Why do people hate Age of Empires 4?

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Published on October 31, 2021 9:00:05 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b4gXX7sjjY

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Age of Empires IV (2021)

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Review

Duration: 11:06

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Age of Empires 4 released on Gamepass for PC, Steam and Microsoft Store in 28 October 2021 and has received largely positive reviews since launch, ranking around a 7 or 8 out of 10 in most AOE4 reviews. My review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yAEfBv81XU
Yet Age of Empires 4 has also been met with some critical reception and controversy for not being innovative, accessible, or impactful enough. In this Age of Empires IV gameplay review I reflect on the public launch of Age of Empires 4 (following some previous experience with closed beta test versions and public stress tests).

I'll use various data sets like age of empires steam player counts, aggregate review scores any my own more qualitative data from comments on my unusually popular Age of Empires IV review youtube video and some more detailed poll discussions here on my channel page.

Video contents:
0:00 - Age of Empires Release
0:35 - Introduction - is Age of Empires good?
2:40 - AOE4 in review - the bad
5:40 - AOE4 in review - the good
8:40 - Age of Empires 4 expectations and reality

For my own thoughts, which are less of a focus in this video, please watch the last section or read here for my comments from my written review:

"The full release of age of empires 4 today gives real time strategy, city building, conquest and broader fort/ empire builders something to be excited about - we haven't had considerable new content for a very long time, and even with extra dlc and expansions for Age of Empires 2 and 3, including the anthology and their definitive editions, we haven't truly had a new age of empires game in a while.

Age 4 delivers some lack luster, yet 4K, graphics and reasonable AI and unit pathing (although still quite flawed) to the franchise. It launches with 8 playable factions, a multiplayer mode, sandbox mode, and over 40 missions within the historical campaigns. AoE4 mods and map makers will have to wait - the game isn't launching with that support, even through Steam.

Overall is Age of Empires 4 worth it? Is AoE4 fun? And why buy age 4 when the definitive edition of AoE4 has already come out? In this video review I will answer those questions and provide some feedback and overall verdicts on age of empires 4. I hope that Age of Empires IV will have the staying power previous iterations had, but with a high launch price it seems the barrier to entry is fairly high. Thankfully, the addition of age of empires 4 to the xbox gamepass for pc helps make it, at least temporarily, an easier sell for most".

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Title: Why do people hate Age of Empires 4?

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