Rise of Legends - Intro (HQ)

[@mrshootinputin7251]

This game needs an Extended Edition re-release on steam.

[@Tymbarkjestzajebisty]

omg yes

[@Chuck_vs._The_Comment_Section]

Oh yes!

[@vosemis]

Who wants to play on the network? We play through Game Ranger. Our channel in the Discord - discord.gg/hS4dxnx

[@Im0rt4Lgene]

@@vosemis its this still alive!!! i love this game and would love to play online! if there is still a community

[@ВолчараСучара]

sir yes sir !

[@innawoodsman]

I think the best part of this cinematic is that the game really does feel like this when you're playing

[@FranciscoCostaRamos]

Most underated game and game studio of all times. Big Huge games was freaking awesome, love their games! Wherever you are, if you come across this, a big thank you to all the devs!

[@piratczvojtapopovics]

I have alot of games from Big huge games, too bad they are dead now. :/

[@FranciscoCostaRamos]

Rat Satan I loved them too

[@piratczvojtapopovics]

Me too brother

[@RetrovexOfficial]

they still make games if i'm not mistaken

[@FranciscoCostaRamos]

mateuszgojski tell me everything that you know bro

[@TheVoiceOfReason93]

The Vinci faction is awesome. Just look at this mech pilot - he stood his ground even in the face of overwhelming odds, and gave his life to deny the enemy access to his city. He died holding the fucking line - and went out with a bang too!

[@swinegods]

Why they did't pull up the bridges? That could be easyer

[@LoboalphaMASTER]

Winston Churchill Preaps because they were waiting for the retreating soldiers?

[@swinegods]

But when they gone trough?

[@LoboalphaMASTER]

Winston Churchill Well, it takes time to lift a bridge. specially with their level of technology.

[@suonicslice]

***** besides, making it go boom is a much more badass way :3

[@ArdanTheHalfDragon]

The determined look on that soldier's face when he's about to sacrifice himself remains, to this day, the most badass thing ever shown on a screen.

[@Sodasaman]

yes, virtually created character are much better than real life

[@ArdanTheHalfDragon]

Oh, my. I see how I could be misinterpreted there. Edit: Greatest thing in cinematic history. There, happy now?

[@guardsmen666]

AtHD agreed

[@Treyast]

Skyrim trailer is better

[@LordCubbo]

5 years later, I still come back to watch the game intro

[@The-Plaguefellow]

Such an underrated game. Absolutely loved the setting, the characters, the gameplay. Wish we could get a whole remaster of such a unique game.

[@MogManDog]

This game needs a sequel and a spin-of. 3 factions were dropped during the production for time reason. Also an RPG would be very neat. Imagine to live in a world like this!

[@mirhrabos3283]

Now imagine being face to face with land leviathan/glass Dragon/city of vengeance/elder glass golem/glass spider queen, that kinda would Need to be titan vs. titan Battle, unless it Will be somehow similar to world of warcraft

[@lolstationvita5922]

So we have steampunk robots and flying ships, dragons, genies, aztec civilization that worships high-tech aliens... One of the most bizarre settings ever created.

[@blakkwaltz]

Yeah gmae settings are fucking boring nowadays. Final fantasy 16 just look like sword art online. It's fucking boring. I mean the main protag of ff16 just looks like an edgy kirito.

[@anthonyklanke1397]

What's even weirder is that it all works so well to create such an amazing story!

[@texanplayer7651]

...And the humans are all italians

[@pongel7447]

Some map have a Japanese architecture but human who lives in still italiano 😅

[@urbanberndtsson]

0:01 "Henry, whatever you do, don't press that button" "This one?" *presses the button* "HENRY!!!!"

[@adinegorohudi6403]

FFS Henry

[@TheLongasen]

You had one job Henry...

[@meilinchan7314]

I'd replace "Henry" with "SkyBox" -- it makes for a better Cuotl name.

[@rangopistacho6928]

more like "XIL WHATEVER YOU DO DONT PRESS THAT BUTTON "this one" *presses the button* " XIL"

[@tangroro]

this game and Age of Mythology are my childhood

[@Soloohara]

tang roro SAME SAME FUCK SAME XD

[@PrejudicePotatoe]

SAMEEEE

[@w415800]

My first WoW char is named "Czin", sadly in ten years not a single person got the reference.

