Big Huge Rise of Nations Review

Funkodrom · 05-06-2003, 13:28:18

http://www.counterglow.com/article.p...ise_of_nations

Sean · 05-06-2003, 13:33:06

Why do I always spot errors as soon as it’s posted? Gah.

Funkodrom · 05-06-2003, 13:40:27

I published it as an article not a review. D'oh.

Venom · 05-06-2003, 14:27:44

Idiots.

Funkodrom · 05-06-2003, 14:41:20

Good review. I like the obligatory Ronglish in there.

This actually sounds like a pretty decent game.

Venom · 05-06-2003, 14:43:30

FULL GUN!

Venom · 05-06-2003, 14:51:04

And there's no reason a modern B can't be better than a B+ of 2 years ago. Things done changed, and with the release of all the most recent RTS games Empire Earths' rating could change.

Sean · 05-06-2003, 14:53:45

I know that, I said as much in like the third paragraph, but it felt wrong.

Venom · 05-06-2003, 14:57:00

I'm fucking agreeing with you! Dammit man.

Sean · 05-06-2003, 15:00:22

Well fuck you then.

No screenshots because I still think the game looks pretty anonymous. I did grab one cool on, though, where thanks to a bug (it is a Big Huge Game) I apparently had a tiny space of territory with nothing in it, completely surrounded by my opponent.

Funkodrom · 05-06-2003, 15:07:07

XML editing is cool.

Venom · 05-06-2003, 15:07:25

The game seems to be well received by all. But the price...the terrible, terrible big, huge price.

Resource Consumer · 11-06-2003, 11:27:28

big huge profits, though.

Venom · 11-06-2003, 12:24:42

Price gouging I say.

maroule · 11-06-2003, 12:53:23

I'm kind of getting tired of RTS
even if this one is a very honest game, and I had reasonnable fun playing it (shortly - but enough to appreciate the concept of city borders, a good addition), the mecanics of building, attacking, sacking towns, winning (in the best of cases) under a tight timing now leave me frustrated. That's also why I didn't buy Warcraft and only played very moderatly at AoM, although both, again, are at worst very decent games (which can't be said of all the RTS crap out there).

I've always been a turn based amateur, but I think it will be more and more so with age. In hybrid games like EU, or Medieval TW, at least I can pause, sit back and issue orders, and I don't have the frustration of feeling half the game's fun is flying past me.

MDA · 11-06-2003, 13:05:06

Amen.

I can have fun with RTS for a short time, but it doesn't hold my attention at all. I do NOT do well in multiplayer, and am not willing (or often able) to put in the time to get good at it. On the other hand, I still play Civ2, Moo2, and even Allied General.

Of course, I've only played CC:Red Alert, Starcraft, and Age of Empires in the RTS category.

Venom · 11-06-2003, 13:24:49

Yeah, but those are the best of the best in RTS so I'd say that's a fair sampling.

Sean · 11-06-2003, 15:39:37

I think RTS, like most FPS, is basically multiplayer at heart. I can play with people I know, and in the case of RoN, one person in particular who is almost exactly at my skill level overall. He’s better militarily, especially in the late (boring) stages, by my economic skills keep me in the hunt.

05-06-2003, 13:28:18	#1
Funkodrom Die Müfzwerge Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Drowning in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry	Big Huge Rise of Nations Review http://www.counterglow.com/article.p...ise_of_nations __________________ protein: Bryan Adams rocks Blog - Band Müf Gigs 5th March BerkshireLive Aid

05-06-2003, 13:40:27	#3
Funkodrom Die Müfzwerge Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Drowning in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry	I published it as an article not a review. D'oh. __________________ protein: Bryan Adams rocks Blog - Band Müf Gigs 5th March BerkshireLive Aid

05-06-2003, 14:27:44	#4
Venom Look out behind you! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rudolph's stable	Idiots. __________________ TO MY BALLS!!!!! or TO LazyView!!!!

