Most underated game and game studio of all times. Big Huge games was freaking awesome, love their games! Wherever you are, if you come across this, a big thank you to all the devs!
The Vinci faction is awesome. Just look at this mech pilot - he stood his ground even in the face of overwhelming odds, and gave his life to deny the enemy access to his city. He died holding the fucking line - and went out with a bang too!
So we have steampunk robots and flying ships, dragons, genies, aztec civilization that worships high-tech aliens... One of the most bizarre settings ever created.
Yeah gmae settings are fucking boring nowadays. Final fantasy 16 just look like sword art online. It's fucking boring. I mean the main protag of ff16 just looks like an edgy kirito.
At the end of the game it's implied that the Alin, now unified and with the Dark Alin defeated, are craving for expansion to Cuotl and Vinci territory. This would probably be one of the battles we weren't able to see in the possible future installments of the series
This game needs a sequel and a spin-of. 3 factions were dropped during the production for time reason. Also an RPG would be very neat. Imagine to live in a world like this!
Now imagine being face to face with land leviathan/glass Dragon/city of vengeance/elder glass golem/glass spider queen, that kinda would Need to be titan vs. titan Battle, unless it Will be somehow similar to world of warcraft
Those were dark walkers, I think. Glass golems would've kicked clockwork men ass, lol. I think that Vinci protagonist was using a Doge walker, but it's open topped... I'm not sure, though.
Kaue Braga 1- those were glass golems the size is enough proof for that 2- he had a commander class walker similar to Giacomo but this one isn't modified
for those who do not know who is the subject of the intro He is the great inventor, the person in charge of the Vinci technology in the end dies in the cinematic but in the game (in the game files) it was discovered that Zeke has the brain of this character that appears in the introduction
The funniest thing about my childhood is that there are three times that I got the wrong games because I misremembered. Little did I know, they were all sister games to those games. I got rise of legends trying to get rise of nations. Heroes of Might and Magic V when I wanted IV. And Icewind Dale from trying to get Baldurs Gate 2. Companies know how to add to the games they made by making more.
@@landrylongacre6391 there was actually 5 dupposed to be in the game. 4th was a mongol inspired faction, the 5th was nordic. very interesting if you think about it.
They kind of are. The Vinci based their machines off of it, the alin Sawu went mad because of it, and the quotl were taken over by the false gods who found it.
@@Treyast Good interpretation but I always assumed that they were in an alien world and all the human factions were descended from the original survivors from the falling ship akin to a lost colony.
The greatest thing about this game is that it is inspired by our stuff. Mesoamerican mythology, leonardo da vinci and his inventions, and arab mythology. Beautiful. If it had an expansion, it has to bring norse, native american, and japanese mythology. Or literature.
Or sci fi, a, cuotl are ancient astronauts theory, rise of legends you can have anything and make sense, They could use atompunk, a scientific faction whose artillery is an antimatter cannon, they can use urban legends to make a magical faction with modern aesthetics... or they can give us the kahan and the skald
Lel nice joke, "remake" exchange 5 textures and sell it for 20€+ or what *facepalm* Ofc there should be a revamp but to seet how Microsoft fucks up and cant make games anymore..a competent sequel, nice joke, do you know what they did to Empire Earth?
If i'm not mistaken, Mad Doc software was the Developer. They were the Devs for EE2 Also. Microsoft never touched the game, unless you are referring to a remake that i can't seem to find when i search the two together. What exactly are you referring to? (Just curious, not sarcastic. I want to know)
Actually, Activision Bought Sierra Entretainment, and after they did, they no longer made any new sequels, actually, after that, EE3 never got a single update. So, if we reffer to EE franchise, Activision killed it. About Risef of legends, I don't know. I just pray that there may be a hope, like the devs that remake AoE2 HD, and AoM Extended, they maybe try and get Rise of legends back, with a better compatile system for multiplayer, like how they did with Rise of Nations.
this game was way to nostalgic i got it from the library before they got rid of it and play it and forgot it was late. its too much fun and and there wont be a game like it. sure there are simular games but the troops you can control,the cool buildings and maps, story, play as the villain, not focusing on magic, multiplayer and so much more. too bad online is off and no steam version
I have the original disk version of this game. It works great on my Windows 10. I would love for this game to have a sequel but Microsoft is not interested.
perhaps thats why they aren't releasing it again. Its been so long now I think people would expect more to be added a remake/remaster if you will rather than just a rerelease as it still works in Windows 10. Who knows maybe bloody Windows 11 will break it.