[@landrylongacre6391]

Add Rise of Nations and you have a big part of my childhood

[@ultrimarines9198]

I agree with you there partner, definitely a fun time!

[@marcinzysko1653]

1:28 that one infantry guy passed between all those golems and scorpions just to get tossed by the bridge at the last moment

[@tommyfortress7515]

Rip

[@soroushsarani5619]

i love how you find it

[@hammer326]

This game is truly a legend.

[@ditobear]

The concept of this game is really good, too bad people rarely talk about this game

[@KyuubiNaruto154]

Ahh yes, the great Clockwork Men making work on those glass golems. God damn I love this Intro. So epic. Vinci faction ftw!

[@Saiyangoddess72]

+Rohan Zener no, their steampunk so all that smoke is gonna do a number on the land

[@Saiyangoddess72]

Rohan Zener​ actually the Vinci land is mostly beautiful lush forest though they do have large areas of badlands

[@HomoErectusOnUranus]

Those were dark walkers, I think. Glass golems would've kicked clockwork men ass, lol. I think that Vinci protagonist was using a Doge walker, but it's open topped... I'm not sure, though.

[@Saiyangoddess72]

Kaue Braga 1- those were glass golems the size is enough proof for that 2- he had a commander class walker similar to Giacomo but this one isn't modified

[@HomoErectusOnUranus]

I later noticed that they were glass golems by the sounds they made, but they were really small for what they looked like in game.

[@naredayt]

TOP 10 game Intros you never skip

[@louislozoya5926]

At the end of the game it's implied that the Alin, now unified and with the Dark Alin defeated, are craving for expansion to Cuotl and Vinci territory. This would probably be one of the battles we weren't able to see in the possible future installments of the series

[@carloshernandez4221]

I love how the scorpions are the destroying the Leviathan in 0:43

[@emilchan5379]

Yeah one thing I didn't like about the campaign was that it consisted almost entirely of mirror matches where the enemy was the same race as you.

[@louievelayo4100]

And ruin the peace Giacomo sacrificed himself for? Really?

[@kankeydong2500]

_"This game is pastapunk. Ravioli-core if you will"._ -That one ugandan warlord

[@Chuck_vs._The_Comment_Section]

One of the Intros for one of the best RTS Games ever made... ...that no one has played.

[@Treyast]

Im playing it right now. So much nostalgia lol.

[@miteonmybed]

@@Treyast this game had balance problems imo

[@zebimicio5204]

@@miteonmybed that is expected of a game that is barely finished and have never been updated for god knows how long XD

[@landrylongacre6391]

@@zebimicio5204 I mean yeah there was supposed to be a 4th faction but it got cut and the game got rushed out

[@zebimicio5204]

@@landrylongacre6391 there was actually 5 dupposed to be in the game. 4th was a mongol inspired faction, the 5th was nordic. very interesting if you think about it.

[@Patryc]

this game and intro was the GOAT

[@MattWensley1992]

Towards the end, when you have to choose Vinci or Alin, I couldn't hit that Vinci button fast enough!

[@maightoguy]

Dude magic all the way.

[@woodlands_]

@@maightoguy You get Sawu when you pick Vinci anyways.

[@BlackDiamond2718]

The funniest thing about my childhood is that there are three times that I got the wrong games because I misremembered. Little did I know, they were all sister games to those games. I got rise of legends trying to get rise of nations. Heroes of Might and Magic V when I wanted IV. And Icewind Dale from trying to get Baldurs Gate 2. Companies know how to add to the games they made by making more.

[@francopereyra6659]

I miss this game so much....

[@rangopistacho6928]

we need a sequel

[@dradonie]

or at least a remake

[@fenix6876]

for those who do not know who is the subject of the intro He is the great inventor, the person in charge of the Vinci technology in the end dies in the cinematic but in the game (in the game files) it was discovered that Zeke has the brain of this character that appears in the introduction

[@SU76M]

Interesting. What exact game files tell this?

[@frankieplatou8410]

Brings back so many memories

[@Vinzwien]

0:48 I always loved that part when he says that and afterwards he pulls the levers on the Walker it's just awesome for some reason!

