Kill Wallace! Defeat La Pucelle d’Orleans! Get golden helmet! +13 new achieves for AoE II: DE Lords of the West

Pre-overview of 16 new achievements for the «Lords of the West» – first official expansion to «Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition» & some thoughts about «dark side» of new stories.

Foreword

In 10 days we’ll see so long awaited expansion to «Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition» – «Lords of the West», it’s coming January 26th. It was years of expectations about for new sequel of favorite RTS Game with new campaigns!)

There were official DLCs for «Age of Empires II: HD» (2013) with new campaigns:

• 7 for «The Forgotten» (2013),
  
• 4 for «The African Kingdoms» (2015),
  
• 4 for «Rise of the Rajas» (2016),
  
• 4 for «The Last Khans» (2019):

On the same time «Lords of the West» is declared by Microsoft as «First new official expansion to «Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition» http://www.ageofempires.com/games/aoeiide/lords-of-the-west/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1389240/Age_of_Empires_II_Definitive_Edition__Lords_of_the_West/

Now, before release of this DLC are visible 16 new achievements for «AoEII:DE»:


So... onwards is their description, that allows to know about some key points and IMHO «dark side» of stories for new campaigns they will ask You to kill William Wallace ...

New 16 achievements

So, 16 new achievements of «AoE II: DE» «Lords of the West» DLC are:

• Shut Up La Hire!
  
• Golden Spurs
  
• Sicilian Victory
  
• Burgundian Victory
  
• Italy Jones and the First Crusade
  
• Haute, Haute, brief candle!
  
• Self-Made Man
  
• The Good, the Bold, and the Fearless
  
• A Second Hastings
  
• No Wheels
  
• Malleus Scotorum
  
• Throne Thief
  
• Unchivalrous Pragmatist
  
• Haute Culture
  
• The English Justinian
  
• Tour d'Italie

12 of them are about new campaigns (3 «complete the campaign» of Edward Longshanks, Grand Dukes of the West and Hautevilles + 9 about their separate missions) & 4 - about new civilizatios (2 «win playing as...» + 2 «new features»: build Donjon, train Serjeant and make Flemish Revolution).

Let's try to order them:

Come to Dark side?)

As you can see 2 new campaigns are about Edward Longshanks, invading Scotland and Burgundian Dukes in Hundred Years' War, helping England to invade France.

So there are some… «interesting» missions:

• «Malleus Scotorum» in the fifth Edward Longshanks mission «Hammer of the Scots» – «Kill William Wallace…».
  
• «Shut Up La Hire!» in the sixth Grand Dukes of the West mission «The Maid Falls» – «Defeat the French army before capturing Joan of Arc».

IMHO

More than 20 years ago, first time opening stories of «The Age of Kings»… William Wallace and Joan of Arc – they were a heroes.

Heroes, that fighted for freedom of their peoples.

You know... «Freedom!» of «Brave Heart».







And they both were «on the right side».


«Age of Empires II: DE» is perfect balanced super RTS.
«Forgotten Empires» and «Tantalus Media» gave it new life.

But... Is there no other awesome stories of Middle Ages?

Was it really necessary to kill Wallace and La Pucelle d’Orleans of «…The Age of Kings» in «First new official expansion…»?)


P. S. Thank you, guys of «Ensemble Studios».
You did unforgettable stories. Farewell.

[Potap]

Well, original game was not made on historic facts. More likely on current mood of devs.
And original Forgotten empires from FANS includes so many totaly wrong things, which I am glad this DE finally atleast lowered. A lot.