All 3 parts play out in a RISK-styled map, taking turns to chose which area to go to next, planning out which units to build and what cities to support in each province.

Along for the ride are other heroes he manages to pick up in his travels. The main hero of the campaign is Giacomo, an inventor from the city-state Miana. Its splits into 3 different parts, one for each civilization. It had a great time managing my troops, capturing cities to expand my resources, then finally crushing the enemy under my treads (I played Vinci a lot, so this tends to pop into my head whenever this comes up) The gameplay is run, the designs look great (at least by a few years ago since it came out in '06) and the campaign was rather enjoyable, too. Its been said by a few people that this is very similar to Starcraft when it comes to the civilizations (Vinci/Terran, Alin/Zerg, Cuotl/Protoss), but I never really cared about that when I started playing. Finally, the Cuotl (similar to Mayan culture) the balanced civilization, who are being controlled by 'gods' who are actually advanced aliens using their tech to conquer the world. Next, the Alin (based on Arabian mythos) as the mystic civilization with cheap, fast units, with their magic revolving around Sand, Fire, and Glass. First, the Vinci (nod to Leonardo Da Vinci) as a steampunk-based civilization with elite but expensive units, including clockwork soldiers and massive siege tanks. There are 3 different civilizations to play as in the game. Rather than being just another historical setting for the game, its set in its own universe where magic and science coexist. Developed by Big Huge Games and published by Mircosoft, Rise of Legends is a real-time strategy spinoff from the the developer's first game, Rise of Nations.

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