[@jilles13nl]

Question: can you request already published games for steam greenlight? 'cause ths needs a steam release.

[@KyuubiNaruto154]

+Delta 62 All of my yes. This definitely needs to come to steam.

[@osinevan]

+Delta 62 At this point we need to pray to Microsoft they remake this game or make a competent sequel.

[@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi]

Lel nice joke, "remake" exchange 5 textures and sell it for 20€+ or what *facepalm* Ofc there should be a revamp but to seet how Microsoft fucks up and cant make games anymore..a competent sequel, nice joke, do you know what they did to Empire Earth?

[@reidzalewski4563]

If i'm not mistaken, Mad Doc software was the Developer. They were the Devs for EE2 Also. Microsoft never touched the game, unless you are referring to a remake that i can't seem to find when i search the two together. What exactly are you referring to? (Just curious, not sarcastic. I want to know)

[@maxentheweasel]

Actually, Activision Bought Sierra Entretainment, and after they did, they no longer made any new sequels, actually, after that, EE3 never got a single update. So, if we reffer to EE franchise, Activision killed it. About Risef of legends, I don't know. I just pray that there may be a hope, like the devs that remake AoE2 HD, and AoM Extended, they maybe try and get Rise of legends back, with a better compatile system for multiplayer, like how they did with Rise of Nations.

[@sorkvild1473]

Hey hey, people!

[@HauntedCorpseGaming]

Where's my god damned re-release of this game. :D

[@xtrememadness4029]

this... is one of my favorite games that has been forgotten.. i played it a lot when i was a kid :S

[@totallyarandomgamer5606]

this game was way to nostalgic i got it from the library before they got rid of it and play it and forgot it was late. its too much fun and and there wont be a game like it. sure there are simular games but the troops you can control,the cool buildings and maps, story, play as the villain, not focusing on magic, multiplayer and so much more. too bad online is off and no steam version

[@piratczvojtapopovics]

Plus, how more perfectly can you put steampunk, sci-fi and magic together.

[@coitusergosum2447]

I remember seeing this scene when I was so young. Spent most my conscious life thinking about it. Now? I have found it.

[@maxpaxer]

This need to be on steam

[@Jameshonke]

best video game intro ever

[@emedi.09]

this was an amazing game. too sad it never had such an impact and got forgotten.

[@vosemis]

Who wants to play on the network? We play through Game Ranger. Our channel in the Discord - discord.gg/hS4dxnx

[@carloshernandez4221]

@@vosemis where can I download the game?

[@EclipseGamer02]

Holy crap I just remembered this game right as I was about to sleep, I used to play this as a 8 year old it was so fricking fun

[@TheLongasen]

Before I played the campaign, i thought the three falling ship parts that crashed were the foundations of the Vinci, Alin and Quoatl.

[@Treyast]

They kind of are. The Vinci based their machines off of it, the alin Sawu went mad because of it, and the quotl were taken over by the false gods who found it.

[@TheLongasen]

@@Treyast Good interpretation but I always assumed that they were in an alien world and all the human factions were descended from the original survivors from the falling ship akin to a lost colony.

[@BlackDiamond2718]

The greatest thing about this game is that it is inspired by our stuff. Mesoamerican mythology, leonardo da vinci and his inventions, and arab mythology. Beautiful. If it had an expansion, it has to bring norse, native american, and japanese mythology. Or literature.

[@Disdemve]

Or sci fi, a, cuotl are ancient astronauts theory, rise of legends you can have anything and make sense, They could use atompunk, a scientific faction whose artillery is an antimatter cannon, they can use urban legends to make a magical faction with modern aesthetics... or they can give us the kahan and the skald

[@thorveim1174]

fun fact they had several ideas for a fourth faction, one of which was nomadic mongol-like people and the other was indeed norse with ice buildings

[@BlackDiamond2718]

@@thorveim1174 cool

[@pladimir_vutin]

i absolutely loved this game. and the rise of nations.

