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• Why also speak of the Middle Ages
• Media reviews of Empire 4
"Age of Empires 4" was released today, a few days ago, the major game evaluation media at home and abroad also gave their own trial scores, in general, it is a must-play game, especially for RTS enthusiasts, as well as players of the "Age of Empires" series, to say that the disadvantage is too little innovation, the gameplay is too close to "Age of Empires 2".
In fact, regarding innovation or not, some people have discussed it as early as the announcement of the game screen, after all, the game is set in the Middle Ages like the second generation. Compared to Age of Empires 3 16 years ago, the historical process in the game has stopped, and players have not waited for modern wars, let alone future wars.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > why is it still talking about the Middle Ages</h1>
Why "Empire 4" is still stuck in the middle of the Middle Ages, in fact, you can look back at the previous two generations.
Gathering and building, organizing force, attacking or defending. It has always been the core gameplay of the Age of Empires, or RTS games, whether the background is a mythological story, or a medieval civilization, even if it is innovative, it is also a micro-innovation in detail and experience. The most appealing point of Age of Empires is that it is set against the backdrop of real history.
Set in the fifth century from the Western Roman Empire to the rise of modern imperialism, Age of Empires 2 spans about 1,000 years and can be said to cover important historical nodes in the Middle Ages. In the game, there are four stages of development, the Dark Ages, the Feudal Age, the Castle Age, and the Imperial Age. Every time you enter a new era, players feel the development of technology and the progress of force through new buildings and new units.
Players can play as Genghis Khan, Joan of Arc and other characters in "Empire 2", and the latest "Empire 4" is on the cover of these two characters.
Age of Empires 2 has won a lot of acclaim and influenced many RTS-type games, such as Empire of The Earth, Cossacks, etc. And at the time, Empire 2 became a WCG competition.
The sequel, Age of Empires 3, was released five years later. It appeared at the time of the loneliness of Warcraft 3, at the time of the "end of the era of RTS".
I hear people say that RTS is down. Perhaps most of the people who make this sound are the player groups who love a certain RTS, and when the game is tired of playing, the number of people is getting smaller and smaller, and the players sigh like this. When the craze for Warcraft 3 faded, a generation of players lamented. But don't forget, there will be new players who will take over the swords and artillery and gallop across the battlefield. There will also be new games to inherit the mantle.
Age of Empires 3 is the Age of Discovery, the Age of Geography, and the Age of Colonization. The third part seems to be a reproduction of the modern history of the junior high school, the player follows Columbus's logbook to start the game, and the game takes Europe and the United States as the main perspective, recreating many major historical events: the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the landing of the Mayflower on the New World, the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, and the completion of the first telegraph communication line.
When searching the Internet for pictures, seeing buffalo herds on vast grasslands, and Indian tribes smoking from cooking, reminds me of the eagerness to upgrade weapons to artillery when playing Empire 3, all to conquer Indian tribes.
I was impressed by three generations, the sparkling water, the busy port, the steaming train and the carriage coexisting, the characters will be knocked down in the direction of the trajectory of the ballistic flight, the building can smash the peasants, these ingenious design arrangements will be passed down forever.
Coupled with the history that I could understand a little at the time, the sense of substitution was very strong. Three generations set in the Age of Discovery, with many naval battles arranged, when you assemble a fleet, you imagine yourself as Columbus, as a lion of the Empire. Although the game is a game, modern civilization is simply a bloody history of plunder. At that time, everyone simply enjoyed the joy brought by the game and lamented how real and addictive it was.
Today, games as a cultural medium have become more influential and controversial.
Similarly, the modern and future wars that everyone expects will not appear. What wars modern warfare encompasses, which countries, what are the characteristics of the race of these countries, what are the special weapons, and how to arrange them is not appropriate.
The "Empire" series is specific to real history, let alone fictional. So the safest and uncontroversial way to do this is to continue to focus on the Middle Ages.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="20" > media evaluation of Empire 4</h1>
This time, "Empire 4" adopted the form of a documentary as part of the cutscenes, inviting scholars and actors to explain the history of the time, weapons and classes in the war. As early as a few months ago, when warming up, many people had seen the explanation of the catapult. According to the media's evaluation, there are many such contents, and they are well-produced.
In terms of game mechanics, in addition to destroying enemy buildings, players can also win by occupying holy places and building spectacles. I remember that in the first two generations, there were many ways to win, as if it were just killing important people on the enemy side.
I think the content improvement can improve the immersion more than the improvement of the game mechanics. There are 8 civilizations in Empires 4, each with its own soundtrack. Just like previous generations, each civilization interacts with the player in its own language, and the language changes with the times, such as from Old English to Modern English, from Old Chinese to Modern Chinese.
In terms of picture quality, as long as players who have played this series will have a strong sense of familiarity. In order to take care of different players, the minimum configuration requirements for Age of Empires 4 are i5+8G+. So it's not a game that eats configurations and relies on picture quality, and even if you have the latest graphics card in hand, it won't play much.
Due to the limitation of the number of troops and the collection time, the media evaluation of the game rhythm of "Empire 4" is slow. I believe that Empire 4 is still about allowing players to enjoy the history of empire, not for the purpose of winning. After all, Empire 4 has designed 40 single-player campaigns for players, and its online battle system is very simple.
The "Age of Empires" series represents the process of human civilization, it is not limited to a certain war era, there is no mythology, it is like a real human museum, players can see the clothing, weapons, architecture, civilization, language and many characteristics of various famous tribes, rich connotation makes it a global IP. Will you spend time playing?