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| 3s | Ernest I know especially with bringing |
| 4s | back the the Age of Mythology um how did |
| 7s | you approach like some of that familiar |
| 9s | world but also the new and improved and |
| 11s | I know you mentioned having the game |
| 13s | that you see in your head tell me some |
| 14s | more about that please sure so at Well's |
| 17s | Edge we we pride ourselves in like |
| 20s | basically have a connection with the |
| 22s | community we try to listen to what's |
| 24s | their awesome Community have to say give |
| 26s | us feedback and honestly last few years |
| 29s | as we were developing the Age of Empires |
| 32s | def editions Age of Empires |
| 34s | 4 every time we make any big |
| 36s | announcements some fans are like in |
| 39s | there saying when are we going to get H |
| 42s | pathology so it keeps like we we want to |
| 44s | give them this and it was great that |
| 46s | during the our 25th anniversary event we |
| 49s | get the chance to tell the world that |
| 51s | yes we are working on eight of FY told |
| 54s | so yep the original game is 2002 so it |
| 58s | is a long time ago a minute so and it is |
| 61s | crazy how long the history of this |
| 64s | franchise has been and yep bring back |
| 66s | for the fans lots of fun stuff when |
| 68s | you're when you're looking at like |
| 70s | actually using God Powers how do you |
| 72s | convey that to the player make them feel |
| 75s | like they actually smiting right so in |
| 77s | the game you get to use different God |
| 79s | powers like depending on which |
| 80s | performance you pick and it is amazing |
| 83s | it is one of the most satisfying thing |
| 85s | right um internally in the team we say |
| 87s | like oh this is the age game with |
| 89s | superpowers right right so you get to |
| 91s | like use lightning you can use |
| 93s | earthquakes like tornadoes it's just |
| 96s | cool to actually see all the physics and |
| 98s | like um things blowing up and like |
| 100s | meteor stri literally things blowing up |
| 103s | um so the thing that we approach it is |
| 106s | one of the key thing that we notice in |
| 109s | the original game most of this God |
| 110s | Powers you can actually only use it once |
| 113s | and from the data we have seen as people |
| 115s | play the game what they do is they just |
| 117s | hold on to it like okay I'll use the |
| 119s | exact right moment um and then the game |
| 123s | basically ended they just hold on to |
| 124s | anyway so in return we're actually going |
| 126s | Beyond what's the original game does |
| 128s | we're adding new features one of them is |
| 131s | you get rechargeable G powers now so you |
| 134s | will be able to do it more than once |
| 136s | don't need to just save it anymore so |
| 138s | use it |
| 139s | strategically strategically that's not |
| 141s | happening I'm using as often as I can |
| 143s | and we know that which you can do |
| 146s | to I would love to know if you have a |
| 149s | personal play style you I want to see |
| 151s | what Pantheon you rock with for you I |
| 152s | want to know if you have a personal play |
| 153s | style and does that impact how you |
| 155s | develop the games that you do what's |
| 157s | your Pantheon and how does that impact |
| 159s | some of the ways you think about |
| 160s | development I used to be the classic |
| 162s | Greek guy so like to Playdoh right |
| 165s | that's classic right you have to go |
| 167s | right but uh lately especially during |
| 170s | development of this game like cuz each |
| 172s | puan you have different way to gain |
| 174s | favors from the gods like and that is |
| 177s | how you get charged with the uh with so |
| 179s | that you get to use the god Powers so |
| 182s | the for nowadays I play the no because |
| 185s | the way they get the power is much more |
| 187s | interesting to me you basically the more |
| 189s | you battle the more damage you do the |
| 192s | more the God favors you so it sounds |
| 194s | awesome right so like the more I do what |
| 197s | I already want to do the more power I |
| 199s | get so it's like a gray Loop that just |
| 202s | like keep going so is drawback to |
| 204s | leaning into one Pantheon too much uh I |
| 207s | think there's no there there's never |
| 210s | like the only one answer for this right |
| 213s | so like everyone say that their perance |
| 216s | is the best and like honestly we we will |
| 219s | try to mix it up sometimes just so like |
| 221s | know your enemies as well right so that |
| 223s | is good you're not wrong you to know |
| 225s | exactly how to Smite the people you yeah |
| 227s | but I would say like the team definitely |
| 228s | split between different pavion some some |
| 230s | people like Egyptian some people like |
| 232s | atan so it's awesome just to see like |
| 236s | all the different battles going on |
| 237s | between all the different pavion and at |
| 238s | a minimum you got the the play value in |
| 240s | that you got to play as each Pantheon |
| 242s | see exactly which one is your jam I |
| 245s | would love to know if there are some |
| 246s | some personal Inspirations for your |
| 247s | individual teams um as they were putting |
