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'The Prophecy of Raviyl - The Awakening' Part 1, The Island of Ugahond
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Gumble |
Posted on 12/02/09 @ 02:55 AM (updated 02/25/10)
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5 |
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Mod-Hard |
"The Prophecy of Raviyl: The Awakening. Part 1, The Island of Ugahond"
Designed and updated by Timothy McKenzie 1st December 2009.
You can contact me from either the Age of Empires Heaven forum, 'Last Epic Campaign' thread
Requirements:
Age of Empires, The Rise of Rome: version 1.0
version 1.0!
version 1.0!!
version 1.0!!!
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT; THE GAME WILL CRASH IF YOU TRY TO RELOAD A SAVE IN VERSION 1.0a
BECAUSE THE NEW PATCH CREATED A MISSILE-SAVE BUG. THIS CREATES CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE
CAMPAIGN EXTREMLY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU NEED TO RESTORE 1.0, THEN a DOWNLOAD
IS AVAILABLE AT THE AGE OF EMPIRES HEAVEN GRANARY, AT THIS LINK:
http://aoe.heavengames.com/dl-php/showfile.php?fileid=2287
Notes:
This is a re-engineered version of 'Ugahond Trial version'. So if you have that campaign
installed then it is now obsolete. This new version has repaired many bugs as well as
introduced a host of new features making it worthy as a seperate file. A complete list of
changes and features are listed under 'update'.
Story:
Odian has fallen. Anarchy rules the shattered empire of Kodena. A fanatic cult
known as Talak'Na has risen to power and threatens to engulf what is left into an
inescapable tyranny under the Arch Priest Jivoss - A Monster of cruel and creative genius.
People live in terror of the present, regret of the past, and in fear of the future. A
Saviour may bring the hope of peace or prison of death. In this, a mysterious hero has
awakened; without an identity or a purpose, Gazan Murd'as has washed ashore on a isolated
island, Ugahond. The natives are in a war. Vrukok, a sinister servant of Jivoss, has also
suddenly arrived on the island and has subverted all he has found into conflict. Gazan must
Find his purpose and restore harmony to this sacred place as his first step on the windy
road to truth. To this powerful and unknown power that is "THE PROPHECY OF RAVIYL"
Installation:
First extract the downloaded folder, then simply copy the 'Prophecy of Raviyl - The Awakening, Part 1 - The Island of Ugahond.cpx'
from the Ugahond Instalment folder into your Age of Empires campaign folder. Run Age of
Empires and access the campaign from the single player campagin menu to enjoy. Run the
campaign on 'Hard' difficulty for best results. (I am serious, there may be bugs on
'Hardest' because the computer players therefore get the benefit of 2000 of every resource
making the third scenario an instant fail!)
Bonus Features:
A small preview of screenshots of the Next Instalment 'The Jungle's of Ati'lok' coming
soon, probably late January or early February 2010. Check Granary section of the Age of
Empires Heaven site for new files OR the 'Last Epic Campaign' topic thread in their forums
for updates. The pictures are inside the 'Coming Soon' folder.
A walkthrough is also provided to help players navigate their way through the campaign and
as source of extra information. this is located in the main folder.
Update:
In the pursuit of perfection I decided that a re-make of the original campaign was in order,
so I tried to enhance all the selling aspects of the original 'Ugahond Trial Version' as
well as strengthen it's weaknesses. In that note:
1. The general terrain has been vastly improved in most areas Including:
textured sand/dirt, beach sand, damp sand, small tides, forest grass, meadow grass,
Mountain earth.
2.General forest clumps have been re-textured to add thickness and accuracy to a tropical
island.
3.New features such as improved rock pools and water spray has been added.
4.bitmaps have been vastly improved and provide valuable technical information to every
level.
5. Several grammar and spelling checks have covered most mistakes however spelling
gravitates to American spelling such as 'artifact' instead of 'artefact'. Where unusual
grammar is encountered it is for the purposes of the story and as everyone should know
that in the nature of communication, the purpose and meaning of a text takes precedence
over it's form. If you can read it and understand it this should be enough.
Also the text itself is spaced out a bit more to aid in reading.
6.'A Savage Island' features new objectives and improved old ones. Also to aid effect to
the feel of the scenario the village is burning after being attacked by the lions. General
difficulty has been increased.
7.'Blood Sacrifice' has seen a fix on a trigger bug for the ruin countdown. Rithic now
attacks from a barracks which becomes an optional objective to destroy. Also Kyrura now
have unique 'architecture'. The starting situation for the scenario has also been changed.
8.'Survival of the fittest' as seen many bug fixes including the deer objective moved to be
optional. This was due to the constant failure of executing this objective. Rescuing Zuru
has been fixed too. All the villages have been remodelled and have extended their territory.
The granary trap at the start is really too insignificant to change. Additional extra units
can now be discovered.
