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If Age of Empires 4 turns out to be about the world wars, what (and how many) civs would you like to see in it? What gameplay features should be included? What improvements can be made from AoE III (especially in the campaign and multiplayer areas)? Also, what natives, maps, and units would you like to be included? Note: no discussion of possible ancient/medieval AoE4 on this thread.

If it was about WWII, I would love to see Chinese women being (definition= forced to have sex) by Japanese soldiers.

And Germany would be the most "OP" civilization.

France should be more "UP" than in AoE3.

U.S. should be added.

And what else...

AoE 4 should definitely have campaigns based on real history unlike AoE III.

Civs that would definitely need to be included are:

British Empire/Commonwealth (Including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, etc)

France/French Colonial Empire

United States

German Empire/Nazi Germany

Russian Empire/Soviet Union

Ottoman Empire

Austria-Hungary

Belgium

Japan

China

Finland

Italy

Points to consider: Should German Empire and Nazi Germany be treated as separate civs, same with Russian Empire/ Soviet Union? Should British Empire be one civ or should UK, Can., Aus., NZ, India be dealt with separately? Also, what would the names be for the different ages you can age up to in the game Is this enough civs? Can anyone think of others to be included? Should the game touch on any wars between 1850 (end of AoE III time period) and 1945? I also agree that AoE 4 should end at WWII. It would be too much to go into modern war in this game. Finally, what would some units for each civ be and how would gameplay change from previous AoE titles (economy, troop training, etc.)?

AceKiller14:

If it was about WWII, I would love to see Chinese women being (definition= forced to have sex) by Japanese soldiers.

Ah, I don't think so. Come on, this is an RTS series not a crappy porn game.

Whatever they do, they can't just use the Allies and Axis as the main civs because

1.That would be a complete rip off CoH

2. AOE is about lots of civs battling it out, and each with its strength and weaknesses. We like LOTS of civs.

Then again, they will have a hard time balancing out the civs to make them fair. I mean, we all know Germany spanked France in WW2, how could they make France strong enough to fight them? 

The Modern Era does not fit the mold of AOE. For all of those who want to see AOE make a WWII game go play one of the other multiple RTS games that focus on that.

Im tired of hearing about how "cool" a WWII AOE would be. It's right in the title of the Franchise.. Age of Empires.. there were no traditional Empires at the start of WWII (perhaps there may be some validity that Nations like Germany became a Empire-like Nation for a short period of time).

A WWII AOE.. what would your "settlers" gather? Cash? One resource collection would be the only realistic option. If you are OK with that you are not a true AOE fan. Go play Command & Conquer.

Even if there were no traditional empires, AoE games focus on the most powerful nations in different eras of history. The World Wars would be a logical next step. Since people have played AoE I and II in the past but not in modern times, a remake of those would be better if it was released after the suggested title. Also, ES could modify the title for a game they develop that deals with modern warfare. They could call it Age of Global Conflict or something along those lines. It would just be an Age of... game; the word empires doesn't necessarily need to be included, as in Age of Mythology.

Wilson_teh_Great:

AceKiller14:

If it was about WWII, I would love to see Chinese women being (definition= forced to have sex) by Japanese soldiers.

Ah, I don't think so. Come on, this is an RTS series not a crappy porn game.

Relax, it's a joke.

AceKiller14:

Wilson_teh_Great:

AceKiller14:

If it was about WWII, I would love to see Chinese women being (definition= forced to have sex) by Japanese soldiers.

Ah, I don't think so. Come on, this is an RTS series not a crappy porn game.

Relax, it's a joke.

That's a stupid joke.

Brecka:

The Modern Era does not fit the mold of AOE. For all of those who want to see AOE make a WWII game go play one of the other multiple RTS games that focus on that.

Im tired of hearing about how "cool" a WWII AOE would be. It's right in the title of the Franchise.. Age of Empires.. there were no traditional Empires at the start of WWII (perhaps there may be some validity that Nations like Germany became a Empire-like Nation for a short period of time).

A WWII AOE.. what would your "settlers" gather? Cash? One resource collection would be the only realistic option. If you are OK with that you are not a true AOE fan. Go play Command & Conquer.

I completely agree with and endorse this statement.

Plus, a recent/modern setting would ruin the counter system of aoe.