Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition - All Unique Units Comparison - Original vs Remaster
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Age of Empires 2 (AoE2) - All Unique Units Graphics Comparison - Original vs Definitive Edition Side by Side.
All the game captures, editing, thumbnail were done by me.
List Units:
0:09 Aztecs - Jaguar Warrior
0:16 Incas - Kamayuk
0:23 Incas - Slinger
0:30 Mayans - Plumed Archer
0:37 Chinese - Chu Ko Nu
0:44 Koreans - War Wagon
0:52 Koreans - Turtle Ship
1:00 Japanese - Samurai
1:07 Mongols - Mangudai
1:14 Britons - Longbowman
1:20 Celts - Woad Raider
1:29 Franks - Throwing Axeman
1:36 Huns - Tarkan
1:43 Goths - Huskarl
1:50 Teutons - Teutonic Knight
1:58 Vikings - Berserk
2:04 Vikings - Longboat
2:12 Byzantines - Cataphract
2:19 Italians - Condottiero
2:26 Italians - Genoese Crossbowman
2:34 Portuguese - Organ Gun
2:40 Portuguese - Caravel
2:48 Spanish - Conquistador
2:55 Spanish - Missionary
3:02 Persians - War Elephant
3:10 Turks - Janissary
3:17 Saracens - Mameluke
3:24 Indians - Imperial Camel Rider
3:31 Indians - Elephant Archer
3:39 Berbers - Genitour
3:46 Berbers - Camel Archer
3:53 Ethiopians - Shotel Warrior
4:01 Malians - Gbeto
4:08 Slavs - Boyar
4:15 Magyars - Magyar Huszar
4:22 Burmese - Arambai
4:30 Malay - Karambit Warrior
4:37 Khmer - Ballista Elephant
4:44 Vietnamese - Imperial Skirmisher
4:51 Vietnamese - Rattan Archer
Пікірлер: 829
Samurai: Checking their katana every 2 seconds
@Domini_I
4 жыл бұрын
- Wher..! Its here, fine then
@ghostknight2011
4 жыл бұрын
Nani?
@notevencalm
4 жыл бұрын
*THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR POPULATION*
@ElPeppito
4 жыл бұрын
Hm yes, its still there, good....................WHERE IS MY KATANA DID YOU TAKE MY KATA- hmm its still here
@manhngo3618
4 жыл бұрын
1:00 . that's right (y)
Now this is what we call a *Reforged*
@RolandTemplar
4 жыл бұрын
Yep
@battlestar7615
4 жыл бұрын
Nope, it is only a remastered not a reforged
@RolandTemplar
4 жыл бұрын
@@battlestar7615 os better still
@mortache
4 жыл бұрын
@@battlestar7615 really? Its more like building a completely new game inspired by the old one
@thessop9439
4 жыл бұрын
That's why a *Definitive* is superior
Finally Mongols and Byzantines managed to calm down their horses.
@asterlofts1565
3 жыл бұрын
But now the Samurais are like crazy with their Katanas... although that makes them funnier... it's like they are paranoid and ready to fight like good suicidal Japanese.
@ADeeSHUPA
3 жыл бұрын
@@asterlofts1565 uP
@pablovirus
3 жыл бұрын
The elephants also move very fast lmao
@BasileusHorus
3 жыл бұрын
Thats what I loved most, horses more ready for battle than riders.
@caoduynguyenvuong3016
3 жыл бұрын
While the Bolyars' horses now gone wild and the Magyar Huszars still couldn't calm theirs.
When I was a child, they always looked like the ones on the right...
@danfontaine8179
3 жыл бұрын
Lower resolution screens everywhere. You were used to it.
@MysticAura-vs1ps
3 жыл бұрын
How old are you?
@asdf-un9gs
3 жыл бұрын
@@MysticAura-vs1ps 35 now
@elgatocasanovafumadordeeuc5382
3 жыл бұрын
@@asdf-un9gs wtf rlly?
@M0D776
2 жыл бұрын
@@asdf-un9gs time really does fly by...
DE Samurai be like: "My katana its ok? Oh yes it is-WAIT WHERE IS MY KATANA oh here it is, looks good... Ok wanna see it again oh yeah everything in order, i love my sheated kata-NEED TO CHECK JUST IN CASE"
@ucthebadvc134
4 жыл бұрын
Thats funny^^
@someorclad9738
4 жыл бұрын
Can't blame them. If I got a cool sword, I wanna draw it out from time to time. Just got hyped up and all you know what I'm saying.
