Rise of Nations 1.0

Interested in real time strategy video games? Rise of Nations is definitely worth a try. Developed by Big Huge Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios, it is a really well made video game. The development of the game was led by veteran game designer Brian Reynolds of Civilization II and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. Having taken some great ideas from past real time strategy turn based video games, Rise of Nations features 18 civilizations which are playable through eight ages of world history.

Rise of Nation's gameplay focuses around the concept of "territory". The area near and around a player's territory is considered their territory, and in this area a player can construct buildings and units, and also includes the land of an ally. Your citizens gather the resources needed to advance in the game. This includes the building and repair of in game buildings. All of the six resources in Rise of Nations are infinite in supply.

You can play during any age, regardless of the actual fate of the nation through history in real life. Each of the 18 civilizations have four to eight unique units. These units would, of course, be specific to the type of units you would expect that nation to have in real life, which adds to the realism of the game quite a bit and make battles a lot more interesting. 

This game, like many games, features a single player mode which you can play through and practice in, as well as a multiplayer portion of the game so you can play with or against your friends. Having so many options within the game, the results of the game, as versatile as it is, will always end with different results with incredibly entertaining battles and fights. 

Having been released back in 2003, this game can be played on most modern PCs without much effort at all. Being such a fun game to play, there is a remarkable replay-ability which will keep you playing the game for years and years to come if you like real time strategy video games and don't mind playing retro video games.