When the player progresses through the campaign playing as New Spain, the player will be presented with missions from the King of Spain, and when sufficient influence is gained, the player may be granted a higher title of nobility such as Baron, Count, etc. The native factions have weaker units with little armor, but their extremely low upkeep allows vast numbers of them to be fielded and they generally possess high morale.
The colonizing forces consist of small numbers of expensive but powerful units, their numbers often bolstered by local native mercenaries. French and English forces will show up in the same way: the French appears in Louisiana and the English in Honduras. Once spawned, the New Spain faction can use these armies however they see fit. This campaign implements various conquistador armies that went to the New World by spawning large, formidable armies in the Americas with allegiance to New Spain. The Spanish must struggle to explore an unknown land filled with violent natives, while the Native Americans attempt to stall foreign invasion and simultaneously expand their lands at the expense of their neighbors.
Americas Campaign Playable factions īeginning in 1521, the early period of Age of Navigation which the European powers sought for new land under the thirst of colonisation.