@@EvilMagnitude I remember these cutscenes being one of the first things I ever watched on RUclips. Heck there's probably a comment from my first account buried somewhere below l
Might come as a surprise to some of you guys, but the soldier at the end is not just any soldier, he is the one and only Giacomo. Thisi is how this legend went down in the end Just thinking about it gives me the chills :')
Basic tldr.: The ship at the start was what had the Cuolt "Gods" who were a race of Highly Advanced Stone/Metal/Unknow Material Automatons, they are in a way the inbetwen betwen Magic and Tech. Something happend on their travel and they crashlanded on Earth in the South-East region of heavy jungles... this lead to them being worship by the natives since they were able to do alot of feats that would be considered magic, but also lead to their tech being somewhat diminish since much was loss during the crash. Its for this reason we see a few fragments of their tech durng the Vinci and Alin campaigns.
Most creative fantasy world. Vinci are my favorite faction becouse of their wierd steampunk industrial era technology mix and the European astetic of their peaoples. Their soldiers are preety much steampunk conquistadors and thats preety cool, but my favorite unit is the clockwork man and the robotic miner becouse steam punk automatons are epic
there's a lot of Steampunk style games, but only Rise of Nation have true Steampunk design, another games is ugly design and just focus a lot fabric hot air balloon and fabric boats, no more machine, no more robot
If is added to steam here are the changes I want higher framerate units animations (units like clockwork have the animations at less than 30 fps) higher resolution windowed moded (yes the game doesnt have windowed moe) bug fixes (In mission 3 there is a bug where the cargo ship is the heavy variant which is not compatibile with the mission making the mission impossibile)
Unfortunately, this is only valid for the original Rise of Nations game, but the Extended Edition doesn't include Rise of Legends, only Thrones and Patriots.
this always triggered my sweet magic infused steampunk hearts love for 'citadels of survivals desperate holding action ....as its population is split between said holding action ,and equally desperate efforts to fuel and make tactical weapons ready to turn the tides of war while its fortifications still keeps the industries and mana blood reserves to counter the despotic or worse forces threatening to dominate the planet functional.. and in their possesion.
and as it blacks out after 2:28 the fourth wall audiance dont get to share the corupted genies forces starting to circomvent the ravine ,only to have swarms of steampunk drones start swarm out of the citys hangar pads and factory access shafts to the omnious sound of not just multiple new massive siege weight constructs being lifted up to the ramparts ,but steam cyborg legions activating fresh from the philactery connected assembly lines... and several anti captial ship grade worthy kinetic batteries rising out of some assembly line access shafts that hidden in plain sight been repurposed to provide stationary fire support and extreme counter measure options for the citadel city in the event of further direct attacks later on ^^
Why did they die. Big Huge should have survived forever. We should have been able to play game after amazing game made by them. But no, instead they shut down, they get ripped apart, and we are left with old youtube videos and "HD" Re-releases.
It's interesting to read this, considering the Big Huge Games Instagram profile posted last year (2023) a group photo of their workers. Yes, 20 years after the original Rise of Nations release...
I loved the game, and I agree it never got the support or polish it deserved, would've been nice to have some of the story mode patched to flow smoother. I liked Giacomo and the gang, but occasionally it was weird to hear them repeat phrases or info we already heard/knew.
Remember this game was made when rts,s didn't have the best tech or animation, this was like 2004 or like 2009 I forgot! But also check out "evil genius" most addicting game I have ever played
You know what this game was absolutely calling out for? That world-conquering non-story campaign mode from Rise of Nations. It already has that Risk-esqe board in that campaign with a surprisingly extensive array of mechanics but you could only use it in the story campaign, which strikes me as a massive missed opportunity.
I remember seeing concept art for what i think is the Skald. They look impressive. The reason they were left out is either lack of time and/or budget, or simply because it might be pointless. What can they do/offer that the other 3 could not? From what i've seen from the concept art, the Skald is, like the Alin, a magic themed nation.
