Talk:Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition/@comment-39444690-20191229003638

Speculation post, this is not a reliable source of information. It is unlikely they will add Asian or Native civilization as they use different mechanics to age up and grow overall. On the other hand, they might go the other path and create 3 new thematic civilizations (all expansions had 3), unlike Asians, Europeans or Natives. My guesses in this scenario are:

Africans:

- Mali (Was once an Empire, had a lot of famous feats in history. You might be interested in looking up 'Lost Fleet of Abubakari II')

- Ethiopia (Also known during one period of time as Abyssinia. Never Colonized by Europeans)

- A South African tribe, my guess either Zulu or Kongo.

Of course, they may not feel like adding new mechanics and may end up adding 'regular' civilizations, similar to Europeans. In this case scenario, I believe they may add: - Italians and Swedes (Originally were planned to be released, they were cut from the final version of the game, though lots of files could be found in game files. Made awailable by many modders. Very probable.) - Belgians and Danes (Had colonial 'Empires' too. Belgians would seem more fitting if expansion would be African themed. Danes - if North Atlantic(Alaska/Greenland). Personally? I find it unlikely.) Even less likely, but a slight chance to see: - Post-Colonial Nations (Brazil, Mexico). They will need to alter Revolution system, perhaps even remove it, but judging by how popular Wars of Liberty is, they might as well implement those. I find it very unlikely, as they appear far beyond games timeline. - Arabs, Persians, Mamluks (Greater chance if we get African/Middle East expansion). - Inca (Would be very similar to Aztecs, so a chance is low, but they did add them in AOEII, where boths civs existed). - Pirates (They were at their peak during this time period.) I don't think they will be adding more Asian civilizations, unless they are from Oceania (Indonesia, Malaya, Maori, Polynesia etc.) which I also find unlikely. We can only speculate how much of the Core game they are willing to change. Perhaps they wont add new Civilizations at all.

Apart from civilizations, stuff I expect to see: - Increased team limit. - Expanded Scenario editor, as well as more accessible Modding. - Larger Customization: 1) More age options, such as Final age (cant progress after set age); 2) Population Cap change; 3) More Map Size options; 4) Cooperative mode (two players controlling single civilization - that feature was really cool in AOE2:DE); 5) Better difficulty options and AI personality changing (their economic focus as well as leaning towards specific military type). Lastly, I hope they won't ruin: - Building destruction animations. They are spectacular. If they redo them and create these 'Lego' building deaths as in AOE2:DE, I'm skipping this product.

We can only wait for more info.