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A pretty good add on to AOE

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 13
Date: November 11, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The Rise of Rome is a pretty good expansion for Age of Empires. It added cool new units like the Scythe Chariot and the Camel. It also gives the new map size and four cool new civilizations. A dissapointment was that they all looked the same. Also the 200 population limit on multiplayer is a nice change. Overall I would give Rise of Rome three stars

Just adds new civilizations to an already complex game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 19 / 29
Date: November 15, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Age of Empires (and this expansion) is a great game, but it requires patience, good attention to detail, and a LOT of mouse action. Use the opening scenerios to gain skill - you'll need it. Only for the serious game player.

Better AOE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: January 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

If you like AOE (Age of Empires), you should get this. It adds more campaigns, units, and civs. It also adds more to the game itself, like gigantic map. While you would think that they could squeeze more into an expansion, they didn't. But it is still a remarkable addition to a truly great game. However, if you don't play AOE that much, or like it, I wouldn't recommend it, because it is the same game, just bigger and better

Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: April 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

AOE Rise of Rome is an excellent transition from AOE to AOE II. The game playing is what you are a custom to and look for. This is an excellent game to own

A great improvement

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: July 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This expansion is actually of a higher quality than AOE itself. The Roman campaigns are excellent! One chronicles the rise of republican Rome, one the exploits of Julius Caesar, one the wars of imperial Rome, and one (the most interesting) the struggles of Rome's enemies. New music has been added (still as repetitive as ever, but different!), and new peoples, such as the apparently atheist Macedonians. A very worthy successor.

This is the most addictive RTS game I ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: August 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I never have really gotten bored with this game even though I have had it for about a year and a half now. The multiplayer is easily one of the best multiplayer modes on the market today. It's so easy to play and to understand for a novice, but the versitility will make even the most advanced players come up with new ideas on unit formations and strategy often. The single player is good too for an RTS and gives this game unlimited replayability.

Age of Empires got even better!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: April 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

You will love playing this game. If you enjoyed the first Age of Empires, you are in for a surprise. One of the big changes is you can produce more than one person from the production queen. Online play is still fun too. I must warn you though, this game is very addicting. I find myself sleeping three to five hours a night because of this game. Sound ridiculous? It wont after you become good. Have fun and good luck in your rise of rome career.

Da Bomb

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: June 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

...look up there... I wanted to give this game 8 out of 5 stars, but it wouldn't let me.. Now, here's the review...This game is the coolest... It features many types of people, like Romans, Pheonicians, Shangs (is it Shang?), Macedonians, etc... The Age of Empires series is the BEST! I STRONGLY recommend buying this game (You have to have Age of Empires first, its an add-on pack)

new civilizations and technologies but still lacking

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

For anybody who loves Aoe and wants more this game is for you. If you want 4 new civs(Carthaginians,Macedonians,Palmyrans and Romans) new techs such as Martydom(sacrifices preists for enemy unit) and Logistics(each Barracks unit counts for half a unit on the pop limit) and new units like armored elephants,camels and sythe chariots then you should consider getting this game.

But this game still has the same feel as the original.The units are just as dumb as before they've just spiced it up little with a few new civs and new units.I definitely like ROR more than the original but you just have to ask your self is it worth the 20 bucks.

An expansion like this should be free

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Age of Empires is a great game, and a Roman expansion would be essential. The problem is that there just isn't enough on it. The expansion, being charged for as much as the original game, offers only 5 new units, a couple more civilizations, and 3 more campaigns. There was so much that could have been included in this expansion pack, but there is very little difference with it.

The expansion does include, however, improvements to the game such as the ability to cue unit production and to chose the poplulation limit in multiplayer. However, the additions are just not worth the cost. The Gold Edition is a much better value, however, which includes both the original version and the expansion for the same price as the expansion itself.

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