

Each match, the University randomly has 2-4 BONUS upgrades. A Swiss University upgrade is that their Followers can use stealth and gather with it. One of their University upgrades is that their Frontiersman get a huge bonus to their attack and Hp. Each University also gives unique upgrades to the civilization. The University allows for the training of extremely powerful units, such as the Sniper, who as +100 attack but very slow. It typically costs 300 wood, but it can range for each civilization. from Europe, America and even other places around the world, many of them consist completely new native allies like Finns or Greeks.Īll Napoleonic Era civilizations (and some redone old European Civilizations) can make a building called the University. To fit the new theme of the wars occurring in Europe, Napoleonic Era includes many new random maps, e.g.

Furthermore the game incorporates usage of Matthew Sher's Unit Upgrades Modpack, so that the units from the original game upgrade in every age. Even new campaigns are part of the Napoleonic Era Mod.

All these new units have had amazing care put into them to make them as distinctive, realistic and interesting as possible.

All of the new civilizations and most of the existing ones get many new unique units, in addition to several new standard units. These civilizations are very different from each other, most receive a new AI personality, new technologies, new cards, and the new ones receive their own Home City. It also redesigns the existing French and German civilizations. Moreover, the game presents eight completely new civilizations, the Italians, Prussians, Austrians, Americans, Swedes, Poles, Inca and Swiss. The game also includes new graphics, which were awarded by Gamespy in their Picture of the Day contest in 2006. Napoleonic Era features new gameplay elements, returning a few well-missed elements from Age of Empires II, like removing the limit of builders working on one building, improving the arsenal, and new abilities for Explorers.
