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Tia
03-31-2006, 08:09 AM
Gamespot (http://www.gamespot.com) reports that Rise of Legends demo (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/riseofnationsriseoflegends/news.html?sid=6146870) will be available to download today.

The real-time strategy game may not be in stores until May 9, but GameSpot readers will be able to see how the new fantasy-laden Rise of Nations sequel fares on Friday. The game's single-player demo will premiere on GameSpot and be available for download at 9 a.m. PST.

The demo features campaign and skirmish modes, and it will be about 600MB. For more information, check out the official promotional page or peruse GameSpot's previous coverage.
Available now for download
Mirrors
Worthplaying (http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=33099)
3D Gamers (http://www.3dgamers.com/news/more/1096484397/)

It is unclear to me if it exclusive or will it be available in order places immediately after. But the game has caught my attention since they announce it. Yay for something different than the usual trolls/elves/orcs.
Zawath
03-31-2006, 08:26 AM
Gamespot exclusives always appear to other sites after a while.
ruprect
03-31-2006, 08:28 AM
I'm excited about this title. Rise of Nations was a fantastic strategy game. I still have it installed on my computer, and play a game or 2 every month or so.

Its neat to see someone do something different rather than just put out a standard sequel. Lets hope it works out.
DirtyChimp
03-31-2006, 08:29 AM
i have been really looking forward to this game. i can't wait until it comes out!
Citizen Philip
03-31-2006, 08:40 AM
9AM pst Friday or what? 15 minutes until it's ready. Someone tell me it doesn't suck, I am looking forward to this one.
MrMeatshake
03-31-2006, 08:45 AM
sweet! if my machine could handle it, i'd be all over this like herpes on a whore.
TRiLoGY
03-31-2006, 08:59 AM
sweet! if my machine could handle it, i'd be all over this like herpes on a whore.

hehehe lol :)
AntB
03-31-2006, 09:06 AM
Do you actually get to build cities in this game? The environment in the screens looks way too complex to be built by the player. Didn't want to spoil the game by reading reviews.

The only problem I had with the previous game was that once there were too many units, it became WAY too hectic. If they fixed that, this game will be excellent.
RainOfTerror
03-31-2006, 09:18 AM
Gamespot doesnt do exclusives, they do premieres, meaning they get it first, but then everybody is free to mirror it afterwards

anyhow, the demo is available

http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=33099
YoungAlCapone
03-31-2006, 10:49 AM
The only problem I had with the previous game was that once there were too many units, it became WAY too hectic. If they fixed that, this game will be excellent.

Too many units?

I'm not even sure what you mean by that.

/Loves Civ IV and the bojillion units.

I guess I could understand how controlling them in real time could get to be a bitch. Not much of a real time strategy guy myself.
Crabby
03-31-2006, 11:01 AM
Didn't take too long, I just got it from Fileplanet.
GrinR
03-31-2006, 01:57 PM
Well???? Someone tell me how it is!!! ;-D
Spigot
03-31-2006, 04:15 PM
Woohoo! I had actually forgotten about this game in the excitement surrounding Oblivion but now that I have a machine that can actually run this properly, I'm excited again. *runs off to download the demo*
Mason
04-01-2006, 01:16 AM
Wow, Big Huge really doesn't seem to be in a mood to compromise on graphics hardware for this one. I don't know if the final build will be this way, but it is pretty ugly on a 9800.

I really like their philosophy toward RTS, though, so I'm still excited. Lots of interesting concepts, the two playable factions each have plenty of options and differentiation. I think I found the Vinci more satisfying. It's a shame that the computer folds so easily and you can't adjust the skirmish difficulty (that I saw).
Mason
04-01-2006, 01:24 AM
Do you actually get to build cities in this game? The environment in the screens looks way too complex to be built by the player. Didn't want to spoil the game by reading reviews.

The only problem I had with the previous game was that once there were too many units, it became WAY too hectic. If they fixed that, this game will be excellent.
Yeah, you build big composite cities (with multiple copies of the same 4 parts), plus a variety of structures you can build anywhere in your territory.

RoN was a fine title, and it gave you good tools for managing all those units. It still kills me that Ensemble won't let you stick rally points on leader units, and have any new units automatically join the group of their leader. Those are the basics.
MrMeatshake
04-06-2006, 06:21 AM
i didn't really like the demo, TBH. my machine is total suck at running it, i guess that might be my problem? or maybe i just had too high-hopes for this title... :-/
Rezin8r
04-07-2006, 08:04 PM
The demo is ok. The races are very different. The demo graphics aren't the cleanest/smoothest, but they are good. I only played 3 games. Im going back for the 4th.
Rezin8r
04-09-2006, 09:12 AM
No one is playing this? After spending some more time with it I really dig it. It has a ton of variety, many different types of research to do, and you cant research everything.

The graphics arent as charming as WarcraftIII or as cool as Dawn of War, but they are servicable. There are cool effects on special attacks and stuff like that.
The game has a ton of variety though.