The Hun Wars were played between 2000 and approximately 2016 and are by far the most frequently played matchup in Age of Empires II history – to this day. In this documentary, I attempt to recount how the Hun Wars came about, how they changed over the decades, and what led to the end of the Hun Wars just under 10 years ago. To do this, I brought two veterans of the game, Andre (Slap) and Chris (IamChris), in front of the microphone, who told...
In Episode 4 of the Montezuma Campaign, it is our duty to retake Tenochtitlan from the Spanish forces under Hernan Cortez, who hast taken emperor Montezuma II as a hostage and uses him as a puppet to control the city of Tenochtitlan. This beautiful city was built on an artificial island on the west side of lake Texcoco and showcases this early campaign in all it's beauty. We'll first have to gather our forces, we get to kill an enemy priest...
Episode 3 of the Montezuma Campaign leeds us to confront the Spanish invadors and their allies, who a threatening the Tabasco. This mission is considered the hardest of the campaign if you want to save Tabasco, especially because there's quite the distance to overcome before you can help your ally. Challange accepted, also I want the achievement you get for saving Tabasco, so I'll be telling you how I succeeded on the hardest difficulty. Apart...
In Episode 4 der Montezuma-Kampagne ist es unsere Aufgabe, Tenochtitlan von den spanischen Truppen unter Hernán Cortés zurückzuerobern, der Kaiser Montezuma II als Geisel genommen hat und ihn als Marionette benutzt, um die Stadt Tenochtitlan zu kontrollieren. Diese wunderschöne Stadt wurde auf einer künstlichen Insel im Westen des Texcoco-Sees erbaut und zeigt diese frühe Kampagne in ihrer ganzen Pracht. Zuerst müssen wir unsere...
Welcome back to a new edition of the magazine! There’s once again a lot of news to cover from the past month, and here’s the program:In the News section, we’ll talk about Regicide Rumble VI, Jordan joining Onimaru, the Public Update Preview, the Town Center Tango 2 drama, layoffs at Capture Age, a tournament announcement from GL, and the current status of the LingYuan Cup qualifiers. Then there’ll be a brief look at Franchise News...
Willkommen zurück zu einer neuen Magazinausgabe und es gibt wieder einiges an Neuigkeiten aus dem vergangenen Monat zu besprechen und hier ist das Programm: In den News sprechen wir über Regicide Rumble VI, Jordan wird Teil von Onimaru, das Public Update Preview, das Town Center Tango 2 Drama, Entlassungen bei Capture Age, ein Turnierannouncement von GL und den aktuellen Stand bei den LingYuan Cup Qualifiern. Dann gibt‘s kurz Franchise News...
Welcome back to the Montezuma Campaign! In this episode, we'll finally meet our nemesis: Hernan Cortez. But before that, we need to rally our allies in order to defeat our sworn enemies and capture as many human sacrifices as possible to appease our gruesome goods.Chris
This is the kickoff episode of the Montezuma Campaign in Age of Empires II. I played all six missions of the campaign and delved deep into historical research, and I would like to share the results with you in this short campaign series. The Aztec campaign was released with the release of The Conqueror add-on in 2000 and tells the story of the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan and the fall of the Aztec Empire during the reign of Montezuma II in...
From all of the many civilizations in Age of Empires II, Huns are probably the ones having the greates impact on the game. They have been played for many years in the Hun Wars and coined the term "Huns are Huns". In this podcast, we'll do a deep dive into what actually makes huns the huns we know and, spoiler, have always known. There is a lot of nostalgia involved for some players and others may find the huns a little lackluster for good...
Von allen Zivilisationen in Age of Empires II haben die Hunnen wahrscheinlich den größten Einfluss auf das Spiel gehabt. Sie wurden viele Jahre lang in den Hunnenkriegen gespielt und haben den Ausdruck „Hunnen sind Hunnen” geprägt. In diesem Podcast werden wir uns eingehend damit befassen, was die Hunnen eigentlich zu den Hunnen macht, die wir kennen und – Spoiler – schon immer gekannt haben. Für einige Spieler ist damit viel...
