Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends

Title: Rise of Nations®: Rise of Legends
Genre: Real Time Strategy
Platform: PC
Release Date: Now Available
ESRB Rating: Teen

Rise of Legends is a bit flat in comparison to Rise of Nations, but quirky races and units provide a lot of off-the-wall appeal.

The Good: Very similar to Rise of Nations; interesting, offbeat races and units; great art design.

The Bad: Maybe too similar to Rise of Nations; campaign storyline isn't well presented and is hard to get into; seems to be missing some battle sound effects; a few predictable artificial intelligence issues with skirmish play.

High expectations are a curse. While everybody envies developers who make games as great as Rise of Nations, nobody envies them when sequel time comes around. And you can really see why with Rise of Legends. Big Huge Games' follow-up to its instant classic from 2003 is a pretty good RTS, but it is also an awfully familiar one that doesn't bring anything new to the table aside from some snazzy new graphics, a few rule tweaks, and a quirky storyline with three oddball races. After a dozen hours or so of the campaign and noodling around online, the novelty vanishes...along with a fair number of the compelling reasons to keep playing the game.......more

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Having problem with this game. After finish install the games, i put in the first CD to play. Half way run the CD auto eject... Message: "error reading"....

BigO wrote:

Having problem with this game. After finish install the games, i put in the first CD to play. Half way run the CD auto eject... Message: "error reading"....

General troubleshooting information

Install the latest drivers
If you are experiencing graphics problems, a black (blank) screen, or slow performance in Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, download and then install the latest driver for your video card.

The video card lets you see graphics on the screen. A driver is a piece of software that enables the operating system (Microsoft Windows) to communicate with the hardware in the computer. A driver acts as a translator between your hardware and the operating system. The latest driver for your video card can enable more efficient use of your video card features to improve the performance of the game. Generally companies release their drivers regularly for the cards to keep up the pace with the ever-changing software technologies.

To download and install the latest drivers, contact the computer or video hardware manufacturer. For more information about how to contact the video hardware manufacturer or the computer manufacturer, see the "References" section.

To see whether applicable driver updates are available for download, visit the following Microsoft Windows Update Web site: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/11188

Tomato wrote:

BigO wrote:

Having problem with this game. After finish install the games, i put in the first CD to play. Half way run the CD auto eject... Message: "error reading"....

General troubleshooting information

Install the latest drivers
If you are experiencing graphics problems, a black (blank) screen, or slow performance in Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, download and then install the latest driver for your video card.

The video card lets you see graphics on the screen. A driver is a piece of software that enables the operating system (Microsoft Windows) to communicate with the hardware in the computer. A driver acts as a translator between your hardware and the operating system. The latest driver for your video card can enable more efficient use of your video card features to improve the performance of the game. Generally companies release their drivers regularly for the cards to keep up the pace with the ever-changing software technologies.

To download and install the latest drivers, contact the computer or video hardware manufacturer. For more information about how to contact the video hardware manufacturer or the computer manufacturer, see the "References" section.

To see whether applicable driver updates are available for download, visit the following Microsoft Windows Update Web site: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/11188

Very helpful Thanks.