Rise Of Nations (Rise of Nations (PC))

Member Name: sharpe106

Product:	Rise of Nations (PC)
Date:	17/11/08 (13 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good strategy game plenty of depth

Disadvantages: Multiplayer can be slow

Rise of Nations is a strategy game similar to the Age of Empire and Civilisation games.

Game play

As in similar games you have to take command of a nation, you get a choice of 18 each one having special units and bonus to help you along.

You have to start of by exploring the world and building your cities in your territory, and invent new technology, build armies to help conquer and protect your lands, you can only build a limited amount of cities so you have to select there location carefully although you can conquer enemies cities to increase your amount.

There is quite a bit of different type of resources to collect more than in typical games which makes you have to priories what you want your workers to collect.

There is a large selection of units to choose from, each having their own unique advantage over others and quite of bit of technology to develop so you can choose where you want to make your advancements.

There is a single player campaign where you have to completed certain historical missions for your nation or you can just dive right in and play against several computer controlled enemies and try and conquer the world.

The AI is pretty good and the enemy can at times be quite hard to defeat, so you have to be careful where you place your cities and what units you build.

The game is easy to play and easy to get into, although can be quite hard to master

Controls/Graphics

The graphics are good and the detail is good as well and the game runs smoothly even with a lot of units on the screen. The controls are pretty simple and easy to use and the view is easy to use and allow easy movements around the battlefield.

Multiplayer

The multiplayer is pretty good although it can sometimes be slow due to the detail of the game and the amount of units on the screen at once, but conquering your friends on huge maps more than makes up for this.

Value for Money

This game is excellent value for money as you can play it again and again, once you have completed the game you can play as a different nation and there is plenty of sceneries to play and lots of different units to play around with.

Summary: Well written game with plenty of choice hours of gameplay