05-06-2003, 14:41:20	#5
Funkodrom Die Müfzwerge Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Drowning in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry	Good review. I like the obligatory Ronglish in there. This actually sounds like a pretty decent game. __________________ protein: Bryan Adams rocks Blog - Band Müf Gigs 5th March BerkshireLive Aid

05-06-2003, 14:43:30	#6
Venom Look out behind you! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rudolph's stable	FULL GUN! __________________ TO MY BALLS!!!!! or TO LazyView!!!!

05-06-2003, 13:33:06	#2
Sean Rhubarb Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: God knows	Why do I always spot errors as soon as it’s posted? Gah.

05-06-2003, 14:51:04	#7
Venom Look out behind you! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rudolph's stable	And there's no reason a modern B can't be better than a B+ of 2 years ago. Things done changed, and with the release of all the most recent RTS games Empire Earths' rating could change. __________________ TO MY BALLS!!!!! or TO LazyView!!!!

05-06-2003, 14:53:45	#8
Sean Rhubarb Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: God knows	I know that, I said as much in like the third paragraph, but it felt wrong.

05-06-2003, 14:57:00	#9
Venom Look out behind you! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rudolph's stable	I'm fucking agreeing with you! Dammit man. __________________ TO MY BALLS!!!!! or TO LazyView!!!!

05-06-2003, 15:00:22	#10
Sean Rhubarb Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: God knows	Well fuck you then. No screenshots because I still think the game looks pretty anonymous. I did grab one cool on, though, where thanks to a bug (it is a Big Huge Game) I apparently had a tiny space of territory with nothing in it, completely surrounded by my opponent.

05-06-2003, 15:07:07	#11
Funkodrom Die Müfzwerge Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Drowning in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry	XML editing is cool. __________________ protein: Bryan Adams rocks Blog - Band Müf Gigs 5th March BerkshireLive Aid

05-06-2003, 15:07:25	#12
Venom Look out behind you! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rudolph's stable	The game seems to be well received by all. But the price...the terrible, terrible big, huge price. __________________ TO MY BALLS!!!!! or TO LazyView!!!!

11-06-2003, 11:27:28	#13
Resource Consumer weddings, bar mitzvahs, anything Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Going down on Trinidad and Tobago	big huge profits, though. __________________ Bossman

11-06-2003, 12:24:42	#14
Venom Look out behind you! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rudolph's stable	Price gouging I say. __________________ TO MY BALLS!!!!! or TO LazyView!!!!

11-06-2003, 12:53:23	#15
maroule Intermittent du spectacle Join Date: Oct 2002	I'm kind of getting tired of RTS even if this one is a very honest game, and I had reasonnable fun playing it (shortly - but enough to appreciate the concept of city borders, a good addition), the mecanics of building, attacking, sacking towns, winning (in the best of cases) under a tight timing now leave me frustrated. That's also why I didn't buy Warcraft and only played very moderatly at AoM, although both, again, are at worst very decent games (which can't be said of all the RTS crap out there). I've always been a turn based amateur, but I think it will be more and more so with age. In hybrid games like EU, or Medieval TW, at least I can pause, sit back and issue orders, and I don't have the frustration of feeling half the game's fun is flying past me.

11-06-2003, 13:05:06	#16
MDA Unintelligible at any speed. Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Make no excuses. Support no ideology. You're EVIL. Just do it.	Amen. I can have fun with RTS for a short time, but it doesn't hold my attention at all. I do NOT do well in multiplayer, and am not willing (or often able) to put in the time to get good at it. On the other hand, I still play Civ2, Moo2, and even Allied General. Of course, I've only played CC:Red Alert, Starcraft, and Age of Empires in the RTS category. __________________ Who are you when you're alone? A Fuckwit.

11-06-2003, 13:24:49	#17
Venom Look out behind you! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rudolph's stable	Yeah, but those are the best of the best in RTS so I'd say that's a fair sampling. __________________ TO MY BALLS!!!!! or TO LazyView!!!!

11-06-2003, 15:39:37	#18
Sean Rhubarb Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: God knows	I think RTS, like most FPS, is basically multiplayer at heart. I can play with people I know, and in the case of RoN, one person in particular who is almost exactly at my skill level overall. He’s better militarily, especially in the late (boring) stages, by my economic skills keep me in the hunt.

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