Age Of Empires 2 Adds New Civilizations And Campaigns In Lords Of The West Expansion
More than two decades after it launched, Age of Empires II still continues to add new content on a regular basis.
More than two decades after it first released, Microsoft s classic real-time strategy game Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings is still regularly receiving new content. This week saw the release of Lords of the West, an expansion that adds three new campaigns and two more civilizations to the game.
The Sicilians and Burgundians are the focus of two of the new campaigns, while Edward Longshanks and the Britons are the focal point of the third set of missions.
by Adrian Gunning
Today the Age of Empires team celebrated the launch of the Lords of the West DLC for
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, available now on the Microsoft Store and on Steam.
A new year is upon us and what better way to celebrate than by challenging your friends in battle with two new civilizations and testing your mettle and strategy in three new fully-voiced campaigns, as well as 16 new achievements.
In the
Lords of the West, players will be able to jump into the all-new Edward Longshanks, The Grand Dukes of the West and The Hauteville campaigns, complete with the new Burgundian and Sicilian Civilizations.
Jan 21, 2021 The Lords of the West DLC is out now.
The new civilisations coming in the Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition’s Lords of the West expansion are already raising eyebrows, and they’re not even out yet. Whether you feel they’re ‘OP’, or exactly what the game needs, the developers seem to be in the mood to keep things fresh for one of RTS games’ most passionate communities.
“Something we learned from previous civilisation is that people like bonuses that shake things up,” said Bert Beeckman, co-founder and lead designer at Forgotten Empires.
In case you weren’t aware, the new civs are pretty stupendous. The Burgundians have a unique cavalry unit called the Coustillier that can charge its’ attack stat for devastating early hits, making them excellent shock troops. If that doesn’t work though, they also have a unique technology called the Flemish Revolution that allows them to turn all their villagers into Flemish Militia – which are heavy infan
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