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The team has eliminated that, so the AI actually has to scout now. It had complete knowledge of the map, so it could build strategies on just seeing what was going on rather than actually reacting and playing well. So the AI didn’t have to scout, didn’t have to do anything to learn what you were doing, and didn’t grant you opportunities when it missed what you were doing. The other thing was that it saw the whole map.

One was it had resources beyond what a normal player would have, so it basically got free resources. How did the old AI cheat, and what have you done to keep the new AI competitive?Īdam Isgreen: The old AI did two things that allowed it to cheat pretty heavily. PCGN: In a recent interview, you said that in previous versions of the game the AI cheated, but that in the Definitive Edition, it’ll play fair. To find out more about what Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition has in store, how the devs are finding the balance between old and new, and what they think about how the RTS genre is faring in general, we reached out to series creative director, Adam Isgreen. That means polishing some of the rough edges of its ‘90s origins without losing any of its character. In giving players a reworked take on a game they already love, it needs to preserve everything that made the original a classic, yet Microsoft is also keen to reintroduce it to a new generation. The E3 trailer (below) offers glimpses of these features, but how it will compare gameplay-wise to the now 20-year-old base game is more of a mystery.Īs Age of Empires IV looms, Age II: DE faces a particular challenge. We know the RTS is getting a 4K graphics overhaul, remastered audio, and an all-new campaign, The Last Khans. We spoke to series creative director Adam Isgreen about the challenges of remastering the RTSįollowing Microsoft’s announcement at E3 that Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition will release this autumn, many of the series’ million regular players are no doubt keen to learn exactly what the shiny new version will bring. The old and new in Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition: “we’re done adding civs”