Rise of Nations for Windows
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Rise of Nations for Windows

  • ESRB Descriptor: Violence Blood and Gore
  • ESRB Rating: T - (Teen)
  • Publisher: Microsoft
  • Genre: Strategy
  • Platform: Windows
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mcmaster
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RISE OF NATIONS

bymcmaster Jun 9, 2004
42 Helpfuls 43 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros It's a fun game with a great strategy engine.
Cons There are some bugs in the Multi-Player system. I had higher expectations for something...
Recommended it? Yes

Rise Of Nations is a very user friendly game and easy to learn. Microsoft & Big huge games have followed EA (Electronic Arts) with its Rise of Nations with regard to game engines. Most games are either real-time or turn based. Around three years ago EA developed its Shogun Total War strategy game... Read full review »

rancid1993
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Conquer the World with Rise of Nations

byrancid1993 Feb 23, 2006
41 Helpfuls 42 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Addicting Gameplay, Advance through time, Many different countries and units
Cons Conquer the World Campaigns are extremely time consuming, the early ages are almost...
Recommended it? Yes

If any of you reading this review have played Age of Empires, Command and Conquer, or any Realtime Strategy Game, you can understand the basic concept of Rise of Nations. Even through it is quite similar to the previous two games mentioned above (Rise of Nations is made by Microsoft, same company... Read full review »

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Rise of Nations: Successor to the Throne

byGravityGirl Jun 8, 2003
39 Helpfuls 40 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Quite possibly the best RTS ever
Cons Some might not like the lack of story in the campaign, worker AI issues.
Recommended it? Yes

I like learning about history; I was a history major in college and I pursued an additional interdisciplinary program in Medieval and Renaissance studies. I have also been known to enjoy documentaries on a wide variety of subjects. I also enjoy video games, so when I found out about Rise of... Read full review »

seacow
1163

More power to you

byseacow Jun 20, 2004
32 Helpfuls 33 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros ?
Cons ?
Recommended it? Yes

For years, I've played Age of Empires. I won't go into the details of Age of Empires here since this is a review of Rise of Nations except to say that the two games are very similar. If you have Age of Empires, you're probably asking why you should buy this game. Is it really worth spending all of... Read full review »

71

They do RON RON RON

bydavidjwest Jan 14, 2004
22 Helpfuls 23 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros A well designed RTS game which has plenty to do.
Cons There are some minor niggles which become apparant during play.
Recommended it? Yes

Rise of Nations (or RON as it shall from hereon in be known as) is a real time strategy game, written by big huge games with support from microsoft. This explains the idea for the rather obscure title for this review.

As you probably expect from this type of game, the aim is world... Read full review »

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R.O.N

bylatrobe03 Jul 2, 2008
12 Helpfuls 13 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Awesome map textures, units are powerful, fun to play quick or long games
Cons maps are too small, resources never run out, Smart citizen function a pain sometimes
Recommended it? Yes

I love real time strategy games, I started playing Empire Earth which is still one of my top favorites, Rise of Nations is a close tie to it. The game play of both is very similar, collect resources, build up armies and advance your technology until you dominate the map or in quick battle destroy... Read full review »

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RTS at its finest

byshav9292 Jul 17, 2008
11 Helpfuls 12 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros one of the good RTS games you can get.
Cons Sometimes it gets boring but set the options correctly and you will be good.
Recommended it? Yes

This is the best RTS game Microsoft ever produced.This has a very good strategy engine and good graphics.
Its no surprise that this is similar to most RTS games but the feel is different.
The one thing about this game that i like is its flow.you start with a bunch of people in olden times... Read full review »

12

One of the best RTS games ever

byleviathan14 Jul 13, 2003
11 Helpfuls 12 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros In depth gameplay, good graphics for RTS game, lots of units and nations
Cons can be difficult to learn if you have no experience with RTS
Recommended it? Yes

I've always been a fan of real-time strategy games, especially Microsoft's Age of Empires series. I love the idea of a good RTS/war game that uses history as its core. That is why I was very excited about the release of Rise of Nations. This game takes what was so good about Age of Empires and adds... Read full review »

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Storm the ages

byandiprogonati Nov 9, 2010
9 Helpfuls 10 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros It develops your political skills, it is relaxing, amazing and amusing.
Cons You have to kill to survive.
Recommended it? Yes

Rise of Nations is a wonderful game that guides you through different ages and allows you to be part of the life cycle of a particular nation. You can choose between different nations that have different cultures.Be a Chinese Emperor, a Indian Chief or a Roman Emperor. Build your cities, rise your... Read full review »

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Rise of Nations and old commander game.

bygross99 Jun 29, 2005
9 Helpfuls 10 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros graphics and different modes of play
Cons its a little old
Recommended it? Yes

Whats good about the singleplayer?
Well i like single player so that i can train for the multi-player experience. You can customize the difficulty that the enemy plays at. This makes me alot better before playing a battle one on one with an ememy in real life. Also you can see all of the... Read full review »

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