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Are there any newer games like Rise of Nations?
BlindPsychic
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Hey guys,
Ok, so my friend and I have been playing Rise of Nations on and off for a few years. We picked it up later on because we needed RTS that would be able to run on his computer.
Right now though, he's gonna be upgrading to a newer computer soon so I'm looking for something new to play.
RoN is cool because its basically RTS + Civilization 2. I'm looking for another game that focuses on empire building that we can comp stomp on basically.
Ok, so my friend and I have been playing Rise of Nations on and off for a few years. We picked it up later on because we needed RTS that would be able to run on his computer.
Right now though, he's gonna be upgrading to a newer computer soon so I'm looking for something new to play.
RoN is cool because its basically RTS + Civilization 2. I'm looking for another game that focuses on empire building that we can comp stomp on basically.
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Alternatively you can try Empire Earth 3. I have yet to play it, but if I recall it's supposed to be pretty much the same thing as RoN.
Aren't they adding a Co-op campaign for Empire: Total War?
Like you, I enjoyed RoN's mix of RTS and Civ. SK2 does this as well, with a truely excellent espionage system.
I highly recommend you give it a shot.
It's like Rise of Nations with steampunk dudes, magical arabian dudes, and overzealous technological dudes.
It was lots of fun!
It also tanked! Taking the whole Rise of Nations IP with it.
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As sad as your facts are.. it was still a fun game!
I didn't like it. It was a competent RTS, but lacked the characteristics which made Rise of Nations so unique. It was just an RTS, which I could play in lots of different games. I go to Rise of Nations for Rise of Nations.
On topic, Sins is spectacular but in terms of atmosphere and setting I can't think of anything that comes close to RoN.
Dude ... America vs Soviet Union. DO IT!
Yeah, the expansion pack's Conquer the World scenario things... they were awesome. Be Napoleon, or Alexander the Great, or either side of the Cold War. I loved that game.
I got Dawn of War 2 recently, but it's not what you would call historical. And there's always Age of Empires 2, which was like the pinnacle of RTS action. But that's even older than RoN.
Nah, not gonna work for you I'm afraid. Not yet at least. Last time I ragequit all it still had for multiplayer was online skirmishes against other people, as in the real time battles. It's pretty lackluster, isn't implemented well, but may have a 2 players versus computer option.
Last I checked, they still hadn't added in Coop campaigns, which didn't end up making it in the launch. It's supposed to be in an eventual patch, which currently doesn't have a date attached because they're still patching all the bugs.
Whats cool about RoN is that the graphics still hold up really well, I just wanted to mix it up a little bit after playing for so long.
I've played Empire Earth 2, that was our game before RoN.
How's Civilization now-a-days? I'd be willing to give that a try with comp stomp if the computer doesn't blatantly cheap like it's done since 2 and got retardedly bad about in Civ3.
Tested this game. Made me want to shoot myself.
Sins? Or Rise of Legends?
The only problem I have with Civ for coop (and multiplayer in general) is that it's turn-based. If you're willing to do a PBEM over the course of a few months, that's wonderful. If you're sitting next to one another or across a table from one another on your laptops, only one person is actually making any gameplay decisions at any one time--the rest of you are waiting for him to make up his mind.
You know what's kind of like Civ and Empire: Total War, though, and does have fully functional multiplayer campaigns, and does combine grand strategy with tactical battles? Crown of Glory. It's a Napoleonic-era wargame, multiplayer (up to eight players, I think). Turn based in both the grand campaign and the tactical battles, which are hex-map affairs. Unlike Civ, turns in the grand strategy map are take simultaneously.
Not the prettiest game, and it's difficult to learn, but check it out anyway, it might fit the bill. There are plenty of similar hex-map wargames you could both probably play together, as well.
I didn't much like either one, but they do have devoted fans.
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What was that totally badass mod for SupCom? The one that has all those videos showing it off?
Yes, the campaigns were awesome. Alexander the Great and Cold War were the best.
Oh god, now I'm going to install this again.