King Philip of France is no angel when it comes to animal rights either. Then again, as long as it deters the neighbours from occupying Korea, what does it matter if a few monks get uptight? The country's Buddhists will be shuffling from foot to foot with barely concealed rage. Surely sending oxen laden with explosives trundling into enemy villages is not good for PR. Someone better have a word with the King of Korea.
The progression in the game is cool and I like how nations can change as the eras progress. The game goes from the Middle Ages all the way to World War II so it is cool going from things like castles and catapults to fortresses and tanks.
The AI in this kind of setting is great and one that is really going to push you, but never frustrate you. Here, the game always provides me with a fair and fun challenge. This is a ton of fun and while putting together your own maps is fun, I have never been good at it. What I really like about this game is how you can just jump into a random map thanks to the map editor. Do you have what it takes to help Richard the Lionheart go on conquests? What about protecting Korea all the way back in the 1500s while playing as Admiral Yi? Or lastly, playing as General Patton fighting off the Nazis! Empires: Dawn of the Modern World has three very different campaigns and while the story is great the AI is perhaps a tad too ruthless.
These are all based in real history so if you are a history buff that is really cool. I am a sucker for a good historical campaign and what we have here is three different campaigns for you to enjoy. Age of Empires II had been released before and there were a lot of people with very high hopes for what Activision was going to do with this, which was a follow up to Empire Earth. Originally released in 2003, Empires: Dawn of the Modern World is a strategy game which at the time was a massively big deal.