

This time the Extended Edition includes both the base game and its expansion Thrones and Patriots, and introduces higher resolution textures, anti-aliasing, Steamworks integration to allow easy ranked multiplayer matches, and Twitch integration so you can easily stream or watch those matches. The idea is the same too: take an old, crumbling RTS and fix it up with some new paint and modern fittings. RoN: EE is put together by Skybox Labs, the same team who made the Age of Mythology: Extended Edition earlier this year. There's a trailer showing, you know, the actual game through on its Steam store page, but I can't embed that here.) To see this content please enable targeting cookies. If you missed it, or if you miss it, then there's now a Rise of Nations: Extended Editions available on Steam.

Mainly that inspiration was that you could advance your civilizations across eight ages of history during a match, meaning that you could begin with Hoplite and end with stealth bombers just an hour later.

Developed by Big Huge Games, it was a real-time strategy game which looked like Age of Empires but took inspiration from Civilization. I've always though that Rise Of Nations never got its due.
