You Can Now Play as the Orcs
In two campaign missions, you can now choose your race before starting the game.
If a full Orc faction is available in the mission, you will be given a choice before launch:
Humans
Orcs
When choosing the Orcs, the player takes control of the entire original Orc faction: its islands, resources, population, buildings, and army. The Humans are then controlled by the AI.
In other words, you can now switch sides with your opponent in these missions and try to complete the same map from a completely different starting position.
Winning as the Orcs counts as completing the mission normally and unlocks the next mission just like winning as the Humans.
For now, this is the first experimental version of race selection. In the future, this system may become the foundation for a more complete faction and race selection system.
Thank You, Playtesters
A special thank you to everyone who continues to play the playtest and send feedback.
At this point, all feedback received so far has been reviewed and prioritized.
Thank you for helping make Empires Edge better. Work on the AI, missions, races, and future eras continues.