

As the name implied, it set the player up as a nation-builder and gave you all the tools with which to grow - war, trade and government. Rise of Nations was Microsoft's debut in PC strategy games three years ago and it was impressive.

The enemy appears again, and it's all on.Īnother twist of fate in this strategy-adventure game, which plays like Civilization and Age of Empires rolled into one. Like magic, my units are revitalised by its healing powers. I'm far from home or an allied city and the enemy is close behind.

I am leading my battered army through strange lands after a savage encounter with the forces of Cuotl.
