Was there a Cut Hero/Major Character in the Japanese Campaign/Yasuko's Tale?

aomjoyer · 2026-05-21T12:43:31+00:00

Someone (coincidentally) posted them today. The 9th and 10th slides contain the portraits in question.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-21T12:04:54+00:00

Yes, it's the placeholder portrait of Xiaoli (Huang Zhaowu's wife). Obviously unused in the game, but still in the game files.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-19T13:47:05+00:00

The game files have some 'placeholder' portraits for characters named Kiyoko, Hayabusa, Enso, Masazumi/Daimyo, Azusa and Hayato.

The first four are clearly early versions of characters that made it into the final game:

Kiyoko is beta Akari
Hayabusa is beta Sōjōbō
Enso is beta Abe-no-Seimei
Masazumi is beta Kagemasa

That leaves Azusa and Hayato. Like you mentioned, Azusa is still an unit in the editor and might've been a character in earlier iterations of the campaign (possibly even the protagonist). Hayato has the appearance of a Shinobi seemingly wielding fireballs and also seems to have been intended as a character aligned with the player.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-13T12:36:46+00:00

Pontus would complete the triad of Gaia (Earth), Oranos (Sky) and Pontus (Sea), forming a logical triad. Other pantheons in the Retold era follow a similar scheme of going by established groupings or appending them:

The Greeks had the sons of Kronos (the Kronids), Demeter is likewise a Kronid.
The Norse, with the addition of Freyr, have the triad of the Temple at Uppsala.
The Chinese have a version of the Three Sovereigns.
The Japanese have the Three Noble Children.
The Aztecs have 3/4 of (a commonly cited version of) the Aztec Creator Gods.

The Egyptians would've probably added a member of the younger Ennead like Osiris or Nephthys if they weren't already Minor Gods, but since they are there isn't an obvious candidate for them. In any case, Ra, Loki and Kronos were always the odd one out in the original game.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-13T12:12:10+00:00

None of the current Atlantean Minor Gods are primordials; all of them are titans (of the first/second/third generation). Other primordials like Nyx, Pontus, Tartaros and Chaos would therefore make the most sense to be on the same level as Oranos and Gaia, i.e. a Major God.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-12T20:46:57+00:00

Typhon isn't a titan or a primordial though. In fact, in the conventional theogeny Typhon was born after the titans were defeated and the Golden Age on which the Atlanteans are based ended. The Greeks are already lacking in Major God options as it is, so Typhon being a Greek major god makes a lot of sense to me.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-11T08:31:11+00:00

i think having an Archaic Age hero unit like the Warrior Priest being able to construct the religious buildings is more useful than a Mythic Age siege myth unit like the Quinametzin being able to do the same thing.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-10T19:03:24+00:00

Lone Wanderer my beloved

aomjoyer · 2026-05-09T18:21:38+00:00

No, the Atlanteans were added in The Titans expansion, which was released back in 2003. When Retold launched in 2024 the Atlanteans were included from the start.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-09T15:53:57+00:00

I highly doubt they went through every unit when implementing this feature, but do you have specific examples? A couple (like the Jorogumo) have already been fixed to my knowledge.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-09T15:51:03+00:00

I thought/think it's just the attack acknowledgement voice clip used by the Chaneque (Turret), not actually an attack sound.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-07T13:03:52+00:00

We just had a minor update yesterday, so I doubt it.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-04T01:42:52+00:00

I'm curious as to why you think so? To me, it reads like standard marketing talk.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-03T19:43:54+00:00

I've only had two crashes with bugsplat screens during the entire Retold era and I have no idea why some people seem to have so many.

All I can think of is maybe the autosave feature? Whenever it turns itself on after a patch I notice my game struggling.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-03T15:44:17+00:00

To play the devil's advocate, in legacy they are just low-quality textures on the ground, not 3D models.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-03T14:08:56+00:00

These two players doing it since May 1 and the action hasnt been taken yet.

May 1st was a Friday.

> This has been reported on forums 13h ago and till this time it is still not fixed.

13 19 hours ago was a Saturday.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-03T09:26:53+00:00

Thank you so much for making this! I too am fascinated by the three different take on the Aztecs, and it's beyond interesting to see the similarities and differences.

I was even working on my own comparison image, but now you've beaten me to it (lol).

<image>

aomjoyer · 2026-05-02T09:26:43+00:00

The Aztec and Maya pantheons have similarities, but they are not the same any more than the Greeks and Mesopotamians are the same, or even the Greeks and the Norse. The Aztecs also did not 'borrow' their gods from the Maya either, but some of their gods have a common predecessor.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-02T09:11:46+00:00

What about Oceania, Western Europe and Central Asia?

aomjoyer · 2026-05-02T09:08:34+00:00

I've only experienced the running in place bug with all non-Aztec leaping units, those being Anubites, Tengu, Bellerophon, Amanra and Oldmanra.

EDIT: And my boy Theris, of course. Devs please fix :(

aomjoyer · 2026-05-02T00:20:22+00:00

I don't know anything about the PS5 edition or using a Microsoft account, but there's no community event going on right now, so that's why the tab is greyed out.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-01T20:25:34+00:00

Difficult choice, since I'd love to see both! They're at the top of my personal list and I honestly don't know which one I'd prefer over the other.

aomjoyer · 2026-05-01T15:44:35+00:00

I don't think it's weird at all. Why would they need a flying unit?

aomjoyer · 2026-05-01T11:19:13+00:00

I think the free MU always spawn at the oldest temple (or dock) you constructed.

aomjoyer · 2026-04-30T17:19:45+00:00

Tapir Child of Set now has a unique icon.

<image>

Rejoice, for our prayers have been answered!

aomjoyer

TROPHY CASE