I think that the Skald would've been a cool primal themed magical nation. After all there is a fine line of themes, between a nation all about arabian themed, purely magical nation. and a nation full of brutish, but spiritualy rich warriors. The Skald could've been like Far Cry Primal faction, but like full on spiritual shamanism. I could imagine the leader of the faction which was....I forgot his name, but he was like, riding on something. I could imagine him summoning some cool totems or summoning spiritual animals to fight for you. n the other three...well I dunno, some cool warrior type aand I dunno about the third.
@@piratczvojtapopovics Myup, thou i think they were also likely to be the Kahan, whos Citys were MASSIVE MOVING BEASTS, wich makes me really curious how they were supose to work exatly since the citys work ona node system of sorts.
@@peterwhite6415 Hmmmmm, maybe it would work like the Cuotl Barrack/transport. but, a giant city. However I can see why they were scrapped because it sounds like a big crazy idea with alot of balancing involved. Still, sounds awesome. I didn't even know about the Kahan until now!
este intro no lo veía desde hace 9 años me acuerdo cuando tenía 12 y cuando vi el intro pensaba como todo niño que el juego iba hacer igual con las mismas gráficas y no era así pero sus unidades y su manera de formar fábricas me gusto . en serio me emocione hoy cuando lo volví haber este intro ahorita.mismo lo descargó para acabar mis vacaciones
@Elfallout wait, this has to be after Giacomo's time, because if i remember correctly, He was the one who invented the clockwork man. Its first field test was in the first mission of the campaign.
i m a big fan of all kinds of strategy (overview ) games & this is one of my favorites awesome story awesome units awesome heroes awesome factions awesome trailer awesome game
It's really a shame that this game didn't get a sequel. Or at least an expansion. It's a unique RTS that stood out among its "elves vs orcs vs humans" counterparts. Shame that most people didn't support the game, since they want another Rise of Nations. Bad move on their part. Why deny support for the only developer that can possibly bring you a RoN sequel? They obviously just decided to explore a new genre. They would've probably made the sequel for RoN if things turned out for the better.
So epic, actually when the logo appears on the screen and, that music *-* *eargasm* Well, u know, the music of the first game (RON) is awesome, you play a good game, with good strategy with awesome music
Gamers are not stupid really. Rise of Nations have more than enough support. I personally think if they would have stuck with a new vanilla Rise of Nations than this spin off, it would have helped a lot. Lets not forget. Big Huge Games was bought by 38Studios then that whole thing came crashing down.
I wish I could summon the campaign heroes in the skirmish version. I love to use General Battaglion, Pulitore, Distruzio, and the Alin and Cuotl heroes.
Look at the commander's armor: he's got two stylized keys on his breastplate, probably making him the custodian of the city. Let's just say he did his fucking job.
The Kahan were based upon Mongolian culture and mythology, and might have had mobile cities on the back of enormous beasts of burden (and in fact, the map editor still has some icons for their heroes and units). The Skald were based on Finnish mythology with touches of Slavic and Norse, and built cities of ice. Least detailed and most mysterious are the Kragar, which appear to have been some kind of race of bestial giants.
at 0:45 it looks like that Vinci really has access to repeating rifle! but in promo cutscene the rifle looks like flint lock. can anyone tell me how does vinci weapons really works? did the flint thing has different functions than any conventional flintlocks?
I really love this game. Trully epic. I used to play this game 2 years, without playing any other... And for some reason, this Vinci guy in the intro reminds a little of Giacomo. Both determinate, both have walkers with a cannon, both are Vince and they look alike a little... Maybe they are relatives... would be great if there was ROL 2, but doesn't seem so :(
Can't link it (youtube does not allow). But google "rise of nations concept art". Giant bomb has some neat ones. Apart from the 3 factions, there are Kahans and Skalds.
@MattWensley1992 The problems which much of Da Vinci's work didn't put to use was mainly because of Renaissance italian politics. Remember that Da Vinci "worked for his superior", it was about the resources his boss will allocate to him. and also about what his boss think of his "proposal"... All of his invention sketches were just a proposal. making it real is his boss's decision. Therefore much of his accomplished works are paintings. While
This game needs an Extended Edition re-release on steam.
omg yes
Oh yes!
