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[billybaruch1]

Check out http://www.gamespy.com/articles/july02/ron1/index.shtml for an article previewing RoN. The real history and the game's unique units of the Aztecs and the Japanese are in this month's installment. javascript:smilie('')

[Alex]

Interesting unique units...

[tniem]

As far as I can tell, five unique units for the Aztecs and Japanese. This is the Japanese unique unit the Bushi or something like that. It seems to be a lot of unique units but I guess they are trying to give unique units at various times in history to make it balanced.

[One_Dead_Villy]

So from I can gather the Japanese will have basically two unique lines:
1) Ashigaru Spearmen
2) Bushi, Elite Bushi, Samurai, Gun Samurai

The Aztecs also have two lines
1) Atl-Atl, Royal Atl-Atl, Xopilli Atl-Alt
2) Jaguar Infantry, Jaguar Assault Infantry

So each get 5 unique units in total spread throughout the ages as upgrades and in two lines.

[playshogi]

This kind of introduction reminds me of the introduction of Civ3. I've never played any RTS and wonder if this will be the first one.

[One_Dead_Villy]

Gamespot did this kind of thing for AOK and AOKTC.