Make skirmish with one civilization against easy AI free to play

Age of Empires II: DE II - Discussion
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making a free to play version for steam, which is very small download size and just a skirmish against an AI. Make it very convenient to try and let people get a taste for it. This RTS is so fun but most people will never give it a chance. I think this would work really well at getting new players in.

If you enjoy a skirmish with 1 civilization and until easy AI is not a challenge, chances are you will want to purchase the game and explore other civs and harder difficulty. If you don’t enjoy, no harm done and nothing lost for Microsoft.

This game get amazing support and its such a shame more people aren’t involved and enjoying.

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bumping this because I still think its a good idea. Especially with more people coming into the franchise with aoe4.

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Maybe include the William Wallace campaign.

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William Wallace campaign being free is good for new comers. This is the tutorial to help new players learn how to play. Besides, I will suggest allow skirmishing with Byzantines/Mongols for free. They have very wide tech tree and give players a taste of different strategies.

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Great ideas! Yes an introductory campaign would make a lot of sense.

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Original ganes demo did this.

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I would suggest to have Celts as the demo civ, since we are including William Wallace campaign. However I see nothing wrong with Joan of Arc/Franks too.

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Yeah Demos need to come back (and I’m not talking about the exploding ships 11)

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oh ok, interesting. Bring em back!!

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The classic demo with the DE graphics would be great to have.

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an introduction campaign with byzantines would be great! they have basically all military units and a good Tech tree in general

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