Positive, it now leans on its 2019 remaster, nevertheless it’s unimaginable to suppose that Age of Empires 2 remains to be going tremendous robust 25 years on from when it first graced our PCs. It’s undisputable technique recreation royalty and expansions are nonetheless arriving thick and quick for it. In an thrilling new announcement World’s Edge has revealed AoE2’s subsequent growth – nevertheless, it’s in contrast to something we’ve seen earlier than, and it’s not even World’s Edge that’s making it.
So, what’s taking place in among the finest technique video games ever? Nicely, the brand new growth for Age of Empires 2 Definitive Version known as Chronicles: Battle for Greece, and as you’d count on it’s set in historic Greece, protecting roughly a century of historical past from the Ionian Revolt all through to the tip of the Peloponnesian Wars. It is a prolonged narrative growth with a 21-scenario marketing campaign that’s peppered with some gorgeous-looking animated cutscenes.
Gameplay-wise, it’s fairly transformational too. There are three new civilizations to play (the Athenians, Spartans, and Achaemenids) and a grand whole of 74 new models. 55 of those are floor models, and an additional 19 are naval models that feed into a brand new naval fight system that’s distinctive to Battle for Greece. The brand new civilizations too have some contemporary, experimental mechanics so that you can take pleasure in, however in a shock twist, they gained’t be added to Ranked.
“Within the case of Chronicles: Battle for Greece, we actually wished to strive some unconventional issues with gameplay, mess around with the Tech Tree, and take a look at some new issues with Naval that weren’t going to harmonize with the stability in Ranked,” the builders clarify in an announcement put up.
The devs do reassure gamers that this isn’t the tip of expansions including new civilizations that can be utilized competitively. Nonetheless, Battle for Greece sits as a single-player narrative DLC that appears to push gameplay boundaries.
In order that’s one purpose why it’s a really distinctive growth, and I’m about to offer you one other. Battle for Greece has not been created by World’s Edge. As a substitute, it’s the staff over at CaptureAge that has crafted the complete expertise. CaptureAge was beforehand a fan-made spectator software for Age of Empires 2, however the staff was introduced in as an precise help studio for AoE a couple of years again. Having lately lately bolstered its ranks with some veteran Age of Empires modders and builders with expertise engaged on AAA video games, this as soon as small group staff is now answerable for a whole AoE2 growth. Fairly cool.
Battle for Greece can also be the primary in a sequence of comparable expansions that may arrive sooner or later, all with the Chronicles subtitle. They are going to be “devoted to narrative and historic immersion, primarily with a single-player focus.”
Chronicles: Battle for Greece hits Age of Empires 2 Definitive Version on Thursday November 14, and there’s at present a 15% low cost on the growth for those who pre-order on Steam. You may seize that deal, and browse the total announcement put up concerning the growth, proper right here.
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