Age of Empires IV

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 473 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 58 out of 473
  3. Negative: 76 out of 473
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  1. erfunfazli
    Apr 17, 2023
    8
    Historical narrating is really good as a person who loves history I really liked that.
    After some years now we have a real time strategic Game with a good and cooked graphics.
    It has an acceptable gameplay, differences between factions are good.
    This game reminds me age of mythology.
  2. rezo_21
    Nov 9, 2021
    7
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  3. antwerp
    Oct 29, 2021
    7
    Not so, bad however the previous versions were much more playable. There is no guiding story to focus on. There is just some kind of history lessons which are more boring then enternaining. Graphics is like it was released five years ago at Best. As a whole the game is quite dissapointing.
  4. TheHungryMingo
    Nov 13, 2021
    7
    It feels like a good remake of AOE II but there's nothing that makes me want to play it for very long. It honestly just feels very basic, but maybe that's what people want from it.

    The menus for setting up 'skirmish' matches are awful, they have a few presets, but even just to set up a 4 player free for all with no teams takes way too long. I also think that the difference in difficulty    It feels like a good remake of AOE II but there's nothing that makes me want to play it for very long. It honestly just feels very basic, but maybe that's what people want from it.

    The menus for setting up 'skirmish' matches are awful, they have a few presets, but even just to set up a 4 player free for all with no teams takes way too long. I also think that the difference in difficulty levels is too large. The standard AI difficulty is challenging in a 4 player match, but dropping it down a level, the AI literally can't/won't do anything to stop you.    … Expand
  5. ShReKiNaToRI
    Dec 6, 2021
    7
    Comparado con las entregas anteriores este me parece el mas flojo, el primero fue innovador pero las mecánicas no eran las mejores, el segundo es el mejor en todo sentido, avanzo de era, de la antigua a la media, llevo las mecánicas a otro nivel, y que con el paso de las actualizaciones del juego llego a un punto donde se perfeccionaron demasiado permitiendo las mejores partidasComparado con las entregas anteriores este me parece el mas flojo, el primero fue innovador pero las mecánicas no eran las mejores, el segundo es el mejor en todo sentido, avanzo de era, de la antigua a la media, llevo las mecánicas a otro nivel, y que con el paso de las actualizaciones del juego llego a un punto donde se perfeccionaron demasiado permitiendo las mejores partidas multijugador de todas, el tercero avanzo de la edad media a la moderna, lo cual es algo que agradezco mucho, sin embargo los ejércitos se redujeron y eso hizo que las partidas multijugador no fuesen tan emocionantes, sin embargo la campaña con su gran apartado visual es de mis favoritas, sin embargo esta cuarta entrega recicla la edad media, mata casi al 100% el micromanejo, y además el apartado grafico pareciera que volvimos al 2010… Expand
  6. khanlion
    Nov 8, 2021
    7
    We waited a long time but it was worth the wait. And very low system required.
  7. IJustWorkHere
    Nov 17, 2021
    7
    I am having a good time with Age of Empires IV so far. The gameplay is fairly straightforward and anybody with RTS experience will find it easy to hit the ground running. I think the historical aspects of the game are great/love seeing the armies overlaid on top of modern images.

    They *really* need to add the ability to save and/or pause multiplayer games - I play a lot of co-op    I am having a good time with Age of Empires IV so far. The gameplay is fairly straightforward and anybody with RTS experience will find it easy to hit the ground running. I think the historical aspects of the game are great/love seeing the armies overlaid on top of modern images.

