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** Also in ''Coeur de Lion'', the Count of Clairvaux and the rebel barons are represented by English Civil War-era Cavalier models.
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* TheBerserker: The Frankish berserk is armed with throwing axes.
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* AbnormalAmmo: The English trebuchet can fire a cow infected with the Black Death.
* ActionGirl: The French saboteurs and the Russian snipers.
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* YouAllLookFamiliar: In the epilogue cutscene for ''Coeur de Lion'', East Asian assets are reused to represent the Saracens that Richard came up against. Similarly, German troops are used to represent Imperial Japanese forces in the ''Blood and Guts'' epilogue.
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* OneHitKill: Russian snipers deal this to most units with the exception of heroes.
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* GaidenGame[=/=]SpiritualSuccessor: To the original Empire Earth.

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* GaidenGame[=/=]SpiritualSuccessor: GaidenGame: To the original Empire Earth.
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* TacticalRockPaperScissor: Standard units in the Medieval Age follow a basic triangle: Swords beat Bows, Bows beat Spears, Spears beats Swords regardless of whether they are mounted or not. WW I and II have their own triangle: Tanks beat Infantry, AT guns beat Tanks, and Infantry beat AT Guns. Imperial age has a loose: Gun Infantry beat Spears, Spears beat Gun Cavalry, and Gun Cavalry beat Gun Infantry. Gunpowder age gets a bit messy since there are many unit types all competing over each other and certain types of "heavy infantry" interfere with the basic triangle, like English Highlanders and Frankish Berserks being good against "all melee units" and weak to all ranged units or WWII French Rifled Grenadiers being good against tanks and weak to other infantry.

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* TacticalRockPaperScissor: TacticalRockPaperScissors: Standard units in the Medieval Age follow a basic triangle: Swords beat Bows, Bows beat Spears, Spears beats Swords regardless of whether they are mounted or not. WW I and II have their own triangle: Tanks beat Infantry, AT guns beat Tanks, and Infantry beat AT Guns. Imperial age has a loose: Gun Infantry beat Spears, Spears beat Gun Cavalry, and Gun Cavalry beat Gun Infantry. Gunpowder age gets a bit messy since there are many unit types all competing over each other and certain types of "heavy infantry" interfere with the basic triangle, like English Highlanders and Frankish Berserks being good against "all melee units" and weak to all ranged units or WWII French Rifled Grenadiers being good against tanks and weak to other infantry.
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* TacticalRockPaperScissor: Standard units in the Medieval Age follow a basic triangle: Swords beat Bows, Bows beat Spears, Spears beats Swords regardless of whether they are mounted or not. WW I and II have their own triangle: Tanks beat Infantry, AT guns beat Tanks, and Infantry beat AT Guns. Imperial age has a loose: Gun Infantry beat Spears, Spears beat Gun Cavalry, and Gun Cavalry beat Gun Infantry. Gunpowder age gets a bit messy since there are many unit types all competing over each other and certain types of "heavy infantry" interfere with the basic triangle, like English Highlanders and Frankish Berserks being good against "all melee units" and weak to all ranged units or WWII French Rifled Grenadiers being good against tanks and weak to other infantry.
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* AbandonWare: Its Gamespy servers have been used for other games since 2007, and you can no longer buy the game off Steam. However, it is avaiable on GOG.
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* BadassBeard: Richard the Lionheart, Geoffrey, Admiral Yi Sun-sin, General Li, and Kwak Chae-u.
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* BigBad: King Phillip of France is this for the ''Coeur de Lion'' campaign, to the point that the final objective in the last chapter is to capture him.


