[Return of Rome] Missing exit cinematics for Age of Empires campaigns

[Thunderforge8]

GAME INFORMATION

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• GAME BUILD #: 101.102.27465.0 (#93001) 12074291
• GAME PLATFORM: Steam
• OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 11

ISSUE EXPERIENCED

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The two Return of Rome campaigns ported from Age of Empires DE (Ascent of Egypt & The First Punic War) have intro cinematics, but do not have exit cinematics. It just skips straight to the score screen. This is despite there being exit cinematic text from the Age of Empires DE.

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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• 100% of the time / matches I play (ALWAYS)

REPRODUCTION STEPS

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Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

1. In Return of Rome, go to Campaigns
2. Make sure you are on the “Age of Empires” tab
3. Start any scenario of Ascent of Egypt or The First Punic War
4. Watch or skip the intro cinematics
5. Win the scenario (or use the home run cheat)
6. Notice how there are no exit cinematics and it just skips straight to the score summary

EXPECTED RESULT

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After winning the scenario, a cinematic in the same style as the beginning cinematic plays, using the same text and voiceover as Age of Empires DE.

Here is a mockup of what I expect it to look like.

In Age of Empires DE, the last campaign showed a special end cinematic. Something like that could be done in Return of Rome. Here is a mockup.

My expectation is that the last scenario shows something like one of the two mockups; it could be the same background as the opening cinematic, or it could be the special ending to signify the campaign conclusion as in AOE1DE.

IMAGE

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Age of Empires DE - Ascent of Egypt Exit Cinematics

GAME FILES (SAVE / RECORDING)

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[Felizon89]

Hi @Thunderforge8
This is intended to be this way.
Thanks for the report

[Thunderforge8]

@Felizon89 I don’t understand why it is intended to be this way.

• All of the Age of Empires II campaigns have exit cinematics
• The new Return of Rome campagins (Sargon, etc) have exit cinematics
• The Ascent of Egypt and The First Punic War campaigns in Age of Empires I DE have exit cinematics

Why would it be intended behavior for the Ascent of Egypt and The First Punic War campaigns to have the exit cinematics removed within Return of Rome? The campaigns are incomplete ports without them.