I grew up playing Star Craft and Age of Empires together with my dad in the evenings when he would get home from work. We're picking up AOE IV for Christmas this year and I just can't wait!

Narrator: "Torch their stables!" Also Narrator: "We need some stables right where those stables used to be." ...

I agree the campaign is amazing. The videos and simulations that you get to watch are really neat.

The Battle of Hastings was actually fought in a car park but Senlac hill is just a good place for tourists to remember.

Ever since my very first gameplay on Age of Empires 1 (with The Rise of Rome) 17 years ago, I’ve completely fell in love with this game. Now seeing how the game has became so modernized and well developed even after all these years, it really brings nostalgic and great memories. ❤️

Ah, memories. I remember playing AOE 1 multiplayer via modem, where you had to call a phone number to connect to the AOE servers. and you were charged a certain amount to your phone bill depending on how long you played. That was over 20 years ago.

you need to use A for attack move literally all of the time. also you can use ctrl + a to select all on screen, or ctrl + shift + A for all units on the map. handy things to have bound to function buttons. regular movement/attack commands are only meant for retreating, priority delegation, collecting relics, and tasking villagers. edit: the benefit of attack move is that units will engage the closest enemy until they can path to the targeted ground without aggro, so you don't waste any damage time with your armies trying to walk around enemies and not attacking while they get hit for free, and you dont have to spend time controlling groups that will seek out everything on the way to the attack move position, and end up in formation after all targets are dealt with.

It is now believed that the site where the battle was fought was not at the Hastings Battlefield as previously believed. The terrain there in 1066 would have been too swampy. The current archaeology and research actually points a little further North around where a roundabout currently is.

"Very nice looking. Very beautiful", followed by the most antique looking game I've seen in years. Hasnt progressed since AoE 3

After something like 30 years of computer gaming, they still can't develop a game which has a realistic number of troops in a realistic simulation of a medieval battle. There were about 15,000-25,000 troops in total at this battle.

I also like the little orange highlights of people building the structure, as if watching time fast forward. Such a nice little touch for this game.

i LOVE THE REAL VIDEO IN THE VIDEOS

Congrats on the one mil

They never said it will be a totally new game. And it is amazing for historynerds like me. I grew up playing AoE1, now almost done with my master in archaeology. So this is a kind of game which sparks this interest. If a new generation kids can enjoy this game it is a win to our society :) And yeah this game also plays on nostalgia. So what :)

i didnt even know a bunch of stuff like the 360 cam or minimize the menus, but in my defense ive never played b4 and i came here for tips. love the vid

the only game my home pc could play without slowing down ..best to say i grew up with aoe ..love from India man ..love ur videos

Ahh the nostalgia, I loved to make my little village pretty.

1:16 Harold Hardrada: Am I a joke to you?

This place is only 10 miles away from me! :-)

Animate those chickens man!!! Put a smile on my face.

AOE soundtrack still plays in mi head… I used to play AOE 2 and AOE Aisian Dynasties… Great times!

جميله، ذكريات من زمان 🙂

I liked how the enemy spearmen stood at the position of attention and let the Longbowmen shoot them. Standup when I'm shooting you boy! lol

it was not a planned retreat. the normans pulled back as they thought william had been killed. once william revealed he hadnt been, they turned and attacked the oncoming saxons who had followed them down the hill

Excellent. Looking forward to see EP 2. Keep it coming.

Really enjoy your videos, man. Just started watching this weekend and I am definitely hooked on this and want to buy this game. It's funny I never got into AoE, was always more a Civilization guy. But my love of history and rts strategy has been kindled by watching you, love your laid back but informative narration. Keep up these awesome videos!

I love the History lesson before each level.. Best Age of Empires yet.. Now I just need the AC Cobra!!

Great video for part 1. Thank you for no webcam overlay!!! Good commentary from you on this.

I don't know what that constant shushing sound is for in the game, but it's driving me crazy 😭 Besides that, great video Raptor! 🦖

Congrats on 1 mil!

he uses a lot of age of mythology stuff it's for his that nice pay, well done

Yeah I'm really surprised at how cool the campaigns are. I'm really enjoying them.

