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John Mendl writes: Started playing "Jack of Hearts: Chapter I - An Untold Story" by King Leorick. I am only 20 mins into it maybe - but WOW, what amazement in both cinematic presentation and map...
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rewaider writes: I remember reviewing that one's preview. Was blown away by the out-of-the-blue top notch map design too, not to mention the complex and quite polished RPG mechanics (very The...
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John Mendl writes: Thanks Rewaider for your mention of this. I am slowly progressing on it (Jack of Hearts).BTW, recently bought Aoe2 HD (with all its expansions) on Steam. And let me just take a...
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John Mendl writes: Recently I installed Aoe2 HD (with all its expansions) on steam.For playing Cataphract887's "River Raids" campaign-scenario, today I downloaded the Wololo Kingdoms Mod/SuperMod:...
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Kataphraktoi writes: Ill take a crack at answering this but Im not really an expert on it. Think its been 5-6 years since I had WK installed.For the most part after you run the converter you just click...
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John Mendl writes: Thx Cata, but few problems:1)I did put the entire WK folder into the aoe2HD path you mentioned.2)When I give "C:/Games" as the installation directory, it says "No age of conquerors...
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John Mendl writes: YESS Im done! Your campaign is opening.Just one question - where is the Wololo Kingdoms "Mod Override" folder? You mean Wololo Kingdoms/DATA folder where we have the data files?
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Kataphraktoi writes: Thats pretty much how it goes...just struggle bug through it and hope it works eventually
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John Mendl writes: It is an amazing campaign btw. I have only sacked Smolensk TC and most eco buildings so far. Will review once I finish!!
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Kataphraktoi writes: Hmm, so the other thread says positive experiences only, so Ill post my thoughts on the AoE2 DE Burgundian Dukes campaign here. No worries, no unhinged rants, although maybe thats...
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Kataphraktoi writes: I also wanted to briefly comment on "Red Blades of Black Cathay" which received a perhaps unfair rating of 2.0 on the blacksmith. I believe a scenario of this type should receive a...
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Kataphraktoi writes: I began playing the Edward Longshanks campaign and was pleasantly surprised. The first scenario was much more appealing to me over the first scenario of Burgundy, after escaping...
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Kataphraktoi writes: Continuing on to Longshanks2, we have a crusader DtS-ish. Its somewhat a messy map and regardless of the authors mapping skills, these textures look quite bad. I stabilize the...
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The Great Artiste writes: Panel's "The Successor" was absolutely fantastic to play through. The writting, the story and especially the music stuck with me.And Mash's DTS works. Lorgan's Watch and...
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John Mendl writes: Hey, I agree on Successor! Simply amazing.On another note, having Aoe2 HD installed since last two weeks or so, I got to spend some time on Bassi's masterpiece "Legend of the White...
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Kataphraktoi writes: Normans! Vikings who settled down in normandy and became half french. Interesting pivot into heavy cavalry. The norman conquest of england has been covered many times, but the...
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Kataphraktoi writes: The Timurid->Mughal campaign, or Babur. Another one of those fascinating historical periods ignored or overlooked. Surely this campaign cant do worse than Europa Universalis,...
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Kataphraktoi writes: Marching onward to Babur3, we cross the mountains and have a 200 pop B&D. Its a change of pace, the enemy is less fierce than the previous map and resources are relatively...
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Kataphraktoi writes: The Devapala campaign, depicts an area which I am not familiar with. Since we again lack maps in the cinematics, I head to the wiki, and it seems there isnt exactly a whole lot of...
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Kataphraktoi writes: So the Hussite campaign, or the Bohemian campaign, or more like the Jan Zizka campaign. It seems mostly related to the person of Jan Zizka than those other two things, though. I...
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campiador writes: Hello.Today i had the chance to use my old AoEII disc, and play our timeless classic. Even tho i love both HD and DE, there is a urge drunk in nostalgia to always return to this...
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Kataphraktoi writes: Lithuania, I cant say I am particularly interested in this one. I would much prefer to play as the Teutonic Order and subjugate some foul pagans while advancing civilization's...
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Korozion writes: Hello Campiador,In the classic version of AoK, those drawings are stored as .slp files in your game directory under \CAMPAIGN\MEDIAThe Saladin campaign files are the one beginning with...
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PedroT writes: With the new AoE2E DLC bringing more tools for scenario editor and the soon to be 50 civs giving us many units to be used in custom campaigns, is it possible that Gwyndlegard, Relics of...
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John Mendl writes: I'm posting here to assure again that I will be playing this FOR SURE once it is released.
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