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MGC20 - The European Connector
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File Description |
Bruns |
Posted on 10/29/20 @ 12:13 AM
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Age of Empires II: DE |
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- The European Connector -
The European Connector is based in the busy docks and streets of the 9th century constantinople. You as a tax collector will perform your duties in the docks while confronting certain obstacles.
Due to time issues, this will only be a prototype, so if you detect any problems, please let me know.
This is also my submission for the Mini Game Competition 2020.
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Any feedback, please let me know at my Discord Bruns V #8517
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rakovsky |
Posted on 05/05/22 @ 09:50 PM
Playability: 1
The problem was that there was some design flaw or glitch where about 24 minutes into the match, the ships stopped coming to tax and the game didn't progress.
About 23 minutes into the map, no more trade ships started coming....
There is a light blue ship just sitting in the south corner....
BALANCE: 5
Great balance. The running to tax ships on a small map while fighting was a great combination.
On HARD, it doesn't look like I can get to the orange boat in time after the first viking attack because a green merchant shows up right before it. It says I need to tax all ships. So if I miss some, I don't know if that means I lose, but I guess it doesn't mean that.
On Normal, I did better- I used my gold to buy shoes and Colloseum games instead of soldiers, and I used my priest to collect an army.
But at 23 minutes in, the Eunuch released some wild horses that my soldiers then killed, and the game didn't progress farther- no more ships showed up to tax. I had 45 favor at this point.
Creativity: 5
Excellent creativity. The space was tightly used with interesting units and buildings without overcrowding it. Fun little mission map...
Map Design: 2
Great prettiness in terms of eye candy. But the map has a big design flaw because it didn't progress after the Eunuch released the horses at about 24 minutes in.
There is no way to open AOE2DE campaign files, so I can't tell what the design flaw is that keeps it from progressing after about 24 minutes, like if the Creator didn't include a Victory trigger.
STORY/INSTRUCTIONS: 3
Great story with ambience, like with the opening pre-game artwork screens. But I didn't quite understand what the narrator meant in the opening that he hoped he would never see that day, 1000 years later for the city if it lasted that long. I guess he meant that he hoped he would never see the day that the city got attacked and put to its end, but I thought that based on the words, he could have meant that it was such a depraved place that he imagined that it would get worse by then.
There should be installation instructions because it uses a manual installation. Plus you should say if there is something necessary that one must do to get the game to progress after 24 minutes.
I Don't understand these comments from another reviewer above. It sounds like I might need to do alot more to install this mission:
"Also your scenario has background texture files, intro-outro slide files and .wem sound files. ... However your file is disorganized. There are 2 "The European Connector" folders in your file. The deeper The Europen Connector folder contains more file than the surface The European Connector folder. So player needs to adjust both of these 2 folders to install your scenario successfully."
For my part, I tried installing the Mod by moving it to my Mods/Local directory in my AOE2 DE folder, and then by using the Mod Manager in the game to enable it as a Local Mod. This let me play the scenario at least, until it stopped progressing in the gameplay.
HINTS:
You can train Varangians at the barracks/tavern.
You can also build power from the Colosseum for 150 gold.
About 14 minutes in, it says I can buy fast shoes from the Yellow man's shop to his west.
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HGDL v0.8.2 |
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3.2 | Breakdown |
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Playability | 1.0 | Balance | 5.0 | Creativity | 5.0 | Map Design | 2.0 | Story/Instructions | 3.0 |
Statistics |
Downloads: | 649 |
Favorites: [] | 0 |
Size: | 69.12 MB |
Added: | 10/29/20 |
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