@xktwnxl4zlx213
4 жыл бұрын
Nice~~~
@ADeeSHUPA
3 жыл бұрын
@@someorclad9738 Indonesian
@ADeeSHUPA
3 жыл бұрын
@@someorclad9738 Indonesian
I havent played since the original conquerors expansion holy cow there are a lot of civilizations now
@thejuggernault9647
4 жыл бұрын
the expansions and the new Civs were: Forgotten empires: - Incas - Indians - Italians - Magyars - Slavs African Kingdoms: - Berbers - Ethiopians - Malians - Portuguese Rise of the Rajas: - Burmese - Khmer - Malay - Vietnamese Definitive Edition: - Bulgarians - Cumans - Lithuanians - Tatars you know the rest
@250914616672152
4 жыл бұрын
a lot of civs came out on the HD expansions, i think 4-5 per expansion
@shahranmahmood3366
4 жыл бұрын
They added 4 more in definitive edition which aren't here.
@prankstereddy
4 жыл бұрын
@@shahranmahmood3366 you tripping?? Covered all the civs there is.
@prankstereddy
4 жыл бұрын
@@housshil3675 u guys are correct he did miss it. sorry
I like to see the horses jumping and doing things that the horses do
@tiffles3890
4 жыл бұрын
Watch a documentary.
@TheDoReMiFaSolLaTiDo
3 жыл бұрын
That's what I liked about the original one. The remastered, the horses just stay still. I really don't like it.
@Nostalgia_Addict
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheDoReMiFaSolLaTiDo they look like statues. Lifeless when standing still
@buildinasentry1046
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheDoReMiFaSolLaTiDo but in this video they are moving but at different points than the original
@vmsh9810
2 жыл бұрын
Not in all horses, in fact some units from the definitive edition move more than the original
The soundtrack reminds me of my childhood soooooo much 😭 used to play this game almost every day when i was young
Thanks for showing the units from every angle and even having the same background on each side. Very professional video.
See Blizzard? this is how to remaster. take note please.
@balnur7995
4 жыл бұрын
Graphics wise Reforged wasnt even that bad, the unit models especially were for most part great imrovements....everything else though....
@denacane2778
4 жыл бұрын
@@balnur7995 yes :((
@balnur7995
4 жыл бұрын
@@erundorgames8941 Well yes they were, you would have to be quite blind not to see how much the units were improved. Although again here I have to say that job was not even done by Blizzard, but by outsourced studio...
@cyjeroxloadstar587
4 жыл бұрын
Erundor Games stop saying « barely any » you are overeacting to support your statement. They are quite improved and of an higher quality. We can all agree saying that reforged was a failure but let’s be fair.
@sharilshahed6106
3 жыл бұрын
they did upgrade the og Starcraft, in fairness.
Jaguar warriors are like King from Tekken
@ags8507
4 жыл бұрын
its the other way around
@1594fefe
4 жыл бұрын
And Rattan archers are like Raiden
Persian War Elephants should be radically redesigned to incorporate a rider/mahout, just like Battle Elephants. It will be more realistic.
My complain is with the teutonic knights. They used to have different pose now its just one
@Leon-oc4em
4 жыл бұрын
I knew it was a long shot but I was hoping for a shield.
@tsugoiotaku7412
4 жыл бұрын
i thought that they were black bearded man xDD now i see that they just wear a black helmet
@Mishu777
4 жыл бұрын
I used to see them as vampires now i can see their helm clearly
@NickkTran
4 жыл бұрын
They look like penguin in the old one.
@motazal-hyari692
4 жыл бұрын
they looked like old ladies in old ver
My 8 years old self is crying inside
@justarandomguy5731
4 жыл бұрын
Same ;-;
@MeDicenEvelyn
4 жыл бұрын
Same Bro :'D
One important fact is that the older models are not ever viewed at such close distance and designed to look better from the distance of the original resolution.
I always liked the ones that were completely different from regular units. Like the Chu Ko Nu who fired arrows like machine guns. Or the teutonic knight, who was like the hoplite in AoE1.
@AEGISAOE
Жыл бұрын
or mangudai shred rams or longbowman hits u from fog of war
This is a really well done remaster by Microsoft and Relic. Well done guys. You didn't destroy a classic.
@PixXx31
2 жыл бұрын
Just fyi, relic made age 4. Age 2 DE is made by Forgotten Empires.