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@@vosemis its this still alive!!! i love this game and would love to play online! if there is still a community
sir yes sir !
I think the best part of this cinematic is that the game really does feel like this when you're playing
Such an underrated game. Absolutely loved the setting, the characters, the gameplay. Wish we could get a whole remaster of such a unique game.
Most underated game and game studio of all times. Big Huge games was freaking awesome, love their games! Wherever you are, if you come across this, a big thank you to all the devs!
I have alot of games from Big huge games, too bad they are dead now. :/
Rat Satan I loved them too
Me too brother
they still make games if i'm not mistaken
mateuszgojski tell me everything that you know bro
The Vinci faction is awesome. Just look at this mech pilot - he stood his ground even in the face of overwhelming odds, and gave his life to deny the enemy access to his city. He died holding the fucking line - and went out with a bang too!
Why they did't pull up the bridges? That could be easyer
Winston Churchill
Preaps because they were waiting for the retreating soldiers?
But when they gone trough?
Winston Churchill
Well, it takes time to lift a bridge. specially with their level of technology.
*****
besides, making it go boom is a much more badass way :3
So we have steampunk robots and flying ships, dragons, genies, aztec civilization that worships high-tech aliens... One of the most bizarre settings ever created.
Yeah gmae settings are fucking boring nowadays. Final fantasy 16 just look like sword art online. It's fucking boring. I mean the main protag of ff16 just looks like an edgy kirito.
What's even weirder is that it all works so well to create such an amazing story!
...And the humans are all italians
At the end of the game it's implied that the Alin, now unified and with the Dark Alin defeated, are craving for expansion to Cuotl and Vinci territory. This would probably be one of the battles we weren't able to see in the possible future installments of the series
I love how the scorpions are the destroying the Leviathan in 0:43
Yeah one thing I didn't like about the campaign was that it consisted almost entirely of mirror matches where the enemy was the same race as you.
0:01 "Henry, whatever you do, don't press that button"
"This one?" *presses the button*
"HENRY!!!!"
FFS Henry
You had one job Henry...
I'd replace "Henry" with "SkyBox" -- it makes for a better Cuotl name.
more like
"XIL WHATEVER YOU DO DONT PRESS THAT BUTTON
"this one" *presses the button*
" XIL"
This game needs a sequel and a spin-of.
3 factions were dropped during the production for time reason.
Also an RPG would be very neat. Imagine to live in a world like this!
Now imagine being face to face with land leviathan/glass Dragon/city of vengeance/elder glass golem/glass spider queen, that kinda would Need to be titan vs. titan Battle, unless it Will be somehow similar to world of warcraft
The determined look on that soldier's face when he's about to sacrifice himself remains, to this day, the most badass thing ever shown on a screen.
yes, virtually created character are much better than real life
Oh, my. I see how I could be misinterpreted there.
Edit: Greatest thing in cinematic history.
There, happy now?
AtHD agreed
Skyrim trailer is better
5 years later, I still come back to watch the game intro
1:28 that one infantry guy passed between all those golems and scorpions
just to get tossed by the bridge at the last moment
Rip
i love how you find it
this game and Age of Mythology are my childhood
tang roro SAME SAME FUCK SAME XD
SAMEEEE
My first WoW char is named "Czin", sadly in ten years not a single person got the reference.
Add Rise of Nations and you have a big part of my childhood
I agree with you there partner, definitely a fun time!
This game is truly a legend.
_"This game is pastapunk. Ravioli-core if you will"._
-That one ugandan warlord
Ahh yes, the great Clockwork Men making work on those glass golems.
God damn I love this Intro. So epic. Vinci faction ftw!
+Rohan Zener
no, their steampunk so all that smoke is gonna do a number on the land
Rohan Zener actually the Vinci land is mostly beautiful lush forest though they do have large areas of badlands
Those were dark walkers, I think. Glass golems would've kicked clockwork men ass, lol. I think that Vinci protagonist was using a Doge walker, but it's open topped... I'm not sure, though.
Kaue Braga 1- those were glass golems the size is enough proof for that
2- he had a commander class walker similar to Giacomo but this one isn't modified
I later noticed that they were glass golems by the sounds they made, but they were really small for what they looked like in game.
for those who do not know who is the subject of the intro
He is the great inventor, the person in charge of the Vinci technology in the end dies in the cinematic but in the game (in the game files) it was discovered that Zeke has the brain of this character that appears in the introduction
Interesting. What exact game files tell this?
