The new expansion pack "The Legend of Yue Fei" for "Age of Empires 4" has been officially announced and will be released on May 7. Pre-orders will start today, and you can enjoy a 15% discount for pre-orders. This expansion pack focuses on the legendary story of Yue Fei, the famous anti-Jin general of the Southern Song Dynasty, and adds the Jin Dynasty as a playable civilization for the first time.
"The Legend of Yue Fei" contains a narrative campaign with 8 missions, telling the story of the Southern Song Dynasty general Yue Fei who led the Song army to fight for survival during the Song-Jin War. The player will play Yue Fei, fighting side by side with his colleague Han Shizhong, gathering the scattered army after the fall of the north, and launching a desperate counterattack for the survival of the country.
The plot of the expansion pack is artistically processed based on historical events. "On the battlefield, you can turn the tide of battle, but the Imperial Court may be deadlier than any enemy," the official description reads.
new civilization
New Civilization: Playable in custom games, skirmishes, and ranked matches, with exclusive mastery challenges and custom music, as well as a host of new units and technologies.
The Jin Dynasty was designed to be a fast, ruthless civilization, centered around three pillars:
Racecourse: Cooperate with stables to improve military production efficiency and drive continuous cavalry offensive.
Envoy: You can occupy neutral settlements and establish "vassals" to gain economic and military advantages.
Gunpowder: In the later stage, firearms are the core, setting off a siege storm.
Civilization features: Riding villagers can expand the empire everywhere, the vassal system provides economic and military bonuses, the Meng'an Mooke stronghold provides automatic defense, nomadic economy + automatic defense + gunpowder terminator.
new unit
Iron Buddha: Elite cavalry, extremely high armor, causing devastating area damage to enemy formations.
Mounted Grenadier: Long-range heavy cavalry, throwing explosive grenades, causing area damage.
Musketeer: A close range firearms unit armed with a primitive explosive hand cannon that spreads burst damage.
Bed Crossbow: Siege weapon, new long-range siege unit.
New maps and scenes
4 new maps and 2 biomes have been added: players will travel through wind-eroded grasslands, lush river valleys and cold desert plateaus. The terrain will affect every decision in construction, raids and decisive battles.
The new expansion pack "The Legend of Yue Fei" for "Age of Empires 4" will be released on May 7, with a +8 mission campaign for the Jin Dynasty Civilization. Will you be the first to buy it?