I really don’t get the complaints about the art style. This doesn’t look like Fortnite or other cell-shaded games at all to me. Yeah, the scale isn’t as realistic as something like a Total War game, but AoE never has been like that. Some of the animations are goofy for sure, but I always thought that was the nature of the beast in RTS games. Arrow animations certainly seem fixable.

I’m excited to be able to try it out. Nothing from this trailer really dampened my enthusiasm as a fan of the series. All of the complaints I’ve seen seem pretty minor and from people who, no offense, seem extremely focused on video design compared to most gamers.