@NomanJohan
2 жыл бұрын
@@PixXx31 Aren't the modder group that started Forgotten Empire work for Relic now?
@satyakisil9711
2 жыл бұрын
@@NomanJohan no, they have their own studio.
@FloosWorld_AoE
2 жыл бұрын
@@NomanJohan Some of Forgotten Empires devs help out on AoE 4 regarding balancing.
@DarshanBhambhani
Жыл бұрын
It’s not made by Relic you dimwit lmao
1:51 They still look badass
Those samurai really love looking at their katanas xD Excellent video!! ❤
@_semih_
4 жыл бұрын
Yup they are checking their katana every 2 seconds 😂
@_semih_
4 жыл бұрын
Nobody: Samurai: oh its here it's OK. *2 second later* Samurai: hey are you there my katana? *Checking it again* ... 😅
this is the typical content i'd love to see. i hope you cover the rest units
*Looks how they improved my boy*
4:15 YOU'VE GOT TO PIMP MY RIDEEEE.
@kronokryro
4 жыл бұрын
HAHAHA
@vvvppp6021
4 жыл бұрын
yo dawg, we heard you like feathers ....
@martonszcsaba
4 жыл бұрын
But unfortunately those are not Magyar Hussars. Those are the Polish Winged Hussars. Magyars also had Hussars but they looked differently. Even the original work did not get the Magyar Hussar real look but that was closer. Dont get me wrong it looks awesome, but we like our polish buddies and the Winged Hussar is their trademark. :)
@sharilshahed6106
3 жыл бұрын
@@martonszcsaba ok
Remember using Woad Raiders like crazy back in the days, they are one of the (if not the) best unique units
1:51 perfect unit to take back the Holy Land
@m_5373
3 жыл бұрын
*DEUS VULT!*
hd editon: 114p definitive edition: 720p
@orestisanguridis4372
4 жыл бұрын
Did you mean 144p?
@manupainkiller
4 жыл бұрын
@@orestisanguridis4372 Yes, he meant that. But think of it, if it would be about his dick size...he wouldn't make the mistake by saying 11 instead of 14 !
@thephoenix8036
4 жыл бұрын
@@manupainkiller someone is edgy
Miss those rainy days in saturday when i used to played this game. Back when weekends are so special.
Take a look Blizzard. This is how you do remasters.
@RolandTemplar
4 жыл бұрын
Hahha yeah
@berserker2551
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah 😎
@sharilshahed6106
3 жыл бұрын
@Kemm Miarvil warcraft reforged is the crap everyone is hating. SC R is fine.
Holy shit the old models look so much better... for me personally their vagueness makes space for the viewers imagination. Now I know that Brit's longbowman actually had a helmet instead of what I though to be big dark hair and I don't like this fact.
@buildinasentry1046
2 жыл бұрын
You’re on of those guys who prefer books over movies I take it?
They still forgot to give Janissaries their distinctive white hats, which were literally the defining item that MADE them "Janissaries" vs any other soldier with an early gun... And I liked the older War Elephant animations: if you ever watch African Elephants, they DO wave their ears around like that all the time, because they're fanning themselves with them. Those are basically giant radiators. Standing there and swaying, and especially so often and so quickly, doesn't resemble a graceful giant in the least bit...
Why didnt they add in idle animations for boats? They could have added some kind of rocking motion to make it look like theyre actually on water...
@Greggee100
4 жыл бұрын
it would have been k to rear the wood crackling on boats when they were moving on water
@loganfong2911
3 жыл бұрын
I mean at least the flags, if not the sails, on the caravels need to show some movement...
I see those Byzantine Cataphracts received the love they needed, at last! Much improved!
YES finally, thank you
The teutonic knights look so amazing now, only a shame the cross on their tunic is not always black as it should be. A colored cape is enough to show team color. Cathapract might have gotten the best improvement out of all of them though, but generally I like all improvements. Just a shame the player colors aren't that great outside of red and orange. The rest could be muted a little to look more like a color that might have been used in history.
@Serird
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but you need bright colors to make everything quickly recognizable.
@willemverheij3412
4 жыл бұрын
@@Serird Could be a bit less bright though. The original yellow color was so much better, the new one is a bit green. I do like that the new green is consistent with its mini-map color. Blue could be more muted easily, no other color looks like it. Grey could better be black to stand out more.