[@minerkey682]

that title card and music at the end is just... don't know how to describe how good it is

[@alaunaenpunto3690]

Never actually played the game, but still gives me nostalgia

[@EvilMagnitude]

Probably the biggest underrated gem of the entire RTS genre. Game was amazing

[@alaunaenpunto3690]

@@EvilMagnitude I remember these cutscenes being one of the first things I ever watched on KZbin. Heck there's probably a comment from my first account buried somewhere below l

[@atatyrknumber1]

The steampunk conquisadors are easily the coolest looking :)

[@MrKrachachla]

hey hey people

[@carnage017]

hey hey to you too

[@lukapaic7560]

I wanna know more of the backstory and lore The spaceship at the beggining was intersting Pitty they didnt make more

[@elargentin0743]

Creo que son los Cuotl

[@peterwhite6415]

Basic tldr.: The ship at the start was what had the Cuolt "Gods" who were a race of Highly Advanced Stone/Metal/Unknow Material Automatons, they are in a way the inbetwen betwen Magic and Tech. Something happend on their travel and they crashlanded on Earth in the South-East region of heavy jungles... this lead to them being worship by the natives since they were able to do alot of feats that would be considered magic, but also lead to their tech being somewhat diminish since much was loss during the crash. Its for this reason we see a few fragments of their tech durng the Vinci and Alin campaigns.

[@techpriestdrake]

This game deserves more attention.

[@tureytaino2785]

I have the original disk version of this game. It works great on my Windows 10. I would love for this game to have a sequel but Microsoft is not interested.

[@albal156]

perhaps thats why they aren't releasing it again. Its been so long now I think people would expect more to be added a remake/remaster if you will rather than just a rerelease as it still works in Windows 10. Who knows maybe bloody Windows 11 will break it.

[@GatecrasherSlim]

this is one of those games i never got round to playing and now i wish i had... :(

[@tureytaino2785]

You can still find it on Amazon.

[@ImperialEarthEmpire]

ah yes, one of the best rts game during the final days of rts golden age...

[@Roberlink44]

I searched this up to show to my friend. Holy heck I had forgotten the soundtrack was that good!

[@accelerator8558]

why they never release this on steam?

[@FlyingDwarfzz]

Why did they die. Big Huge should have survived forever. We should have been able to play game after amazing game made by them. But no, instead they shut down, they get ripped apart, and we are left with old youtube videos and "HD" Re-releases.

[@Sharky4152]

+Ahmad Hafiz They ran out of money and got bought out by a different bigger company.

[@sonictank]

and so should Westwood studios, bro.

[@Gothpaladinus]

It's interesting to read this, considering the Big Huge Games Instagram profile posted last year (2023) a group photo of their workers. Yes, 20 years after the original Rise of Nations release...

[@y.h.lee.5288]

다시 봐도 잘 만든 인트로. 영화로 따로 나왔으면. . .

[@TheVoiceOfReason93]

Man, that Vinci soldier was BADASS.

[@nolifeispower494]

I think we should create fan-community of this game on discord and play some games via game ranger or hamachi

[@mareksoucek4514]

We need remake of this. Not some shitty games that are trendy now...

[@Alkahest3]

I loved the game, and I agree it never got the support or polish it deserved, would've been nice to have some of the story mode patched to flow smoother. I liked Giacomo and the gang, but occasionally it was weird to hear them repeat phrases or info we already heard/knew.

[@Vajhdeken]

Might come as a surprise to some of you guys, but the soldier at the end is not just any soldier, he is the one and only Giacomo. Thisi is how this legend went down in the end Just thinking about it gives me the chills :')

[@landrylongacre6391]

God I wish this game got enough traction for a sequel or something...

[@Tyln93]

Nostalgia!!! 😻😻

[@dawatchng]

@Elfallout wait, this has to be after Giacomo's time, because if i remember correctly, He was the one who invented the clockwork man. Its first field test was in the first mission of the campaign.

[@Taospark]

What a Horatius move!

[@72Armed]

Wait what? They took down the Leviathan super unit? DAMN!

[@ryanw5500]

The one thing I don't like about this game is that I think when the aerial units fight each other it should be in a dogfight style.

[@robojunkie7169]

Remember this game was made when rts,s didn't have the best tech or animation, this was like 2004 or like 2009 I forgot! But also check out "evil genius" most addicting game I have ever played

[@ryanw5500]

SciMan I already play that game.

