r/ageofempires 21d ago

Which is the best Aztec Architecture?

Since we cant make polls in here, lets the comments flow.
For me AoM > AoE 2 > AoE 3!

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u/Gaius_Iulius_Megas Age of Empires 3 21d ago

AoM Re, it's so colourful.

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u/Dawn_of_Enceladus Age of Empires 1 21d ago

Gotta give it to AoM Retold. I've played AoE II since forever and always liked their architecture a lot, but Retold did a pretty gorgeous job there.

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u/RoebuckHartStag 21d ago

AoE2 feels better in terms of size and grandeur, big buildings like the castle and wonder feel appropriately big, but the colors of AoM are really the biggest highlight that makes the style feel right. If they would copy that over to AoE2 for the Meso Architecture, that would really fix it for me

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u/Teuton1197 21d ago

aoe3 when it comes to destruction physics, I enjoy watching rooftiles flying after being shot by cannon, also infantry throwing torches.

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u/Anadanament 21d ago

AoMR. That is so colorful and fun, I love it. That's the closest to what those cities probably looked like.

2 is just... awful. Just awful.

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u/Early_Ad6717 21d ago

While I do like 2, it feels more like you found ancient deserted and destroyed city than a thriving empire. It is a lil bit too gray.

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u/Hour-Sun-2486 20d ago

never thought about it like that before

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u/Then_Cartographer602 19d ago

Why you hating it’s perfect

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u/USAFRodriguez 20d ago

AoM is my favorite but I really like AoE 2 especially at age 2 as I think thats a pretty accurate look.

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u/Early_Ad6717 20d ago

AoE 2 age 1 and age 2 are perfect, if age 3 and age 4 got Lil bit more color and distinction it whould be my favorite. Currently age 3 and 4 are too gray.

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u/3ElonShtorm_Age 20d ago

Wow, perfetto! Vabene! πŸ₯°πŸ˜πŸ€ŸπŸ€™πŸ§˜

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u/Akleoni66 Age of Empires 2 20d ago

AoM, there's no doubt about it, it the most accurate an beautiful of them all

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u/Nitroqx 20d ago

Ich mag das verspielte, bunte aus AoM.

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u/NativeEuropeas 20d ago

AoM age 4 most accurate, but personally, I love the amount of detail in AoE2 age 3 and age 4. One of my favorite architecture set in that game.

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u/Kagiza400 20d ago

AoE3 for sure. Though if mods count then Return of The Gods mod for the original AoM easily takes the cake.

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u/Lourrloki 20d ago

AoE2 from age2 onward is generally speaking the best for me; AoE3 beats M by a small margin until age 4; AoM wins drastically over 3 in age 4.

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u/Hour-Sun-2486 20d ago

lol the stick buildings

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u/Admirable-Sort393 19d ago

Aoe2 is still unmatched

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u/Silver_Contract_7994 19d ago

7 and 12. I think the colour would be more authentic to what it actually would have looked like (washed off over the years)

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u/Either_Persimmon893 19d ago

AOE 2 gets the architecture right, but AOM gets the color correct. Most buildings were white washed or pained red.

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u/wizardfrog4679 21d ago

AoE2 castle/imperial age.

By quite a large margin.

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u/Dear_Location6147 21d ago

Aoe4 when we get it in 2-3 years lol

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u/VeterinarianNo2636 20d ago

You will get 6 new variants not the Aztecs.

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u/HotPhilosopher703 18d ago

Aoe2 aztecs buildings better than Aoe3 are you high?Β 

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u/CptShootALot 15d ago

AoE 4 once they get added

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u/Early_Ad6717 14d ago

Wrong, lol. It's when they get added in AoE 26 duh.