Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 144 months Binding: CD-ROM Brand: Microsoft EAN: 0805529892835 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Format: CD-ROM Label: Microsoft Software Manufacturer: Microsoft Software Model: A1L-00001 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Microsoft Software Release Date: October 26, 2004 Sales Rank: 801 Studio: Microsoft Software
Features:
Lead 1 of 24 diverse nations in this epic, historical, real-time strategy game
Engage in 5 single player campaigns and over 130 scenarios
Brings to life 6,000 years of history from the ancient age to the information age
6 new nations, 4 unique single-player campaigns, 20+ original units, and more
Challenge up to 8 players on the Internet or via local area network
Product Description: Rise of Nations: Gold Edition lets you dominate 6,000 years of history, from ancient times to the Information Age. Lead your nation to global prominence and experience the thrills of combat and the challenge of managing trade&diplomacy. Features the original Rise of Nations, plus Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Age of Empires prequel
This is a 3d-that-looks-more-like-2d prequel to Age of Empires, the game play is fun, though a bit klunky. Good tutorial, and fun if you'd like an AoE sidekick, with a similar though not very eye-popping interface.
Rating: - Great buy!
The reviewer who called this game boring totally missed out by playing only 1 out 5 of the campaigns. The Conquer the World campaign is fun, but yes it is the typical run of the mill RTS. But, the other campaigns have very different scenarios! For example, the Cold War campaign (my favorite) brings alot of historical perspective as you choose between propping up puppet governments or supporting rebel uprising, seeking appeasement with the Russians or going for all out nuclear war.
This game is a great buy, especially at the current price. I played it nonstop for 2 months and I break it out for about a week or two every couple of months.
Big Note: Don't lose the product key!
Rating: - Rise of Nations "Gold"
This item was advertised as Rise of Nations Gold, but it really wasn't! This CD contained Rise of Nations and Rise of Nations Thrones and Patriots. You would think this was the same as "Gold", but it is a different version and not compatible to play multiplayer "Gold".
Rating: - Good enough
Buy this game if you love real-time-strategy, resource gathering and building games. It is one of the better ones available. If you do not like RTS then do not buy this game. Simple enough.
Rating: - A really excellent strategy game
I just love these kinds of games. What I particularly loved about this game is the history aspect, that you can choose an age and stick with that age the whole game and not having to advance to the modern world every time. It's just so much fun to see my soldiers use muskets, catapults or these planes they used a hundred years ago. What I also like alot about this game is the fact that gathering resources wasn't made into a chore, like if you chop down a forest you have to go and find another one. Not so here. When you find a forest it seems to be a forest that lasts forever (I guess the lumberers planted a new tree when they fell one, hehe). This make you focus on building your nation.
This game is very well made but there are some negative sides to it. When a higher age is played, like the industrial revolution or the modern era, the various units look a little too much alike when you don't count the special units. When you want to play Americans vs Russian in the modern era they don't look that much different. But the fun of the game is so high that normally you don't think about this.
I would recommend this game to all who like historic strategy games.
- Age of Empires prequel
- A really excellent strategy game
