The storyline in Act II: Shadow was rewritten where Crazy Horse was replaced with Chayton's uncle, Uncle Warbonnet, in order to establish Chayton having a more personal connection with the Lakota people.

the Fire Pit replaced with Community Plaza, mining replaced with fur trading, and while the Sioux had their name reverted to what they were called prior to The WarChiefs expansion, the Lakota, the Iroquois were renamed to the Haudenosaunee).

In addition, the Iroquois and Sioux were completely reworked from ground up in the Definitive Edition to be more respectful to their cultures, as while the original game wanted to represent Native American cultures, some elements (such as the Fire Pit) ended up reinforcing western stereotypes on Native American cultures, so the developers consulted with various tribal leaders to have a more accurate representation of the Native American civilizations (i.e.

The Historical Battles, a collection of single player scenarios based on historical battles a la 'Battles of the Conquerors' or 'Battles of the Forgotten', for people who were disappointed with the ahistorical campaign and wished to play with more civilizations in campaign mode.

The Swedes, after so much time being left out of the final civilization roster, now make it as a playable civilization.

Definitive Edition makes up for it by adding the Inca as a civilization.

Given how important the Inca are, especially in the Steel part of the campaign, many fans were surprised and livid to find out they were not a civilization in The WarChiefs.

Definitive Edition seems aimed to please both sides of the Broken Base (see below) in several ways:.

The Asian Dynasties then added East Asian civilizations, campaigns, and maps with more success.

The response wasn't completely enthusiastic, however.

The WarChiefs added some of the most criticized omissions in the vanilla game, such as playable Native American civilizations, the possibility of playing as post-colonial American states through the Revolution option, more western American maps and natives, and new campaigns that were less fantastical and more grounded in History despite still using Black Family members as main characters.

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