This picks up right after the end of the first in difficulty, though the five possible settings are there from before, and you can tell from the very beginning. The level design in general is rather nice, no complaints there. The objectives are also sometimes very different from typical ones.
Some of the missions are unique and memorable, like the one that Archimedes is in, and his inventions(dread those towers), and the one where you cross the Alps. While it isn't as long, and less connected and concentrated, this can certainly still make for a lot of time spent on it. They cover a great deal of the history, and include Hannibal and his elephants, Spartacus and his gladiator rebellion(and care to take a guess as to what their Wonder is? Come on, you can do it, it starts with a C, and ends with -um), and Caesar, who gets to veni, vidi *and* vici(yeah, I know the grammar is messed up, I technically speaking can't use them like that), and who you get to control multiple times, on horseback. There are four campaigns, just like in its source. What a subject for an expansion pack to AOE, yes, indeed, so good and so grand that they decided to center it entirely around it.
