Why I buy this one ?
- Expansion pack to the Rise of Nations real-time strategy game
- Combines traditional turn-based strategy with fast-paced action
- 4 new non-linear, single-player campaigns based on historical epochs
- Over 130 new scenarios; 6 new nations; 20+ original units
- Achieve greatness by constructing 3 new wonders of the world

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What our customer's say!

"On The Whole, Good", I don't have RON Expansion but when I played it at a friend's house, it was just a blast! The Cold War campain was really cool, but the coolest thing in the game are HUMMERS!!!! Only problem with them is that the light tank replaces them in the INFO age, just like stealth bombers replace stratigic bombers. Since I only had a limited time at my friend's house I wasn't able to test the editor.

"Crashes without fail", I have the same issue as Yossarian. The Exception window appears after I attack a city in one of the first tutorials. I get the same thing if I try the other campaigns, just not quite as quickly. Unfortunately, I can only get it exchanged for the same item (if opened) and the Microsoft web support is useless on it.

"Expansion value for kids", Firstly, I have already reviewed Rise of Nations; it is excellent and the expansion pack makes it better. If you don't have either RON, or if $$ doesn't matter then go for Gold and get the best.

However, my situation is that I bought the expansion pack as an 'extra' for my children (who love RoN) and for them this expansion pack was NOT good value. Other expansion packs we have bought (notably age of empires and age of empires II) have added to the game play in significant 'game changing' ways.

The RoN expansion does have new nations and new unique units; as one reviewer says if you are a 'thinking man' these new subtleties are an interesting nut to crack. But if you are a 'thinking child' the differences are too subtle (or complex) to fully grasp. The senate is comprehensible; the distinctions between the different generals really isn't.

The biggest disapointment was the campaigns. In age of kings each new campaign had introduced my children to a piece of history with which they became fascinated. RoN does have a good campaign system which I raved about before. However the expansion pack is really just the same thing with the countries relabeled. There are a couple of new tweaks but nothing in the campaigns themselves to render them as immersive as the AOK versions.

All in all, the expansion pack makes a brilliant game better. But viewed as an expense almost equivalent to a new game, I cannot recommend this UNLESS you have a deep and thorough grasp of the underlying subtleties of the original version.

"Great game, the six campaigns need some work", Ive played this game a lot over time and have found it to be a very fun game. Good battle graphics and realistic aspects to running your nation. However, the 6 newer campaigns have limited scenarios and are too simple. The normal campaign doesn't have enough regions to conquer. Despite these downsides, the campaign is still loads of fun, especially the new world and cold war campaigns. Another downside is the limited power of war elephants, who dont dominate the battlefield like they should. However, they are still a strong asset to your armies. Another upside of this expansion is the added resources. The original didnt have campaign map resources, but the expansion has doubled the variety.

"Chock full of bugs", I absolutely loved the original "Rise of Nations". Fantastic RTS game. Also extremely stable; this will be important in a moment. I "upgraded" to this expansion after about 6 months of Rise of Nations. It immediately transformed my gaming experience from one of delight in a deep, complex, and endlessly replayable RTS game into one of unbridled frustration. The expansion causes the game to crash constantly and without warning (although I often get an amazingly helpful "Exception!" window afterwards). It crashes during loading. It crashes during saving. It crashes at the start of the game. It crashes 3 hours into a game. It crashes when 100 units are fighting. It crashes when a single peasant is walking. It will even, in something I've never seen before, crash in the middle of crashing. It is without doubt the least stable game or expansion I have ever played, and I've played Temple of Elemental Evil. I regret the day I bought this expansion because it has so colored my view of the game that I don't even like playing the original anymore because I half expect it to die with every move. The nominal benefits of the expansion (4 new nations, a few new campaigns, and tweaks to some old nations) are SLIGHTLY outweighed by the fact that you have no chance in hell of playing or finishing any of them. Avoid this expansion at all costs.

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"Great Game", Out of all of the types of games that I have played like this it is one of the best yet. I really can't wait for expansion packs to come out for it. The graphics and gameplay are great. I would recommend this game to anybody.

"What happened?", The first game was good but - the expansion pack allows you to play as only 6 more nations at the price of $30 - its not worth to buying an over priced expansion pack, and there are barely and new builings...and the persians got messed up cause THEY DO NOT USE WAR ELEPHANTS!!! It was India who used them. And both there buildings look the same persian buildings look more like the turks!!!

