Rise of Nations is an historical real-time strategy game which combines the epic scope of traditional turn-based strategy (TBS) games with the fast-paced action of RTS games. The game allows players to create new cities, improve their city infrastructure and expand national borders. Players have the option to win through military might using everything from slingshots to cannons to stealth bombers, or they can corner the market on key commodities as they wheel and deal with a wide variety of nations. Unlike other historical RTS games, Rise of Nations allows gamers to quickly play through eight historical epochs of time from the Ancient Age to the Information age, covering 6,000 years of history. Gamers can play a quick battle on any map as one of 18 nations, or play the non-linear single-player Conquer the World Campaign.
Our FREE guide was written by Brian Reynolds of Big Huge Games.
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Release Region: Australia
Release Date: September 5, 2007
Publisher: Microsoft
Release Region: United States
Release Date: April 15, 2003
Publisher: Microsoft
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: Unreleased
Publisher: Microsoft
Release Region: United States
Release Date: April 15, 2003
Publisher: Microsoft
Expansion packs related to this game:
Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots (PC)
Also available on: Macintosh
Pentium 500 MHz
12 8MB RAM
CD-ROM drive
16 MB video card
800 MB free disk space
Online Multiplayer - Versus: 8
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