Rise: Battle Lines

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Rise: Battle Lines is a single player and multiplayer turn-based strategy game with a historical theme. It was developed by The Secret Games Company and was released on November 17, 2015. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Draft an army and fight a battle all in 15 thrilling minutes. Opponents issue orders at the same time in this unique system of simultaneous turn-based tactics. Test your wits online today!

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Audience ScoreBased on 69 reviews

gameplay5 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

The game offers a simple, quick, and accessible turn-based strategy experience with matches lasting around 10-15 minutes, suitable for casual and intermediate players.
The drafting system for selecting units and simultaneous turns add unique tactical depth and replayability, making each battle feel strategic and engaging.
Graphics, animations, and sound design are well executed, with pleasant visuals and fitting music enhancing the overall gameplay experience.

The multiplayer community is very small or almost non-existent, making it difficult to find online matches and diminishing the multiplayer experience.
The single-player content is very limited, comprising mainly a few AI fights with no real campaign or story mode, reducing solo play appeal.
Some mechanics, such as simultaneous turns and unit order resolve, can feel random or confusing without sufficient clarity or strategic feedback, frustrating new players.

gameplay
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay features simple yet novel mechanics, including a unique draft system that requires strategic thinking about both your own and your opponent's moves. It offers well-balanced, tactical multiplayer games with sound logic and meaningful decisions. Some users suggest adding options to speed up turns for improved pacing.
- “A good little game with simple but novel mechanics that are easy to pick up.”
- “Pre-game draft for units is a great game mechanic.”
- “I felt the draft mechanic was a bit strange; essentially units are randomized at the beginning of each game and then you take turns picking which units you want, resulting in both sides having slightly different units.”
- “The gameplay is well done, although I would add the ability to speed up the opponent's turn.”
- “This mechanic has a lot of potential and makes you think more about what you think your opponent is going to do rather than what you want to do on your turn.”
graphics
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game features a charming cartoony art style with nice graphics and smooth animations that suit its style well. It offers adjustable graphic settings, including presets for older PCs, ensuring accessibility without compromising visual appeal. Overall, the visuals are praised for being neat, enjoyable, and effectively enhancing the gameplay experience.
- “The art style is rather nice in a cartoony kind of way, and the audio is muted and not taking too much space but is appropriate and not too bad at all.”
- “There are presets of graphics on this game, so even if you are playing on a very old PC you can crank the settings down and play.”
- “Great game, lovely graphics and animations.”
music
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is consistently praised for being enjoyable and well-executed, with a soundtrack that enhances the overall atmosphere. Voice acting in the tutorial is also highlighted positively. Additionally, customizable audio settings allow players to adjust music and sound effects to their preference.
- “The music in this game is very good and the tutorial is voice acted with surprisingly good voice acting.”
- “I have no problems with the music; I can listen to it all day long.”
- “Really enjoying the strategic element of the game, and the visuals and music give it a great feel.”
story
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story aspect is widely seen as lacking, with the single-player mode feeling more like a repetitive puzzle or tutorial rather than a meaningful campaign. Users express a desire for a true story-driven mode and expanded content to enhance engagement.
- “The single player content here is a glorified puzzle game/tutorial as there is no story or reason to care about any of it—just three difficulty generals who place the same units you do and battle it out.”
- “Now try adding in a real single player mode, you know, with a storyline and a campaign to play, not 3 single games of easy, medium, and hard—not a single player mode.”
- “A good way to improve this game would be to add more content and/or a story mode for single player.”
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game exhibits significant stability issues in single-player mode, frequently freezing when deploying the first troop and causing the CPU to spike to 100%. Multiplayer stability remains uncertain.
- “I cannot tell if it properly works for multi-player mode, but for single player, it freezes when trying to deploy your first troop on the hex grid, with CPU topping at 100%.”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The grinding aspect is characterized by prolonged, repetitive combat where two armies continuously clash until one is defeated, emphasizing a slow and steady attrition-based gameplay.
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is not demanding on performance, allowing most players to run it comfortably on very high settings without optimization concerns.
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is well-received, enhanced by amusing voice acting and a distinctive art style that adds a playful charm to the gameplay.
character development
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The character development is well-executed, complemented by appealing visuals, music, and design. Players appreciate the progression and look forward to improving their skills, enhancing the overall experience.
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's random initial pool adds significant replayability by ensuring each playthrough offers a unique experience.
- “The random initial pool gives good replayability.”

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Rise: Battle Lines is a turn-based strategy game with historical theme.

Rise: Battle Lines is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

On average players spend around 3 hours playing Rise: Battle Lines.

Rise: Battle Lines was released on November 17, 2015.

Rise: Battle Lines was developed by The Secret Games Company.

Rise: Battle Lines has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Rise: Battle Lines for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

Rise: Battle Lines is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

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