Aoe4 vs Aoe2 vs CoH - Current Situation

Glad the situation is finally solved. Too bad we had long months of drama, almost all pro players and some community members completely abandoning aoe2 for several weeks or months, often while making lots of audacious statements* only to come back in shame after their falsely beloved new title failed to meet any expectations... and bunch of shills/trolls on aoezone who kept attacking anyone who dared to not be hyped for aoe4.
*Nili saying he doesn't want to watch a match between players of BacT's level, Jordan saying he has no intention of preparing for Memb's tournament, all GL boys tricking their audiences by claiming aoe4 has so much potential and is sure to be a big hit and people should try the game out instead of complaining etc. etc. it didn't take long for them to do a 180 and start shitting on aoe4 at every occasion, despite praising it to heaven few weeks earlier (looking at you, DauT)
Well, most people are willing to forgive, me included. However it should also be remembered. All the shallow praises for new product, all the unjustified calls to turn blind eye to game's plethora of problems, all the shade thrown at true fans who saw through aoe4 since the start and knew it has no chance of competing with aoe2 in either game quality or fanbase retention...

Let's hope the future will be bright and we won't have to deal with such trainwreck again. Things are looking good. A lot of pro players active, a lot of upcoming talents (praise T90 for giving them opportunity to shine in TTL!). Bunch of tournaments and some are even properly announced more than a month beforehand! Experiments with format (DWL bringing 9 vill start to "mainstream consciousness" is so good), lots of variety. AoE 2 is well.

Jump back to quoted post18 Jan 2023, 00:05 AMHannibal

CoH2 will be forgotten by the end of the year.

Jump back to quoted post18 Jan 2023, 04:11 AMblvckdream

[x] doubt

Jump back to quoted post18 Jan 2023, 00:05 AMHannibal

I know you're trying to spin the usual ball of 'Rrlic has no plan and fucks up big time', but this one really comes back at yourself.

AoE2 is a mechanically almost flawless game that has become one, maybe even THE standard in classic RTS. AoE4 did not beat it, surely, but it's taking in a lot of players at the moment. Relic has shown that they are willing and able to support the game long term, and that they know how to improve it.

CoH2 is not flawless by any means, you'll find stupid things and imbalances all over the place and you don't even have to look long or hard for them. The presentation is exceptional, but the mechanics are not. 'Living up' to CoH2 overall is not as hard as living up to AoE2.

CoH2 managed to dethrone CoH1, despite people complaining about all the talents of CoH1 having left already. If Relic supports CoH3 as they have shown to support AoE4, CoH2 will be forgotten by the end of the year. Thanks for showing that so clearly.