It just feels like somebody wants to have their cake and eat it too. II is a goddamn moneymaker always has been always will be. It's undercutting itself.Īnd like, I get it.

I'm here for that African DLC.īut II? IV is supposed to cover the exact same material that II does, but despite IV releasing later this year they seem to be in a rapid-fire new-DLC-every-six-months for II right up to IV's launch date and maybe even after? IV already has an uphill battle considering it simply cannot match II at launch in terms of sheer content simply due to II's endless string of DLCs (what like, fifty-something factions, two dozen campaigns, and every conceivable cultural sphere from Malaysia to Peru? Christ.), but it's going to be actively competing for time with its predecessor now which thanks to the remaster doesn't look quite as dated now. Wish I and AoM got some love, but whatever. Like, the stuff for III is fine, I'm here for it.

On one hand, I'm always up for more AoE content and I love the endless stream of stuff (give me a real Byzantine campaign, you cowards), but on the other I can't help but feel like Microsoft's strategy is.I dunno, flawed?

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