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* GreaterScopeVillain: Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, is only mentioned in the ''Blood and Guts'' campaign. Thanks to faulty intel provided by Agent [=DeMarco=], Allied forces end up killing a group of assassins who were planning to kill him.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In "Murder in a Time of War": Allied forces, having been fed faulty intel by Agent [=DeMarco=], accidentally kill a group of men who were intending to assassinate Hitler.
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** Employed by King Phillip II, a single French assassin is responsible for the deaths of, in order, Richard's elder brother, father, and younger brother, Prince Henry, King Henry II[[note]]Both poisoned.[[/notes]] and Prince Geoffrey[[note]]From sword wounds[[/note]] before being cut down by Richard in an attempt to kill. This unnamed assassin is a complete fabrication. In reality, Prince Henry died of dysentry, Geoffrey[[notes]]Conflicting accounts follow...[[/note]] from either being trampled while jousting or sudden acute chest pain, while King Henry, who outlived Geoffrey by three years, died from a bleeding ulcer.

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** Employed by King Phillip II, a single French assassin is responsible for the deaths of, in order, Richard's elder brother, father, and younger brother, Prince Henry, King Henry II[[note]]Both poisoned.[[/notes]] and Prince Geoffrey[[note]]From sword wounds[[/note]] before being cut down by Richard in an attempt to kill. This unnamed assassin is a complete fabrication. In reality, Prince Henry died of dysentry, Geoffrey[[notes]]Conflicting Geoffrey[[note]]Conflicting accounts follow...[[/note]] from either being trampled while jousting or sudden acute chest pain, while King Henry, who outlived Geoffrey by three years, died from a bleeding ulcer.


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* BearsAreBadNews: Wild bears appear as a threat (mostly to civilians) on the map.
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* LevelEditor: The Campaign/Scenario Editor allows players to create their own campaign missions, with access to all of the game's assets. Unrestricted by eras, one could even make a TimeTravel {{crossover}} between the Lionheart, Yi and Patton campaigns.
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The campaigns are:
*''Coeur de Lion''
**Chapter 1: Heart of the Empire
**Chapter 2: Two Sides of the Coin
**Chapter 3: When Lions Gather
**Chapter 4: The Scourge of Rebellion
**Chapter 5: Reversal of Fortune
**Chapter 6: Heart of the Lion
**Chapter 7: The French King's Gambit
**Chapter 8: Bargain & Betrayal
*''Dragon from the Sea''
**Chapter 1: Omens
**Chapter 2: City of Danger
**Chapter 3: A Dangerous Homecoming
**Chapter 4: The Coming of the Samurai
**Chapter 5: The Dragon Strikes Back
**Chapter 6: Allies and Traitors
**Chapter 7: Korea Divided
*''Blood and Guts''
**Chapter 1: Lighting the Torch
**Chapter 2: Hunting the Desert Fox
**Chapter 3: Operation Husky
**Chapter 4: The Messina Gauntlet
**Chapter 5: The Longest Day
**Chapter 6: Murder in a Time of War
**Chapter 7: Final Verdict
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* TheBadGuyWins
** Prince John, Richard's little brother who conspires with Phillip of France against him, ultimately ascends to the English throne after Richard's death. Phillip himself outlived both Richard and John.
** The epilogue to the Yi campaign acknowledges that the Korea was eventually annexed by the Japanese and, though ultimately liberated, remains divided.


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* BittersweetEnding: Bordering on DownerEnding for all three campaigns from the view of the protagonists.
** Richard defeats Phillip of France, secures England's future and frees his mother from imprisonment, but is left to rule alone following the murder of his elder brother, his father and his younger brother.
** Admiral Yi succeeds in finally defeating the Japanese invasion of Korea, but is killed in the process. Though it takes over three hundred years, the Japanese eventually succeed in annexing Korea. Ultimately, Korea is freed from Japanese rule but remains divided to this day.
** Though he sees the defeat of Nazi Germany and confirms that his son in-law survived the battle, General Patton anticipates America's next conflict with Russia and is unable to fulfill his wish to join the fight against the Japanese. Finally, he ends up dying in a car accident before the end of 1945.
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** Though the Patton campaign would have you believe that Agent Frank [=DeMarco=] and Ranger Captain Tim O'Riley were key figures in World War II, both are infact fictional characters invented for the game. Ironically, all named characters in the Yi campaign are taken from history, though none of them are widely known outside of Korea.

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