Upper-Himalayas is an option, where there is no trade route.Ī far more barren and emptier version of the regular Himalayas mapĪ river with some shallows cuts off the teams of players and spills into an eastern sea.Ī map that features in the trial version. Mountains rise sporadically across the map, as do native settlements. A plateau rises in the central region, where native settlements are located. Players start out near the edge of the maps, usually close to a southern river. In the north, animals to hunt flourish, while mines are abundant in the south. Migration to the main island is necessary for survival. Players start on an island filled with dense jungle, bisected by a trade route.Īll players begin with a town center on their own small outcropping of land just off the main island. The four new game modes are: Treaty and Treaty - No Blockade and the two traditional game modes are: Supremacy and Deathmatch. This campaign is taken from the real life of Nana Sahib in the times of the "Sepoy Rebellion" or "The First War of Independence" occurred in India.Ī variety of new game modes are introduced in this game. He then goes on to continue to fight the Company's other leaders. Nanib eventually leads his forces in an assault on Colonel Edwardson's stronghold and kills him.
However, Nanib eventually joins the rebels in the Sepoy rebellion after he and his men are forced by the company to use new Enfield Rifles, despite the cartridges' coverings of beef and pork fat, which was a taboo to Nanib's and the Sepoy's Hindu and Muslim beliefs. The protagonist of the Indian campaign is Nanib Sahir, a member of the Sepoy regiments, who first allied with the British East India Company, but slowly becomes disillusioned from its cruel ways and abuse of the Indian citizens.
This Indian campaign is about the Sepoy Rebellion of the 19th Century. He then returns home to China, hoping that no one knows they were once there. However, Jian eventually learns of his treason and defeats him and his supporters. Interestingly, Jinhai seems to "disappear" upon arrival. But before exploring the New World, Admiral Jinhai, the cold and power-hungry nephew to the Chinese Emperor, hopes to become emperor of the new lands. The story mainly focuses on Huang Jian, a Ming captain who dreamed of seeing the outside world, and his partner, Lao Chen, a powerful sailor and friend of Jian Huang, who are given orders to help expand the Ming Dynasty. This Chinese campaign focuses loosely on the 1421 hypothesis concerning the Chinese discovery of the New World before Christopher Columbus. Despite this, Kichiro continues to follow Tokugawa because he is his master. Kichiro eventually learns that Tokugawa destroyed his home when he was a baby and murdered his parents. It mainly concentrates on the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate, which players will control a young general, named Sakuma Kichiro, the "adopted son" of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who leads numerous scenarios before the Battle of Sekigahara. This Japanese campaign focuses on the unification of Japan, which was also a minor campaign in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors. Furthermore, these campaigns return to the historical, civilization-based single-player campaigns, which are different from the past campaigns in the Age of Empires III series. There are three new campaigns, one for each new civilization. Himalayas, Mongolia, Siberia, Silk Road, Yellow River They include:ĭeccan, Himalayas, Silk Road, Upper Himalyasĭeccan, Himalyas, Upper Himalyas, Indochina, Borneoĭeccan, Himalayas, Upper Himalayas, Ceylon New mercenary units are added, and can be trained at the Monastery, or sent as Cards from the Home City. Besides European alliances, the player can ally through with Asian Isolation movements. The Asian civilizations all have the ability to build a Consulate to form an alliance with major European powers and exchange Export in return for military units, buildings, and additional technologies. The expansion also introduces Water Treasures that only naval units can gather. In addition, it adds six new minor civilizations: the Sufis, the Shaolin, the Zen, the Udasi, the Bhakti, and the Jesuit. The Asian Dynasties adds three new major civilizations:
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