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Units and factions offer as much variety as the limitations of humanity and history allow. Siege weaponry can make short work of castle walls but the best of it is as fragile as you would expect of a wooden trebuchet and an especially juicy target for a defender. Dynamic terrain provides high ground, forests present opportunities for ambushes and natural choke points such as river crossings abound. That means youвЂ™ll need to scout the enemy, construct balanced forces to counter them and work with the environment to take every advantage you can get. In my brief time I didnвЂ™t find any win buttons or sure-fire tactics, and the population limit makes victory through overwhelming force unachievable. Taking place over six centuries of the middle ages and featuring eight factions across Europe and Asia, you will build a base, an economy and an army then out-maneuver your opponent to achieve one of several victory conditions (though out-and-out annihilation remains the most straightforward and common method).

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What I bring to the table is fresh eyes, a love of history and a couple thousand hours devoted to the Total War series and its real time historic military battles without the burden of also building peons, or villagers, or SCVs.ДЄge of Empires 4 doesnвЂ™t work quite to that Total War scale, but it does a marvellous job at recreating the tactics and trade-offs of historic military conflict under the restrictions (and balance) of a tight population cap.

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My experience with the Age of Empires series begins and ends with the faint scent of Nutra-Grain on a promotional disc and wasting at least 40 cents in local calls for modem play with a friend who decided humiliating me was more fun that teaching me how to play the game, and the last RTS I played competitively had a вЂ“ craft suffix with no number following. If you are looking for a deep analysis of Age of Empires 4вЂ™s chops as a competitive real time strategy (RTS) game or a comparison to its impressive lineage, you are in the wrong place my friend. You donвЂ™t want to spend years of your life praising Genghis Khan without the context of, you know, all the genocide, and you should know where IвЂ™m coming from before taking my opinion here as if it were preached from the pulpit of Westminster Abbey. Much like when analysing the great battles of history, context is important when devoting ten minutes of the precious little time you will spend on this mortal coil to reading a video game review. Sticks and stones may break my bones but a horse can do it faster.

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