Andrea Rosa is back! we are living strange but cool times!
Well now that everyone is talking about DE here is my take. Since April to October 2020 I played AoEDE almost daily. The last patch was great in my opinion, was it perfect? no, what human made thing is perfect?
I reckon the early versions of the game were super frustrating, no doubt, "I was there, Gandalf. I was there the day the strength of Men failed"
But how many of you have played the game since the last patch? Your criticisms almost sound as if you haven't, but I could be wrong.
I am sure some people wanted even more (I do too) improvements but objectively speaking, last patch made DE definitively superior playwise compared to the original version, no matter what you say or you do, I won't be convinced otherwise. Just in case, I don't give a flying f@q if multiplayer sucks, I honestly could not care less about a game mode I will never try.
I would have loved so much if the development teams involved invested in AoEDE 10% of what they invested in AoKDE since the latter's release, but at the same time I suspect AoE never made a 10% of the revenue AoK has done in total.
Still I appreciate the work of those that were involved in the improvement of DE as long as it lasted. I cannot blame them for corporate decisions that come from other people.
Also, feel free to correct me if I am wrong (like seriously, please do), I do think that a major reason that could have held back the integral improvement of the game was the use like the the original AI, that is primitive AF. Is like trying to make a rocket with stone age tech: we have to face that those limitations are real (if i am right, again I could be wrong), unless you build an entirely new game, and as far as I know, that was not the case.
[This message has been edited by Suppiluliuma (edited 01-31-2021 @ 09:39 PM).]