Former "Age of Empires 2" designer: Goryeo civilization was forced to join by Microsoft

2025-03-24 20:27:32|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

Recently, Sandy Petersen, a designer of "Age of Empires 2", reviewed the development process of the "Conqueror" expansion pack of "Age of Empires 2", including why he joined the Goryeo civilization.

"Conqueror" is the first expansion pack in "Age of Empires 2". It originally designed only four new civilizations: Spain, Aztec, Huns and Maya.Petersen said development was very smooth, and by January 2000, the project had been completed, five weeks ahead of schedule.When he was preparing to develop Age of Empires 3, Microsoft called.

Microsoft temporarily asked the development team to join the fifth civilization: Goryeo, on the grounds that the RTS competitor "StarCraft" was very popular in the Korean market, selling more than 3 million copies.Although Petersen's attempt to illustrate that Goryeo doesn't match the theme of "Conqueror", Microsoft still sticks to its position.Finally Petersen gave in, and Ensemble Studio joined the Goryeo civilization at the last moment.

Due to the rush to work, the development team made some mistakes when designing the Goryeo camp.For example, the image of the turtle ship is wrong, the Sea of ​​Japan and the East China Sea are confused, and the Wanli Korean War is written as the end of the 17th century (the fact is the end of the 16th century).These issues sparked various controversies in 2000, and Petersen said that a Microsoft representative to South Korea was arrested and detained for a period of time.

Although "Age of Empires 2" and expansion "Conqueror" did not sell as expected in South Korea, the game still received long-term support from players and Microsoft.Age of Empires: Decision Edition is still being updated and improved to this day, which fully demonstrates the charm of this game.

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