    They *really* need to add the ability to save and/or pause multiplayer games - I play a lot of co-op against the computer and the inability to save/resume a multiplayer game is killing me and prevents me from rating this higher. It is ridiculous to expect people to sit there for hours with no break...life (for most of us) simply does not work that way.    … Expand
  8. Lateralus35
    Nov 23, 2021
    7
    I'm currently playing this game via Game Pass for $1. I would normally buy it through Steam but I don't think it's worth $110 NZD. I'll buy it from Steam once the price drops to about half that.
    I don't think it's a bad game but it's not as good as the fan boys are saying. Do some of you guys really think it's a 10/10 in it's current state? Come on, that's a big call. My short story is    I'm currently playing this game via Game Pass for $1. I would normally buy it through Steam but I don't think it's worth $110 NZD. I'll buy it from Steam once the price drops to about half that.
    I don't think it's a bad game but it's not as good as the fan boys are saying. Do some of you guys really think it's a 10/10 in it's current state? Come on, that's a big call. My short story is that I think it's about a 7/10 right now in it's current state. It feels like this game has been designed more for causal gamers. Initially, I don't have a problem with that however, AoE 2 DE has proved that you can have a complete game be suitable for both causal and hard core, without much of a compromise.

    I'll be following this games development closely over the next two years and if some of the issues are improved upon then I'll be happy to change this review to reflect that.    … Expand
  9. Marinusf
    Sep 3, 2022
    7
    Gameplay wise and graphics wise nothing too special. It's just a more modern version of AOE2. Overall the game lacks a UI that immerses you into the game. It looks too modern. Gameplay-wise they added some new features but these are also not really groundbreaking.
  10. whalepudding
    Nov 5, 2021
    6
    Not a bad game. It might help bring a new generation of players to AoE, but for returning players, It's a massive disappointment. There's nothing here to cause players to move over from AoE2, which is still a far superior game. AoE2 has way more features, civs, and better game mechanics. They played it way too safe, and they really needed to do more. Just feels outdated at this point,Not a bad game. It might help bring a new generation of players to AoE, but for returning players, It's a massive disappointment. There's nothing here to cause players to move over from AoE2, which is still a far superior game. AoE2 has way more features, civs, and better game mechanics. They played it way too safe, and they really needed to do more. Just feels outdated at this point, definitely not worth the 60 dollar price tag. 16 years for this??… Expand
  11. Ltatehere
    Oct 29, 2021
    6
    1. UI takes up too much space and it's modern look is not appropriate or the medieval time period.
    2. Every map looks and feels the same. Gets old fast.z
    3. No replays, AI has no personality, no random race, no color choice.
    4. Feels like a mobile game made by 10 people.
  12. mateu_vdl
    Nov 3, 2021
    6
    First of all, sorry for my English.

    I've been playing strategy games since I was little. It has always been my favorite genre and the one that I have enjoyed the most games. Among the video games I have played (and mostly completed) you can find Empire Earth, Praetorians, Crusaders, Total War, Tzar, Ground Control, LOTR: The Battle for the middle earth, Starcraft 2, etc. And I am in    First of all, sorry for my English.

    I've been playing strategy games since I was little. It has always been my favorite genre and the one that I have enjoyed the most games.

    Among the video games I have played (and mostly completed) you can find Empire Earth, Praetorians, Crusaders, Total War, Tzar, Ground Control, LOTR: The Battle for the middle earth, Starcraft 2, etc. And I am in these comments because in its day, I played AoE, and its 2nd and 3rd, and the magnificent Age of Mythology.

    Some time ago I found out that this installment would come out and 2 days ago I started playing wanting to be surprised and get excited about these games again. After these days, I find myself a lazy game, with few civilizations and a difference between the units and their upgrades. We will all remember the units from AoE 2, I think all of them were recognizable, along with the buildings and some of their animations and this is one of the things that the game does not achieve. It also has few multiplayer options and few possible strategies, since after all, we all usually play in a very similar way.

    For my taste, they have not struck a good balance between units, factions or buildings. It does not manage to create different games, or exciting battles.

    I think that the people who defend this game the most, do not remember much what other games offered, which for my taste, were superior in many characteristics. For my part, I still feel that no one can match what American Conquest did in his day in gameplay, tactics, civilizations, units, even use of resources.