The funniest thing about my childhood is that there are three times that I got the wrong games because I misremembered. Little did I know, they were all sister games to those games. I got rise of legends trying to get rise of nations. Heroes of Might and Magic V when I wanted IV. And Icewind Dale from trying to get Baldurs Gate 2. Companies know how to add to the games they made by making more.
The concept of this game is really good, too bad people rarely talk about this game
TOP 10 game Intros you never skip
Hey hey, people!
One of the Intros for one of the best RTS Games ever made...
...that no one has played.
Im playing it right now. So much nostalgia lol.
@@Treyast this game had balance problems imo
@@miteonmybed that is expected of a game that is barely finished and have never been updated for god knows how long XD
@@zebimicio5204 I mean yeah there was supposed to be a 4th faction but it got cut and the game got rushed out
@@landrylongacre6391 there was actually 5 dupposed to be in the game. 4th was a mongol inspired faction, the 5th was nordic.
very interesting if you think about it.
I miss this game so much....
0:48 I always loved that part when he says that and afterwards he pulls the levers on the Walker it's just awesome for some reason!
this game and intro was the GOAT
hey hey people
hey hey to you too
Where's my god damned re-release of this game. :D
Towards the end, when you have to choose Vinci or Alin, I couldn't hit that Vinci button fast enough!
Dude magic all the way.
@@maightoguy You get Sawu when you pick Vinci anyways.
Holy crap I just remembered this game right as I was about to sleep, I used to play this as a 8 year old it was so fricking fun
Brings back so many memories
Before I played the campaign, i thought the three falling ship parts that crashed were the foundations of the Vinci, Alin and Quoatl.
They kind of are. The Vinci based their machines off of it, the alin Sawu went mad because of it, and the quotl were taken over by the false gods who found it.
@@Treyast Good interpretation but I always assumed that they were in an alien world and all the human factions were descended from the original survivors from the falling ship akin to a lost colony.
this... is one of my favorite games that has been forgotten.. i played it a lot when i was a kid :S
The greatest thing about this game is that it is inspired by our stuff. Mesoamerican mythology, leonardo da vinci and his inventions, and arab mythology. Beautiful. If it had an expansion, it has to bring norse, native american, and japanese mythology. Or literature.
Or sci fi, a, cuotl are ancient astronauts theory, rise of legends you can have anything and make sense, They could use atompunk, a scientific faction whose artillery is an antimatter cannon, they can use urban legends to make a magical faction with modern aesthetics... or they can give us the kahan and the skald
fun fact they had several ideas for a fourth faction, one of which was nomadic mongol-like people and the other was indeed norse with ice buildings
@@thorveim1174 cool
Question: can you request already published games for steam greenlight? 'cause ths needs a steam release.
+Delta 62 All of my yes. This definitely needs to come to steam.
+Delta 62 At this point we need to pray to Microsoft they remake this game or make a competent sequel.
Lel nice joke, "remake"
exchange 5 textures and sell it for 20€+ or what *facepalm*
Ofc there should be a revamp but to seet how Microsoft fucks up and cant make games anymore..a competent sequel, nice joke, do you know what they did to Empire Earth?
If i'm not mistaken, Mad Doc software was the Developer. They were the Devs for EE2 Also. Microsoft never touched the game, unless you are referring to a remake that i can't seem to find when i search the two together. What exactly are you referring to? (Just curious, not sarcastic. I want to know)
Actually, Activision Bought Sierra Entretainment, and after they did, they no longer made any new sequels, actually, after that, EE3 never got a single update.
So, if we reffer to EE franchise, Activision killed it.
About Risef of legends, I don't know. I just pray that there may be a hope, like the devs that remake AoE2 HD, and AoM Extended, they maybe try and get Rise of legends back, with a better compatile system for multiplayer, like how they did with Rise of Nations.
this game was way to nostalgic i got it from the library before they got rid of it and play it and forgot it was late. its too much fun and and there wont be a game like it. sure there are simular games but the troops you can control,the cool buildings and maps, story, play as the villain, not focusing on magic, multiplayer and so much more. too bad online is off and no steam version
Plus, how more perfectly can you put steampunk, sci-fi and magic together.