9.'Confrontation' has had an improvement in nearly all areas. Firstly your starting
location has changed and has been added to be a new objective adding tension to the
scenario. A new 'rocky' terrain feature has been added to fill up otherwise empty space.
Zuru from the previous level makes an appearance. Merchant ships have been changed to
storage pits for a better version of the woman and children rescue objective. Rithica now
also trains more clubmen from more locations that need to be destroyed in order to access
your own barracks. Ecklo can actually be accessed a lot easier now than before. More gaia
units can be discovered now by exploring. Finally the Igano village as slightly more detail
and can be seen clearly by the human player at all times to monitor the situation.
10.'Heart of the Tribes' Whilst being probably the best of all the original scenarios it
too has seen significant work. Rithica have been really upped in the strength department
with a whole rework of their village. The Rithican bodyguard make their present felt much
more often in the scenario and many of the other tribes now have upgraded arms and armour
making the game challenge more diverse and enjoyable. More Gaia units including valuable
axmen can be found and hired. A staging ground has been added to the northern island with
extra transports for player convenience. A huge initial battle has also been added to give
the unique 'EPIC' feel to this climatic scenario. Every enemy tribe now have forward
bases to be dealt with to add another layer of difficulty keeping the old blood pumping.
I found the original rock pools to be a bit messy so I gave them a bit of a make over. The
messiness hasn't changed but it looks nicer I suppose...
Personal Notes:
I would like to thank first Jesus Christ my personal saviour as the ultimate inspiration
and strength.
Secondly to Ensemble studios who created 'Age of Empires' they made a great game, and
probably made better by it's fans.
Microsoft of course because they had a hand in it and probably in most of the affairs of
the world anyway.
My dad for putting up with me.
The Age of Empires Heaven Internet Community. Of which inspiration, friendship, and
occasional -worship- has always been appreciated. (Although misquoting has not, Rasteve!)
The AoEH forumers Zapdotep, Trislo, Fudgy, Jotaf98, Stoyan Ratchev, Martin Sturm,
and (Rasteve) for their advanced editors, game resources and bug fixes.
The AoeH forumers Ninetails, The Dark Archer, MRCHEEZE, Nezon, Fruktfisk, Suppiluliuma,
Nacht Jaeger, Basse, Nanodude, Kelcin, Blatant7, Mapppp,Eden Cook, HMFSFM, and everyone who
voted me to victory in the Age of Empires Heaven Yearly Awards ceremony. Your support helps
me, your criticism drives me, and your acceptance of my insanity simply intrigues me.
Finally to Annon Guy, probable smurf, who was hell bent on sabotaging my campaign,
ruining my good name, and generally causing havoc on the AoEH forums, which was my job.
I am still laughing at your attacks on the orignality of this campaign. May your memory
never die.
Thank you sincerely for downloading and playing this campaign. I spent a long time
designing it and I hope this reflects in the quality of it and in your enjoyment of it too.
Timothy McKenzie
- Message recieved by Timothy McKenzie, Co-Chair of the executive board of the 4.49 Confederacy of 'Gumble' - |
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Gumble
File Author |
Posted on 01/01/10 @ 01:53 AM
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One point off perfection. One point.
You have done it now Ninetails, you have killed Gumble. You have attempted to stike down that which is immortal. Your just lucky Gumble can rebuild his essense like flubber.
Gumble is interested in seeing who else thiks along the lines of Ninetails. More reviews,
MORE
By the way the comment thats it is an an installment is false. Think of it as the first season of a series. And that you gave it a 4.9 out 5.
4.9 out of 5
This is just Gumble RAVING but its been years since the last entry to the Granary has been given a 5. Not since Andrea. If this was the first work of someone who just joined AoEH then it would have gotten a 5 hands down. BUT NO, people know Gumble, Gumble has history...
-sigh- Gumble must explain again WHY there are only critters in the first scenario, WHY there is a larger storyline, WHY your limited to the stone age.
1st. This campaign totals 30 scenarios. How does one make a storyline that can last this long, with scenarios that are fresh and interesting that can span this length? You play every possible object to its fullest strengths. Thats why there is a big FOUNDATION PLOT that starts the stroy. Thats why only regualr lions are eating your toes. Question. Did anyone notice why lion kings (save Blood Maw) and alligator kings did not feature in this release? Thats because they have another scenario all to themselves.
2nd. Your limited to the stone age because in terms of the overall balance of the 30 scenario campaign. Next release your in tool, then there are two in bronze, then Iron, then post-Iron.
Gumble does appreciate this review he does but 4.9 out of 5? Your messing with Gumble, Ninetails. You don't see the wider context of the story (which has to be good), the balance of the gameplay (which has to be excellent), and the overall effect of the long campaign (which has to be mind-blowing) You need to treat each release as a stand-alone (like the Persian Wars) BUT remember that its in the greater context of a campaign series. There is always a reason why Gumble chose not to shorten the story, chose not to splash out on a host of enemies and critters to throw at you.
