Cover: Age of Empires 2 vs Age of Empires 2 HD

[Faklon]

In the old game they portrayed a mediterranean brunette man who has behind him a Norse and a Mongol.



In the new game, they portray a Anglo-Saxon (to be closer to white I guess) and he has behind him a black man (Berber I guess) and a native American.




I sense some bias of modern sociopolitics, like this was some black vs white struggle.

[pulstar]

Is it really Justinian?

[Faklon]

Is it really Justinian?

I read he is Justinian and he wears the typical chainmail/lamellar of Cataphracts but can be Western/Frank I guess.

Why did the make the black-white difference so obvious though?

What influence did black men or native americans have in the Age of Empires?

[Bosniensis]

Why would Justinian appear in Western oriented game?

Latin-speaking Thracian-Illyrian surely wouldn't carry western styled armor.

Crown from 6th century was different.

[pulstar]

I read he is Justinian and he wears the typical chainmail of Cataphracts but can be Western I guess.

Why did the make the black-white difference so obvious though?

What influence did black men or native americans had in the Age of Empires?

I thought it was Charlemagne. Who are others?

[Faklon]

Why would Justinian appear in Western oriented game?

Latin-speaking Thracian-Illyrian surely wouldn't carry western styled armor.

Crown from 6th century was different.

Whatever is not Turkoid, it isn't Western.

I thought it was Charlemagne. Who are others?

Y, could be.

Tamerlane and Finnish Swede.

[Bosniensis]

Whatever is not Turkoid, it isn't Western.

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Tamerlane and Finnish Swede

Well he isn't Greek that's for sure.

[Faklon]

Well he isn't Greek that's for sure.

Neither you are Roman.

Western/Eastern or whatever.

[pulstar]

Neither you are Roman.

Western/Eastern or whatever.
....

Man on last picture looks ultra-Slavic.

[Bosniensis]

Neither you are Roman.

Western/Eastern or whatever.

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How can I be Roman when they don't exist Anymore?

Were our distant ancestors been Romans, most likely.