    I just hope they keep improving and completing this game. Still, enjoy.    … Expand
  13. PiterBrony
    Nov 15, 2021
    6
    On realise game felt like there a beta test as they dont wana test it itself
    - AI and campaign is awful
    - no ranked
    - no balance
    - many bugs
    +Interesting nation difference
  14. ADrunkenRabbit
    Nov 1, 2021
    5
    The campaigns are good, they chose interesting time periods, and the presentation is really good. They made some documentaries that go along with them that I love and are genuinely great.

    My issue is that I am not an AoE 2 super fan. I don't think it's best "Age of" title (that's Mythology), I don't think it's the best historically influenced RTS (that'd be Rise of Nations), it was a    The campaigns are good, they chose interesting time periods, and the presentation is really good. They made some documentaries that go along with them that I love and are genuinely great.

    My issue is that I am not an AoE 2 super fan. I don't think it's best "Age of" title (that's Mythology), I don't think it's the best historically influenced RTS (that'd be Rise of Nations), it was a great RTS for 1999 but has since been long surpassed. As such I find AoE 4 to be very mediocre, because it is one of the most unimpressive and pointless AoE 2 clones ever. It might be better than AoE 3 as it doesn't have any of the additions I disliked but it doesn't progress the series in any way what so ever and as such is more boring so far.

    Graphically it's 10 years out of date. I get making games that can run on potatoes but this barely scales at all. And it doesn't even run that well considering what is being rendered/simulated. There are no quality of life improvements. The new mechanics are slim. The scale has not changed at all.

    Is it a bad game? Not really, it's just a pointless one.    … Expand
  15. tomgrey
    Nov 4, 2021
    5
    I'd love to love it...but I'm really sorry... nostalgy is not enough...
    Back to Age of 2 Remastered.
  16. Talkys
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Very very empty. The graphics, campaign and new mechanics are good, but we don't have many civs, don't have scenario editor and don't have a good history tab.
  17. theirrelephants
    Mar 26, 2022
    4
    Over a decade of waiting for another title inferior to Age of Empires 2. Hell, age of empires 3 had BETTER graphics than this.

    Bravo, Microsoft.
  18. TomasLacerda
    Nov 6, 2021
    4
    - outdated graphics
    - UI feels lazy, old and clunky
    - unit cap again, like the old habits
    - feels like a copy of Age of Empires and not a step up from AoE 2
    - lack of unit options (patrols, formations, etc)
    - no really primitive age feeling like AoE 2
    - no WASD camera controls possible even with rebinding

    + tutorial is well made for newcomers
  19. Sanya09511
    Oct 29, 2021
    4
    Very bad grapchic. Bored gameplay... Not to bad Multiplayer...
    I am not recomend this game for new players
  20. Paulvern
    Nov 1, 2021
    4
    If it was the first chapter I would have given a solid 10. But it's the 4th and it's worse than the second and the third.
    At the moment it has a lot of bugs (oh yes AoE 3 had a lot of bugs and still have, but I paid 10 EUR for it, not 60). Just to mention some of the most common bugs, units jump on and off walls at random (they seem to teleport!), units don't know where to go in the    If it was the first chapter I would have given a solid 10. But it's the 4th and it's worse than the second and the third.
    At the moment it has a lot of bugs (oh yes AoE 3 had a lot of bugs and still have, but I paid 10 EUR for it, not 60). Just to mention some of the most common bugs, units jump on and off walls at random (they seem to teleport!), units don't know where to go in the middle of a forest, many units don't even defend themselves if you don't command them to attack the enemy.
    Graphics are bad, I mean not only not better than 15 years ago but much more paler, everything seems as if a veil of fog is covering everything.
    The campaign is long but definitely not interesting. You won't command the same character for more than two missions and if you let he die during the mission, no problem, the mission will go on anyway. There isn't any story, just history. And it may be interesting to see how medieval weapons worked but I would have appreciated a story, a character to follow and a civilization to develop.
    Every mission is just 'defend the castle', 'attack the castle' and the only strategy is to make siege weapons and a lot of soldiers, gain meter by meter and destroy the enemy. Many missions can be finished without ever lowering the maximum number of units at your disposal.
    And that is the next big problem. With a cap of 200 nothing seems real, big battles seem just mock battles done by a poor guy with some plastic soldiers on a pale carpet.
    There are just a bunch of civilizations and at least two or three of them are practically the same.

