A showdown between the French and the Chinese awaiting the launch of the game on October 28.
In 10 days, those who appreciate the Age of Empires franchise will be able to start playing the fourth installment, logically called Age of Empires IV. To keep them patient and introduce them to the inner workings of their game, the official account posted a video of the game lasting about forty minutes on YouTube. It shows an opposition between French and Chinese.
This work is developed by Relic Entertainment and World’s Edge; It is published by Xbox Game Studios. In this real-time strategy game, «Construisez des villes, gérez vos ressources et direz vos troupes au combat, sur terre ou en mer, à travers 4 campagnes uniques et 35 missions qui s’étalent sur plus de 500 ans d’histoire, depuis l’Âge sombre jusqu’à the Renaissance “. Of course, in addition to the campaigns, the title will offer online multiplayer. “To compete, cooperate or attend games with up to 7 of your friends in multiplayer modes PvP and PvE”.
On the other hand, according to its description, the game is aimed at both veterans and newbies. In fact, the “It promises an enjoyable experience for new players, with a tutorial that will teach them the basics of real-time strategy games and a story mode to allow beginners to easily learn the game, while providing difficulty for veteran players who they will discover new game mechanics as well as advanced combat strategies and techniques ».
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Quite modest configurations
To play Age of Empires IV, you must have a Windows 10 64-bit machine. This must include at least an Intel Core i5-6300U or AMD Ryzen 5 2400G processor; an Intel HD 520 or AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 graphics solution; 8 GB of RAM.
The recommended settings are still quite accessible. Mention an 8th generation or later Intel Core i5 (Coffee Lake) processor or AMD Ryzen 5 1600; an NVIDIA GeForce 970 GPU or AMD Radeon RX 570 GPU graphics card; 16 GB of RAM.
Either way, the game takes up 50 disk space. You can book it in Steam for 59.99 euros.