in what order i should play campaigns?

[BoromiR]

i have both games that are available on steam, galleans return and rise of the elves. (not gold)

[QWEEDDY2]

The extramissions from the 2 first mission packs are generally not worth it

Rise of the Elves campaigns - both elves ones - not worth it.

Btw, again, Gallean's Return in some variations (not even one) released in 2003 before Rise of the Elves.

[Grindelwald]

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1 ) Gallean's Return = Repackaged Base Game + First Two Expansions
2 ) Rise of the Elves = The third expansion.

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[^5Surrender Modi]

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Gallean's Return

NA: May 27, 2005

This pack includes the base game Disciples 2 and the first 2 expansions.
Rise Of The Elves is expansion 3 and was released last.

But then again: Rise Of The Elves includes the base game as well, just not the additional scenarios from the expansions.

My personal recommendation: Play Rise Of The Elves, all 5 campaigns. And just forget about the other versions. The extramissions from the 2 first mission packs are generally not worth it.

It was released in the end but the campaigns of the rise of the elves are still the very first campaigns of a race's saga. Therefore if someone has ROTE he should play its campaigns first and then move to the others

[QWEEDDY2]

What in the end? ROTE? Yes its come last.It is entirely separate new game. Base campaign is a bonus. It was relesed late in '03.

Disciples 2 come in January '02 wnd extended version Gallean's Return released at summer '03 before ROTE.

ROTE obviosly go last, as released last. Also, read manuals - it have canonical conclusions. But do not read ROTE manual or ROTE section of Gold manual. By the way there is spoiler warning insside ROTE plot sections warn not read them until you finish Dark Prophecy first, Galleans Return sefond _ and ROTE third.

The Alliance Crusade mini-campaign as DLC released at the very end of '05.
It have no direct connections to base ROTE story.

ROTE story although direct continuation of GR events not follow them next afterwards. Some time goes. Not so many, or many - unknown. Some time goes after GR for sure.
DLC campaign probably goes after ROTE but many many times left then. At start The Empire and The Elven Alliance allies.

[QWEEDDY2]

Disciples 2 (aka GR) also have few unique scenarios. Tutorial first ofc. Impire also singleplayer only, only Empire on the map. There is Vaglan -1/2 scenario unique feature it is two-episodes scenario. And Drega Zul have very unique character with unique unit used for it - and if you play Empire you control it.
Unique of this scenario it is also entirely singleplayer (or coop) - both faction do same goal to keep Drega Zul alive.

As i remember it is all unique scenarios for D2. And none of ROTE new maps including all Gold/DLCs have any such scenarios.
All other maps are SP Skirmish or MP (although there is a bit of stories in each you can skip its dialogues). Those maps - Drega Zul, Tutorial, Impire, Vaglan -1/2 - is SP or COOP only and unplayable as Skirmish/MP-Skirmish maps.

Analogue of Vaglan is Divine Empire 21 episodes in Disciples 1 (plus Tutorial).

[QWEEDDY2]

Dark Prophecy campaign supposed to be played in Disciples 2 (aka Gallean's Return). There is no intro for Dark Prophecy in ROTE.
There is a way to convert GR campaigns into custom sagas 98% closer to original. Or less. In way os converted custom saga there is no intro for it. But it is just repeated-reminded outros of base campaigns which can be seen in ROTE.

Those experiments only for someone who already played as intended - Disciples 2 Gallean' Return first.