Rise of Nations... out!

[A Black Falcon]

I know I made a thread for this game before... at the EZBoard maybe?

Yes, its out... oen of my most anticipated games of the year. And its great!

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/rise...index.html

Very nice review... :)

Oh, they've got the link to the demo too. Fun...

I knew Brian Reynolds wouldn't dissapoint. He was, after all, the main force behind Civilization II and Alpha Centauri (they are my two favorite games which Sid Meier worked on...). Sure, Sid (well, he didn't really make it, so I can excuse him... it was Jeff Briggs...) dissapointed with Civilization III, which REALLY dissapointed me, but this one didn't... and Reynolds did it all on his own! Or, at least, with no Sid... very impressive. It shows how good he is...

What is it? Take Age of Empires. Then add more Civilization than AoE had. A lot more. And add some new ideas that drastically change gameplay -- cities, territory (spread by cities), attrition in enemy territory, a deep tech tree, etc... (read the review!) and you're left with a RTS thats both Civ-ish and great! And more fun than AoE... sure AoE was alright, but it got boring. Not enough variety of game types... or races or units... its a fun game, sure, but just not on the level I was expecting it to be on. This comes closer... though its very different.

[Weltall]

I gotta say, I'm not one for PC games of any stripe but I saw this game yesterday and I was definitely intrigued.

Too bad I don't have a PC that can play it. :(

[A Black Falcon]

Too bad... its a very well done unique RTS...

Ever played Age of Empires 1 or 2? You should at least try one of their demos... they are decent games. I like the historical thing, but it just wasn't fun enough... and I want to be able to finish games in UNDER an hour once in a while! :)

[Weltall]

I have AOE1. Don't like it.

[A Black Falcon]

Its alright... fun. But not nearly as good as it could have been and badly lacking in variety... I don't know, but the AoE games just get kind of dull after a while. I've never felt that way in a Blizz RTS... and the games have much, much more varied (and more fun!) multiplay too.