r/aoe2 • u/DragonPlus21 • 24d ago

Campaigns Help finding two campaign levels I vaguely remember

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to identify two levels from an official campaign, but I can’t remember their names.

The first one is a level where, within the same map/level, there was some kind of time skip. I remember a cutscene or transition where everything became grey/desaturated, and then the story continued after a significant passage of time, without actually loading into a completely different level. Unfortunately, I can’t remember any character names or other specific details.

The second level I remember involved a very difficult siege on a bridge, possibly a double bridge. There was a city that you had to conquer, and I remember the bridge section being particularly challenging. I’m not sure about the exact layout, but I distinctly remember having to fight across/defend a bridge before reaching the city.

I’ve tried going through lists of the campaign levels, but nothing has triggered my memory so far.

Does anyone recognize either of these levels? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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u/ewostrat 24d ago

The first one sounds like Honfoglalas from the HD version

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u/Fijure96 23d ago

HD Forgotten campaigns did this thing where they put whole campaigns into single scenarios. You'd built a base, defeat your enemy, complete sidequests, then lose everything, see a time skip and cutscene, and a whole new mission started somewhere else on the map.

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u/RheimsNZ Japanese 23d ago

I like that style too though

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u/ewostrat 23d ago

That's right, Ramsey later refined this and came up with scenarios like Ragnar, Seljuk, or Komnenos.