Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War

Also known as: Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War [UK]

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There's enough to make Rise and Fall a good real-time strategy game, but since it looks like a hundred games you've already played, it falls short of eternal glory.

Genre: Strategy
Release date: Jun 13, 2006
Published by: Midway
Developed by: Midway

Min system requirements: P4 2.8GHz or equivalent, 1GB RAM, 3.0GB HD space, 256MB DirectX 9.0c video card
Features: P4 1.5GHz or equivalent, 512MB RAM, 3.0GB HD space, 64MB DirectX 9.0c video card
Multiplayer Modes:

Offline

1 player SOLO

8 player VS

Online

8 player CO-OP

8 player VS

7 GOOD
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Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War

This RTS has its ups and downs too

PC Review - Jun 14, 2006

Rise & Fall movie tramples our desktops

Ferocious new footage of Midway's RTS

PC News - Apr 13, 2006

Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War

We chat with the new developer of Midway's once doomed RTS

PC Feature - Apr 13, 2006

Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War

Hands on with Ramses and Cleopatra in the new historical RTS

PC Preview - Apr 13, 2006

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Features

Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War

We chat with the new developer of Midway's once doomed RTS

Apr 13, 2006

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News

Rise & Fall movie tramples our desktops

Ferocious new footage of Midway's RTS

Apr 13, 2006

Rise & Fall visual update

Trailer and screens for the heroic strategy game

Feb 16, 2006

Rise & Fall: Saved

Midway pulls RTS title from the jaws of development hell

Feb 15, 2006

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Review

This RTS has its ups and downs too

Jun 14, 2006

Its not exactly a new idea: take charge of an ancient civilization and lead them into war. Upgrade your soldiers, develop super-weapons and destroy any differently-colored enemy you come across. Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War marches a well-worn path, but it tries to do a few things differently along the way. First among those is the hero. Each civilization can summon a hero to fight on its behalf - one that you control. With a simple double-click, you “possess” the leader of ...

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Previews

Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War

Hands on with Ramses and Cleopatra in the new historical RTS

Apr 13, 2006

We're playing Rise & Fall's multiplayer, against one of the programming team. One of the producers is acting as our tactical advisor, explaining the intricacies of this historically inspired real-time strategy game. Rise & Fall 's trick is to let you directly control a "hero" unit, as if it's an action game. You can first order your foot troops and cannon fodder into battle, then press "Q", and zoom down to ground level. Now you can personally run around the skirmish lines with a great big ... » Read Full Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War preview

Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War

Hero mode explored in Stainless Steel Studios' RTS with a difference

Apr 12, 2006

By using traditional RTS mechanics and spicing them up with third-person action, Stainless Steel Studios' Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War was definitely one strategy game that stood out from the crowd at the 2005 E3 games show in LA. Our first look at the game piqued our interest and left us eager to explore the hands-on aspect of battle in greater detail, so when the developer dropped by to give us a demonstration we were quick to grab the mouse and get stuck in. While the RTS gameplay is ... » Read Full Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War preview

Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War

Ramses and Cleopatra, sitting in a tree...

Apr 11, 2006

We're playing Rise & Fall's multiplayer, against one of the programming team. Aidan - a producer at publisher Midway - is acting as our tactical advisor, explaining the intricacies of this historically inspired strategy game. Rise & Fall's trick is to let you directly control a 'hero' unit, as if it's an action game. You can first order your foot troops and cannon fodder into battle, then press 'Q', and zoom down to ground level. Now you can personally run around the skirmish lines with a ... » Read Full Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War preview

Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War

I came ... I saw ... I smashed their teeth out with a rusty axe

Mar 3, 2006

Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War is a "historical" strategy game that takes more creative license with history than the time you brought your parent's car home with an empty tank and a sticky back seat. But like historical movies, breathing new life into legendary icons is where the fun is, and liberties can be taken. Thanks in part to the Total War series, the cinematic scope of epic battles in strategy games has grown bigger than ever. Rise and Fall looks like it will set that bar even ... » Read Full Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War preview

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