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In 2023, this popularity in Vietnam was formally acknowledged by Forgotten Empires, the modern developers of the series, in their "Return of Rome" expansion for Age of Empires II, which ported and updated content from the original Age of Empires to Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. The expansion included a new faction, Lac Viet, "in honor and recognition of ["The Rise of Rome" expansion from the first Age of Empires game's] phenomenal popularity in Vietnam."
2020 article regarding AoE's Vietnamese fandom:
https://www.fanbyte.com/legacy/age-of-empires-vietnam
Tournament winnings of Age of Empires:
https://www.esportsearnings.com/games/510-age-of-empires
The announcement of Return of Rome:
https://www.ageofempires.com/news/return-of-rome-everything-you-need-to-know/
Forgotten Empires directly acknowledging the Vietnamese fandom:
https://www.forgottenempires.net/age-of-empires-ii-definitive-edition/civilizations/lac-viet
https://www.fanbyte.com/legacy/age-of-empires-vietnam
Tournament winnings of Age of Empires:
https://www.esportsearnings.com/games/510-age-of-empires
The announcement of Return of Rome:
https://www.ageofempires.com/news/return-of-rome-everything-you-need-to-know/
Forgotten Empires directly acknowledging the Vietnamese fandom:
https://www.forgottenempires.net/age-of-empires-ii-definitive-edition/civilizations/lac-viet
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During development, Wolves were meant to have much more complicated behavior. Every new match would have wolves start the game by forming a pack and then wandering across the map, seeking food sources while avoiding towns. Their level of aggression would vary based on their level of hunger. Furthermore, players would be able to hear howling in the background at points, the frequency of which would hint at the threat the wolves posed.
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings design document (page 66):
https://archive.org/details/age2designdocument/page/n65/mode/2up
https://archive.org/details/age2designdocument/page/n65/mode/2up
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Prior to deciding on what the new civilizations for the existing architectural styles would be (Spanish, Koreans and Huns) in the Conquerors Expansion of Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, previously considered civilizations had been:
• Western European: Italians.
• Eastern Asian: Khmers and Tibetans.
• Central European: Swiss, Magyars, Slavs and Hasburgs.
In addition, the new architectural style was chosen to be for new world civilizations because the developers found the Aztecs to be cool, had name recognition, and had been defeated by a concatenation of lucky flukes.
Many of these scrapped civilization ideas would later be added into the HD Expansions of Age of Empires II.
• Western European: Italians.
• Eastern Asian: Khmers and Tibetans.
• Central European: Swiss, Magyars, Slavs and Hasburgs.
In addition, the new architectural style was chosen to be for new world civilizations because the developers found the Aztecs to be cool, had name recognition, and had been defeated by a concatenation of lucky flukes.
Many of these scrapped civilization ideas would later be added into the HD Expansions of Age of Empires II.
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It's possible to extract campaigns from the game itself and edit them like Custom Scenarios.
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