When a 4X veteran designs an RTS - Rise of Nations
I've done Empire Earth, and I've done Empire Earth 2 so now it's time to take a look at Rise of Nations - the RTS/4X crossover from 2003 that not only managed to find the right blend of both genres but was also critically and commercially successful and a lot of fun.
Come say hi on Discord: / discord
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00:00 Introduction and Background
01:01 Development
04:08 The Game Engine
10:43 Single Campaign
12:14 Extras, Problems and Graphics
15:21 Best of the bunch?
17:36 Conclusions and Outro
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