The player can choose between England, Scotland, Norway, Wales and Ireland. At the same time Haakon IV, king of Norway, sends more troops onto the island in order to prevent Scotland from retaking the islands located between Norway and Britain. This of course is not acceptable for all the other kings of Britain. The four new single-player campaigns are:īritain - It's the year 1258 and the English king Heinrich III. In this mode each player can take control over several of the competing factions. One of them is a so-called hot-seat-campaign in which two or more players can play with or against each other in front of the same PC. The game also features five new campaigns. Now the player can not play the game in realtime- and pause-mode but also in fast- and slow motion-mode. Another change to the battles is the extended control over time. You can for example order them to stay where they are and only defend their position or attack the enemy, once he is near enough.

Other additions are the possibility to influence the nearby reinforcements by assigning basic behavior patterns to them. Not an American user? Description Kingdoms is the first add-on for Medieval II: Total War and brings a few additions with it including the official SDK.

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