Empires II is one of the few remaining RTS games, able to compete with today’s 3D hardware hogs, with its crisp and detailed 2D graphics. It is no wonder then that the new expansion pack The Conquerors (AoE2: TC) does exactly what it’s intended to–enhance features, fix bugs in the sequel and provide new options. AoE2: TC should serve as an example for other companies how an expansion pack should be done.

Many players complained of numerous faults and bugs (for example: slowdown in games) in The Age of Kings (AoE2: AoK). Ensemble Studios programmers promised a patch, but it never came; at least not a patch that actually fixed something. Instead, The Conquerors Expansion was released a year later, and it had the cure for all those bugs plus a lot more. The waiting paid off…