The interface is better, and I'm not merely talking about the stances(Aggressive, basically meaning that the selected will pursue until what they've spotted of the opposition until they're dead, Defensive, where they'll return to their position and not follow all that long of a distance, Stand Ground, where they'll attack if possible from where they are without moving, and No Attack, that says exactly what it does, and is extremely useful for those people under your command that can hurt your own, and/or if you simply prefer to leave them near what isn't on your side, without attempting to tear it to the ground), the three abilities, Follow, Guard and Patrol, or the formations that allow you to flank those you fight, or scatter so that catapults won't hurt as many of them at once. The stats of each individual game still show after completion, and they're elaborate to a grander extent than before. There is additional info in this, itself, for example, you are able to read about history in it. This has the prior entries beaten in complexity. There are still several different difficulty settings, so anyone should both be able to play, and be challenged. The mode of Regicide is also seen here, making for another kind of experience, as you are now out to find and eliminate one specific character per foe, whilst protecting your own from them, instead of the entire base. And you don't have to, if you just feel like playing, because there are plenty already done, and you can simply use Random Map to customizably spawn a fresh one instantly for you to use. And if you want to try your hand at putting together your own missions, there is a Scenario Editor, and a Campaign one, so you can string them together, too. The level design is almost beyond reproach, there are a couple of shortcuts taken, that's all. The campaigns are marvelous and always well-done, authentic, based on real-life occurrences.
Only one cut-scene is in this, the intro movie, however, it's enormously well-done. And the story-telling is quite interesting, and stronger than that of the previous titles in the series(obviously, since those were all text on the screen) and I never tired of it. Meanwhile, the score is incredible, and sound work in general is, as well. The voice acting is reasonable, but the accents are overdone and silly. there are a few bugs and glitches, though I've only encountered one that was major. There are, if not many, bad things to this. The amount of different strategies is impressive. And no building or man is neither impossible to defeat nor useless, one may have to experiment to discover either of them, and combinations are by far the greatest method to go with.
The Town Bell, when rung, will immediately signal all Villagers to return to the Town Center, thus keeping them safe and supplying a measure of resistance to thine enemy that ought not to be underestimated. It fires a multitude of arrows simultaneously, it's where you train the unique unit for every civilization(including Throwing Axemen, War Elephants.), and it lets you make Trebuchets, and these are the ultimate siege weapon(although definitely not the only one, the Rams, for example, are excellent) of the "new" time, hurling one stone at a time a massive distance, and they are a force to be reckoned with. Yup, you now get to construct those, and they are responsible for so much pure cool-ness and fun in this that it might have been called Age of Empires II: Fortress. This can be done inside Towers, including the new kick-ass Bombard Tower(and it's not the only thing this has that's armed with a cannon, you get a ship that is, as well, in addition to being able to create ones pushed by one person each, and Hand Cannonneers, which are essentially riflemen), and one or two others, including the Castles. You can now garrison men, for their protection, healing, and, oh yeah, they can actually return fire(with one possible exception). Taking place during the Middle Ages, not the ancient world or the Holy Roman Empire, this brought with it tons of features and improvements, and changed certain things from the others to make it more fair and evened out. After the original, and its expansion pack, The Rise of Rome, that deserve credit as well, the first in particular, for their efforts in this field, and for offering an alternative to the straight-forward "make a base, gather your forces and annihilate that of your enemies"(for while they can surely be fun, developing them further is great when done right) ones, by adding researching, upgrading and four types of resources to get, this was released, near the end of the millennium.
This and Red Alert were some of the very earliest of the genre that I ever played, and they remain fantastic to this day.
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