AoE: Rise of Rome to AoE II: Age of Kings

  * 13 New Civilizations - Each has a unique unit and a team bonus.

  * New Units - Including, Kings, Heroes, female villagers, knights, cannons,
    and exploding demolition ships.

  * New Buildings - Including impressive castles and gates that automatically
    open and close for you and your allies.

  * New Technologies - Including Conscription (increases military unit creation
    speed) and Town Watch (increases building Line of Sight).

  * Formations - Precision control of how your army moves and engages in combat.

  * New Multimedia Campaigns - Unique music and more than 300 pieces of original
    art enhance your game as you follow a soldier through battles featuring
    William Wallace, Joan of Arc, Saladin, Genghis Khan, and Frederick  Barbossa.

  * New Ways To Trade - Trade with other players over land and by sea; buy or
    sell resources at the Market.

  * Learning Campaign - Master the basics by helping William Walace rise from
    his humble beginnings to defeat the British.

  * Regicide game - Defend your king to win the game.

  * 8 New Map Types - Including the Arabia, Black Forest, Rivers, and Random,
    which allows the computer to pick a surprise map type for you.

  * Garisoning - Station units inside buildings for protection, healing, and
    surprise attacks.

  * New Combat Features - Order military units to patrol, guard, or follow and
    choose their combat stance.

  * Record and replay games - Watch your single- player and multiplayer games
    later.

  * Find Idle Villagers - Automatically locate villagers not assigned to a task
    using the "Idle Villager" button.

  * New Online Tech Tree - See what is available to your civilization and which
    units and technologies you've researched while in the game.

  * Improved Multiplayer Features - Save and restore multiplayer games; lock the
    game speed for all players; lock game teams so players can't change alliance
    during a game; signal allies.

  * Gather Points - New units automatically gather at a location or garrison
    inside a building.

  * Improved Interface - Units behind buildings and trees are visible; the mini-
    map has Normal, Combat, and Economic modes; chat interface is expanded; Help
    is integrated into the game.

  * User Profiles - Customize options and hotkeys and automatically save them
    game to game.

  * Online Encyclopedia - Extensive histories of 13 medieval civilizations;
    background on the Middle Ages, armies, weapons, and warfare.