"WoW", This is a great expansion pack. I liked very much the original RoN but there were some problems with it:
1) After some time it sort of became repetitive--either quick tactical battles or the usual R&D for an hour and then attack with full force.
2) The micro-management was, to put it mildly, a bit too detailed--especially when you had to gather resources, build an army, do research, keep upgrading everything, and possibly have to attack (or fend off one) at the same time.
3) The game was also out of historical context with the only possibility being the solo Conquer the World campaign. As I was playing, I kept thinking (which is apparently quite similar to what the developers at Microsoft were thinking)--what if the game had been infused with more history. What would the great generals do in certain situations? And then, what if resources were limited in certain campaigns--what if you actually had to play at the historical odds? Would be fun, no?
You bet. This expansion pack, I think, corrects all of the above weaknesses. There are new units, and new nations--yeah, yeah, variety is good but I think the four new campaigns are the real gems in the crown. It makes playing the real-time part of the game so much more fun and you actually have to think as quite often the standard R&D for an hour and then full attack is either not avaible or simply would not work. And the best part for me--all four campaigns are historically based. Believe it or not--you can get a pretty good overview of military history by playing this game. There is a strategic advisor at the turn-based part who gives bits of advice that nicely immerse you in the politics of the given era. And at the beginning of every historical scenario there is a short summary of what actually happened when the opposing sides faced off.
So for those of you who liked RoN and for some obscure reason have not yet purchased this expansion--shame on you! For everyone else--if you buy one RTS game or if you are remotely interested in military history/strategy--buy the original RoN and this expansion pack!



"Lots of new features, not quite enough to satisfy.", The hit of the first Rise of Nations was hard to overcome, but this expansion makes the game even better. The goverments that come into play just add to what type of nation you want to become: Military or Economic. But you will have to choose wiseley in order to win in harder modes of the game.

Overall: Brings new aspects to the game, but lack of choosing grows dull, you can only choose three. * * * * out of 5

The new nations brought into the game are the best features by far, unfournatley, only 6 are new:
Americans (very good, ability to entrench is excellent)
Iriquios (decent, just another nation)
Lakota (decent, just another nation)
Persians (very good, top 5 nations)
Indians (almost exactly like the Persians, very goood)
Dutch (unique units are somewhat inifective, decent)

Overall: Wish there were 1 or 2 more nations to have more playing time in future. * * * * out of five

The wonders are, again, seem to be to few: only 3 more, and at that one of them is just a city, and the other a huge castle. Of course they have huge benefits but I can think of a few "wonders" off the top of my head.

Overall: Highly dissapointed in the quantity of wonders: * * * out of five

The campaigns were defintely needed for this game, just because everything else seems limited (but good). The "New World" campaign is my favorite since you can be about 10 different nations, with different goals in mind. The Napolean and Alexander are roughly the same thing except of for different ages. The Cold War is my second favorite since you have to do many things in order to keep other countries conent with yours.

Overall: Adds to the gameplay but in Alexander and Naploean the senarios are repetitive in late game: * * * * out of five

Dont get me wrong, I love this game and recommend it for anyone, but just way a week or so for the price to go down.

"A Hopeless Game", I liked this game but I feel it is too biased and not historically accurate.
First of all, too much attention and bonus features is given to the Americans.
Also, the producers made the Persian nation too much powerful. Persia did not have any elephants. It was the Indians. and only Indians should have the elephants lineage. Also, the architecture style of persians and Indians is the same. Oh my goodness! It makes a lot of difference. There was no similarity in the architecture style of Indians and Persians.
They made the iroquois and the Indians very less powerful while the Persians and Americans the superpower.
And I believe, if I am correct, there was no "ancient age" for americans and no ages after Enlightnment for the native american nations.
In the new world campaign, the british capital is in eastern Canada. It was not the british. It was the french capital at canada. Do you find "Los Angeles" in canada while playing against Iroquios? It is ridiculus. And Seattle in Virginia?
I did find this in this campaign.
This game is also racist and biased.-- calling Lakota the "backward people" and iroquois the "barbarians" and Indians "the fragile people". I believe, Indians were one of the oldest civilizations on earth and had its unique architecture and army. They had the chariot which is not in the game.

All this facts are correct. I looked these up in books and encyclopedias.
So in my opinion, you should nto waste your money to buy this expansion pack.