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- In the third scenario of the "William Wallace" tutorial campaign of Definitive Edition, where the player only has to train four militia to win the game, the scout report reads "We have not heard from our scouts - they are probably lost in the woods."
- The hints for the Joan of Arc campaign mission "The Siege of Paris" are mostly on-point, until...4. If faced with overwhelming opposition, run away! Run away!
- "Pope and Antipope"
- The narration during the introductory slideshow.Narrator: In Rome, the Pope firmly believed that it was the Church, not the Emperor, who was the ultimate authority for the Empire. Barbarossa could not convince the pope to see things his way, so he appointed his own Pope. This, too, was not enough, for both Pope and Antipope promptly excommunicated each other.
(cut to the Pope shouting at the Antipope while Barbarossa stares upwards with an exasperated look)
Narrator: Again Barbarossa had to resort to politics at the point of a lance. If the Pope would not listen to reason, then perhaps he would concede with two thousand German knights pouring down the Italian peninsula. - When Henry the Lion betrays Barbarossa again, his declaration to Barbarossa sounds more apologetic than a usurper is supposed to be.Henry: Barbarossa, I do hate to strike you when you are down, but the Lombard League have agreed that I would be a better emperor. So sorry.
- The narration during the introductory slideshow.
- From the Montezuma map "La Noche Triste":
- The Easy Level Trick is hilarious when it works. Your lone Jaguar Warrior, implied to be the campaign's narrator Cuauhtemoc, basically walks out of the jungle, nonchalantly strides past some Tlaxcalan soldiers to step onto the bridge to the capital, shrugs off the arrows of two watchtowers at the city entrance, walks up to the Spanish Wonder build site, smashes its foundation to rubble with an obsidian-studded club faster than a Worker can finish it, and then declares Tenochtitlan liberated. Small wonder the Aztecs make him their emperor afterward.
- Moving the Jaguar Warrior near some boar at the beginning of the level causes him to give a dramatic order:Jaguar Warrior: Out of my way, pig!
- The fourth mission of the "Ivaylo" campaign has a rather hilarious allusion to the strategy which uses your livestock as scouts. As the monk Kosma said it, "scouting with pigs?! It's so crazy, it actually could work!"
- In campaign "Agincourt", when your army fight with the french Knights awaiting you, you will get a quote referencing the longbowman in "Joan of Arc", followed by a French's knight's retort:English: We will see how French Knight fare against English longbows!French Knight: Come down here in the mud and you will see how French Knight fight.
- Computer-controlled enemy players give bizarre and unconvincing excuses in a comically antiquated manner when they admit defeat in a standard match. Apparently The Battle Didn't Count to them. Some choice messages:AI: My townsfolk began too close to mine kingdom's Town Center.
AI: Zounds! I couldst not build a Wonder in the Dark Age!
AI: A mere single scout was present to serve in the beginning.
AI: My peasants wert pulling wretches (a mere 25 Hit Points)!
AI: I couldst not comprehend mine folks' speech!
AI: My ignorant folk couldst not replant the berries!
AI: Forsooth, I couldst not tame any wolves.
AI: My sheep perished when my folk sought to use it as food.
AI: My peasants' huts all faced different directions!
AI: The shore fish near mine villager appeared all too sleepy.
AI: Alas, I could find naught but fool's gold.
AI: My peasants foolishly walk on foot instead of astride ponies.
AI: A graceless hillock rose too near my Town Center.
AI: Far too many birds flew over mine kingdom.
AI: All my beginning citizenry were male.
AI: Thou art human, with soul and wit. I am naught but clockwork!
AI: Odsblood! I accidentally resigned by mistake.
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- One of the Definitive Edition's patch notes for Update 34055
in regards to Joan of Arc mission "The Maid of Orleans":Tasked the department of invasive species to relocate a cactus that somehow sprouted in the French countryside. - Update 37650, among other things, addressed an infamous Game-Breaking Bug where the Malay age up bonus (66% faster) doesn't work properly (the age up doesn't occur until it reaches 166%). The summary of the bugfix?The Malay now prioritize speed over stamina when Aging Up!
