Rise of Nations 2003

Is it still worth playing?

Big Huge Games' 2003 real time strategy game for Windows, with ideas borrowed from turn based strategy, covering all of world history from the ancient era to the modern age. It has 18 civilizations, playable across eight ages, and any nation can be played in any age. Territory is the core concept: you build only within your own or an ally's territory, and borders expand through cities, forts, technologies and rare resources. Attrition damages enemy units inside a nation's borders, which can destroy unsupplied armies. Units upgrade as you advance through the ages, and you can win by capture, territorial superiority, wonders or score. Every border is something to defend today, as territory limits where you can build and attrition punishes armies without supply.