Chronicles: Alexander the Great Campaign Preview

With Battle for Greece, the Chronicles series established a well-deserved reputation for epic campaign content, with widespread praise for its writing and voice acting, innovative level design, historical authenticity, beautiful maps, and characterful cutscenes.

A tough act to follow – but Chronicles: Alexander the Great takes the series to a whole new level. With every piece of feedback carefully analyzed, this globe-spanning sequel expands and refines everything you loved in Battle for Greece, improves in key areas, and introduces a host of new innovations.

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An Epic Story

Whereas Battle for Greece covered the stories of multiple characters across a vast span of time, Alexander the Great focuses on a single, titular character. The result is a character study of far greater depth than has ever been attempted in the Age franchise, with a complex protagonist who grows and changes over the course of the adventure.

The geographical scope of the campaign is extraordinary: you’ll begin with Alexander as a young prince, fighting alongside his father to secure Greece and the territories surrounding the Kingdom of Macedon. From these rocky lands, you’ll invade the vast Persian Empire, fighting battles and besieging cities along the coast of Asia Minor and into the Levant. Then, strike into the Persian heartland to bring the Achaemenid King of Kings to heel; found a city in the distant Fergana Valley; experience the Punjab in monsoon season; traverse the rivers of India and embark on a voyage of discovery along the Persian Gulf.

All this is brought to life with the top-quality writing, voice acting, and cinematic presentation you’ve come to expect from Chronicles. The immersion is heightened with unique music playlists for every scenario, including 13 new and original tracks!

Innovative Gameplay

The amazing variety of locations and peoples you’ll encounter will certainly keep you on your toes in this campaign – but so too will the innovative and varied level designs. A key part of the Chronicles design philosophy is experimentation, and Alexander the Great is packed with one-of-a-kind experiences.

You’ll experience Alexander’s incredible siege of Tyre, a city perched upon an offshore island, by building and defending a vast causeway that stretches across the sea. You’ll construct the remote city of Alexandria Eschate in a fascinating scenario that plays like a city-builder game, ordering the construction of districts and generating resources from the settled population. You’ll recreate the voyage of Nearchos, sailing along the Persian Gulf with a Flagship which can train units, gathering supplies and discovering treasures along the way.

Improving on Battle for Greece

Chronicles is a project firmly rooted in the Age of Empires community – it was based on a beloved mod, and created by a team of community veterans including the creators of the invaluable CaptureAge tool. The feedback of the community has also been vital in guiding the development of Alexander the Great, with this sequel introducing a host of improvements.

Difficulty balancing is one key area of progress. Chronicles: Alexander the Great will have five difficulty levels, and each has been carefully calibrated to its target audience. Multiple large-scale difficulty tests, each with a wide range of players, were used to refine the balance of every level.

Alexander the Great also allows players to enjoy the game in more varied ways: for instance, the use of time pressure has been minimized to let players conquer at their own pace. The unique and varied level design style which characterizes Chronicles has been retained,