Is the Age of Empires series dead?

onfiregun · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:45 am Post subject:

i suppose they could go further on... I mean the European powers did settle Africa after they did the Americas. So that would be about as far as they could go...but it would probably resemble aoe3 too much. but there always is the idea for an aoe2 remake lol

checanos · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:49 am Post subject:

or they could always do themed aoe4 like "lord of the rings" or "star wars"
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SAOL · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:04 pm Post subject:

Noo.... There was Halo Wars for futurism.
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Hoop Thrower · Councillor Joined: 16 Mar 2010 Posts: 744 Location: Chile

I actually believe an AoM2 would be amazing, they simply left lots of room to explore in the first game, if they changed the setting to be more medieval it would be amusing, I dont know though how they could make euro factions different from one another...

I'm more surprised though at the fact that everyone fails to realize AoEO is the new age of empires game, they already made a remake of an old one, wether you like it or not...
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Ca Putt · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:45 am Post subject:

peugeot407 · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:52 am Post subject:

Age of Kings was only ever a subtitle, the game was called simply Age of Empires II, so Age of Kings II would seem quite unlikely...

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Ca Putt · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:18 am Post subject:

I know however "Age of Empires 2 Redux" is an even sillier title. As I said, naming would be an issue. Unless offcource they are stupid enough to make it all AoEO ish, in that case it could simply be called AoEO2.
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onfiregun · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 4:29 am Post subject:

i see nothing wrong with the name "Age of Empires II: Age of Kings II" simple, and straight to the point that it's a remake of aoe2

peugeot407 · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:00 am Post subject:

Yes, but it wouldn't be Age of Empires II, would it? It'd be Age of Empires IV: Age of Kings II.

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Tilanus Commodor · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:54 am Post subject:

Hm, thread title and discussion seem to differ ..

I think what we can't expect is another antiquity game and neither a early modern time game due to AoE3. Most likely seems to be a new Medieval game, at least if the developers keep the usual "distance". So I agree on AoM2, that looks more probable in my eyes than a remake of AoE2. I'm all the way excited for what it'll be. To be honest, I even think AoM2 offers - for the branch - most chances to be "revitalized", not in the sense of reincarnation (because as a matter of fact the branch and neither the scene isn't dead), but rather as a come back to the international stage.

In the public reception AoE3 and AoEO kinda flopped, even though I think they had a greater income than once with AoE1, AoM or AoE2.

AoM2 would be a chance, because mythological beings always offer cool features, whereas real history is limited. At AoE3 you can see how much they wanted to make a new game without losing too much of the original spirit and they "failed" to a notable extent. So, the setting is easier to handle IMHO to make a cool game.
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Ca Putt · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 11:08 am Post subject:

Well the discussion has gone to "the next Aoe should be..." which is sorta an answer to the topic.

peugeot407 · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:06 pm Post subject:

You keep saying AoE3 flopped, but I'd dare doubt that... Fair enough, it wasn't the best-selling game of the century, but it wasn't half bad either. Normally, a game would only be considered a flop if the studio that made it didn't make a profit out of it, and as far as I'm aware, ES didn't lose money on AoE3.

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An AoM2 would be nice, but it would be rebranded (like the Nintendo DS version) to Age of Empires: Mythologies 2.

A new Age game is only a matter of time.

Tilanus Commodor · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:14 pm Post subject:

CommanderZeta · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:36 pm Post subject:

I know one of my teachers at school likes AoE2 a lot more than he does AoE3 (he could never really get into it), and I think he might still play it if he had some free time. I could certainly understand AoE2 being far more popular among fans.
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