I remember seeing this scene when I was so young. Spent most my conscious life thinking about it. Now? I have found it.
we need a sequel
or at least a remake
this was an amazing game. too sad it never had such an impact and got forgotten.
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@@vosemis where can I download the game?
why they never release this on steam?
I have the original disk version of this game. It works great on my Windows 10. I would love for this game to have a sequel but Microsoft is not interested.
perhaps thats why they aren't releasing it again. Its been so long now I think people would expect more to be added a remake/remaster if you will rather than just a rerelease as it still works in Windows 10. Who knows maybe bloody Windows 11 will break it.
I think we should create fan-community of this game on discord and play some games via game ranger or hamachi
i absolutely loved this game. and the rise of nations.
Never actually played the game, but still gives me nostalgia
Probably the biggest underrated gem of the entire RTS genre. Game was amazing
@@EvilMagnitude I remember these cutscenes being one of the first things I ever watched on RUclips. Heck there's probably a comment from my first account buried somewhere below l
Might come as a surprise to some of you guys, but the soldier at the end is not just any soldier, he is the one and only Giacomo. Thisi is how this legend went down in the end
Just thinking about it gives me the chills :')
best video game intro ever
I wanna know more of the backstory and lore
The spaceship at the beggining was intersting
Pitty they didnt make more
Creo que son los Cuotl
Basic tldr.:
The ship at the start was what had the Cuolt "Gods" who were a race of Highly Advanced Stone/Metal/Unknow Material Automatons, they are in a way the inbetwen betwen Magic and Tech. Something happend on their travel and they crashlanded on Earth in the South-East region of heavy jungles... this lead to them being worship by the natives since they were able to do alot of feats that would be considered magic, but also lead to their tech being somewhat diminish since much was loss during the crash.
Its for this reason we see a few fragments of their tech durng the Vinci and Alin campaigns.
다시 봐도 잘 만든 인트로. 영화로 따로 나왔으면. . .
that title card and music at the end is just... don't know how to describe how good it is
Weakest Vinci leader vs strongest Alin Demi-God
Nostalgia!!! 😻😻
ah yes, one of the best rts game during the final days of rts golden age...
We need remake of this. Not some shitty games that are trendy now...
This need to be on steam
Most creative fantasy world. Vinci are my favorite faction becouse of their wierd steampunk industrial era technology mix and the European astetic of their peaoples. Their soldiers are preety much steampunk conquistadors and thats preety cool, but my favorite unit is the clockwork man and the robotic miner becouse steam punk automatons are epic
there's a lot of Steampunk style games, but only Rise of Nation have true Steampunk design, another games is ugly design and just focus a lot fabric hot air balloon and fabric boats, no more machine, no more robot
Man, that Vinci soldier was BADASS.
If is added to steam here are the changes I want
higher framerate units animations (units like clockwork have the animations at less than 30 fps)
higher resolution
windowed moded (yes the game doesnt have windowed moe)
bug fixes (In mission 3 there is a bug where the cargo ship is the heavy variant which is not compatibile with the mission making the mission impossibile)
Unfortunately, this is only valid for the original Rise of Nations game, but the Extended Edition doesn't include Rise of Legends, only Thrones and Patriots.
this always triggered my sweet magic infused steampunk hearts love for 'citadels of survivals desperate holding action ....as its population is split between said holding action ,and equally desperate efforts to fuel and make tactical weapons ready to turn the tides of war while its fortifications still keeps the industries and mana blood reserves to counter the despotic or worse forces threatening to dominate the planet functional.. and in their possesion.
and as it blacks out after 2:28 the fourth wall audiance dont get to share the corupted genies forces starting to circomvent the ravine ,only to have swarms of steampunk drones start swarm out of the citys hangar pads and factory access shafts to the omnious sound of not just multiple new massive siege weight constructs being lifted up to the ramparts ,but steam cyborg legions activating fresh from the philactery connected assembly lines... and several anti captial ship grade worthy kinetic batteries rising out of some assembly line access shafts that hidden in plain sight been repurposed to provide stationary fire support and extreme counter measure options for the citadel city in the event of further direct attacks later on ^^
Why did they die. Big Huge should have survived forever. We should have been able to play game after amazing game made by them. But no, instead they shut down, they get ripped apart, and we are left with old youtube videos and "HD" Re-releases.