Actually expected them to change janissary but dissappointed cause they're looking like rifleman with karate gi's
@bugrabal1836
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah i feel you bro
@cadunkus
4 жыл бұрын
They could have added the Janissary hat.
@kutejikashi1959
4 жыл бұрын
@@cadunkus well, with the hat they looked like KKK. Pretty controversial if you ask me. The same reason why they not put those hats on the original game
@jacobnion2525
4 жыл бұрын
@@kutejikashi1959 I get that for the original game where everything was pixelated. But now in high res? The actual janissary headwear is pretty distinguishable from that. They could have done that these days.
@kutejikashi1959
4 жыл бұрын
@@jacobnion2525 Well, with this generation of easily offended people, the devs probably think that the hat thingy was just too risky to be added. I think they still make a good decision.
I enjoy the new designs but... the elephants definitely seem to have gotten into the barrels of alcohol or something. They idle like they're about to topple over. I wish there was a bit of way to randomize the units movements it seems a be off even with so few units to all move the same way the same time.
@iNeverLikedYou
4 жыл бұрын
Not everything can be perfect to the smallest detail. Tsk
@sidimote
4 жыл бұрын
@@iNeverLikedYou Everything can be perfect and that perfection is called AOE2.
@Caysari
4 жыл бұрын
actually elephants were feed wine before fighting its historical fact :D
@iNeverLikedYou
4 жыл бұрын
@@Caysari ooooo. To make the go crazy 🤪
@Greggee100
4 жыл бұрын
would have been k to hear the elephants roar when going into a skirmish...
Surprised it was you who uploaded this, been waiting on basically this exact video for months.
Staring at the new Kamayuk I saw a flicker out of the corner of my eye and thought for a second the old version had lights in their spears.
3:02 New metalhead elephants 🤘
@m_5373
3 жыл бұрын
It's "What is love"
The elephants in DE are vibing to the ost.
samurai: where's my katana, oh it's here *1 second later* samurai: oh s**t i need to check if it's still here
Good job, big like dropped
@1:40 they forgot to animate flame on the torches?!
@sheetalkulkarni6337
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah they have a lot more work
@sharilshahed6106
3 жыл бұрын
pretty sure they're only lit when in action, which would make it more realistic.
i like it more when each unit moves with a lil bit different pace from each other, it feels like they have diff personality not just a copy paste robot :D
nice comparison - iam subscribed
3:07 the elephants are listening to motorhead \m/
@m_5373
3 жыл бұрын
It's "What is love"
Very good to the point video
all of the new ones be looking thicc
@avortinus6031
4 жыл бұрын
Which is ugly
@7dayspking
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah a bit ugly and cartoonish.
The war elephants are feeling the beat 🤣🤣🤣
Even the music is remastered, it feels so good.
Great video
SWEET ! I loved this IMPERIAL RTS!!!!!
I never realised War Elephants had those spiked leg band things. They're even on the original sprites as well.
Eagle Warriors are technically unique. Should have been included in this video. I mean, Imperial upgrades made the cut...
When a remastered is better than a reforged.
Well, they all look *Definitive*
The best remaster ever!
I like the older ones more. They all have animations that make them look alive, the newer ones just stand around and have a breathing animation.
@garurumon1203
8 ай бұрын
Buf... not me. The old ones are aging terribly.
@CHR3S_1
8 ай бұрын
@@garurumon1203 The older ones also had more effort put into it. Let's take the Samurai Animation as an example, in the older version there were multiple poses for the samurai (standing, sheathing sword, holding the sword on back) while in the newer version the Samurai not only has his sword backwards but also only has 1 animation.
What irks me is the way some idle animations loop, like the War Elephants, they don't look natural at all. I like how Teutonic Knights look.
Do one with hero units please, they did unique models for them
I don't know how I feel about cataphract. The DE one is historically accurate, sure and they still look good. But the old cataphract looked so badass. The designs also matched their stats. The new catas feel like they should have 3 or 4 base pierce armor but they still melt against archers. Catas attack rate is among the fastest and the new catas with same rate looks unbelievable
@sharilshahed6106
3 жыл бұрын
When I first saw them I (used by enemy team) wondered if it were some evolution from the light cavalries. It doesn’t look that different for me to bother much now.
Fantastic
4:15 When the Winged Hussars arrived!
Amazing
I've never played updated versions of AoE2 other than the original 1999 game but the graphics for the DE are just incredible. Extrely lifelike and awesome
WE need new AGE OF MITOLOGY!!!