Now Gumble could DEMAND that you change to what it SHOULD BE. But that would be impolite
Your sure that point wasn't uncouncious spite?
Ps. Thankyou for taking the time to review this Ninetails, Gumble does appreciate it. Seriosly. |
Helelix |
Posted on 01/01/10 @ 02:05 AM
Personally I would have given it a 5 regardless of its flaws (wait.. it has flaws?) because even if it did have flaws they are over shadowed by the supreme epicness of the map design. |
Basse |
Posted on 01/01/10 @ 10:58 AM
I'd give it a '5'. If you compare to other, old '5's it would probably get '10' :p
Sorry Gumble, you have to accept that I aint a reviewer :( |
Gumble
File Author |
Posted on 01/01/10 @ 07:36 PM
Dam you can't review your own work...
Thanks Helelix, Basse. Gumble knows he can count on your support when Gumble makes is 'Conquer the World' move.
Gumble still just doesn't understand why you don't post reviews. They arn't that hard and they are kinda fun.
Gumble reviewed your good works, Basse. |
Basse |
Posted on 01/05/10 @ 09:17 AM
Gumble, I have already told you! I can't play it fully because I can only play the first scenario in the campaign. I have used the campaign manager to get the cpx. file to 5 .scx files. Even then I can't play it fully because most of the scenarios you have to save, then when you die you can restart at the saving. The problem then is that I can't play saved games! I am really sorry Gumble :( |
Gumble
File Author |
Posted on 01/06/10 @ 05:05 PM
Basse, Gumble has a strong suspicion its your version of Age of Empires. Upgrade 1.0a and see if you have the same problem. If you do you should reinstall. |
Draktweth |
Posted on 01/13/10 @ 07:25 PM
Gumble, as soon as I saw the maps for these campaigns, my jaw dropped at the amazing detail. I can plainly see that you have put an awesome amount of effort into making this, but what else could you expect from someone considered one of the best on AOE Heaven today?
I generally liked the first scenario more than others, because of the way it was all set up. The way you actually had to save the villagers before they were killed by Lions or Alligators was something that just seemed to be pure genius to me... maybe I might decide to use that trick.
I wish that this would've been the entire 30 Scenario campaign you talked about... If it was I would've given this campaign a perfect 5/5 review, but since this is only the first five scenarios of the entire 30, I will only go as far as a comment. Know that I excitedly await the arrival of the next Installment/Season/Part/whatever you'd like to call it of this campaign.
***Draktweth*** |
c4master |
Posted on 11/11/10 @ 04:56 PM
Alright, here's another review of this great campaing.
Playability: 5
Wow, I started yesterday and I couldn't stop it until I managed to get through. This is espacially great, because it is really hard to make it.
Balance: 5
One word: perfect.
Ok, ok, I'll add some more. I found every scenario being hard enough for me to fail at least once, but fair enough to make it on second or third try. This is simply amazing. Keeps me playing, even when I lose.
In the fourth scenario, however, the enemy didn't seem to kill the villagers of the "hidden village". If he raized the buildings, it would have been very tough, I guess.
Creativity: 5
Well, the only thing I know, that has not been used is tribute. Other than that, a lot of different victory conditions have been used.
Map Design: 5
A-MA-ZING! Really great use of all the new stuff. At the beginning, I thought, elevations were missing, but the last two scenarios have showed, I was wrong. Dead wrong. That tower was REALLY nasty. Don't ever do this again... ;-)
Story/Instructions: 4.5
Well, I liked the story, it makes me wait for the next scenarios. Still, it has two downsides to me:
1) It's too long. Even though I like narrative parts, I still don't want to spend 20 minutes reading (in a foreign language) before starting a scenario. I know, I've exaggerated, but you might get the point.
2) Why does it always have to be evil priests. Come one, there's more in (fantasy) literature than just those evil priests. Plus, we get a lot of information about the country (or maybe better: empire), but it's kind of useless, since we only play on a little part of it. Well, and finally, I think you've overdone a bit. No matter how crazy people are, someone THAT evil and chaotic would not gain power and be able to keep it for longer than a few weeks. Slaying your own members won't help you ruling the world. Everyone knows.
other than this, it has been super. Victory conditions, even optional ones were clearly pointed out. Help was good as far as I can tell (I only read it in the last scenario).
Additional Comments:
download recommendation: Yes. But beware, you might lose more than once. Still, it's worth it. Absolutely.
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Again, no 5.0, but the story just didn't please me enough to be perfect. |
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Rating |
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5.0 | Breakdown |
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Playability | 5.0 | Balance | 5.0 | Creativity | 5.0 | Map Design | 5.0 | Story/Instructions | 4.8 |
Statistics |
Downloads: | 2,139 |
Favorites: [] | 1 |
Size: | 5.23 MB |
Added: | 12/02/09 |
Updated: | 02/25/10 |
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