+Ahmad Hafiz They ran out of money and got bought out by a different bigger company.
and so should Westwood studios, bro.
It's interesting to read this, considering the Big Huge Games Instagram profile posted last year (2023) a group photo of their workers. Yes, 20 years after the original Rise of Nations release...
God I wish this game got enough traction for a sequel or something...
This game deserves more attention.
I searched this up to show to my friend.
Holy heck I had forgotten the soundtrack was that good!
this is one of those games i never got round to playing and now i wish i had... :(
You can still find it on Amazon.
It's so funny that those are venucci guards and not imperial musketeers
Lo gracioso es que los Alins hicieron pedazos al Levhiathan terrestre.
El mismísimos leviatan que puede barrer a los Alins en cualquier escenario xD.
I loved the game, and I agree it never got the support or polish it deserved, would've been nice to have some of the story mode patched to flow smoother. I liked Giacomo and the gang, but occasionally it was weird to hear them repeat phrases or info we already heard/knew.
The steampunk conquisadors are easily the coolest looking :)
sttill better than some new games
Not all heroes wear capes 1:02,
Everyone has their dream man/women, but I just found mine 1:02
Mine appeared at 0:48
Mortar-chan is officially my waifu
@@chaospacemarine8330 XD?
I love how humans are just a weird mixture of steampunk, dieselpunk, and clockwork.
What a Horatius move!
The one thing I don't like about this game is that I think when the aerial units fight each other it should be in a dogfight style.
Remember this game was made when rts,s didn't have the best tech or animation, this was like 2004 or like 2009 I forgot! But also check out "evil genius" most addicting game I have ever played
SciMan I already play that game.
oh cool........I had a glitch where the diplomat didn't respawn
The game was made in 2006 give it some slack
Not to mention it was also an unfinished game. If Big Studios have more funding and time it'll be one of the best rts there is.
You know what this game was absolutely calling out for? That world-conquering non-story campaign mode from Rise of Nations. It already has that Risk-esqe board in that campaign with a surprisingly extensive array of mechanics but you could only use it in the story campaign, which strikes me as a massive missed opportunity.
yeah.. makes me wish someone managed to make a mod for that even
I remember seeing concept art for what i think is the Skald. They look impressive. The reason they were left out is either lack of time and/or budget, or simply because it might be pointless. What can they do/offer that the other 3 could not? From what i've seen from the concept art, the Skald is, like the Alin, a magic themed nation.
I think that the Skald would've been a cool primal themed magical nation. After all there is a fine line of themes, between a nation all about arabian themed, purely magical nation.
and a nation full of brutish, but spiritualy rich warriors. The Skald could've been like Far Cry Primal faction, but like full on spiritual shamanism. I could imagine the leader of the faction which was....I forgot his name, but he was like, riding on something. I could imagine him summoning some cool totems or summoning spiritual animals to fight for you.
n the other three...well I dunno, some cool warrior type aand I dunno about the third.
@@piratczvojtapopovics Myup, thou i think they were also likely to be the Kahan, whos Citys were MASSIVE MOVING BEASTS, wich makes me really curious how they were supose to work exatly since the citys work ona node system of sorts.
@@peterwhite6415 Hmmmmm, maybe it would work like the Cuotl Barrack/transport. but, a giant city. However I can see why they were scrapped because it sounds like a big crazy idea with alot of balancing involved. Still, sounds awesome. I didn't even know about the Kahan until now!
este intro no lo veía desde hace 9 años me acuerdo cuando tenía 12 y cuando vi el intro pensaba como todo niño que el juego iba hacer igual con las mismas gráficas y no era así pero sus unidades y su manera de formar fábricas me gusto . en serio me emocione hoy cuando lo volví haber este intro ahorita.mismo lo descargó para acabar mis vacaciones
Pasa link de dónde los descargaste :(
Si porfa dinos donde se puede descargar
@@carloshernandez4221 lo descargue por internet hace 4 años pero me aburri y era lento ,recuerdo que cuando lo jugaba hace 9 años era con un Cd
Lo subí en mi canal de yt como instalarlo
Мало какие игры могли похвастать таким трийлем в 2006
Does anyone else get pissed when the dragon just flings the robots off the bridge
not me im just trying to repair my fucking ship
Wait what? They took down the Leviathan super unit? DAMN!
