A 17 year old game can’t get a new expansion? You might think so, but you’ll be wrong, so wrong.
Age of Empires II, Microsoft’s age old strategy game where you build and destroy civilizations got an expansion last year, 16 years after its release. Agreed, the expansion was for the HD version released on Steam, but it’s still good to see there’s demand for new content for a game that originally came out almost two decades ago. This year will see another expansion for the RTS, called Rise of the Rajas.
The latest DLC adds four new civilisations: the Burmese, Khmer, Malay and Vietnamese; and four fully-voiced campaigns. New generic units take the form of Battle Elephants and Imperial Skirmishers, while “massive” rainforests, “treacherous” beaches, and mangrove forests are but some of the add-on’s new environments. Besides improved AI, Rise of the Rajas also adds five new random maps, five special maps, five real world maps, 13 new terrains, new Scenario Editor objects and a new Spectator Mode.
“Welcome to Age of Empires II HD: The Rise of the Rajas; the third new official expansion for the Age of Empires II universe in over 17 years,” reads a description on the expansion’s Steam page. “Challenge friends with four additional civilizations, new units, technologies, and build your empire on both water and land. Guide history’s greatest heroes in Southeast Asia through four additional campaigns and conquer your foes with mighty hordes of elephants under your command.”
Age of Empires II HD: The Rise of the Rajas will be available on Steam for the Windows PC starting 19th December.
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