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- Microsoft Game Studios
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Microsoft Game Studios
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
Released On: Jun 12, 2014
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7.7
All Platforms
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Critic Reviews
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 81 User Ratings
7.7
77% Positive
62 Ratings
62 Ratings
6% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
17% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 81 User Ratings
7.7
77% Positive
62 Ratings
62 Ratings
6% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
17% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
This game perfectly has all of the mechanics that AoE 2 has.
The way the armys get ordered and the tactis are amazing.
You dont need to destroy each single building to win a match, you capture cities until you raid the main city and win the game.
The villagers has a perfect idle managment system which the almost never get doing nothing so you can focus mostly in the strategies.
Also there is inflation, as your economy grows your army is gonna be expensive.
Excellent and super fun game.
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This game is a little dated, but it still has solid mechanics. I played the standard PC version for several years before finally moving over to the Extended Edition. This is one of the last really good RTS games in awhile - but that's assuming you like traditional RTS games with base building and resource management. There are really only 3 resources at the start, but as you progress through ages and discover more things it opens more resources.
If you haven't played this, you can start in any age (traditionally an early age) and progress through the ages and into the modern-space age. The aim is to win but whichever victory conditions you set. If you'd like a peaceful techrace with no fighting, you can do it. If you'd like the economic win, you can do that. If you go the military route - the AI can be treacherous (predictably so I'm afraid). You can play various campaigns from US-USSR and Alexander the Great, or you can skirmish solo, or go online for multiplayer.
The X-Ed version has the Thrones & Patriots x-pac, which adds governments and other additions. As mentioned in other reviews, this 'can' be a long game. But it doesn't have to be - you can control every aspect of game conditions. You can make the map small, the players few, or you can play up to 7 other players on the biggest map there is - the Big Huge map. All in all, I love this game, even to this day.
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Considering how rare the game on disk is means that this is a gem. This version and the original are both awesome games (might be nostalgia), with fun, action filled and yet surprisingly balanced, each nation has unique traits and units which the player (or computer) can yield to conquer the world. Combat in this game is great, there several types of units which can all counter a different type of unit, so keeping a well balanced army is key to success, but what can sometimes tip the balance of a fight is a general who can order me to entrench ambush, force march to make a speedy attack then retreat or create a diversion, so using they well is key to success. Economy is well balanced and its practically impossible to get a monopoly early to mid-game; the player can gather a certain amount of a resource a minute until they reach a commerce limit which makes any attempts to gather more of a resource useless, to increase the commerce limit you have to research commercial technologies by spending money and research points (gained in a university), this system stops computers from becoming too powerful by taking advantage of being able to command every unit on the field at the same time. Whilst the combat and the commercial parts of the game may not be realistic, they are extremely well balanced almost too balanced.
My only criticism is against the steam workshop, it seems having a mod makes the building textures disappear (this can be fixed with multiple reloads) , and it seems that non-steam mods don't have support. But as these are mod related they do little to lower the score. Overall 9/10!!!
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A fairly good game, but sploit when the Industrial Age is reached, and the game turns into a pointless rush for oil and weapons. The "real-time" aspect adds little to turn-based games such as Civilization, which I still prefer.
The Steam version has several bugs, for example relating to music and graphics, and it's now obvious they won't be fixed.
I'll still recommend the game, but I suggest you try it out in time to be able to ask for a refund if you find the bugs too annoying.
I give the game 7 out of 10, minus 1 for the bugs. so the result is 6 out of 10.
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The original Rise of Nations is an amazing game. The "extended edition" is just a money grab. Save yourself the money and avoid this re-release. This was just Microsoft wanting to get some extra money from its older games, rather than actually spending the development dollars on a sequel.
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One thing that would be nice is having the tutorial tell you HOW to do the things it says you can do, like HOW to build a farm, WHERE the construction menu is, if there is any, HOW to put your scout on auto-pilot, and so on. When a tutorial is that stupid, I don't expect much from the game itself.
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Summary Rise of Nations is back! Play the updated classic with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features, including Twitch.tv streaming.
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Jun 12, 2014
Developer:
- Big Huge Games
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
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