Age of Empires IV
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Age of Empires IV brings the classic medieval RTS back with asymmetric civilizations and campaigns built around real history. Its documentary-style campaigns sit alongside a fast, competitive multiplayer.
Kit's verdict · 8.2/10
A solid, modern Age game that respects the classics and smartly tweaks them.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Civs play very differently
- Excellent historical campaigns with live-action documentaries
- Landmarks make aging up exciting
Not so much
- Visuals are oddly plain for 2021
- Fewer civs than AoE II
Play it if history fans and RTS players who want a modern classic.
Skip it if players who want gritty realism or space lasers.
Cheats & codes
No cheat codes
Age of Empires IV doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Tips
Play it better
- Pick a landmark to age up based on your plan, since each gives a different bonus.
- Spearmen beat horsemen, horsemen beat archers, archers beat spears.
- Keep building villagers and keep your town center producing.
- Use the Rus's hunting gold or the Mongols' mobile camps to play to each civ's strengths.
- Stone walls stop raids but cost time early, so wall only key areas.
Secrets & unlockables
Hidden in plain sight
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Trivia
- It's made by Relic, the studio behind Company of Heroes and Homeworld.
- It launched with eight civilizations.
- It came to Xbox Series X|S in 2023.
- Campaigns cover the Normans, Hundred Years War, the Mongols and the rise of Moscow.
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