[@robojunkie7169]

oh cool........I had a glitch where the diplomat didn't respawn

[@GamingChild]

The game was made in 2006 give it some slack

[@zebimicio5204]

Not to mention it was also an unfinished game. If Big Studios have more funding and time it'll be one of the best rts there is.

[@Reaper1722]

I remember seeing concept art for what i think is the Skald. They look impressive. The reason they were left out is either lack of time and/or budget, or simply because it might be pointless. What can they do/offer that the other 3 could not? From what i've seen from the concept art, the Skald is, like the Alin, a magic themed nation.

[@piratczvojtapopovics]

I think that the Skald would've been a cool primal themed magical nation. After all there is a fine line of themes, between a nation all about arabian themed, purely magical nation. and a nation full of brutish, but spiritualy rich warriors. The Skald could've been like Far Cry Primal faction, but like full on spiritual shamanism. I could imagine the leader of the faction which was....I forgot his name, but he was like, riding on something. I could imagine him summoning some cool totems or summoning spiritual animals to fight for you. n the other three...well I dunno, some cool warrior type aand I dunno about the third.

[@peterwhite6415]

@@piratczvojtapopovics Myup, thou i think they were also likely to be the Kahan, whos Citys were MASSIVE MOVING BEASTS, wich makes me really curious how they were supose to work exatly since the citys work ona node system of sorts.

[@piratczvojtapopovics]

@@peterwhite6415 Hmmmmm, maybe it would work like the Cuotl Barrack/transport. but, a giant city. However I can see why they were scrapped because it sounds like a big crazy idea with alot of balancing involved. Still, sounds awesome. I didn't even know about the Kahan until now!

[@dradonie]

If is added to steam here are the changes I want higher framerate units animations (units like clockwork have the animations at less than 30 fps) higher resolution windowed moded (yes the game doesnt have windowed moe) bug fixes (In mission 3 there is a bug where the cargo ship is the heavy variant which is not compatibile with the mission making the mission impossibile)

[@Gothpaladinus]

Unfortunately, this is only valid for the original Rise of Nations game, but the Extended Edition doesn't include Rise of Legends, only Thrones and Patriots.

[@Rycluse]

You know what this game was absolutely calling out for? That world-conquering non-story campaign mode from Rise of Nations. It already has that Risk-esqe board in that campaign with a surprisingly extensive array of mechanics but you could only use it in the story campaign, which strikes me as a massive missed opportunity.

[@thorveim1174]

yeah.. makes me wish someone managed to make a mod for that even

[@tdab3883]

It's so funny that those are venucci guards and not imperial musketeers

[@elargentin0743]

Lo gracioso es que los Alins hicieron pedazos al Levhiathan terrestre.

[@reyserzaeta6181]

El mismísimos leviatan que puede barrer a los Alins en cualquier escenario xD.

[@GamesGirlsMovies]

i m a big fan of all kinds of strategy (overview ) games & this is one of my favorites awesome story awesome units awesome heroes awesome factions awesome trailer awesome game

[@elgappa8693]

Weakest Vinci leader vs strongest Alin Demi-God

[@MoonlightBgWolfs]

So epic, actually when the logo appears on the screen and, that music *-* *eargasm* Well, u know, the music of the first game (RON) is awesome, you play a good game, with good strategy with awesome music

[@flyquer]

este intro no lo veía desde hace 9 años me acuerdo cuando tenía 12 y cuando vi el intro pensaba como todo niño que el juego iba hacer igual con las mismas gráficas y no era así pero sus unidades y su manera de formar fábricas me gusto . en serio me emocione hoy cuando lo volví haber este intro ahorita.mismo lo descargó para acabar mis vacaciones

[@Malterfucus]

Pasa link de dónde los descargaste :(

[@carloshernandez4221]

Si porfa dinos donde se puede descargar

[@flyquer]

@@carloshernandez4221 lo descargue por internet hace 4 años pero me aburri y era lento ,recuerdo que cuando lo jugaba hace 9 años era con un Cd

[@elargentin0743]

Lo subí en mi canal de yt como instalarlo

[@00110000]

"So who do you think's the most badass video game character, Billy?" "Master Chief." "Yeah, cool. Steve?" "I'm gonna say Sephiroth." "Dang, that's good too. How about you, Leonardo?" "...The soldier piloting the mech from the intro cutscene of Rise of Legends."

