Civ 2 M players Rise of Nations thread

[Alexander's Horse]

I thought it might be useful for the civ 2 MPer's to have a thread here where those of us who have RoN can discuss it amongst ourselves - and others can decide whether to buy it or not.

I've played a few games and I like it quite a lot. It has some of the weaknesses of RTS games - like the cheesy diamond maps and gamescale but RoN makes up for this with some enthralling gameplay and "TBS" style game management.

My last game saw my civ defeat 3 civs in a huge battle which included nuclear exchanges. I fielded 4 armies with about 40 units each.

It does have that "one more turn" quality - though there aren't any turns as such.

I think its well worth checking out.

[War4ever]

AH do you only have the demo?

[Alexander's Horse]

No I bought the game.

[War4ever]

have you finished a game yet?

[Alexander's Horse]

several games - some games only take half an hour

[Makeo]

SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!

/me sticks fingers in ears

[Hydey]

@ makeo

most people don't refer to that hole as ears.

[Makeo]

[rah]

We'll see how this thread goes. Hopefully better than the last few posts.

[Hydey]

I have the demo and enjoy it a little, may buy the whole game when the price drops.

[rah]

Actually I was also going to buy it this weekend, but golf, naps and watching the cubs/sox series seemed to fill the weekend.

[Alexander's Horse]

makeo is ticked off cos he doesn't have his comp with him.

There is a game called barbs at the gate where you have to hold out against sustained attack by a number of civs against a time limit. That's fun.

It also has teams for MP.

[War4ever]

sounds promising...but again, sounds like your typical rts

[rah]

I've heard it referred to as the next generation TBS. I had to laugh at that one.

[War4ever]

could also be next generartion rts..... but hey why be a stickler for detail