The bucklers on the hips of the longbowmen is a really nice touch.
Age of empires will come with me in the grave when I will die.
The Magyar Hussars aren’t supposed to have wings. Only Polish Winged Hussars had wings (duh).
@favorius
2 жыл бұрын
even ottoman akinjis had wings
looks great
Ratan archer in DE now looks like heavy archer like the description
@TheBikeOnTheMoon
4 жыл бұрын
yeah, they looks way more awsome than in HD, like some kinda imperial guard archers in the palace
@terii3695
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheBikeOnTheMoon in HD they just looks like Vietnamese rice Farmers with bow and arrow
Ok I need this game
tarkans no longer light their torches ? janissaries still lack their cape teutonic knights supposed to have white robe with black cross
@furkansaryerli
3 жыл бұрын
Tarkans only light their torches when they are not idle. Teutonic Knights' white robe and black cross would make the unit harder to recognise, for instance if the player 6 (Purple has a teutonic knight) but I assume its the player 7 (For having a black cross). That could cause some unit recognition problem. About jans, I do find their look a bit bland for a janissary. I wish they could get their hats.
Nice!!
Look how they *improved* my boy...
3:04 affraid of no one. Monk Enters. Situtation intensifies...
I really like how much more calm the cavalry is
Huskarls no longer with 1970s bell-bottoms :(
i never saw how much detail is in the unit graphics. i have both aoc without the hd, so the old cd version, but also bought the aoc de. i am actually blown away now and glad i supported the devs ^^
So cool
Damn, seeing these updated models brings a tear to my eye. This game was my childhoold "EET FEER. TOLL. TOLL. GOGO! GOGO!"
@campbellstomato
3 жыл бұрын
Wololo
Warcraft 3: Refunded left the chat
This is awesome, will you make a video for heroes too?
I prefer old version. Remaster is great. But I can't get used to it....
What about my boy the eagle warrior?
@kimarous
4 жыл бұрын
Eagle Warriors apply to all American civs (Aztecs, Mayans, & Incas) instead of one civilization, serving as their replacement Scout since they don't have Stables. As such, they aren't unique units.
@nicon4206
4 жыл бұрын
@@kimarous Well that at least makes them Semi-unique right?
@ubelmensch
4 жыл бұрын
@@nicon4206 No
@kimarous
4 жыл бұрын
@@nicon4206 Unique units are unique to the civilization, not the architectural style. Battle Elephants and Elite Battle Elephants are exclusive to the Southeastern Asian civilizations (Vietnamese, Malay, Burmese, & Khmer). Four civs can use them, so they aren't unique. Eagle Warriors are used by three civs and likewise aren't unique.
@dsjenzen
4 жыл бұрын
@@kimarous Battle Elephants should actually be made available for Indian Civ. They are the ones who first trained and fielded elephants in warfare.
I always thought Berserks wore some kind of orange hood mask until I saw they were actually beards and hair
glorioso.
Left: How the classic looked like Right: How we thought the classic looked like in the back of our minds going down memory lane :D
The music is the best of the best! 💖💖
@RocksD.Xebec1
Жыл бұрын
Music name
The winged hussar it's more like Polish. ( There are some depictions of Hungarian winged hussars, but not typical...) But the unit looks good.
@911Maci
4 жыл бұрын
they just slapped a shield with Árpád lanes on the polish winged ones
@boss0800
4 жыл бұрын
There is a mod to replace that.
Cant wait for how age e looks
Jaguar warrior, teutonic knight and samurai are my favs
War elephant Old: looks like elephant DE: *vibing;
Beatiful
3:03 It was like those war elephants were nodding their heads to the beat of the background music. Lol
Awesome game. Hopefully I’m able to purchase a gaming pc this upcoming year instead of the next Gen Console.
when i played Age 2 for the very first time, i thought that teutonic knights where black people with some sort of sunglasses, it is nice to see how different they look in DE.
I really like the new designs, specially the magyar huszar
Jannisaries look like armed choir boys
@alpereo6730
4 жыл бұрын
However in the real life they was completly different... they was red
@mullerpotgieter
4 жыл бұрын
@@alpereo6730 You'd also be after THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED *Awesome instrumental ensues*
As of this comment, 87 people prefer WC3:reforged.
definitive units has less idle movements, I think thats a point where the older versions were better. Also the weapons in most case look bigger or strange, which doesn't resembles the original designs, but in overall the quality update is visible as well.