All they need for AoE IV is servicable controller support and full m+kb support. It works with a controller, but is best with m+kb. Like Flight Sim: it works with a controller, is better with m+kb but you really should have a flight stick/pedal setup. I don’t see anyone crying over that.
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I’m a major RTS fan since I was a kid, there’s no way the controller experience is going to be equal or better than M/KB, but I always thought the option should exist.
RTS games are my passion, if a console player can try the game by playing on a controller and fall in love with it, that’s all I care about.
Everyone should be able to experience it, multiplayer should have the option for cross-play if people so choose.
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Yes, it would be very good for the franchise and the genre with bringing in new players.
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They will have to adapt UI and the way games plays too. Because you just can’t achieve the same fluidity of “click and drag” with a controller. You cannot do that fast. That’s why the games that are based on squads (where you can select a set of units), or 4X work better on consoles that other RTS.
There is no strategy game on console that was not adapted to be playable with a controller. I for one think that console strategy games should have mobile strategy game complexity. Simpler UI, simpler mechanics and so on.
I hope no dev listens to this lol.
Supreme Commander, one of the most complex RTS ever made was ported to the X360.
Anything is possible, they just need time.
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Grubb is gonna talk Halo campaign here.
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Hope we won’t get a walkthrough during his stream.
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I don’t see Grubb, only a Jedi Master.
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And that’s why they watered down Supreme Commander 2 
You always have to sacrifice some mechanics for console versions.
I don’t think they watered it down because of the console port.
But one thing is for sure that decision was it’s downfall.
I believe it was in the time where strategy games were trying to leverage console platforms thus making games simpler. I think a lot of games at that period (I think somewhere during Xbox 360 era) simplified some mechanics in order to appeal to broader market.
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I think it’ll definitely hit it. It’s a first-party game, the reception has been amazing and I’m sure they have no shortage of fundings to do whatever with it now.
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It seems that it’s pretty much up to the dev team if you they want to include dlc, I just hope I can get the new creation club stuff without upgrading to next Gen version. Because modding is apparently taking a hit for the AE versions, also all Forza dlc is all licensed as it’s all pretty much cars I think.
Grubb just teased that he’s gonna talk about the Josh Sawyer game on Grubbsnax next week!
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Project Missourri - let’s go!
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Jeff Grubb just said that the Belfry game apparently looks amazing, visually. And on the next Grubbsnax he will talk about Josh Sawyer’s game.
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I see you in the chat, haha
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LOL - yeah.
Do you have a different allias on the YT channel?
Yeah, I’m BigFresh37, but I don’t chat often. As a matter of fact, I’m probably gonna switch to my bedroom in a minute and won’t even see the chat.
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