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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Rise of Nations: Gold Edition gives you the greatest strategic game experience as you you lead your armies on land or sea. This version gives you both the award-winning original title and the critically acclaimed expansion pack, Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Weight: | 0.3 pounds | | Package Length: | 7.5 inches | | Package Width: | 5.3 inches | | Package Height: | 0.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.25 pounds | | Release Date: | October 26, 2004 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 73 reviews |
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| | Game Information | | Platform: | Windows NT / Windows 98 / Windows 2000 / Windows Me / Windows XP / Windows 95 | | Media: | CD-ROM | | Item Quantity: | 1 |
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| | Features | Lead 1 of 24 diverse nations in this epic, historical, real-time strategy gameEngage in 5 single player campaigns and over 130 scenariosBrings to life 6,000 years of history from the ancient age to the information age6 new nations, 4 unique single-player campaigns, 20+ original units, and moreNo online play available
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| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 73 customer reviews )
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73 of 74 found the following review helpful:
Development of civilizations made fun Feb 07, 2005
By lordhoot
"lordhoot"
In many ways, Rise of the Nations is more like an upgraded version of the Age of Empires series. In the Gold edition, you will also get the expansion game that came after the original so that is a good deal. This is a fun game to play. The format isn't anything new or special. Its your typical gathering the resources, building up your armies, developing your tech level and go out and conquered your foes. It been done many time before. But what make this game go up to the next level is that there are a lot of options to be play. Different nations, different tactics, different priorities to developed and nice graphics that actually helped the player. Its also fun as you conquered from Risk-like board, going from nation to nation as your initial commands of hoplites changed into Tiger tanks and usages of nuclear weapons and development of national shield system.
Overall, a pretty fun game, interesting and above all, entertaining to boot. By the way, I owned a Pentium III 800 and its plays well on my system.
22 of 23 found the following review helpful:
my new favorite RTS Dec 28, 2005
By Elizabeth
In the past, I've played a lot of games like Starcraft and Command and Conquer: Generals, so when I had some extra Christmas money, I decided to look for a good RTS game. Before I bought Rise of Nations, I downloaded trials of Civ IV, Empire Earth (I and II), Rise of Nations, and Age of Empires III. In this game, there are twice as many ages as in Age of Empires, so you get to play the progression from slingshots to rocket launchers. There are also 14 different nations. Each nation has it's own strengths and a few unique troop types, but the technology tree is basically the same so that you don't have to learn a whole new tree if you want to try out other nations.
I haven't done much with the campaigns, so I can't say anything about them. I've basically done skirmishes and played multiplayer. When playing this mode, there are a lot of options to customize the game. You can go with the defaults or you can choose different sets of victory criteria, 5 skill levels for the AI, AI personality (aggressive, defensive, etc) or even limit the game to a range of ages rather than play all the way through. One of the only shortcomings is that I wish there were more maps. I haven't looked into whether there is a way to install or download more.
When playing, there is a lot going on, but the interface keeps things from looking cluttered and confusing. I figured out how to play just based on my experience with other RTS games and am just now going back and looking up some of the hotkeys to speed up my game. There are a lot of upgrades to keep up with between age upgrades, troop upgrades, and resource upgrades, but pressing tab automatically scrolls you through all currently available upgrades, so you don't have to spend half your time remembering where your library/granary/lumber mill is.
I know this game is a little bit older, but I think it is better than any of the others I demoed. The only exception may be Civ IV, which I bypassed once I realized it was turn-based. If you're a fan of turn-based games, you might like it better, they just aren't my cup of tea. If you're looking for a good history themed RTS, Rise of Nations is one of the better ones out there.
19 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 Not the Rise of Nations version you see Aug 04, 2010
By NW Tool Guy
"AWH"
This is the trouble-prone Ubisoft version which is not the version shown by the box shot. I could not get this software to install and run on my Windows 7 PC, and I'm a Windows developer. Had to return it; your mileage may vary. Amazon should update the box shot to the Ubisoft box so customers aren't misled.
13 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 My view Nov 01, 2005
By N. Feingold
When RON came out, it was definitely the best game of its kind: the graphics and game engine were far superior to anything that had been made before. However, there are now several better games on the market.
Summary:
Great fun to master, but once you're good - it's very tedious.
Also, there are a few critical flaws in the AI, making the game seem rather stupid at times.
Overall, it's great for a short-lived, thrill of a gaming experience, but once you've conquered the world, you've conquered it - there's nothing else to do, unless you want to conquer it again...
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Rise of Nations Gold: Best RTS Game? Aug 30, 2005
By Matt
"Matt"
Let me start off by saying this game is great, it has its flaws like any other, but overall it is better than most anything out there. Its got the thrill of a war game, with the fun of a strategic civilization bulding game, with some nice graphics to go along with it.
GRAPHICS:
-The graphics in RON Gold are about what you would expect for a game of this genre. The attention to detail, however, is highly unique. Each civilization type has its own appropriate building designs. Each troop type has its own distinct look, and the same troop types of different nations vary in looks. Overall, I give the graphics a 9/10.
SOUND:
-I have to say, I find the sound for this game amazing. The range of gunfire, swordfights, jets, nukes, missiles, even the sound of hammers as civilians construct buildings is overwhelmingly great. The sounds are also in sync with the game, on certain other rts games, the sound is a bit off, but not here! Along with the actual gameplay sounds, there is music, and built in phrases that you can access by typing in a number in the chat window. Each number corresponds to a different phrase. Ex. 100=They keep on rising!...28=Of course you realize, this means war!. Overall I give the sound on this game a 10/10.
GAMEPLAY:
-Rise of Nations Gold has by far the best game play of its genre. Very smooth gameplay, thrilling battles, and most importantly it is fun! As far as your troops go, they each have their own individual lives, so if your army clashes with your opponents army, the battle could come down to one troop. Overall I give the Gameply a 10/10.
REPLAYABILITY:
-The many game types of Rise of Nations will keep you busy for awhile. There is Conquer the World, in which you choose a nation and battle to control the entire earth. There is Quick Battle in which you control a nation on one single map and develop your nation into an economical powerhouse, or a military superpower, or both! Even within the different game types there are many many many different options of game types, such as within quick battle, you can choose to play deathmatch, raid, economic race, barbarians at the gate, etc. However, once you do everything in the game, it will become a bit tedious. But it will take months upon months before you do everything. Overall I give Replayability a 6/10.
MONEY VALUE:
-This game is highly worth the money. It is infact in my opinion a huge bargain. I HIGHLY recommend you buy this game as soon as you can. You will not be disappointed. I rate money value 10/10.
OVERALL:
- Overall, this is the best game in its genre, nothing can top it. It has won game of the year honors from many different organizations and magazines. As they have all rated it before, I give this game an overall rating of 10/10.
--Thanks for Reading my Review. Happy Gaming!
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