

"Even looking forward to the next few years, we expect 50 percent or more of our player base will be playing on machines that use the low spec renderer."Īccording to Microsoft, a "large part" of that playerbase is still playing games such as Age of Empires 2 from 1999 and Age of Empires 3 from 2005. "When looking to bring this new game to the franchise, we knew we needed to support a diverse set of PC configuration," Mann said. In a blog post, Michael Mann, executive producer at World's Edge, said the game's Min Spec Mode was about letting more people than ever play the game. It's triggered via a combination of in-game settings, made up with help from an auto-detection system when you first launch the game (this can be referenced or tweaked from the settings menu). This next generation effect is done on the fly so that each building always has a unique destruction, no matter how many times you see it.Its Min Spec Mode lets people using older and lower-powered machines play the game, Microsoft said. Shingles, shutters and whole towers may fly off a building and interact with the terrain, such as crashing into nearby water. You can assign different formations to your army for different strengths and weaknesses, or have the game automatically choose the most appropriate formation. Not only are you in command of large and diverse armies of infantry, cavalry and artillery, but also Native American warriors, mercenaries and tall ships. In a series of 24 scenarios divided into three acts, Morgan Black and his descendants help the Aztecs resist conquest by Spanish conquistadors, pit the French against the British in the French and Indian War and help Simon Bolivar lead revolutions in South America. In this action adventure tale of historical fiction, players take on the role of Morgan Black and his family, struggling against the hostile wilderness and a mysterious cult that's crept in from Europe. A brave New World is rising – a hostile yet beautiful world, filled with innovative gameplay, new strategic scenarios, eye-searing graphics and much more.


It's the dawn of a new age in real-time strategy (RTS) games.