| 250s | together these projects uh especially |
| 252s | coming back to a game 2002 um I'm sure |
| 256s | for a lot of people is near and dear to |
| 258s | their hearts because they played the |
| 259s | first one so working on it um a big |
| 262s | thing are there any personal |
| 263s | Inspirations and how did y'all kind of |
| 265s | put your personal touch on it as fans of |
| 268s | this thing that you're making on so |
| 270s | give you a personal story this is a |
| 272s | veryit interesting we we have an Aron |
| 275s | angel in our team I've been in the team |
| 277s | for more than a quarter Century so the |
| 281s | person who hired me into the industry |
| 283s | thank you T um is the original program |
| 287s | manager for Age of Empires one so for me |
| 290s | I feel like I come full circle to be |
| 292s | able to work on this franchise again and |
| 294s | this is fantastic and because the |
| 297s | franchise has been so long we now see |
| 299s | multigeneration |
| 300s | people playing like parents teaching |
| 302s | their kids to play together so it and |
| 305s | also we get letters from fans saying hey |
| 308s | I'm now literally being a history |
| 311s | Professor because they learn like all |
| 314s | the history and get interested in |
| 316s | history because of Age of Empires age of |
| 318s | mythologies and all those games so it's |
| 321s | it's great it's just like seeing all the |
| 324s | people being able to get inspiration |
| 327s | absolutely love it those are those are |
| 329s | the heartwarming stories especially when |
| 330s | you you get to beat on your kids in in |
| 333s | ag of Empires like that that's that's |
| 335s | what you really want you get that for a |
| 338s | little bit and then the kids will beat |
| 340s | you very don't tell don't tell people |
| 342s | that then they're not going to want to |
| 343s | play if the kids are going to eventually |
| 344s | get good co up against AI That's my |
| 347s | recommendation all right that's what we |
| 349s | we work family angle and just Co-op as |
| 350s | we look at evolving a game from like 20 |
| 353s | years ago um can you talk to us about |
| 356s | some of the quality of life stuff uh a |
| 358s | little bit more in depth if if you if |
| 360s | you can sure how do we that the way that |
| 364s | wellat has been approaching and this |
| 365s | titles is um one of the principle we say |
| 369s | we want to build this all this beloved |
| 372s | titles in the way that you remember in |
| 374s | your head so this really important |
| 376s | actually let's be clear about this |
| 378s | because as many folks have like play hey |
| 380s | I remember that game like for example |
| 382s | even the original uh inter mythology |
| 385s | when I first played it I I I swear that |
| 387s | Graphics has Peak there was like will |
| 390s | never get better than that right so |
| 393s | that's exactly how I felt at the time |
| 394s | and then now looking back trying to play |
| 396s | the original and to say like H it's not |
| 398s | exactly how I remember it watched this |
| 402s | right so the the way that we want to do |
| 404s | it is we want to make sure that we build |
| 406s | the game that you remember it so when |
| 407s | you first play it's like this exactly |
| 410s | how I remember the same feeling comes |
| 412s | back so that is very important to us um |
| 415s | so but for retold we are again we are |
| 417s | going beyond that so there's a lot of |
| 419s | new featur we're adding quality of life |
| 421s | features but uh strict out features as |
| 424s | well because I think we're lucky enough |
| 426s | that years now 2024 we have Hardware |
| 429s | that's like powerful enough um that can |
| 431s | really realize some of the original |
| 433s | concept and we have also learned a lot |
| 435s | over the last few years to uh on the |
| 438s | other titles to see how do we can make |
| 440s | strategy games and especially real-time |
| 442s | strategy games a lot more approachable |
| 445s | and this is like h of pathology retail |
| 447s | is the most approachable like Age games |
| 450s | we have ever built so we have added a |
| 452s | lot of features to make it much easier |
| 455s | for people to play the game so like all |
| 458s | sort of things being at what are we |
| 459s | leaving people with with respect to age |
| 461s | mythology reto Age of Mythology reto is |
| 466s | from my standpoint looking at it right |
| 467s | there's no other game they have the |
| 469s | fantasy where you have the Greek gods |
| 471s | for G the NS for against like the utan |
| 473s | sons of RA and then like allenan as well |
| 476s | it's just it's just amazing it is just |
| 478s | like a such a cool talk box that |
| 481s | everyone actually like play your power |
| 483s | fantasy like you say right the battles |
| 485s | is just amazing so I hope more and more |
| 488s | people get to try it and play it so that |
| 490s | would be fantastic I'm already telling |
| 492s | youall Egyptian Pantheon if you're |
| 493s | curious about where I'm going Egyptian |
| 495s | Pantheon see my man know what I'm |
| 496s | talking about |
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