Age of Empires IV plays it safe, but delivers a polished historical RTS

Age of Empires IV is a good game. In fact, it’s arguably a great game. It’s important to state that up front and unequivocally, because fans have been waiting 16 years to find out. A lot has happened in the gaming world since Age of Empires III debuted in 2005, including the dissolution of the series’ original developer. But Age of Empires IV proves that the “historical real-time strategy” formula still has a lot of life left in it, and that no other series does it quite as well as this one.
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