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Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War PC
  • Publisher: Midway
  • Release Date: Jun 12, 2006
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Metascore
64 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 36 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

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  • Summary: Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War is the latest creation from award-winning developer Stainless Steel Studios and renowned game designer Rick Goodman. Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War is a detailed real-time strategy game that lets players completely command one of the four mightiest empires of the ancient world: Greece, Rome, Egypt, and Persia. Rise & Fall allows players to fight alongside their troops as one of history's eight greatest heroes, and bring victory to their nation on the battlefield. [Midway]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 26 out of 36
  3. Negative: 2 out of 36
  1. PC Gamer UK
    91
    There's a reason I haven't said much yet about the RTS that sits serenely at the core of Rise & Fall. That reason is there really isn't much to say beyond it's good solid stuff with a strong whiff of Ensemble's best work. [July 2006, p.85]
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  2. PC Format
    74
    Ignore the lumpen campaign and you have an RTS with some big ideas. [July 2006, p.91]
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  3. G4 TV
    40
    If you ever run into one of the erstwhile developers of Stainless Stell Studios, you should probably buy him or her a beer and let them cry on your shoulder; it's gotta hurt to see a game you made that obviously started out with a lot of potential get released in such an unfinished state.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. JediM.
    10
    This is a really awesome game. It is well worth the $20 and the extra $300 I spent upgrading my computer to run it the best.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. MIckJ.
    5
    Real bog standard affair. Looks ok and just when you're beginning to think "this is a great game!" you realize you're half way through the campaigns without even trying. I seemed to defeat the AI by accident on most maps. Rome: Total War is much better.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. PaulC.
    1
    Played ok for an hour until I realised that Starforce drivers had somehow stopped the file sharing from my second hard disk (perfectly legal I might add) and fubar'd by DVD writer (Half the writing modes missing as options in Nero) Luckily you have the option of uninstalling the drivers from the Start Menu - (which is something I suppose) - though obviously you can't then play the game So despite it being a reasonable game, changing my entire PC just to play it isn't an option. Game gave me £12 for it 2'nd hand..It's in the rack now - Broad Street Worcester - they're charging £20 for it. If you are more forgiving and don't mind a third party piece of invasionware controlling your PC , pop along and buy it.… Expand
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