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Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

Not for new aluminum imac

Written by BS

Sep 4, 2007

Do not buy this game thinking it will work with the new imac. I bought this for the new 24" 2.8 ghz machine and according to the game's publisher, the new video card is not compatable. Might run on the white imacs, though....

286 of 457 people found this useful

Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

Just great!!

Written by YW from Silver Spring

Dec 14, 2005

As an experienced player of strategy and tactic games I have to say that I am stunned with RoN. It is close to Civ, but better. The nations have more distinguished traits and the interface is simple, even though the actions the units can make can be complex. The strategy part is outstanding. From a world map the player has to conquer the other empires, which happen in turns. The conquest itself, however, is real time. Different missions and different bonuses effect the outcome and every tactics buff will love the possibilities. To make it short: its great!

243 of 371 people found this useful

Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

Not for new Mac

Written by EN from Groton

Jan 12, 2008

I am echoing comments from others. I wish I would have read their reviews before my purchase. This DOES NOT work on the newer iMacs as of January 2008. Please Apple! Introduce an update that will fix this - I understand this is currently affecting a number of games written for the pre-intel macs. It's too bad because this really is a great game .

109 of 177 people found this useful

Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

The most realistic Strategy out there (a kid's review)

Written by AM

Dec 5, 2005

This game is breathtaking! You will never be bored of it it is worth every penny. It spans about 10'000 years of human history from the ancient age to the information age, it has loads of diverse civilizations with unique units and benefits such as industry for the germans and empire for the british. The graphics are stunning and to examine in detail you can zoom in/ zoom out. Combat is also as reaistic as possible, calculating supply, number and position; rivers for example slow units down providing tactical advantages for the defender on the other side, and staying on the top of a hill gives you also more advantage. This game has so many features that you have to experience it for yourself.

97 of 154 people found this useful

Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

Great game!

Written by TI from College Place

Jan 15, 2008

If you enjoy strategy games you'll love this game. You will be entertained for hours and hours controlling different civilizations in history. From early basic times to current and even the future you control the destiny of your people. Chose dominance through military, economic or alliance. From sling shots to machine guns, to stealth bombers, to nuclear bombs and beyond you call all the shots. Worth the money!

106 of 174 people found this useful

Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

Holy Cow!

Written by DQ from Fort Bragg

Sep 16, 2005

I love playing games like this and I have to admit it was the first time I played this brand. I was amazed at how much detail went into the game. This game beats Command & Conquer out by a mile. I hope another will come out soon.

Playing on moderate can be hard, and I haven't graduated to a harder level yet. This game is a must have for anyone that likes to build nations and rule the world or kick computer butt. A+++++ in my book (or laptop).

47 of 58 people found this useful

Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

Awesome!!!

Written by BP

Sep 2, 2005

I love real time strategy games. I remember when Red Alert came out and I obsessed over that game for hours. Then came all the follow ups to it. The entire command and conquer series, and then the whole new generations as I like to call it. Starcraft, Warcraft, and the new Civilizations. It was all too much to handle. Then I read about this game after I bought my new PowerBook G4 for college. I noticed this game seemed to beat out the competion and so far it has. It's absolultey spectacular. The detail in graphics is awesome. It's so similar to civ and age of empires and combines that with the type of RTS games I use to love. It's awesome watchihng your options change as the times change and new types of units that are available to you as you go from Ancient Times to the Information Age. It's so good and I've been having a great time with this game. Hopefully more like this will come out soon. A must buy.

46 of 57 people found this useful

Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

Does not work with new Aluminum iMac

Written by SJ from New York

Nov 19, 2007

I have a new 24" iMac aluminum 2.8 Ghz, 2GB RAM 500HD
Running latest OSX, Leopard.

This game does not work. It has a flickering effect on-screen making all interface and animations unplayable. You can't see the buttons, or anything else! Sent email to Destineer about problem. This is their reply:

"This is a known bug with the graphic drivers for your video card. We're currently working with Apple to get this resolved. The latest software update for your iMac addresses the graphics card specifically and may fix this issue, but at this time I can't guarantee that it does. You may need to wait for Apple to release an updated driver for Rise of Nations to work properly."

Buyer beware. Perhaps if enough people complain, this will be finally fixed. As of now, I cannot play the game.

58 of 82 people found this useful

Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

Does not work on IMAC

Written by SM from Louisville

Nov 20, 2007

Does not work on the IMac. Very disappointing.

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Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

A GREAT GAME

Written by TM from Studio City

Nov 7, 2005

After playing all of the Civ and Age of Empire games, I hadn't bought Rise of Nations till last week because I thought the genre was done. I was so wrong. This game is very clever and spectacular in the graphics and game play. I just started playing and can't wait to get home tonight from work to continue leading my Romans to total conquest!

32 of 35 people found this useful

Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

Awesome game

Written by DJ

Nov 16, 2005

A great buy for any kid, 14-18 will have great fun with it, combines Risk and Age of Empires and is better than anyother game on the market like it

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Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

Outstanding

Written by SA from honolulu

Dec 16, 2005

What beats this game? You can easily lose 6 hours playing this and enjoying every minute.

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Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

Fun Game

Written by LV from Fall River

Jul 5, 2006

It's a really fun game, and I've spent countless hours playing it, but I never really thought that there was too much of a difference between civilizations. By the end, everyone is just spitting out advanced infantry. Anyways, it was fun enough for me, but I never really got hooked on its scenario creator, since you would have to save what you had done, and then open it up from the main menu. (A simple "test" button would have helped). Age of Empires will treat beginner strategy gamers better, but it won't give you the same sense of kicking butt on a large scale like Rise of Nations does.

65 of 105 people found this useful

Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

Rise of Nations Kicks ***

Written by BR from Ross

Apr 28, 2005

This game uses good graphics a great user interface and a awsome aray of options.
There are Campaigns single player games etc. that make Age of the EmpiresII look like it is more than 100 years old.

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Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

superb game

Written by CL from Friday Harbor

Dec 3, 2005

This game is really easy to play even if you arn't very good at other computer games. This is my favorite game and has been for at least a year now. My favorite are the conquer the world campains, but you can customizese your own senario so thats also fun in solo game.

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Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

My Favorite

Written by MT from Brighton

Jun 17, 2007

This game is by far my favorite for the Macintosh platform. Although, it does have some audio issues, and it isn't Universal, it works pretty well. If you don't like the technical game play of Civilization, then check this one out for sure. This is a four year old game.. so it's a little ridiculous to have the same pricing but it's worth every penny!!!

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Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

Fantastic

Written by BC from Brooklyn

Aug 4, 2005

This game is a ton of fun. It can be quite challenging at the higher levels. It is very similar to the Age of Empires series, except that it takes the concept of strategic battle to a whole new level.

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Rise of Nations - Gold Edition

macsoft strikes again

Written by TC from Raleigh

Jan 3, 2008

Rise of Nations is a truly great game. Sadly, the porting work is sloppy. I've had it cause kernel panics on 2 different computers (1 Intel, 1 G5), and it heats up the gpu in my laptop (8600) over 80 degrees C. (And this is with all 4 corners propped up independently to maximize airflow) Pushing the limits is fine, but this game runs entirely in 2D. Windows machines with half the processing power of any mac on the market today ran it flawlessly while maxed out when the game hit the market. I love the game, but please don't support MacSoft's terrible porting work by buying it.

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