    Multiplayer is not bad at all and if you can find a bunch of friends to play with, the game will give you some joy. But AoE II or III will give you the same or more joy.
    Improve the performance, add more civilizations and resolve some bugs, then sell it at 30 EUR and you will have a good game. Now it has too few for too much money.    … Expand
  21. charmingdruid9
    Nov 2, 2021
    4
    +the graphics are amazing
    -moving is clunky and has no wasd option
    -the games currently balanced for early game rush to hide the lack of end game content
    -lack of civs and campaigns
  22. lachlangilbert9
    Nov 15, 2021
    4
    I would not actively buy this game, but its ok if you get it on gamepass It feels like a generic dumbed down version of age of empires 2. Very generic units and very few nations to choose from, there is little soul to this game and the combat looks like poorly animated blobs with no significant strategic option's except ro have more units
    The graphics are a bit dull and reminiscent of a    I would not actively buy this game, but its ok if you get it on gamepass It feels like a generic dumbed down version of age of empires 2. Very generic units and very few nations to choose from, there is little soul to this game and the combat looks like poorly animated blobs with no significant strategic option's except ro have more units
    The graphics are a bit dull and reminiscent of a mid 2000s rts, similar to battle for middle earth but not as good physics. The only new positive factor is the historical documentaries it plays betwern missions    … Expand
  23. CRCMismatch
    Feb 12, 2022
    4
    Beginning with the good parts:
    - They've brought back the good old "medieval" timeset.
    - The investment in historical research is noticeable, and the story-telling aspect is the best ever seen. - Game seems overall balanced, while being fun at the same time - good for newcomers to Age of Empires. For the bad parts: - It shouldn't be called Age of Empires, as it departs completely    Beginning with the good parts:
    - They've brought back the good old "medieval" timeset.
    - The investment in historical research is noticeable, and the story-telling aspect is the best ever seen.
    - Game seems overall balanced, while being fun at the same time - good for newcomers to Age of Empires.

    For the bad parts:
    - It shouldn't be called Age of Empires, as it departs completely from the series main mechanics.
    - The "astounding" new graphics are on par with Stronghold 2, literally Age of Empires 3 (original one, not even DE) had better graphics.
    - If you're an avid AoE series fan, used to micromanagement and low-level field strategies, this is not the game for you (it's basically only combat-chain, you can't even dodge projectiles...)
    - The overall UI and hotkeys are a complete backstep, more akin to Company of Heroes than Age of Empires.    … Expand
  24. Nikita_Myshov
    Aug 2, 2022
    4
    A big request to make the Russian voice-over for the game, as it is very inconvenient to read the subtitles, as I'm visually impaired.
  25. TSTINKERS
    Dec 10, 2021
    3
    This game is poorly done. Graphics Suck. Game response slow. I am playing and not addicted. I'd rather play candy crush. AOE 2 and AOE 3 were great and I could play for hours. This one not so. I think the main problem is the units don't respond how you expect... like if you grab a treasure chest of 100 gold it's not like you walk over it and just get it. You have to click aThis game is poorly done. Graphics Suck. Game response slow. I am playing and not addicted. I'd rather play candy crush. AOE 2 and AOE 3 were great and I could play for hours. This one not so. I think the main problem is the units don't respond how you expect... like if you grab a treasure chest of 100 gold it's not like you walk over it and just get it. You have to click a certain way... it's frustrating.

