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[G2ThaUNiT]

Decided to go back to Age of Empires 1 DE to see why it's always ignored by World's Edge, and goodness gracious......I can definitely see why World's Edge doesn't give a shit about this game. Graphically, it honestly looks better than AoE 2 DE, but the path finding is absolutely ATROCIOUS!!! Want your unit to go to the other side of a tree right in front of them? They'll just do a complete horseshoe around the entire map instead and will most likely get stuck somewhere that you can't get them out of AoE 1 DE was made on top of the original games engine from 1997, and with that, came ALL the issues the original game had. AoE 2 was so popular, even to this day, because of the massive improvements in every possible aspect compared to the first game.

So rather than fundamentally fixing decades old problems, I can see why it made more sense for World's Edge to "port" AoE 1 to AoE 2's engine via the Return of Rome expansion. It's still a standalone experience within AoE 2 DE where all 17 of the original games civs are playable on their own. You just can't play the first game's story campaigns. Probably will end up coming via another expansion lol.

Still, it means that AoE 1 DE will kind of just......be there lol.

Last edited by G2ThaUNiT - on 01 March 2024