RISE OF NATIONS WITH THRONES PATRIOTS

This 2-CD package includes Rise of Nations and the Thrones and Patriots Expansion.

Rise of Nations:

Which forces will you deploy to lead your nation to global prominence? Trade, espionage, diplomacy... war? Whichever path you choose, you’ll experience the pulse pounding thrill and speed of real-time gaming combined with the epic scope and depth of turn-based strategy games, brought together for the first time ever in Rise of Nations.

Rise of Nations is a new historical real time strategy game from Big Huge Games’ Brian Reynolds, designer of PC game classics such as Civilization 2 and Alpha Centauri.

In Rise of Nations, you'll create new cities, improve city infrastructures and expand national borders. Conquer foes through military might using everything from sling-shots to cannons to stealth bombers to nuclear weapons.

Corner the market on key commodities and consolidate power under your rule.. wheel and deal across time with history's eminent cultures.

Features
Cross genre gameplay combining pulse-pounding real-time gaming with the epic scope of turn-based strategy games, Rise of Nations gives you a fast and fun experience.

You can play a quick battle on your choice of map as your choice of nation (including random), or play the turn-based/RTS mix Conquer the World Campaign.

Zooming scale lets you see enormous swaths of territory at once or zoom to watch one group of citizens or military unit at work.

Maintain command of multiple cities and expansive military campaigns while still controlling the progress of individual cities and battles. Clearly defined national borders let you expand territory strategically.

Multiple victory conditions. Gain dominion through non-military and quasi-military strategies including espionage, diplomacy, technology races and territory expansion. Or, simply obliterate all comers through the raw power of a military conquest.

Lead one of 18 Historical Nations. Each of the 18 Nations boasts special units unique to them, and each nation benefits from particular attributes that give them distinct advantages in battle or another aspect of the game.

Nations include Aztec, Bantu, British, Chinese, Eqyptians, French, German, Greek, Incans, Japanese, Koreans, Mayan, Mongols, Nubians, Romans, Russians, Spanish and Turks, and all change distinctively through the passage of time.

Conquer the World Campaign. This unique single player campaign lets you take over the world one territory at a time. Victory in each territory gives you tribute, special resources, or bonus powers to attack a strong enemy.

Never depleting resources. The basic resources in the game (Food, Timber, Metal and Oil) never deplete once you accumulate them.

No need to micro-manage your citizens. If citizens are idle for a few seconds they will automatically start collecting resources and/or help build buildings. If you like to micro-manage your citizens, simply turn off this option.

Streamlined multiplayer. In the multiplayer mode (up to 8 players), you'll accumulate resources and move through different time periods quickly, reaching the coup de grace in a timely fashion. Victory is just moments away.

Thrones and Patriots Expansion:

 Thrones and Patriots, the expansion pack to the critically acclaimed, best-selling real-time strategy (RTS) game Rise of Nations, adds a barrage of new features to the original game.  Combining the epic scope of traditional turn-based strategy games with the fast-paced action of RTS games, Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots enables players to explore 6,000 years of history as they amass powerful armies, build prosperous economies and perform acts of diplomacy.

Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots introduces six new nations, four unique single-player campaigns, more than 20 original units, new wonders and new government types.

Unlike other historical RTS games, the Rise of Nations franchise allows gamers to quickly play through eight historical epochs of time from the Ancient Age to the Information Age.

Highly Diverse New Nations
Players can lead one of six new nations.. Iroquois, Lakota, American, Dutch, Persian, and Indian, in the single player campaigns or on a multiplayer battlefield.

Each nation has its own distinctive national powers and special units, such as the Lakota who have no national boundaries, or the Americans whose marines can hide anywhere without the need of a General nearby.

Rich New Campaigns and Scenarios
Four new non-linear, single player campaigns based on historical epochs will keep players busy as they plan their moves on the strategic outer map and play out the battles in over 130 new scenarios.

The new campaigns include Alexander the Great, Napoleon, the New World, and the Cold War.

Choose a Government Type
As a nation advances through the ages, players can decide between six different government types.

From socialism to capitalism, despotism to republic, each government type has a different power that allows players to customize their nations and open up new tactics and strategic possibilities.

A unique Patriot unit is available with each government type, bringing a variety of powers to the battlefield.

New Units
More than 20 new units, which are graphically unique to each new nation, are available for players to command including the massive Persian War Elephants, armed Dutch merchants, unique ships and supply wagons.

New Wonders of the World
Forbidden City, a walled city built in 1407 within Beijing for the Imperial Court of the Chinese emperor. Entry was forbidden to ordinary citizens until 1912.

Red Fort, a massive fortification built of red sandstone in 1618, it served as the palace of India's Mughal Emperors. The outer defense wall was 1.5 miles long and 110 feet tall.

Hanging Gardens is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, these gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar II for his queen in ancient Babylon, 600 BC.

System Requirements:

• Rise of Nations required to play
• Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
• Pentium 1.0 GHz, 256MB RAM
• 12X CDROM
• 32MB 3D DirectX 9.0 video card
• DirectX compatible sound card
• Keyboard
• Mouse