Rise & Fall: Civilizations At War
by Midway
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Video Game Reviews of Rise & Fall: Civilizations At War
Customer Review: Game Doesn't Run
Summary: 1 Stars
Just got done installing the game, which took about 30 minutes. Running a Pentium D 3.0Ghz, 2GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 6800 system with Windows Vista and the game doesn't work at all. Tried running in XP compatibility mode. No such luck.
I even had to install their malicious and infamous StarForce Protection Software - for what? Not only does this game not run, it locks up my system. Don't waste your money paying for this garbage. This is the first and last time I'll buy a Midway game. They clearly have no idea what they're doing.
Pros: None
Cons: Doesn't work. Locks up Windows
Customer Review: good game
Summary: 5 Stars
great game. Lots of fun. I had lot of fun. Best game ever
Customer Review: BEST RTS GAME EVER MADE !!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I only wanted to place a review because of the bad reviews made regarding the copy protection feature. First off .. THIS DOES NOT DAMAGE ANY PC OR COMPONENTS WHATSOEVER. It's WInXP certified and only installs a few Kb's of data to authenticate the cd when using it to play the game. I have already installed and played half the game and there is no issue with my PC, CD/DCD ROM, system performance, or whatever it was mentioned. I say this also because it would be nice for someone to purchase this without doubts to see how nice Rise and Fall is. Better than Microsoft's Age of Empire's 3, you can move in almost every place in the environment (even through trees) and even inside some buildings built. The best is when you fight along the armie and signal the Armies to shout and sound the battle cry before running towards the enemy armies!! Man, I've never seen better software, and I am sure Midway will come up with a better one soon. Sorry Age of Empire's .. I've turned to Rise and Fall!!Customer Review: This game has software that can harm your computer.
Summary: 1 Stars
Starforce is a copy protection program that can harm your computer. It eats up CPU power, and causes slow downs. This cannot be removed. Stay away from this.Customer Review: The game ive been waiting for
Summary: 4 Stars
Ever since the first Total War game came out "Shogun" I have always thought, man it would sure be cool to be able to just zoom down and play as just one of the soldiers on the field instead of always just commanding the whole army.
Dont get me wrong...theres nothing I love more than being able to send whole legions of infantry and cavalry into the fray...and watching them duke it out Braveheart style, ala Rome Total War, but there was always that itch of...oh no my left flank is collapsing, instead of switching a unit from my right side to the left I wish i could just play a single guy in a 3rd person mode to go over and back my men up. And now, we have Rise & Fall which allows you to do exactly that.
Rise & Fall is your basic RTS game where you build structures, gather resources, amass an army and go to town on the enemy.
If you ever played Age of Empire you know what I mean.
By comparison to other RTS games R&F very much in my opinion simplifies the resource gathering system. Instead of having to gather....wood....coal...food...gold...and anywhere up to 6 resources at once just to maintain an army. R&F only makes you gather Gold and Wood which allows you to focus more on building that army up. And in this game it can be a rather decent size army, the population cap is 5000 which is divided between the number of players in the game which is from 2-8
So in a 2 player game it splits to 2500 per player. Which is pretty good for the type of game it is.
So the battles can be huge, and with a newer graphics engine, they look rather cool when they are large, if your rig can run it otherwise youre looking for some graphical slowdown, in that case you can drop the pop cap down to keep the fights smaller.
And now for the real treat, this game allows you to take control of just a single hero character to try and turn the tide of a battle you may be losing. There are 4 factions, Greece, Rome, Persia, and Egypt, and each faction has 2 heroes you can pick from, for a total of 8. and each one has their own strength and weaknesses.
And they made the heroes run off this stamina system which goes down for almost every action your hero does, whether its taking damage, or using combat moves. So in that sense it doesnt unbalance the game with the heroes running around killing everything.
The number of different units is also toned down in this game as opposed to like Empire Earth where you have like 20 different types of units to manage, this game makes it easier to control an army based on only 3 or 4 troop types, which I like.
Now I'd have to say the down side is that since it is an RTS game, the fights are not really based on any real tactical warfare, basically its a lot of...whoever has more units...might win. The Total War series allows you to take advantage of and exploit different tactical situations like moving to go around an enemies flank or surrounding them. But this game can easily be forgiven for that.
Another draw is the AI isnt quite satisfactory for siege battles, there are 10 different difficulties for you to pick from. The harder ones make it fun, but the AI doesnt use siege equipment to the max at times. You have ladder units so you can put ladders up to the walls to climb....but i have never seen the AI use them, they usually just use a battering ram or two to come knocking on my gates.
The sound is not bad, the combat sounds pretty good with the exception of the sounds of the men dying can really get repetitive since it seems like the same 3 sound clips are used over and over again...which are really noticeable.
The naval battles are also very cool, where you can basically play pirate of the sea and take over enemy vessels with grappling hooks and catapults.
Although there are some people that would rather stick to games like Age of Empires, personally this is my new favorite RTS game on the market.
I suggest giving this one a try, there is a demo available if youre unsure about shelling 40-50 bucks right away on it
I hope this game becomes popular among the gaming community because i think it has some potential to get big.