Age of Empires 4 is designed to satisfy Age of Empires fans more than fans of Relic's other RTSes. This mostly faithful approach was a subject of debate early in development, and Relic did discuss pushing the boundaries more: How much can you change Age of Empires before it stops feeling like Age of Empires? But ultimately, they felt they made the right choice. Soldiers waiting in ambush like this will whisper to you when you click on them, only using their outside voices once they've been revealed and the battle is on. Another new mechanic allows you to hide your units in forests, which the enemy won't be able to see into without popping a scout past the tree line. While it doesn't give you exactly the same intimate relationship with your units as the smaller scale Dawn of War 2 or Company of Heroes 2, they do seem more alive than past Age games with situational unit barks. Stay A While and ListenSound design is the main area where I noticed Relic leaving its distinctive mark on Age of Empires 4. This will apply to all eight civilizations, and Relic sought out native speakers of the languages in question when possible to record many of the lines. By the end of the Imperial Age, they'll be chatting in a form of Early Modern English similar to what Shakespeare spoke, which modern speakers can probably understand without much trouble. In the Castle Age, you'll hear a form of Middle English, flavored with a splash of French by the Norman invasion, that evokes Chaucer and his contemporaries. The English of the Dark Age will be speaking Old English, a much more heavily Germanic language that isn't really even intelligible to modern English speakers вЂ“ you may remember it from school if you ever had to read the original text of Beowulf. One of the most impressive details I learned is that, in addition to progressing visually from age to age, your units' language will change as well. The care put into each faction goes beyond the mechanics, too. The camera stays at a pretty safe distance by default, and the focus is on the character of your entire civilization much more than any individual character. Each peasant or cavalryman presents a stylized spin on history, with strong silhouettes and bright, easy-to-read colors. You have a base where you gather resources like wood and stone, train armies of around 200 units (though the campaign will sometimes let you exceed this), and send them out to conquer your enemies. Though coming from Relic, a developer best known for mixing up the RTS genre with classics like Homeworld and Company of Heroes, Age of Empires 4 is shaping up to be much more of a classic Age game than anything else. From documentary-style historical campaigns to the series' first nomadic faction, it's clear a lot of care has gone into preserving the Age of Empires experience while modernizing the experience. Age of Empires 4 details have been hard to come by since it was first announced in 2019, but no more, as we finally got a proper look at what Relic and Microsoft have been working on all this time.

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