Has there been any consideration to putting the series on steam? Or putting the new game to be greenlit on steam? I think there is a lot of potential to bring in way more sales if the game was released there. I don't know why you wouldn't. There are plenty of people with fond memories of CC that have probably forgotten about it. Put it up and steam and I think you could generate a lot of interest.
Hell, make a kickstarter. If it meant the possibility of >2 player MP or especially co-op, I'd donate to it.
But at least steam, at this point in pc gaming I feel that is practically a requirement. It would definitely be the only realistic way to generate new players. They rebooted Age of Empires II, AOE III, and Age of Mythology on steam, and from what I can tell they've done pretty well, and all they did with those is raise the resolution and remade the multiplayer. I see no reason CC couldn't enjoy similar success, especially with the new 3d engine and a updated multiplayer.
-Multiplayer? it will be a 1vs1, it had been great if it had been a 2vs2.
So has it already been decided that his game will only be 1vs1 multiplayer?
I am a longtime fan of the series, and am probably a relatively young player. I started playing the series in early teens and played through the first 4-5 of the series and played a lot of CC3 multiplayer. I haven't purchased the last games of the series after those because ,quite frankly, they are just rehashes as good as the series is.
I heard the news about the new engine and became very excited, but was quite disappointed when I read it will still be 1v1 MP. Me and a friend have always dreamed of playing CO-OP campaign close combat. For us personally that would be a huge addition and would definitely be the difference between purchasing and possibly not purchasing the game.
I really think at least 2v2ai and hopefully a co-op campaign mode would be great for sales, especially if released on steam. I don't think it would require a whole lot. Honestly if we just controlled the same units, or could split up the squads how we chose, but have the rest of the campaign be identical to normal single player we would be more than ecstatic, even if that means the host does all of the decision making in the menu/squad selection screens and then 2p is granted control once the actual map starts.
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