For a series coming up on three decades of history, I guess it only makes sense it expands into mobile with everything else. During today’sAge of EmpiresNew Year, New Age Livestream, Microsoft unveiledAge of Empires Mobilewhich is coming to both iOS and Android
Developed by TiMi Studios,Age of Empires Mobilebrings the classic RTS genre to mobile devices for the first time ever. Featuring several different civilizations including China, Rome, France, and Byzantine, players will be able to choose from over 40 heroes to raise an army and conquer others.
VisuallyAge of Empires Mobileactually looks pretty good. I know mobile graphics have come a long way, but I sort of expected it to just look likeAge of Empires II: Definitive Editionbut it actually looks better.
Unfortunately, I’m not completely sold on the gameplay. Even though several scenes showed what looked to be pretty similar to authentically classicAge of Empiresgameplay that we’ve come to love over the many years, other scenes showed what looked to be pretty normal markers of current mobile “Pay to Win” trends like a VIP Level, timers (that can be skipped for a cost, I’m sure), and more. Hopefully, I’m just being paranoid. But it worries me to see predatory practices like that in an epic franchise likeAge of Empires.
Age of Empires Mobileis currently available for pre-registering on bothiOSandAndroid,
