

This was introduced in this new expansion.

Additionally, tropical and winter areas (jungle and snow respectively) was a key missing map terrain in Age of Kings. These places include countries such as Japan, Scandinavia, Texas, Iberia, Italy and Arabia. New maps in the game include more real-life maps, based on actual locations found on earth. Wonder race is another game mode, which involves building a wonder before your opponent completes his – wonders can be destroyed before they are completed, thus making the game hard for both sides. The new gameplay features introduced in Aoe2 The Conquerors include game modes such as defend the wonder, where players must dedicate the entire game defending a wonder for a certain time period. Overall, the graphics are the same as in AoK. Building on the Age of Kings, the game features five new civs, new expansions, gameplays and technologies. Overall, it is the fourth game in the AoE series. Released in 1999, Age of Empires II: The Conquerors is the follow-up expansion to the wildly famous Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings base game.