[@lowqualitymichrophone]

sttill better than some new games

[@Antimanele104]

Steampunk venetians vs magic arabs vs protoss aztecs. Sold!

[@charliebdewing]

I actually saluted when he sacrifices himself. Completely involuntary. He's with the gods now ;_;

[@ElliottAlderDraco]

This cinematic could probably be in real time now...

[@Airknightangel]

1:53 is the epitome of the intro!

[@LousShar]

I really liked that part where that mech-rider smashes that scorpion and then caps the rider a second later

[@wolshak112]

I miss this type of games i_i Ensemble Studios, and this guys are the best

[@GundamReviver]

I really really mis this game, and by God does this need a remaster or at least SOME use of its universe, in any form of game setting. Hell you could even do an rpg in here similar to 40k rogue trader.

[@tomcubelesconway6825]

I've just finished the campaigns, I love this game

[@almcroof2146]

Technology, magic, and aliens. What a game.....

[@CANALINUSKULLINCONFUNDIVEL]

Awesome InTROOOOO

[@napoleonblownapart45]

Easily one of the best game intros ever.love this game. Needs a sequel, if only this one had done better.

[@GearyDigit]

Given how polished and, admittedly, unambitious it was, it pretty much excelled any suspected potential.

[@MogManDog]

The Kahan were based upon Mongolian culture and mythology, and might have had mobile cities on the back of enormous beasts of burden (and in fact, the map editor still has some icons for their heroes and units). The Skald were based on Finnish mythology with touches of Slavic and Norse, and built cities of ice. Least detailed and most mysterious are the Kragar, which appear to have been some kind of race of bestial giants.

[@Disdemve]

Kragar are kahan beasts, do nothing more

[@szymonbollin6277]

Most creative fantasy world. Vinci are my favorite faction becouse of their wierd steampunk industrial era technology mix and the European astetic of their peaoples. Their soldiers are preety much steampunk conquistadors and thats preety cool, but my favorite unit is the clockwork man and the robotic miner becouse steam punk automatons are epic

[@quyphuongtay]

there's a lot of Steampunk style games, but only Rise of Nation have true Steampunk design, another games is ugly design and just focus a lot fabric hot air balloon and fabric boats, no more machine, no more robot

[@xBloodXGusherx]

Gamers are not stupid really. Rise of Nations have more than enough support. I personally think if they would have stuck with a new vanilla Rise of Nations than this spin off, it would have helped a lot. Lets not forget. Big Huge Games was bought by 38Studios then that whole thing came crashing down.

[@TheMikeymomo]

Does anyone else get pissed when the dragon just flings the robots off the bridge

[@czinthegodofdeath8461]

not me im just trying to repair my fucking ship

[@Reaper1722]

It's really a shame that this game didn't get a sequel. Or at least an expansion. It's a unique RTS that stood out among its "elves vs orcs vs humans" counterparts. Shame that most people didn't support the game, since they want another Rise of Nations. Bad move on their part. Why deny support for the only developer that can possibly bring you a RoN sequel? They obviously just decided to explore a new genre. They would've probably made the sequel for RoN if things turned out for the better.

[@soullaughing]

im so sad that this game is gone. it is my favorite game D:

[@hammer326]

Thanks for the upload!

[@mmtmmt4456]

still playing it and still loving it :)

[@MyViolador]

A Hero's death indeed."We do what we do best, we fight and die but we die standing".

[@tureytaino2785]

I wish I could summon the campaign heroes in the skirmish version. I love to use General Battaglion, Pulitore, Distruzio, and the Alin and Cuotl heroes.

[@jazzknight5127]

A sacrifice of a good leader

[@pongel7447]

I'm from 2024 still play this game ^^

[@KerbalJoe]

I'm so mad I can't find my install CD for this

[@nufikol]

I feel you bro, bought it two times and cant find one complete.

[@woodlands_]

Come on microsoft. This needs a remaster, same as the age of empires series is getting.

[@landynlinhares9494]

I love how humans are just a weird mixture of steampunk, dieselpunk, and clockwork.