    I didn't give is 0 because the history lessons in between the limited campaigns i did play are good.    … Expand
  26. Paul_M_Dema
    Oct 30, 2021
    3
    I am more solo vs AI player and i have to say that AoE4 AI is useless. Full of bugs and does nothing interesting. In AoE 2 I couldn't handle strongest AI but here Hardest is a joke. Beat it in first try. Game is full of bugs and stupid moments like all enemies being red (even graphs line are red after game ends... gods...). Customization of match is minimal.
    Graphic is too cartoon-ish,    I am more solo vs AI player and i have to say that AoE4 AI is useless. Full of bugs and does nothing interesting. In AoE 2 I couldn't handle strongest AI but here Hardest is a joke. Beat it in first try. Game is full of bugs and stupid moments like all enemies being red (even graphs line are red after game ends... gods...). Customization of match is minimal.
    Graphic is too cartoon-ish, can't properly distinguish between soldiers. ANd a lot more...
    Goods parts are new New Age builds and scout system (gathering sheeps and hunting)
    Overall game is not worth it. AoE2 is better for vs AI    … Expand
  27. GutiOut
    May 3, 2022
    3
    (+) graphics and performance.
    (-) micro, FOV, hotkeys, number of civilizations and campaigns.

    It is a 2021 game and this has to be considered. Just talking about the multiplayer, it's not that bad, but far from being an improvement to the saga. The II: DE is still the best option by far.
    AOE I (1997) : 6/10
    AOE II (1999) : 10/10
    AOE III (2005): 3/10
    AOE IV (2021): 4/10
  28. Alper412
    Oct 31, 2021
    3
    Age of Empires III released in 2005 and this game released in 2021 but it looks like released in 2008 That's all my comment.
  29. fruittwist
    Jan 24, 2022
    3
    Просто натянули модельки на AoE II, для меня откровенная загадка как четвертая часть умудряется выглядеть хуже чем 3, специально только скачал 3 Def edition, графика ЛУЧШЕ, реально лучше. Как же нелепо выглядит когда 100 лучников подходит к дому и начинают се синхронно стрелять в центр здания, просто отвратительно, не понимаю за что такая хорошая оценка, видимо это тот случай когда наПросто натянули модельки на AoE II, для меня откровенная загадка как четвертая часть умудряется выглядеть хуже чем 3, специально только скачал 3 Def edition, графика ЛУЧШЕ, реально лучше. Как же нелепо выглядит когда 100 лучников подходит к дому и начинают се синхронно стрелять в центр здания, просто отвратительно, не понимаю за что такая хорошая оценка, видимо это тот случай когда на безрыбье и AoE 4 нормальная стратегия. Имхо неиграбельно, лучше предыдущие части. Ах да, еще очень интересное разделение по цивилизациям, русские орки в четвертой эпохе даже пушек не имеют, только требушеты строят, и когда английский флот приплывает на огромных кораблях с пушками, у нас лодки как в викингов и лучники.… Expand
  30. agent13
    Dec 2, 2021
    2
    this is the first age of empires game i have ever played, as a fan of rts genre i hate the gameplay of this game, it's boring and unimpressive and the graphics are a shame for a 2021 game the charachters are as big as building and they look stupid and slow and too unrealistic I miss the great rts games like warcraft and older stronghold games
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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 85 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 72 out of 85
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 85
  3. Negative: 0 out of 85
  1. Riot Pixels
    Feb 23, 2022
    70
    Age of Empires 4 is based on a solid foundation created way back during the last millennium, but it suffers from a plethora of annoying little flaws and drawbacks. Some of them will be fixed with patches and maybe future DLCs, if we’re lucky, but even then, it’s a far cry from the stellar Age of Empires 2.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 18, 2022
    80
    A very decent sequel of a great series that builds up on its legacy rather than dramatically changing it. Enjoy eight very different experiences for each playable nation as you go through their most significant historical periods in great detail.
  3. Gaming Nexus
    Jan 27, 2022
    88
    A solid campaign and endless customization for single-player, co-op and online play, Age of Empires IV deserves a ton of credit for making turn-based strategy a treat to play.
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