The Other Rise of Nations - Rise of Legends
Rise of Legends was undersold, underappreciated and is mostly forgotten today - which is a shame as its actually a pretty good game. Lets take a look at the poor unloved sequel to Rise of Nations, talk about the gameplay and features as well as discuss why it may have aced the jump but fluffed the landing.
Come say hi on Discord: / discord
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00:00 Introduction and Background
01:00 A little on Big Huge Games
02:47 The Setting
05:25 The Gameplay
16:30 Single Player Campaign
18:49 Skirmish and Multiplayer
20:34 Art and Sound
21:15 Reception and Thoughts
25:42 Summary and Outro
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