Unique music and more than 300 pieces of original art enhance your game as you follow a soldier through battles featuring William Wallace, Joan of Arc, Saladin, Genghis Khan, and Frederick Barbarossa. Learning campaign Master the basics by helping William Wallace rise from his humble beginnings to defeat the British. Regicide game Defend your King to win the game. 8 new map types Including Arabia, Black Forest, Rivers, and Random, which allows the computer to pick a surprise map type for you. Garrisoning Station units inside buildings for protection, healing, and surprise attacks.
New combat features Order military units to patrol, guard, or follow and choose their combat stance.
Record and replay games Watch your single-player and multiplayer games later. Find idle villagers Automatically locate villagers not assigned to a task using the Idle Villager button. New units automatically gather at a location or garrison inside a building. User profiles Customize options and hotkeys and automatically save them from game to game. Ensemble studios return for another bout of real-time empire building, Age Of Empires was quite a hit for Microsoft and Ensemble Studios and they haven't sat around doing nothing for these past 2 years, offering us a number of new features, improved graphics and a greater depth of gameplay.