The Rise & Rule of Ancient Empires
Based on the same gameplay style as Civilization, The Rise & Rule of Ancient Empires plays out during the ancient times and the goal is to conquer the known world.
The Rise & Rule of Ancient Empires is a strategy developed by Impressions Games, released 18 March 1996 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Rise & Rule of Ancient Empires is
The Rise & Rule of Ancient Empires is a strategy game developed by Impressions Games and released in 1996. It was published by Pointsoft. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Based on the same gameplay style as Civilization, The Rise & Rule of Ancient Empires plays out during the ancient times and the goal is to conquer the known world.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
The Rise & Rule of Ancient Empires holds a critic score of 62 out of 100. That places it above 21% of the 3,250 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 8 points below the year average.
What it launched against
The Rise & Rule of Ancient Empires launched on 18 March 1996, within three weeks of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Pokémon Red Version, Resident Evil and Sid Meier's Civilization II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Pokémon Red Version, Resident Evil, Sid Meier's Civilization II.
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