Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is a remaster of Age of Empires II that was developed by Forgotten Empires and published by Xbox Game Studios. The video game was first released for Windows on November 14, 2019, to be followed by versions for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on January 31, 2023.
Censorship[]
International censorship[]
- Blood effects were toned down when compared to the original game and the HD Edition.
- Death cries were mostly removed due to a bug.
- The El Dorado campaign was removed and replaced by the Pachacuti campaign, without an official explanation from the developers. Some speculate that it was due to one of the enemy factions in the fourth and final scenario "The Cannibals" being called "Los Negros". However, it was pointed out by many gamers that it was actually removed due to the former campaign being fantasy-like (in comparison to the other campaigns in the game and Pachacuti campaign was based historical events, El Dorado was based off a legend reported to the Spanish conquistadores), that its gameplay was said to be "RPG-like" and that the fact that the Spanish civilization in the game already had the El Cid campaign.
- Corpses of dead units no longer decompose and blood is no longer on corpses.
- The Kaesong campaign was removed due to "time constraints"[1].
- The Saxon Revolt camapign was removed due to it covering the Massacre of Verden.
Where to find it uncensored[]
- The HD Edition and the original Age of Empires II are uncensored.
- The El Dorado campaign can be still be played as a mod[2].
References[]
- WARNING - Game Censored, Content Removed by [LSSAH]Canzah, Steam Community. 2019-11-15.
External links[]
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition at the Age of Empires Wiki