
"While the core mechanics and loops will be familiar, the carefully designed civs and age-advancement choices offer an intricate new web of strategies and approaches to each match," he added. Hunt also dubbed the campaign as an "incredible historical campaign that's hard to put down," and drew attention to the evolution of each civilisation, and how they differ from one another in terms of gameplay.

IGN's Hafer said that "Age 4's old-school sensibilities brought nothing but delight," and added that "the expansive campaigns and offbeat factions like the Mongols and the Rus are major highlights." "Age 4's old-school sensibilities brought me nothing but delight" Leana Hafer, IGN "The video vignettes and bonus history content keep things interesting among many traditional 'resource up and go' missions." "I had a blast nerding out during History-channel-style videos and segments between missions," he wrote. These documentary-style scenes were praised by Daniel Tack in an 8/10 review for GameInformer, in particular instances of ancient battles superimposed onto modern environments. "And I will say in its favour that it's both a novel approach and done with very impressive production values." "It wouldn't be fair to slam the game for any of this, though," they add.
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"By no means bombastic, obnoxious, or patronising, it's still just a little too dramatised for my liking, while also not going full costume drama with it. It's a style of documentary that I personally never quite got on with," Vega wrote. Each campaign is presented akin to a TV documentary, as noted by Sin Vega in their review for Rock Paper Shotgun. If you're a fan of RTS games, world history, or both, this should be an easy recommendation."Īge of Empires 4 features four different single player campaigns made up of 35 different missions. This was echoed in a 5/5 review from Cale Hunt at Windows Central, who wrote: "Age of Empires 4 builds greatly on the series' reputation that began in 1997.


"Jumping into a match as the tenacious English squaring off against the chivalrous French feels like being transported back - not only to its setting of the High and Late Middle Ages, but to a different era of strategy games entirely." "Age of Empires 4 is a base-building, sword-clashing, village-pillaging RTS of the classic style, inside and out," wrote Leana Hafer in her 8/10 review for IGN. For comparison, 2005's Age of Empires 3 has a score of 81, while 1997's much-revered Age of Empires 2 has a score of 91.
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The critical reception has been positive so far the game currently has a score 82 on Metacritic for PC as of writing.
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Today sees the release of Age of Empires 4, an anticipated return to Microsoft's classic real-time strategy franchise, and the first entry into the series for over 15 years.Īge of Empires 4, developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Xbox Game studios, follows the traditional RTS formula players move through several historical campaigns and engage in turn-based combat with rival forces, collect resources and brawl with leaders in order to build their empire.