I remember playing the demo for AoE 1 before it came out.

I would agree it's great but I was disappointed there was no navy battles

Usually I don't comment on your channel but here I have to. Congrats on 1Mil, you deserve it.

This looks and sounds amazing! The amount of details is unbelievable.

I remember age of empires 2 to reveal the map and enemies you typed Marco and Polo for the passwords

ohhh god so good ! AOE was my first RTS game !! on the ol Pentium 120 !!

We want Ep. 2 on Settlement Survival! 😊

I see a comment from Raptor on a 1C MoW2 trailer and suddenly I'm getting video recommendations on KZfaq for Raptor - nice

One thing that I miss about this game is the settings for the troops. Aggressive mode would work really well in destroying that village. Not having to grab groups and throw them at each and every building would be nice. Also setting the scout to scout the map was really helpful. Please tell me that this is a work in progress WIP and not a finished product.

Great thumbnail

u know i love this kind of games but dont have money so i just watch raptor hehe... LOVE U RAPTOR HEHE

Both C&C and Warcraft 3 rework were delusions, AoE2 revork was excellent. I hope things will go better with this one.

Awesome, I grew up in Battle, near Hastings.

this is the 1st video they didn’t place the farms somewhere random, thank u

Congrats on 1Mil man hope you get your plaque sooner.

I've been playing it for a few hours now and so far it feels like a big advertisement for the English. Half game half documentary, literally.

It’s wild to see the difference between the OG and this one.

Loved Age of Empires 2 when it came out. You ever play that one? Talk about my childhood right there

That's a pretty thick Normandy.

What game ever came out first..Age of Empires, OR Stronghold ??? They both were and are very Similar !!!

I can't help but feel the beauty of the models and animations is somewhat diminished by the villagers walking through the town hall wall to deliver their resources ;p Those building animations and the attention to details is quite impressive though!

I never thought that I would see Longbowmen attacking a field of wheat. lol At least use fire arrows. lol

You should have a look at Age of Empires Online. I dont know if you have played it before. Microsoft ran if for a couple years back in 2011 or so, they sold as many copies as they could then implemented micro transactions in game to siphon more money out of the existing player base. Everything from buying additional civilizations, buying additional mission areas, to buying consumables you could use in missions to give slight boosts to your men. The player base quickly fizzled out when they tweaked the missions to be impossible without buying those boosts. A few years ago an independent group of developers took over the game, they are now hosting it with all content completely free. Every Civilization, every mission area. On top of that they have continued to develop the game for years adding one new civilization, and hundreds of new missions, abilities, advisors, gear, etc. It is easily 10x the game it was when Microsoft ran it and its completely free. The unique thing about this game is that each civilization has a home city where you can build, craft, store items you earned as mission rewards etc. Each unit on each civ has its own gear. You could for example play a mission and defeat a group of bandits to take loot from them to perhaps find a arrow which offers 8% more damage. You could then go back to your main city and equip that arrow on your bowman. From now on every mission you play your bowman get that 8% bonus damage. Collect enough gear and your army gets stronger, possibly strong enough to do even harder missions for even better loot. Yet the loot is by no means game breaking. You wont get to a point where you are playing in god mode, it remains quite challenging. Because its hosted online almost every mission is co-op capable. Its usually an easy matter to find a team mate through chat if you are having too much trouble with a mission or just want a friend to play with. Or you can always simply choose to try and solo missions which are even recommended for two players to prove you have the skill to pay the bills. There is a global market and trade channel both allowing you to trade off extra gear you don't need, or find sellers for gear you want. A global bank account between all of your civilizations. A pvp arena to test your skills against 1 - 3 other human opponents with its own unique awards. The devs even host seasonal events with unique quests lines and prizes for each. Again this is all free. Don't let that dissuade you from realizing how amazing this game is. Its literally one of the best games of this type I have ever played, thanks largely to the new dev team who have put so much more work into it over the years than Microsoft ever did. I think its safe to say that 90% of the people who like any AOE game will love this one. Here is a link to their web site where you can download the game for free. www.projectceleste.com/

"Events never leave a trace on the land." Chernobyl: *laughs in geiger counter* Although i suppose it will clear up eventually.

