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The game's being made by a new studio apparently, http://www.gamersdecide.com/pc-game-news/age-empires-4-release-date-gameplay-trailers-story-news

Actually, Mount and Blade can be quite political, as well as other Paradox games like these: http://www.gamersdecide.com/articles/best-paradox-games

The guy that made the original game is making a game called Phoenix Point. http://www.gamersdecide.com/articles/new-strategy-games-2018

It's also ranked number 1 on a lot of lists like this one. http://www.gamersdecide.com/pc-game-news/10-best-4x-games-play-2015

CK2 is about as good as they get for political games.

XCOM 2 was definitely a step down for me. Call me a scrub, but the difficulty was too much for me.

It's better than a lot of people say.

Paradox interactive has a huge variety of games, which I appreciate. Hearts of Iron is one of my favorite series from them, but I also really like Mount and Blade.

I can't believe it's been 20 years since AoE came out. Theyre handing off AoE 4 to a new developer, so I'm hopeful. I doubt it'll be out in time for it's 20th anniversary this year, unfortunately.

I got a history degree because of Age of Empires. I'm so hyped for Age of Empires 4

Civilization is a good entry level strategy series with an accessible community. There's so many great games out there, though. Europa Universalis and Crusader Kings are really good, and I love the Endless series.

If you're looking for an older game, I highly recommend of the XCOM games. The director of the original is also making a new game. It's called Phoenix Point I think.