infantalizing opposition might make you feel better but it won't change hordes of people that think differently from you nor quell tremors you get apparently that you need to speak on it.
>>380659245

Actually since I've been here since end of 05' I'd say it was roughly about the same in all areas, the opponents are only thing that changes. This is place that not only drives people to suicide for laughs but then celebrates after people kill themselves. They used to do yearly memorials, celebrating it.

Why would you look for morality in a vacuum is more interesting than your curiosity at someone's random sexism.

What if they disliked people that rode mopeds tomorrow or left handed writers, short people, tall people. People that speak two languages. People that eat ketchup with their eggs. You're looking for reasoning why is more funny than the random asshole shitting on some random broad based on a group-think that avows women's involvement in any media production tends to lower the quality. That is a common thought on many boards on 4chan yet you're surprised by some random asshole, being an asshole and wonder why others wouldn't think you're new here?

>>380659508
>AoE threads on /v/

ha

nope

All I want is some quality of life improvements. I want to play the old campaigns with the old music and old sprites but with control groups and a proper build queue.

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>>380659249
>No rational thinking adults could possibly be sexist or racist

>>380659783

You don't do much research do you? if you think the majority is on your side and not just silent about what they really believe.

https://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/6/13/15768622/facebook-social-media-seth-stephens-davidowitz-everybody-lies

https://pastebin.com/9AXPMR0E


recent studies would suggest the country is more racist now than at any point in recent history, so where is your teleological dreams coming from?

Republicans are in most control they've been in over 100 years.

Name a single piece of evidence anywhere that shares your ideas?


Also to keep it topic related. I played age of empires, the original non-stop for nearly 10 years. I used to play every kind of scenario I could trying to figure out every A.I response to the point I would kill off parts of civilizations and feed them resources to see how they would change and rebuild. Such a fascinating game. Hopefully they improve the A.I, could make this game have a lot of new life into it.

>>380659868
> Implying I'm a burger

Which is reasonable, I guess, but to assume so is ridiculous.

Trump getting elected president isn't exactly the best situation, but Hillary would have been just as bad, if not slightly better. America was in for a wild ride regardless of who won. And I'm not dismissing racism/sexism to make myself feel better, I'm dismissing it because it's threat to civilized society is dismissive. It's not a real threat. There will always be people who have a far more narrow point of view, but they have never been and never will be a true threat. Progressive thinking has still succeeded in the long run, historically speaking, because it is the proper evolution of society and will lead to globalization, which we desperately need within the next couple thousand years if we expect to survive this planet.

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>>380660651

also to add onto my post, I feel like they're adding a little too much art direction from age of mythology, though that just might be similarities in how they colored both games darker than original AOE.

>>380660902
I guess that shouldn't surprise anyone considering.

>>380660651
> Evidence

We're having a discussion, not a debate. The need for evidence to back up theories and beliefs in this forum is absolutely fucking ridiculous. No matter what evidence is ever presented, counter points exist and are immediately presented.

I don't care how you view things. I'm not trying to persuade you. I'm not sifting through my search history or Google to sit here and say "No U". Get over yourself.

>>380661054

because it's the same team reworking all these games?

because honestly I always personally dislike AOM's art style, it was goofy. Aoe while not size accurate from people to buildings had a distinctive more realistic art tone that I loved and they improved in AOE 2.

>>380661267

You asked for someone else's reasoning why they believed something yet are unable or unwilling to present yourself at the same standard, so is it inability, cowardice or hypocrisy?

>>380658193
no one owes you anything

>>380661295
True, but you can see their thought process.

We did a Greek aesthetic for AoM -> Let's use the Greek aesthetic we know for the Greek looking civs in AoE1.

I'm more curious about how they'll do the others.

>>380661442
> Asked for someone else's reasoning

I actually didn't.

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>>380661562

darker building qualities seem to be biggest emphasis.

As a kid I always thought it looked cool how all your units and buidings had one color. I wished real cities were like that. Like, the whole city would be themed around one color.

How about a remake of Pharaoh and Cleopatra!

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>>380661771
The additional zoom levels is honestly the main thing bringing me to this game. I love building big complicated cities and armies defending them.

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>>380662019

So which color are you going to use /v/?

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>>380662129

I've always preferred Hayoyo over Wololo.

Which civ is your main?

>inb4 hittite

>>380662129
Honestly I don't have a whole lot to complain about. It looks fine to me. Maybe not as clear as the original but I can live with it.

>>380662247

Wish the statue was still just a dude with a spear. I think it looks nice on the whole though.

>>380662469
Are you saying that "Hayayo" is another interpretation of "wololo", because it's inarguable.

>>380662508
Minoan

That new song sounds hella good, but I hope the old ones are still in the game.

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Fuck the original AoE, fix your AoM remaster.

>no steam release
I just wanted a modable AoE

>>380662508

If I'm doing a crescent game, I main Egypt, for everything else usually Rome.

