So lets talk Rise of Legends

[Snake]

It has gone under everyones radar, it is the successor to Rise of Nations.

I have to say in my oh so humble opinion that this is the best RTS game to come along in years and with some patches it will be up there with Starcraft.

The artwork is just beautiful and well implemented, the storyline is very compelling, the races are just damn excellent and as of right now it seems very well balanced.

Now on to the meat of the game. It has three completely different races. I can't stress this enough. They are completley different think Starcraft different.


First we have the Vinci, like the name suggests, this race is very much inspired by the idea and inventions of Italian renaissance genius Leonardo Da Vinci. This esthetic has grown to the Steampunk genre often depicted in Japanese anime by the likes of Hayao Miyazaki and Katsuhiro Otomo.

The Vinci in the game likewise draws from all these sources to create a nation that is technological but in an anachronistic Victorian sort of way. Their units in the game are grand, expensive and powerful mechanical contraptions and flying machines. This race seems good for those who like a more defensive booming strategy.


Then there are the Alin this race is an "1001 Arabian Nights" inspired nation. Thusly they have units like Afreets, Giant Scorpions and even dragons.

Their architecture draws from and resembles the Middle Eastern Islamic influences with Spires and desert people sensibilities. Their units tend to be weaker than the Vinci on a one-on-one basis in general, despite the aforementioned named units which sound like impressive powerful units.

Alin units are broken up into Sand, Fire, and Glass classes, each with its own building type that is used to upgrade its own class of units. Alin units are cheap and fast to get on the field. So their tactics are centered on magic and seem to suit well for hit and run operations. This race seems to be good for people who likes the Rush strategy.


Last there are the Cuotl, the race is inspired by the Mayan civilization as the name implies, but in Rise of Legends they take their origins from conspiracy theorist works like "Chariot of the Gods".

The Cuotl, thusly is an advanced alien race that crashed on the planet of Aoi, where the Alim and the Vinci were at war. The Cuotl survivors with their magic like advanced technology, subjugated some of the local inhabitants and set themselves as gods.

So they start of fairly weak with "native troops", but later gain access through their mastery of energy to powerful megalithic monstronsities to destroy their opponents. This race would probably be best described in RTS terms as a boomer


There are many many cool features in the game I could go on for awhile, but if you're interested in finding out more.

http://www.riseoflegends.com/

[Patton]

Can you break ice traps in ride of legends?

[Snake]

Can you break ice traps in ride of legends?

I will not dignify that with a response...... Dammit I already am.

[bridude]

if you teach me how to play I will play with you. Looks very cool.


oh and :lol: patton.

[Snake]

if you teach me how to play I will play with you. Looks very cool.


oh and :lol: patton.

Actually it has a very easy learning curve and sure I would love to play. We will talk more about it tonight.

[Snake]

Something of a backstory, It has 4 parts but you can find the rest on the official site.


Giacomo’s Journal (Part 1)

Day 1:

Hello, Brother. I know that you will never read these words. But I wish to record this journey, and when I thought of an audience, of a person I would wish to bear witness to it, yours was the first face I saw in my mind.

Day 1, you ask? Yes, Petruzzo. For if this is to be the beginning of my new life, let me then begin my observation of time anew with that simple marker. What other dates could I use that would have meaning? The third day of the third month of the Vinci year 987. What significance should this have, when I have no intention of living another day among my own people?

The eve of my sixteenth birthday. Again, equally meaningless. No one will know, or care, where I am going.

The eve of my conscription, perhaps I could say, my forced military service under the watchful eye of Father and his General Carlini, as well as your own expectations. But this is not true, for my actions make it untrue. If I had stayed in Miana, conscription is indeed what morning would bring—drilling with the Musketeers, learning the simple art of destruction. The first morning in four years of mornings, and afternoons, and nights, among men who care for nothing else than showing their strength, men with minds suited only to the brute tasks of marching in a straight line and the firing of rifles.

No offense, Brother, but I was not meant for such things. I suspect that you know this, and I had hoped that even Father would be able to see it, to see what an impossibly poor match of gears it would be. He has already groomed you for leadership, Petruzzo. And you seem to enjoy it enough. You were born a soldier. Like Father, I suppose.

I wish only to learn. My education at the Mianan academies has taught me everything it could.

Ha! Even as I write these words, I realize how preposterous they are. I have been years ahead of my own teachers since my first day of classes. The Young Inventor of Miana, they called me, as if there were anyone older with a better claim to the title. Certainly no one among them.

