All 24 original campaigns from the original game and all expansions have been revamped.
Brand-new content, “The Last Khans” with 3 new campaigns and 4 new civilizations.
AI follows competitive meta on highest levels.
Even recognizing and walling off choke points. With defensive fortifications in logical places. making sure cavalry seeks out archers in large armies).
AI can micro-manage units: retreating from lost battles, avoiding hostile fortifications, seeking elevation advantage, targeting specific units with counter units (e.g. Includes the best graphics mods, and all my custom maps/mods After downloading all mods, go into the steam workshop on AoE 2 HD main menu (mod manager), and make New Short walls Priority 1, Jorgito's Archer Priority 2, Subtle HD Terrain priority 3, AoE2 Graphical replacement priority 4, and Age of Empires II Renewal Edition priority 5.
Can even fight multiple battles on multiple fronts.
AI can now multitask: task multiple villagers and armies at the same time.
AI is very interactive, responds to a wide variety of taunts & commands.
New settings & game modes to fully customize the game to your preferred playing style (a quick match lasting 20 minutes or a 2 hour marathon match, all possible).
One community: cross-play between Microsoft Store & Steam version.
Spectator mode (unlimited spectators, late-joining and dashboards) This emulator initially intended only for Age of Empires II HD to enable lobby features without depending on STEAM.
AGE OF EMPIRE 2 HD STEAM SOUNDS MOD
Mod support, new game modes, tutorials and more community and quality-of-life improvements.
Improved destruction animations on buildings.
All new art in stunning 4K Ultra HD graphics.
A brand-new expansion, “The Last Khans” featuring 4 new civilizations (bringing the total to 35!) and 3 new campaigns.
Including the original Age of Kings and its four expansions – resulting in over 200 hours of gameplay!
All content of the past 20 years bundled in one big pack.