I used to use the Chosen simply because if you upgrade the main infantry all the way, they're strongest in the game, which most people I used to play Lan games against never knew. I also used to love playing two people controlling the same civ. I used to build up and defend the city, and my buddy would act as battle king and go out and fight other people.

The people we played against in lan parties just assumed if you selected the same civilization that one person acted as an observer when we discovered two people could control same civ, it was so cheating but we loved it.

Like bringing Sparta to real life. Two Kings.
>>380662529
They have made some subtle tweaks and others seem over produced but as a whole it doesn't look terrible.

>>380662827
I never bought it, what's bad about it?

I loved the digital encyclopedia that came with AoE, I want it back.

>>380662827
Just remove the Asian civs. No one asked for it anyways. You can tell how little effort was put into them.

>>380655226
Not a fan of the music. The art looks great, but the music does not mesh with me.

>>380663093

That seriously got me involved and in love with history. It was so expansive and fun to read through.

>>380662970
The China culture is basically a fan mod. There are also a bunch of performance issues and graphical glitches. They also haven't touched the balance in a long time.

I hear some people haven't been able to launch the multiplayer either, but the multiplayer scene is nearly dead anyways unless you set something up with friends.

>>380663093

>The alexander hyping his troops before battle, gesulating with a pickle before battle as a phallic aid

>>380655226
>https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-empires-definitive-edition-art-update/
The details are excellent but I don't like that they are getting rid of much of the clean white on the buildings.

>>380663972
White is an offensive color, so it's a good thing they're getting rid of it.

>windows 10 exclusive
no thanks microshit

>>380657276
>Well we disagree and if--
Who is "we"?

>>380655226
>Jennifer Godwin

is this remake going to be all inclusive retarded post modernist shit?

>>380655226
Why do the animations look like shit? Age of Empires 3 had away better animations that didnt go at 2 frames per second.

>>380662875

Give it a few months after release, they won't have much choice after hardly anyone buys it.

>>380664349
Oh shit fuck this then

The buildings are way too small compared to the units.

I will only buy this if
>it's on gog
>not windows 10 exclusive

>>380655226
Why are they even changing anything about the colours and looks of the buildings? Holy shit just make them high-res, how is that beyond these morons.

>>380664401

I and other people that dislike the music. Go into comments section for the game. Other people dislike the music. People in this thread also dislike the music. A phrase for suggesting others including myself. 'We'

>>380660902
that looks amazing but needs to be more bright

Why cant rts designers learn that 3d was a mistake, you cant see shit on these screens.

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>>380665371

I think the brighter colors of the original helped the units pop out more against the background textures.

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>>380665743

that looks a lot better and all you did was adjust the brightness?

>>380665915
yes just brightness

It looks beautiful.
Is it only available on windows store or are people assuming it will be? If so, that blows.

>>380665743
Holy shit it really looks way better.
At least we can fix the game with sweetfx, god bless you anon.

Seeing these screenshots is causing all the building and unit sound effects to resurface in my mind.

The entire series is full of sounds burned into my head. So may hours of my childhood spent playing the games.

>>380666089
Yes, windows 10 exclusive.
Killed 90% of the hype for me.

>>380655226
New music doesn't fit at all.

>>380666414
i'd say you could even get that with ingame brightness option

>>380666448
>DOMDOMDOMDOM

>>380666454
It will probably be cracked and pirate servers will be up soon, hopefully.

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>>380664349
welp, that was a waste of time.

>>380666448

>The opening intro of the armies clashing and rush of men going into battle

>metal on metal clashing as you invade someone's territory and they're fighting a retreat across the hills
>arrows flying everywhere
>thud of catapults as you roll through enemies territory

>new wololo
>I actually hear "wololo" instead of "ninini" now

Is the new wololo what everybody else was hearing, just lower quality? Or is it an entirely different sound?

>>380667037

everyone could hear it but I don't think the sound is just the old one with a new birate, but a completely different voice actor, enuciating the word phonetically this time

>>380666561
It'd probably fuck up the interface hard however.

>>380667161

it's not as if people don't have buttons memorized from before anyway

>>380666693
Can pirates make it run on Windows 8?
Never seen it happen.

fuck that. i'm enjoying the current remake immensely. instead of remaking, how bout, you know, making an AoE 4.

>>380660902

Looks fine to me.

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>>380667830
>make AoE 4
>collective REEEEEEEEEEEE from fans that it's not as good as it should be

>Make AoE 1 and 2 remake
>Fans are satisfied

>>380668325

there's nothing new that they could make better that people wouldn't point to what was made before was better. It's just how people are about nostalgia, especially about rts's.

>>380668325

>implying diehard fans don't just ignore the remakes and continue playing their outdated cd or pirated copies on gameranger

>>380668789
>used to play on the /v/ AoM steam group
>couldn't hide my power level and would wreck everyone
Good times