What went wrong with Age Of Empires?

[Kantor]

benao87 said:

Kantor said:

DanneSandin said:
Aaah, yes -AoE I & II were great! I didn't really care for 3 really... Isn't there an AoE online right now?? Would sure love to see a 4th entry in the series :)

Don't hold your breath. Ensemble studios was closed several years ago, and I shudder to even think of how much more another studio would ruin the franchise.

The original plan was for AoE 4 to be about the first world war, which probably wouldn't go well. Ensemble hit on greatness twice with AoE2 and AoM, and I doubt they would see it again with that franchise.

Somebody must own the IP, they could use other studio, ...just wondering.

OT: I liked AoM, but not that much to play the expansions, or ... was there a sequel or just expansions? Anyways..

AoE, was awesome, and AoE II was even more awesome. I once played a demo of AoE III, probably a tutorial or something, ... it was boring.

Those are great games for LAN multiplayer.

Microsoft still owns the IP (Ensemble was a subsidiary of Microsoft), and recently they've made Age of Empires Online, which I've never played but which looks positively dire. So, again, I'm not getting my hopes up.

I think our next chance for an early-2000s style RPG is Warcraft 4 if Blizzard can ever spare a team from their RPGs and Starcraft.