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Well-balanced, complex strategy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I hate the phrase "Total Package" but it is apt in this expanded "Rise of Nations" dual-disc package.

The original game was good - and very frustrating. The computer will neither lay down and let you roll over it, nor simply overwhelm you. It will, however, put up a heckuva good fight.

Even with overwhelming force, attrition plays such a large part of the damage your invading units receive that by the time the opponent is beat, you'll not have much left to mount an effective attack.

In short, this is a strategy game that really makes you think ahead.

The BEST Strategy Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a great strategy game. Make governments to raise commerce or military strength. I can play this game for hours every day. It is very hard to beat. Games are usually 1:30 long. I strongly reccomend this game.

Great game, the six campaigns need some work

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Ive played this game a lot over time and have found it to be a very fun game. Good battle graphics and realistic aspects to running your nation. However, the 6 newer campaigns have limited scenarios and are too simple. The normal campaign doesn't have enough regions to conquer. Despite these downsides, the campaign is still loads of fun, especially the new world and cold war campaigns. Another downside is the limited power of war elephants, who dont dominate the battlefield like they should. However, they are still a strong asset to your armies. Another upside of this expansion is the added resources. The original didnt have campaign map resources, but the expansion has doubled the variety.

On The Whole, Good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I don't have RON Expansion but when I played it at a friend's house, it was just a blast! The Cold War campain was really cool, but the coolest thing in the game are HUMMERS!!!! Only problem with them is that the light tank replaces them in the INFO age, just like stealth bombers replace stratigic bombers. Since I only had a limited time at my friend's house I wasn't able to test the editor.

on sale

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: May 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Got Rise of Nations on sale for $20, wouldn't pay more than that...
tip: turn game speed down; took 40 minutes game time to conquer world.
Not worth playing second time round, have un-installed.

Lots of bugs!, No one online to play!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 15
Date: November 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I do love this game, it could have been great! There are a lot of bugs, and for a #1 best selling game you would think there are a ton of people online to play, but no at 9pm on a Friday night there are about 50 players online and half of them are just talking smack to each other. It is a shame that there is not more company support for this game. IT is a lot of fun to play once you get past the bugs and wait sometimes 25 min to get a game going. This is not like Battle net at all! IT just seams the game is lost.

Hhmm just the same as any other strategic game mode..!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: October 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was so looking forward to buying this game when it was put on the shelves here in New Zealand as I love playing games that make you think and strategies. But, now that I have brought it I now think that the money was not worth it and could have gone to a better game. My disappointment only is a reflection of my desire to buy a game that had great reviews to being disappointed when I had finally brought the game and played it and said, this is a remake from another game, but with different effects and characters.

But not to be negative about RON's, the visuals were top of the range and many other aspects of the game were top notch. But I am now thinking that the creators of such games have come to a stop. If you have already played games like Star Wars Galactic Battleground etc, then you might as well say you have played this game already.

Not a Necessary Expansion

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: May 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you have 30 dollars to kill, then youll still enjoy it. I'm not saying that the expansion is a bad game, I just think that for all the things you get in the amazing basic Rise of Nations, the expansion pack isnt really necessary. It comes with 4 or 5 new nations, 2 of which are native americans, but with only a few new buildings, I think that youll be happy with just the original. Its still a great game nonetheless.

Crashes without fail

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have the same issue as Yossarian. The Exception window appears after I attack a city in one of the first tutorials. I get the same thing if I try the other campaigns, just not quite as quickly. Unfortunately, I can only get it exchanged for the same item (if opened) and the Microsoft web support is useless on it.

Chock full of bugs

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 15
Date: May 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I absolutely loved the original "Rise of Nations". Fantastic RTS game. Also extremely stable; this will be important in a moment. I "upgraded" to this expansion after about 6 months of Rise of Nations. It immediately transformed my gaming experience from one of delight in a deep, complex, and endlessly replayable RTS game into one of unbridled frustration. The expansion causes the game to crash constantly and without warning (although I often get an amazingly helpful "Exception!" window afterwards). It crashes during loading. It crashes during saving. It crashes at the start of the game. It crashes 3 hours into a game. It crashes when 100 units are fighting. It crashes when a single peasant is walking. It will even, in something I've never seen before, crash in the middle of crashing. It is without doubt the least stable game or expansion I have ever played, and I've played Temple of Elemental Evil. I regret the day I bought this expansion because it has so colored my view of the game that I don't even like playing the original anymore because I half expect it to die with every move. The nominal benefits of the expansion (4 new nations, a few new campaigns, and tweaks to some old nations) are SLIGHTLY outweighed by the fact that you have no chance in hell of playing or finishing any of them. Avoid this expansion at all costs.

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