Three Moves Ahead 275: The Rise of Nations Show

Three Moves Ahead

Idle Thumbs

War Games, Strategy Games, War, Games & Hobbies, Strategy, Video Games, Games

4.8 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2014

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Where does one begin to discuss what has been called "The Official Game of Three Moves Ahead"? Tom would say: by describing the sublime user interface, or maybe the clever ways the game handles technology and advancement. Perhaps the deft grace with which it weaves the entirety of human history into one lunch break. In summary, Tom thinks this game is the cat's pajamas. Listen in as he waxes poetic alongside Rob and special guest Sean Sands.

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0:00.0	Good evening. You are listening to Three Moves Ahead, and I'm your host, Rob Zakney. Join me today. We have one of the original six freelance writer, Tom Chick. Tom, welcome to the show. I'm sorry, quarter to three blogger, Tom Check.
0:13.3	Blogger? Ew, gross. Although I guess that is what I do. Before we start, I should offer you, Rob, if I can get you a coffee, let me know. I'd be happy to do that. And that goes for our third panelist, by the way, as well. Yes, we also welcome back our friend from Gammers with Jobs, Sean Sands. Sean, welcome to the show. Hi, thanks for having me. So today we're finally getting around to discussing kind of a seminal game for three was ahead,
0:38.3	probably the official RTS of Three Was A Had, or at least the official RTS of Three Was A Had a Few Years
0:45.3	Back, we're going to be talking about Rise of Nations.
0:49.9	Can I hear you say finally getting around to, you guys constantly talk about this.
0:55.3	But there's never been a dedicated Rise of Nations episode?
0:59.1	No, this is the great irony.
1:00.9	It's weird.
1:02.6	Yeah, I think it was coming up, certainly in the early days when I was just listening to the show.
1:07.3	I think you guys were talking about this game, probably for a few minutes
1:13.1	every four or five episodes. So it was, yeah, it's strange. We've never actually discussed this
1:19.1	game in detail. What's happened that we're discussing it now? Like, why are you finally getting
1:26.8	around to it after all these years? What's the matter with you now? Like, why are you finally getting around to it after all
1:27.9	these years? What's the matter with you guys? Well, the release of the Rise of Nations extended
1:33.7	edition on Steam has sort of brought, it's a new game once again. What is old is new. Skybox Labs,
1:41.3	who also did the update, high-res version of Age of Mythology, have gone back and updated
1:50.2	Big Huge Games, Rise of Nations, and made it compatible with modern systems. If you bought the
1:56.8	Age of Mythology extended edition, like me, you may have been a little bit disappointed.
2:03.5	The frame rate was never too great in multiplayer. It kind of seemed to have dodgy, dodgy net code.
2:09.3	There were a lot of little things about the game that I think sort of rankled. In terms of like
2:12.7	just, you know, if we're talking about port quality, I feel like this is a bit more successful.
2:17.2	I don't know if that says something about the foundation they're working from or not,
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