I’ve waited wayyy too long for another AoE. Much of my younger years were spent playing 1 and 2. Please make a lot of these videos!

The narrator is incredible

A game that teaches me stuff? And i dont even mind good job!

I think that female voice actor is the same actor that did voice acting for TW Empire as the Advisor/guide in campaign. She sounds very familiar.

Battle of Hastings actually took place in a place called battle.

I Really love this game i still remember the cheat code : cheesesteakjiimmy, even though i forgot what this cheat code is for

Another fine work of art by Raptor. Thanks for sharing!

I think this is how we should study/learn history, not everything by the books

Wish they would bring back Empire Earth games... 😭😭😭😭

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oh how much i miss this game

this game is way better than romance of 3 kingdoms game (RO3K). Here you can see the animation of troops battle. Whereas RO3K, you have to use your imagination Microsoft should make this game available on Xbox console too but they have to create mouse to use on console too becos mouse is easier to control than using a controller.

Finally proper gameplay video, thank you mate now I know I can buy this game

I’m so confused, I’m new to the series and haven’t bought it yet but can you actually have a solo base building experience and actually make your town bigger and better over time or are you locked into multiplayer and these campaign missions??

Oh the crow! Reminds me of some legendary game right?

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Is the narrator lady the one who does those history specials that come out on PBS? She did one on Christmas in the time of Henry VIII, etc. The voice sounds very familiar.

Giants in human houses. So weird. Its a small world after all

just curious, does lumberjack and aegis still able to do its magic?

Burn the fields...burn the stables...Why burn anything ? Just use it yourself.

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Watching him select each military building individually to train units bleeds my eyes

Many old games just need this revamp done and they would have better games

I've never played AoE before. I've played Sim City and lightly dabbled with Populous but it never got any further than that. I'm currwently playing AoE DE I. I have an XboX (orig) & 2 XboX 360's (one with Kinnect)) and mainly plaued HALO I,II,III. Since getting a new Gaming PC, I've got into gaming. I feel like a right noob. Playing Aoe DE I is a struggle to learn how to play more fluidly, so I think I'll leave it a while before moving onto the other AoE's.

My goodness, how far AOE has come!

I stopped playing AoE when they released AoE 3, but this one seems to be impressive and I think I am going to try it as well :)

Glory to Raptoria

Your voice reminds me of the Principal Skinner

Omg my last name is Paton when you look my family we were Awarded land for our distinguished assistance at the battle of Hastings

The narrator is ava the ai from legends of tomorrow!

The only huge problem with Age of empires is that it doesn't have a mac version

holy moly. This looks great. The time they took! I love games that are fledged out by the people making it. Buying a couple copies just to give out. Great stuff. Keep it up Raptor!!!

Nice.. I really waiting this video.. 😍😍

I am completely new to war strategy games. Would experienced players reccommend Age of empires or Troy Total war? Which is better?

Very good video man, You are so so good. Well played.

I think aoe 5 should have self growing population mechanic with conscriptions for military units ... That would make it more life like in strategy

Senlac Hill is the wrong hill. It was the hill adjacent. Historians fckd up the location and they don’t want to correct it now because the wrong hill is now a tourist destination

That's some high caliber enemy AI right there....

I almost hate those ‘swoosh’ sound fx. And it would be nice to capture buildings instead of burning them down just to build new ones.

Nice gameplay subbed game looks clean

Finished this already lol i love the campaign love the history excited in the future what they can add hehe

I grew up in Ashby De La Zouch in the shadow of Ashby Castle the schools always drilling hastings into us. YET I STILL HAVE NO IDEA haha, Im 35 now and i literally just found out Ashby Castle was used to imprison Mary Queen of Scots which is far more intresting to me, i wish i knew that when i was with a scot for 13yrs i could have rubbed that right in her face haha. Im English shes Scotish we had to poop on each other but she always lost since she moved to England lol. So what if she was 5.

I wish I Also had a PC to play this game 😓 I really like this type of game...

remember to always use attack move