This has to be one of the, if not the largest expansion ever made. It features not 1 new campaign, not 2 or 3, but 4 new campaigns. That’s a whole lot of hours of gameplay. Unlike expansions from the past the this one isn't nessacarily a continuation of the last game and rather various scenarios that take place in the time period and in some cases some are more in depth versions of things contained in the original game it seems. For instance there is an Americas campaign in this but it seems to be slightly beyond the discovery period and more about establishing a more permanent foothold, or preventing that from happening if you happen to be playing the Aztecs or Mayans. There is also the Crusades which while crusades were a part of the parent game they were not the main focus. The last two campaigns are Britannia and Teutonic Knights. If you played the core game it is pretty much more of the same with a few differences specific to each campaign. I only have a few complaints about this game and they are ones that have persisted throughout CA's use of this engine. One is the AI could stand to be a little smarter. The path finding in city fights is not too great and finally I wish the computer diplomacy would be improved since the AI is almost never willing to deal with you unless it they make an offer. And the relations themselves do not always make sense as aren't often find myself scratching my head on why they have all of sudden changed. I will say this much they aren't quite as irrational in this one as in the core game where a faction that is across the map and no direct contact with you is all of sudden mad at you. At any rate this is still great game that should not be missed.
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