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A Hopeless Game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 36
Date: July 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I liked this game but I feel it is too biased and not historically accurate.
First of all, too much attention and bonus features is given to the Americans.
Also, the producers made the Persian nation too much powerful. Persia did not have any elephants. It was the Indians. and only Indians should have the elephants lineage. Also, the architecture style of persians and Indians is the same. Oh my goodness! It makes a lot of difference. There was no similarity in the architecture style of Indians and Persians.
They made the iroquois and the Indians very less powerful while the Persians and Americans the superpower.
And I believe, if I am correct, there was no "ancient age" for americans and no ages after Enlightnment for the native american nations.
In the new world campaign, the british capital is in eastern Canada. It was not the british. It was the french capital at canada. Do you find "Los Angeles" in canada while playing against Iroquios? It is ridiculus. And Seattle in Virginia?
I did find this in this campaign.
This game is also racist and biased.-- calling Lakota the "backward people" and iroquois the "barbarians" and Indians "the fragile people". I believe, Indians were one of the oldest civilizations on earth and had its unique architecture and army. They had the chariot which is not in the game.

All this facts are correct. I looked these up in books and encyclopedias.
So in my opinion, you should nto waste your money to buy this expansion pack.

A great expansion for under $10!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: October 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

About all the expansion gives you, though, is more balanced gameplay. Not much new in graphics, playability, etc. Same stuff, different disc.

Chock full of bugs

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 15
Date: May 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I absolutely loved the original "Rise of Nations". Fantastic RTS game. Also extremely stable; this will be important in a moment. I "upgraded" to this expansion after about 6 months of Rise of Nations. It immediately transformed my gaming experience from one of delight in a deep, complex, and endlessly replayable RTS game into one of unbridled frustration. The expansion causes the game to crash constantly and without warning (although I often get an amazingly helpful "Exception!" window afterwards). It crashes during loading. It crashes during saving. It crashes at the start of the game. It crashes 3 hours into a game. It crashes when 100 units are fighting. It crashes when a single peasant is walking. It will even, in something I've never seen before, crash in the middle of crashing. It is without doubt the least stable game or expansion I have ever played, and I've played Temple of Elemental Evil. I regret the day I bought this expansion because it has so colored my view of the game that I don't even like playing the original anymore because I half expect it to die with every move. The nominal benefits of the expansion (4 new nations, a few new campaigns, and tweaks to some old nations) are SLIGHTLY outweighed by the fact that you have no chance in hell of playing or finishing any of them. Avoid this expansion at all costs.

Crashes without fail

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have the same issue as Yossarian. The Exception window appears after I attack a city in one of the first tutorials. I get the same thing if I try the other campaigns, just not quite as quickly. Unfortunately, I can only get it exchanged for the same item (if opened) and the Microsoft web support is useless on it.

Not a Necessary Expansion

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: May 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you have 30 dollars to kill, then youll still enjoy it. I'm not saying that the expansion is a bad game, I just think that for all the things you get in the amazing basic Rise of Nations, the expansion pack isnt really necessary. It comes with 4 or 5 new nations, 2 of which are native americans, but with only a few new buildings, I think that youll be happy with just the original. Its still a great game nonetheless.

Hhmm just the same as any other strategic game mode..!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: October 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was so looking forward to buying this game when it was put on the shelves here in New Zealand as I love playing games that make you think and strategies. But, now that I have brought it I now think that the money was not worth it and could have gone to a better game. My disappointment only is a reflection of my desire to buy a game that had great reviews to being disappointed when I had finally brought the game and played it and said, this is a remake from another game, but with different effects and characters.

But not to be negative about RON's, the visuals were top of the range and many other aspects of the game were top notch. But I am now thinking that the creators of such games have come to a stop. If you have already played games like Star Wars Galactic Battleground etc, then you might as well say you have played this game already.

Lots of bugs!, No one online to play!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 15
Date: November 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I do love this game, it could have been great! There are a lot of bugs, and for a #1 best selling game you would think there are a ton of people online to play, but no at 9pm on a Friday night there are about 50 players online and half of them are just talking smack to each other. It is a shame that there is not more company support for this game. IT is a lot of fun to play once you get past the bugs and wait sometimes 25 min to get a game going. This is not like Battle net at all! IT just seams the game is lost.

on sale

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: May 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Got Rise of Nations on sale for $20, wouldn't pay more than that...
tip: turn game speed down; took 40 minutes game time to conquer world.
Not worth playing second time round, have un-installed.

Well-balanced, complex strategy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I hate the phrase "Total Package" but it is apt in this expanded "Rise of Nations" dual-disc package.

The original game was good - and very frustrating. The computer will neither lay down and let you roll over it, nor simply overwhelm you. It will, however, put up a heckuva good fight.

Even with overwhelming force, attrition plays such a large part of the damage your invading units receive that by the time the opponent is beat, you'll not have much left to mount an effective attack.

In short, this is a strategy game that really makes you think ahead.

The BEST Strategy Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a great strategy game. Make governments to raise commerce or military strength. I can play this game for hours every day. It is very hard to beat. Games are usually 1:30 long. I strongly reccomend this game.

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