Age of Empires 2

Campaigns

There are five campaigns in The Age of Kings, containing historically-based scenarios such as Genghis Khan's invasion of Eurasia, Barbarossa's Crusade, or Saladin's defence of the Holy Land. In the Joan of Arc and William Wallace campaigns, the player can control a unit based on its namesake; in others, players take orders from guiding spirits representative of the army's commander.Additional modes include random map, deathmatch, and regicide: Three of the campaigns, those centered around William Wallaca, Saladin and Ghengis Khan, end in alternative history. In the William Wallace campaign, the Scottish army wins the Battle of Falkirk and imply a planned invasion of England. In reality, the English won a decisive victory at Falkirk and forced William Wallace into hiding. In the Saladin campaign, Richard the Lionheart and his fellow Crusader forces are defeated at the Battle of Acre and are forced to return to Europe. Historically, Acre fell to the Crusader forces and the Europeans continued on towards Jerusalem. In the Ghengis Khan campaign, the Mongol hordes under Ogedai Khan succeed in conquering Poland and Hungary and it is implied that the rest of Europe simply surrendered to them, for it is stated after successful completion of the final mission of the campaign that 'nothing now stands between us and the Atlantic Ocean'. In reality, Ogedai died just after the invasion of Poland and the Mongols withdrew from Europe.