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Rising Kingdoms

85%Game Brain Score
story, music
graphics, stability
85% User Score Based on 182 reviews

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In Rising Kingdoms, players engage in strategic city-building and real-time battles across a medieval fantasy world. Choose from multiple kingdoms, each with unique strengths and weaknesses, and manage resources, technology, and diplomacy to gain an edge over opponents. Join forces with friends in alliances, conquer territories, and defend your kingdom to rise to power.

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85%
Audience ScoreBased on 182 reviews
story8 positive mentions
stability8 negative mentions
  • Rising Kingdoms is a nostalgic classic that offers unique gameplay mechanics and a charming art style, reminiscent of beloved RTS games like Warcraft 3.
  • The game features a variety of races and units, each with distinct abilities, providing depth and strategic options for players.
  • Despite its age, the soundtrack and voice acting are praised for their quality, enhancing the overall experience.
  • The game suffers from numerous bugs and crashes, which can significantly hinder gameplay and frustrate players.
  • Graphics and resolution are outdated, lacking modern optimization, which detracts from the visual experience.
  • The AI and mission design can feel repetitive and uninspired, leading to a lack of engagement during gameplay.
  • story
    50 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's story features three factions with interconnected campaigns, totaling 30 missions, but it has received mixed reviews for its execution. While some players appreciate the nostalgic elements, music, and voice acting, many criticize the storyline for being lackluster, filled with plot holes, and lacking engagement. Overall, the missions can be challenging, but repetitiveness and a lack of diversity detract from the overall narrative experience.

    • “An old but nice game with a great story base, music, voice acting, and visuals.”
    • “Rising Kingdoms did make a stand for 2D RTS in 2005, while it had good game mechanics and a nice story; the graphics technology was way ahead.”
    • “The game itself might not be amazing; the story is filled with plot holes, animations are outdated, but it still has a certain feel to it.”
    • “The storyline of the campaigns (at least, the one for humans) isn't exactly talented.”
    • “I stopped playing at mission 8 of the human campaign (on hard) because I was constantly doing the same thing and fighting against repetitive respawns.”
    • “[i]anyhow[/i], we've got three different factions and three campaigns with the connected story (exactly like in [b]Starcraft[/b], except obviously, the storyline here is very meh and is hard to care about).”
  • music
    22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is widely praised for its variety and quality, featuring a marvelous soundtrack that includes catchy tunes and even some Bollywood-inspired tracks. While some players feel that certain musical elements may not perfectly fit the medieval fantasy setting, the overall consensus is that the music, along with the sound design and voice acting, has aged well and significantly enhances the gaming experience.

    • “The soundtrack alone is worth it; some banger tunes in this.”
    • “Oh, and the music is simply priceless.”
    • “The game has a really interesting soundtrack and great sprite work.”
    • “On the other hand, I don't think the voice acting or the music has aged poorly.”
    • “Let's move on to the music, I found it quite catchy and there's not much else to say about it.”
    • “The music, art, sound design, animations, and story.”
  • gameplay
    20 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay of Rising Kingdoms has received mixed reviews, with some praising its fun mechanics and engaging story, while others criticize it for being uninspired and derivative, heavily borrowing from titles like Warcraft 3 and Celtic Kings. Despite its colorful graphics and solid 2D RTS foundation, many players find the unit variety and overall mechanics lacking depth. Overall, it stands out for its nostalgic charm but may not satisfy those seeking innovative gameplay.

    • “Rising Kingdoms did make a stand for 2D RTS in the year 2005, while it had good game mechanics and a nice story; the graphics technology was way ahead.”
    • “Regardless of the low resolution and its age, it's a very beautiful 2D strategic game with fun gameplay, and I recommend it!”
    • “The game's idea is simply to attack independent colonies and force them to join your side, then attack the main enemy with your new army, which is a mixture of your soldiers and the colonies' soldiers.”
    • “Unfortunately, Rising Kingdoms doesn't offer anything beyond colorful graphics and a gameplay system clearly inspired by Warcraft 3.”
    • “The few and similar units and the overall mechanics are dull, uninspired, and quite frankly plain.”
    • “Some gameplay mechanics were copied from Celtic Kings as is.”
  • graphics
    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of "Rising Kingdoms" are described as colorful yet outdated, reflecting the game's 2005 release. While some players find them charming and acceptable for their time, others criticize the visuals as lacking depth and innovation, with issues like unit movement interruptions and bugs affecting the overall experience. Overall, the graphics are seen as a mixed bag, appealing to nostalgia but failing to impress by modern standards.

    • “Rising Kingdoms did make a stand for 2D RTS in the year 2005, while it had good game mechanics and a nice story, the graphics technology was way ahead.”
    • “The premise and the graphics are good for their time.”
    • “Graphics: 5”
    • “Unfortunately, Rising Kingdoms doesn't offer anything beyond colorful graphics and a gameplay system clearly inspired by Warcraft 3.”
    • “The graphics are extremely outdated.”
    • “I've also gotten sick and tired of units moving discontinuously, with micro-interruptions, although I have a modern computer for video gaming (Witcher 3 and GTAV run on maximum graphics settings).”
  • stability
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's stability is heavily criticized, with users reporting frequent bugs and freezes, particularly when attempting to continue the campaign. Despite having the latest update (1.20) installed, many players feel that the game remains unbalanced and that multiplayer issues have not been addressed, leading to a frustrating experience. Overall, the stability is considered poor, with only minor glitches being acknowledged as manageable.

    • “Even though this version comes with the latest official update (1.20) pre-installed, it's still buggy as heck.”
    • “That's just it – I click 'continue campaign' and the game just freezes.”
    • “But at the same time, it's still just a clone, it's buggy as heck, it's unbalanced and nobody even cared to fix multiplayer.”
  • optimization
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is noted for its impressive optimization, particularly for a title from 2005, as it runs smoothly on Windows 10 without requiring any adjustments. However, there are a couple of minor issues that users have pointed out.

    • “Other than those two problems, the game aged really well. It's surprisingly one of those few games from 2005 that doesn't require optimization and works great right out of the box on Windows 10.”

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