Rise of Legends - A spiritual successor of RoN

[Nikolai]

I just read on a Norwegian game site, that BigHugeGames has begun making a new game called Rise of Legends. It's a spiritual sequel to RoN, but not RoN2. It sounds like a RTS version of that old Civ game with magic, was it Master of Magic it was called? Don't remember right now. Anyway, there will be a "steampunk" world, where sciance and magic meet, and we'll guide a civ through history and glory. So far only two of the civs are mentioned, a Vinci civ, based on sciance and mechanics of the Leonardo da Vinci type, and one called Alim, a arabic inspired civ based on magic.

I haven't been able to find anything on the BHG site, but it's supposed to be some good pics there someplace, according to gamer.no, the Norwegian site I found this on. According to BHG's site however, Computer Gaming World will have a preview in their latestr magazine.

[Nikolai]

I found the page on BHG's site:

http://www.bighugegames.com/rts2/

[Solver]

Absolutely not my preferred setting, I prefer historical RTS games, but this might actually be very good. RoN had great gameplay and deserved the awards it got. If this thing plays like RoN, it's probably worth it.

[Locutus]

Winter season lineup:

Civ4
RoL
AoE3
B&W2
Legion 2
GalCiv 2

Damn, I'd better start saving

[General Ludd]

Now that looks like an RTS worth playing. Steampunk


Finally - a RTS that looks like it has some originality.

[Alex]

mmm... another RTS...

brian, stop with this madness and go work on SMAC 2!!!

[lord of the mark]

i guess it was inevitable that he wouldnt stick with history. Still the pattern seems odd for MS affiliate studios - Ensemble did history, then fantasy with AOM, and BHG started with history and now steampunk/fantasy. OTOH it kinda makes sense - when Ensemble was doing fantasy, BHG was doing history. Now Ensemble is bringing out AOE3, back to history, and BHG is doing something different. Seems like MS wants two RTS at once, and wants one history themed and one non-history themed.


When I hear steampunk I think Arcanum, which i never played. Has anyone done this setting in a strategy game?

[Solver]

AoM was still more history than most fantasy RTS games. I mean, the game wasn't entirely fantasy, having real units and such, and the mythologies and gods used were real ancient mythos.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Solver
AoM was still more history than most fantasy RTS games. I mean, the game wasn't entirely fantasy, having real units and such, and the mythologies and gods used were real ancient mythos.

yah, well Elves and dwarves were real old Norse mythos, but any game that has 'em we treat as fantasy. No?

[Solver]

Not really . And there were no elves in AoM . It's a mythology game, not a fantasy one. Fantasy is LOTR type BS, or Warcraft, or Starcraft.

[lord of the mark]

so if its based on creatures imagined by the ancient norse its a fantasy game, if its based on creatures imagined by the ancient Greeks and Romans, its a mythology game, and if its based on creatures imagined by Japanese, its a PS2 game?

[Nikolai]

You nailed it!

[Adagio]

Why this?
I hate fantasy games

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by General Ludd
Now that looks like an RTS worth playing. Steampunk


Finally - a RTS that looks like it has some originality.

Thing is it's not really the setting that needs the most innovation.

[Solver]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
so if its based on creatures imagined by the ancient norse its a fantasy game, if its based on creatures imagined by the ancient Greeks and Romans, its a mythology game, and if its based on creatures imagined by Japanese, its a PS2 game?

That about sums it up. And if it's based on creatures imagined by the Russians, it's a drinking game.