I still playing that freaking game .. One of the legend games i have ever seen in my whole lifetime
@Elfallout wait, this has to be after Giacomo's time, because if i remember correctly, He was the one who invented the clockwork man. Its first field test was in the first mission of the campaign.
i m a big fan of all kinds of strategy (overview ) games & this is one of my favorites awesome story awesome units awesome heroes awesome factions awesome trailer awesome game
It's really a shame that this game didn't get a sequel. Or at least an expansion. It's a unique RTS that stood out among its "elves vs orcs vs humans" counterparts. Shame that most people didn't support the game, since they want another Rise of Nations. Bad move on their part. Why deny support for the only developer that can possibly bring you a RoN sequel? They obviously just decided to explore a new genre. They would've probably made the sequel for RoN if things turned out for the better.
I really liked that part where that mech-rider smashes that scorpion and then caps the rider a second later
So epic, actually when the logo appears on the screen and, that music *-*
*eargasm*
Well, u know, the music of the first game (RON) is awesome, you play a good game, with good strategy with awesome music
Thanks for the upload!
still playing it and still loving it :)
Gamers are not stupid really. Rise of Nations have more than enough support. I personally think if they would have stuck with a new vanilla Rise of Nations than this spin off, it would have helped a lot. Lets not forget. Big Huge Games was bought by 38Studios then that whole thing came crashing down.
I wish I could summon the campaign heroes in the skirmish version. I love to use General Battaglion, Pulitore, Distruzio, and the Alin and Cuotl heroes.
Look at the commander's armor: he's got two stylized keys on his breastplate, probably making him the custodian of the city.
Let's just say he did his fucking job.
If you play the campaign you'll know what those keys are
Awesome InTROOOOO
The Kahan were based upon Mongolian culture and mythology, and might have had mobile cities on the back of enormous beasts of burden (and in fact, the map editor still has some icons for their heroes and units). The Skald were based on Finnish mythology with touches of Slavic and Norse, and built cities of ice. Least detailed and most mysterious are the Kragar, which appear to have been some kind of race of bestial giants.
Kragar are kahan beasts, do nothing more
Technology, magic, and aliens. What a game.....
If Rise of Nations could get an Extended Edition all the way back in 2014, what's stopping them from giving THIS ONE the same treatment? 😢
I actually saluted when he sacrifices himself.
Completely involuntary.
He's with the gods now ;_;
at 0:45 it looks like that Vinci really has access to repeating rifle! but in promo cutscene the rifle looks like flint lock. can anyone tell me how does vinci weapons really works? did the flint thing has different functions than any conventional flintlocks?
Steampunk venetians vs magic arabs vs protoss aztecs.
Sold!
1:53 is the epitome of the intro!
This cinematic could probably be in real time now...
I miss this type of games i_i Ensemble Studios, and this guys are the best
I really love this game. Trully epic. I used to play this game 2 years, without playing any other... And for some reason, this Vinci guy in the intro reminds a little of Giacomo. Both determinate, both have walkers with a cannon, both are Vince and they look alike a little... Maybe they are relatives... would be great if there was ROL 2, but doesn't seem so :(
He's giacomo dude, he has the same scars in the face Giacomo got in the cuotl campaign
@@carloshernandez4221 Didnt Giacomo died while he malfunctioned czin's machine?
Can't link it (youtube does not allow).
But google "rise of nations concept art".
Giant bomb has some neat ones. Apart from the 3 factions, there are Kahans and Skalds.
I am too. I love this game and i am playing that everyday.my favorite nation is Alins,they has very nice and powerful magia.Very nice game
@MattWensley1992 The problems which much of Da Vinci's work didn't put to use was mainly because of Renaissance italian politics.
Remember that Da Vinci "worked for his superior", it was about the resources his boss will allocate to him. and also about what his boss think of his "proposal"... All of his invention sketches were just a proposal. making it real is his boss's decision.
Therefore much of his accomplished works are paintings.
While