Rise of Nations (Windows)

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Description

Rise of Nations is a real-time strategy game which covers a long period of time, from the early stone age up to the modern-day technology.

The game offers many unique features that you can not find in other RTS games, such as: National Borders, Rare Resources, "Conquer the World" risk-like campaign, Citizens can occupy themselves, 18 Historical Nations (with unique powers/units), Multiple victory conditions, and many more. Also, a multi-player mode is included and offers a ranking system.

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Alternate Titles

• "王國的興起" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
• "国家的崛起" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "RON" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: Big Huge Engine
• Gameplay Feature: Fog of War
• Rise of Nations series

User Reviews

More like Empire earth meets Civilization.....	James Kirk (168)
Age of Empires meets Civilization…FINALLY!	BJ Hoskins (10)
The next-generation RTS	Cabeza2000 (818)
The first "RTS" game to actually reward strategy rather than tactics, and the first to really capture the grand feel of a Civ-style game	weregamer (169)

Critic Reviews

Gameplanet	Jun 09, 2003		100
ActionTrip	May 20, 2003	90 out of 100	90
GameSpy	May, 2003	90 out of 100	90
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Jun 27, 2003	9 out of 10	90
GameElite.se	Jun 13, 2003	5 out of 6	83
1UP	May 09, 2004	8 out of 10	80
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Aug, 2003		80
Joystick (French)	Jun, 2003	8 out of 10	80
PC Zone Benelux	Jun, 2003	74 out of 100	74
Withingames	May 20, 2003	3 out of 5	60

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Rise of Nations appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Awards

• 4Players
  • 2003 – Best PC Strategy Game of the Year
• Computer Games Magazine
  • March 2004 - #5 Game of the Year
• GameSpy
  • 2003 – #7 PC Game of the Year
  • 2003 – PC RTS Game of the Year
  • 2011 – #19 Top PC Game of the 2000s
• PC Gamer
  • April 2005 - #36 in the "50 Best Games of All Time" list

Related Web Sites

• Big Huge Games - Rise of Nations (Official Website from game developer)
• Microsoft - Rise of Nations (Official Website from game publisher)