This is a clear example of "customers don't know what they want" attitude at its finest

[SlenderBadger98]

@TrustfulMango90

Things started to go a bit awry with Return of Rome - I, personally, loved it and had immense fun with its campaigns. But the problems were not all of the campaigns had been ported to AoE2 DE and the increased price tag

Return of Rome should include all the original campaigns, it’s disappointing for me to think that officially porting them would be a lot simpler than creating new, complex ones for AOE2DE considering that game mode is way more deep and difficult to develop than the rather simplistic “classic” Return of Rome. Converting those AOE2 custom maps to AOE2DE like in Victors and vanquished, was likely more challenging than what it would mean to port the maps from the first game to RoR. I genuinely appreciate having AOE1 integrated into AOE2DE, but the absence of the classic campaigns is truly disheartening. I can just imagine experiencing those beautiful stories and maps in the AOE2DE engine, with all the enhancements it could bring.

@TrustfulMango90

We really need campaign packs, we DO want new civs…We DO NOT want super gimmicky mechanics. We DO NOT want short lived States as “civilizations”. Then, when this is accomplished, add new Chronicles or V&V-type scenarios to spice things up a little. But spicing up unifinished things is not the way to go.

I agree… yes. Priority should be around what’s already worked for AOE2 and AOE1 since the beginning. To pay respect to cultures of the world through campaigns, civilizaitons, and of course narration quality and accuracy-ish regarding historical events, would be really, really good.