Some anectodal evidence from my side on how the viewer numbers can get skewed quite a bit - I suspect I am not the only person in a similar situation:
I watched the AOE4 finals - just because I wanted more of the tournament experience. I was not able to catch the AOE2 finals live because I had...
Another surprisingly big factor for me is the sound design - which generally seems to be held in high regard for AoE4, but it's a bit of a double edged sword. The dynamic yelling when armies go into battle is cool, siege sounds really thundering - but everything else is a bit underwhelming and...
I suppose you're referring to TheViper vs. VortiX here. Don't have a stake in the AoE2/AoE4 debate, but just objectively speaking what you saw felt like a bit of an outlier to me, given what I've watched so far. Much more aggressive games, very constant action in several spots on the map, lots...
Just for the record this is totally not what my impression was. He looked very very uncomfortable in my opinion, especially when the gg was called. Also looked like he turned his webcam off (right before they cut away from the player cams) to have some privacy in this moment.
I think he made a lot of good points in the video. I wasn't able to play the beta, but from what I was able to see so far, the game really seems to be ill-fitted for competitive play. Might be a fun game in itself, just not an e-sport.
I don't want to go into full conspiracy theory mode, but it...
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