So, with my ‘education’ behind me, and nothing but mindless military service ahead, I choose to leave Miana. I am ready to discover what I cannot learn among my own people.

I was uncertain, at first, as to where I should go. Venucci seemed like a possibility. I feel that a trip to Venucci would only end in disappointment, however. Some of their technology is mildly interesting, but it lacks subtlety. The Venuccians would rather apply twenty tons of power to a problem that could be solved with an ounce of finesse. Though, even if I had little to learn there, I could likely teach them a thing or two. I could just as likely make a fortune for myself in the process.

But politics is not so arcane a subject to me that I do not grasp the ramifications of such a choice. Father would likely assume that Venucci had simply abducted me, and would use that as leverage for another border skirmish with their Doge, if not an all-out war. Perhaps, with Father getting on in years, he would even give the command of his armies to you. I would not put you in such danger, brother.

If not Venucci, then perhaps some other city? But compared to Miana and Venucci, every other city seems little more than a backwater. I have been to several, accompanying you and father on your diplomatic trips to Tarona and Vernazza. I would rather replace my arms with clockwork than to live in such places.

No, I wish to learn, and to learn something new. There is no place among the Vinci city-states where I might do such a thing. If there are new developments in clockwork technology, I cannot help but believe that they would be spun from my own mind. I will have a lifetime to invent. For now, I would very much like to explore.

The Alin Kingdom. That is a place I have never seen. They send trade caravans through the Silean Pass, goods and spices carried on the backs of impossible flying beasts. I have seen their Desert Walkers. More soldiers, perhaps, but they do not seem the simple grunts of our own battalions. The Alin, to a person, simply seem to emanate wisdom.

What could I learn of magic, you might ask? I have no idea. But I sit now in the dark of the Silean Pass, writing these words by lamplight, and I cannot help but believe that my entire future waits but a few miles away.

I would like to continue writing to you, Petruzzo, though I know these words are for me alone. I hope that you will understand why I am doing this, and that you share that understanding with Father. For what it is worth.

Your Brother, always.

[Postal]

A couple of my friends are playing it and love it. I would like to but it damn well only runs on XP and I still have win2k.

[Snake]

I'm sure it could run on any nt based OS. I could be wrong though. There's 2 demos out maybe you could download one of them and see if it works for ya.

[Postal]

I tried the demo. If you install normally it says need XP. You can do a remote network install which installs but then I got missing entry points in DLLs when I ran it.

[Snake]

:(

[jackrabbit]

I'm sure the people who designed the game have a demographic in mind that would upgrade their operating system at least once every six years.

Do your grandparents know you're trying to install games on their computer?

>:)

[Paladin]

I'm sure the people who designed the game have a demographic in mind that would upgrade their operating system at least once every six years.

Especially since the game is from... MICROSOFT!

[Patton]

I'm sure the people who designed the game have a demographic in mind that would upgrade their operating system at least once every six years.

Do your grandparents know you're trying to install games on their computer?

>:)

:lol:

[DrJonez]

I hate to shit on your thread, but I played this game for an hour or so today, and it's terrible. There's nothing new or interesting about it. The combat units are all ugly and boring, the storyline and world are bland, and the music is really obnoxious.

They should've stuck to the real world setting and added a bunch of new stuff to what they had in the first game.

[Snake]

You're certainly entitled to your opinion.

[F7]

So far, Rise of Legends has been further justification in my piratous actions of downloading games and trying them out before committing to a purchase.

[Snake]

I like it because I've been playing RTS games as far back as I can remember and this one is just different and unique as far as civs go, It reminds me a lot of starcraft.

Most rts games are the same old same old. All style no substance, this one has so many ways to win and has very different mechanics than your typical RTS fare.

But to each their own :)

[Creole Ned]

Or, you know, you could just try the demo.

Also, NO MORE PIRACY TALK. Or you get a spanking - and not the kind you'll like!

[DrJonez]

Hey, I've been playing RTS games since Warcraft 1 and Total Annihilation, so I've loved them for years too. I'm usually really big on new RTS games (See my Supreme Commander thread! ;) ).

I dunno, I guess I just don't get this one. Someone explain to me what I'm supposed to like, and maybe I can get into it :P

[Snake]

Hey, if you don't like it no biggie, like I said to each their own. :)