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              Rise and Rule of Ancient Empires (c) Sierra On-Line

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 COMPANY       Sierra Online           # OF DISKS   26 x 1.44             
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 GROUP         Razor CD                HD SIZE      53 Megs               
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 REQUIREMENTS  486-33/Win95/8Megs Ram  GAME TYPE    Strategy              


The Rise and Rule of Ancient Empires is a tough strategy game and in my
opinion is only for the most enthusiastic strategy players.  This game is
quite a bit different from the usual strategy games that have come around
in the past, You can now have all the great warriors of the past and pit
them up against each other in bloody battle to the death.

You can pick from 5 different cultures including Greek, Egyptian, Indian
Mesopotamian, Chinese and Celt. Each of the five cultures have all different
capabilities, Strengths and weeknesses. This game is for windows 95, And it's
run by the good old point and click method.

The graphics in the game are great, You can either play in 16 color mode or
256 color mode, I have tried both and I would have to highly recommend using
the 256 color mode, The only really good thing that came out of using 16 color
mode is that the game had alot quicker access time and was generally alot
smoother. At first when you start the game, You will not be thrilled at the
map, But wait until you get farther into the game to make any judgements on
the great graphics that this game has to offer.

The music while you are playing the game is simply amazing, Cd quality
orchistra sound track and it really helps you get the feel of the game.
The sound effects are really dissapointing though, You get alot of blips
from the icons switching around, And you also get a few battle sounds when
you attack another village but it was nothing really amazing.

The installation and setup was quite simple, And only takes a few minutes
to Un-Arj and then setup in windows. When you go to setup the game in windows,
pick the minimum installation and it will only copy 9 more megs into your
hard drive, So the total drive space needed for this game is about 60 megs.

If you have trouble in the game, Try editing your savegame with your dos
editor, The game save is set up fairly simple and it's easy to give yourself
some more resources, Population and even building.

Well, All in all the game looks great, But the gameplay itself it difficult
to understand at times, But if your a big strategist, I would suggest you
give this game a try. 

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 GRAPHICS     [******    ] [06/10]         PLAYABILITY  [*****     ] [05/10] 
 SOUND        [*******   ] [07/10]         CHALLENGE    [*******   ] [07/10] 

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                    OVERALL RATING [******    ]  [06/10]                     

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                         REVIEWED BY : The Question                          

