Rise of Nations: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets

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Customer Reviews:

A Must Have With Rise of Nations! [Posted on 2004-03-22]
When I purchased this book, I was sort of expecting to see things that where sort of obvious, but I was wrong. This book gives you a thorough view of all of the civilizations, the weaknesses and stregths, the bonuses, and so much more! It also explains tons of other things in the game, such as your military, etc. It also has an entire chapter on strategies, such as rushing, booming, and needle and hammer.

If you plan to purchase Rise of Nations, or you already own it, then you need to purchase this book. If you want to play the game to the fullest, then this book is the key. Not only will it give you better gaming for Rise of Nations, but it will help you win games!

Perspective from an RTS newbie [Posted on 2005-04-28]
While I've played video games all my life, I've only recently gotten into the RTS genre. I love Rise of Nations, but my limited experience with strategy games was no match for its epic scope, which was a more major step up from Age of Empires II than I realized it would be.

This book has helped quite a bit with that. It has enough basics that it's taken me from extreme beginner to an intermediate phase (I actually started winning games!), and I still have a great deal to learn from it. It provides a good framework for the beginner to learn the genre as a whole, and it adds a good amount of information and special tactics specific to RON.

The more advanced RTS gamer can probably skip most of the first few chapters and get into more advanced tactics and less obvious RON specifics, but it seems like there's still something to learn for everyone.

Practically Useless..... [Posted on 2005-05-11]
The bulk of the information provided in this manual is easily learned through playing the game at the lower difficulty levels. There are few if any practical strategies discussed in any detail. It appears to be merely a collection and rewording of the descriptions of the Nations and their respective strengths and weaknesses.....The book is a waste of time....

Totally awesome [Posted on 2007-04-04]
Very helpful and informative. general & specifc strategies, Plus all the statistics you need to make informative decisions.

Ehh... [Posted on 2007-07-22]
Two stars is generous. Ditto comments of the past reviewer--this is an expansion of the guide that comes with the game, that is, an explanation of what each nation does instead of what we really want--real strategies, hints, and little known game quirks that you can capitalize on. After a few times on the lower difficulty levels, you'll know everything in the book. This looks like something the game creator would put out. Read the guide and skip this book.

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