It's a testament to Age Of Empires! long term appeal that most people at ZONE still play it more than a year after it was released -though if you saw how often we get slaughtered on Wireplay, you'd be forgiven for thinking we'd never actually played it before.Even though the Al, especially the route-finding, occasionally causes the blood to boil, AOFis largely accepted as one of the best RTS games around, sharing critical acclaim at the top end of the genre with the likes of Command & Conquer: Red Alert and Populous III.
Check out the new poll: Do you think there will be an expansion pack for Rise of Legends? Big Huge Patch 2.5 Posted on 4/26/2007 at 10:24 AM by Shala Rise of Legends patch 2.5 is now officially out. Once you connect, your game will automatically update itself. The new patch gives players fixes for Vista bugs, 10 new maps, and a lot of balance. Age of Empires is the critically acclaimed, award winning Real Time Strategy (RTS) game with a legacy spanning over 20 years and nearly a dozen titles in the franchise.
We were originally promised a sequel round about now, but that's been put back until much later next year. So, by way of a stopgap, we have what is essentially a mission disc, promising new missions, units and a few graphical and gameplay tweaks. There are four new civilisations to get to grips with (you can now take control of Carthage, Palmyra, Macedonia or Rome), new units, including an armoured elephant, camel rider, Tire galley, slinger and scyther chariot, and there's heaps of new Roman architecture to gawp at.As well as the usual single and multiplayer options, there are four totally new campaigns made up of dozens of scenarios, including the Rise of Rome campaign from which the mission pack derives its name. Four new researchable technologies (Logistics,Martyrdom, Medicine and Tower Shield) give you something to aim for and even bigger maps and four new map types (mountainous highland, large island, the Mediterranean and a peninsula) make for even more diversity.
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Better Sound
The soundtrack is even better than before, and the little gameplay tweaks, which allow you to queue the production of units and double-click on a unit to command all of that type, make things a little easier on the mouse hand. The rather erratic route finding will still occasionally have you screaming with frustration but, as with just about every other RTS game, you just have to live with it and babysit units to make sure they go where they're told.
The fact that you can now alter the population limit using the game settings, coupled with new 'gigantic' maps, makes for some very impressive battles involving hundreds of units. Overall, there's more than enough to justify fans of the original game buying The Rise Of Rome- especially at the generous 'cash back' price of 14.99. Now - bring on Age Of Empires II.
Overall rating: 7
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'A New Age is Upon Us
Experience all the conflict, intrigue, greed, and power as you create the most feared and celebrated civilization in history, The Roman Empire. Created by the developers of the award-winning real-time strategy game, Age of Empires, The Rise of Rome lets you play an active role in directing the ascension of the infamous Roman Empire.
Wage war on a grand scale with this highly anticipated add-on pack that extends Age of Empires into a new era of world domination.
Send powerful new units into the heat of battle, including the punishing Scythe Chariots to trample armies, crafty Camel Riders to foil Cavalry crusades, fearless Slingers who hurl projectiles at Archer ambushes, and the defensive Fire Galley to counter the Triremes fierce attacks.
From the height of luxury to the brink of disaster, be responsible for the rise or fall of the world’s greatest empire. The Roman Empire campaign focuses on the most important historic battles and milestones in Rome’s infamous history.
Choose from four new civilizations (In addition to the twelve already available in Age of Empires), with unique technology trees and distinct strengths and weaknesses. Now you can experience intense clashes between fierce adversarial superpowers such as Carthage and Rome, Palmyra and Macedonia.'
Experience all the conflict, intrigue, greed, and power as you create the most feared and celebrated civilization in history, The Roman Empire. Created by the developers of the award-winning real-time strategy game, Age of Empires, The Rise of Rome lets you play an active role in directing the ascension of the infamous Roman Empire.
Wage war on a grand scale with this highly anticipated add-on pack that extends Age of Empires into a new era of world domination.
Send powerful new units into the heat of battle, including the punishing Scythe Chariots to trample armies, crafty Camel Riders to foil Cavalry crusades, fearless Slingers who hurl projectiles at Archer ambushes, and the defensive Fire Galley to counter the Triremes fierce attacks.
From the height of luxury to the brink of disaster, be responsible for the rise or fall of the world’s greatest empire. The Roman Empire campaign focuses on the most important historic battles and milestones in Rome’s infamous history.
Choose from four new civilizations (In addition to the twelve already available in Age of Empires), with unique technology trees and distinct strengths and weaknesses. Now you can experience intense clashes between fierce adversarial superpowers such as Carthage and Rome, Palmyra and Macedonia.'