One day, during a trip to study a mysterious artifact discovered in a mine of Miana, Giacomo and his brother, the lord Petruzzo de Miana, are attacked by the Doge Alessadri of Venucci, the dictator of the most western city-state. The game campaign follows the adventures of Giacomo, a young and brilliant Vinci inventor from Miana, the easternmost of the city-states who split during the separation of the old Vinci empire that occupied the most western lands of the continent. ) and a style reminiscent of the bestiary of Amerindian civilizations, such as the Mayans, mixed with extraterrestrial technology (Solar Idol, a sort of giant statue of a jaguar man animated by a mystical energy, for the Cuotls for example). The game takes place on a fictional planet, Aio, in a sci-fi universe, combining futuristic technologies (chronohommes, robots, for the Vinci nation for example), a fantasy style (sand dragons for the Alins for example). Additionally, the number of factions are reduced: there are three factions in the game, the Vinci, the Alin and the Cuotl.

energy), the concept of age is removed, as all civilizations are in a futuristic age, and the number of buildings per nation is reduced. Rise of Legends has gameplay quite similar to that of Rise of Nations, with national boundary concepts, building-oriented developments, and a similar resource management system however, this new expansion moves away from its predecessor on many points, often in the sense of simplification: thus, there are only three resources left (the Timonium, a blue crystal, and gold or silver). It takes place in a science-fiction universe, combining futuristic and fantasy technologies. It is the sequel to the video game of the same title: Rise of Nations. Rise of Legends is a real-time 3D graphics strategy game released in 2006, developed by Big Huge Games and published by Microsoft.

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