Rise of Legends Review | 🇮🇹™ Edition™

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[@TheMrDJD]

As one of the old devs -- thanks for the laughs! RoL was a lot more nail-biting than AOE3. We only managed to balance the Cuotl in the last 2 weeks before we went gold. The song in the credits was from a local band 'Growlers of Resurrections' (if I remember right). Lots of good memories. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5-ZZHWjmJenf6M *edit to add*: Since lots of folks have asked about how to break into game development, the last comment in this thread should help -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnS2iKqCYstkjbM&lc=Ugxt3NcokUrecYdKeTp4AaABAg.9sC1z-OqLm9A0DSjiMwWmd Appreciate all the nice comments!

[@lukaskoninger3312]

Thank you for making this, it is still in my top three favorite rts of all time. So creative and so fun at the same time!

[@thoticcusprime9309]

Make some more games, I petition, you get old devs and take over the They are billions IP, and hire me for unit designs and gameplay

[@przemekg4945]

You sir made one of the most original games ever. Hats off to you.

[@Diogenerate]

where do i download this?

[@piratczvojtapopovics]

Is the beggining of the song going on in Giacomo's head when he's walking through the maddening mists?

[@hextaped]

The fact that a pasta company actually contacted you for a sponsorship is killing me, that shit is hilarious.

[@smokapopierdolio1157]

Public announcement to Italian people, pls buy their black spaghetti type pasta, one might call it niggetti. Buy it for no particular reason.

[@Synthetic_geth]

Im dying over the fact that it's B2B

[@ramirosimon-aredes2785]

hey, let me reverse engineering your thought there. I think it is intelligent as fuck, now I know that brand name and I will buy it if I see it.

[@alexsherstiuk2537]

Great guys probably

[@dryued6874]

I am holding out hope that they knew exactly what they were doing.

[@zakatalmosen5984]

As an Italian I just want to say this game is not a steampunk fantasy scenario, it's an accurate portrayal of 1970s Italy.

[@user-ez9gr1ih4m]

Yes and they're mistaking the Calabrese for Aztecs

[@Jack-rj4kd]

Hanno fatto la strategia della tensione leggendo i fascicoli secretati che spiegano il supporto alieno nella formazione di lotta continua

[@Rev_Buttmunch]

Bella ciao

[@AC-hj9tv]

Vero

[@Yusuke_Denton]

@@Jack-rj4kd Rigatoni risotto carpaccio pizza fiorentina oregano parmigiana gnocchi cappuccino👌

[@kierkegaardslamenting6869]

Hey, this is probably going to get buried in the comments section, but thank you for this video. I discovered Rise of Legends through your video and came to like it a lot. I had this work colleague whom I befriended and he was a huge gamer. I mentioned this game to him and he talked with so much passion about Rise of Legends, as it was his favorite game. He loved how full of life everything seemed to him at the time and how cool the steampunk art was. Last night he unfortunately passed away, and I came back to your video, as it was what brought us together, to re-watch and remember him. So truly, thank you Sseth. I will be forever thankful for your video. Edit: Spelling

[@SsethTzeentach]

really sorry to hear that man, thanks for sharing

[@Mister_Clean]

RIP king

[@isaiahaguilera7710]

Hope you are better, sorry for your loss

[@nathanielprice1835]

We don't bury comments like these in the merchants' guild. EDIT: I too am very sorry for your loss

[@pravkdey]

Hey hey people, hugs here ♥️💪

[@loading2463]

The phrases "there is no humans, only italians" and " this game is pasta-punk" had me laughing so hard

[@adrianoarne-ritz249]

Pastapunk should definitely be a popular thing. Not really steampunk, but Renaissance-era futurism with Da Vinci-esque technology. Think Florence and Venice with flying machines

[@SpaghettiWst]

I spit out my coffee. I should know by now to never drink liquids while watching his videos.

[@jhonnoilcringeincarnato8593]

​@@adrianoarne-ritz249it MUST become a real thing

[@BlueTemplar15]

@@jhonnoilcringeincarnato8593 The Caveman 2 Cosmos mod for Civ4 has "Clockpunk" alternative timeline tech as one of its **many** features, which is basically this.

[@jesterapp]

I spat out my espresso. Mama Mia!

[@Sakura_Matou]

The most historicly accurate telling of the Venecian-Italian-Aztec war I have ever seen is in this game. My favorite period in history.

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

More like Venetian-Persian-Aztec. The Alin are clearly inspired by the Arabian Nights fantasy.

[@n0denz]

@@ArawnOfAnnwn They're definitely Sicilian or Calabrian. Southern Italy might as well be Northern Egypt.

[@hooligan2588]

History books pre WW1 are so fake this may as well be true lol

[@camquoc5718]

ok

[@Jack-rj4kd]

@@ArawnOfAnnwnthat’s why we call a certain region in southern Italy, Calabria Saudita

[@Cyrus_T_Laserpunch]

I have a ton of respect for the pasta company for having the will to sponsor SsethTzeentach. They fully knew what they were getting themselves into and I hope it works out well for them on the business side of things.

[@harperna3938]

the best part is that it's a b2b pasta company like they literally dont even sell pasta to end consumers the bleeding edge of online marketing

[@92edoy]

​@@harperna3938these absolute Chads are playing marketing 5D chess

[@Psytinker]

I just realized it's because they think Sseth's audience is a literal Merchant's Guild.

[@DailyCorvid]

_Clicks the 'Purchase Pasta' button_ Explosions.

[@GamerM1235]

The unit designs in this game have yet to be matched in my opinion. It was a fever dream of steam punk, glass golems, and mechanical wonders. The epitome of a fantasy world.

[@nigeltan676]

Wait til you here about the other cancelled factions

[@GamerM1235]

@@nigeltan676 There was what! Now I have to dive into the google rabbit hole.

[@nigeltan676]

@@GamerM1235 yeah like this eskimo-nordic fusion faction that uses great beasts for everything. Even now 15+ yeaes later i feel like this game's setting was a lost opportunity for something unique

[@beezzarro]

Yeah, the imagination that went into the faction designs and mechanics was so original. I know we've seen steampunk before, but they did it so well here. Then there are the space Aztecs and the mystical Arabic glass wizards. No elves, no dwarves, no orcs, just something completely unique

[@gugibugi0]

​@@nigeltan676i still think about this sometimes.

[@gianpierogianpoli5358]

As a proud italian i approve this content all is 100% accurate and i can assure no one wants to be labeled as a siciliano

[@michaelmcteague7471]

Is Sicilian like vegan or something? They always let me know...

[@gianpierogianpoli5358]

@@michaelmcteague7471 no is a person cursed with being born in Sicilia

[@michaelmcteague7471]

@@gianpierogianpoli5358 such a fate should be burdened to no child

[@josephstalin1900]

I was Born in Avellino 💀

[@tahunuva4254]

​@@michaelmcteague7471Worth it for the arancini.

[@theultimatetrashman887]

The pasta company when they realize sseth doesn't do proper sponsorships: ''They played us like a damn noodle!''

[@Pizzacheese10]

Give it back! This isn't right, that was ours!

[@BaranZenon]

And Sseth was all like "Pasta La Vista, Bambino".

[@Ghostx357]

to be fair, it is good marketing maybe unintentional

[@malcontender6319]

Did you check their pasta selection? I had no idea there were so many kinds!

[@Jack-rj4kd]

@@malcontender6319welcome to Italy, we have 100 different ways to eat pasta in a 100 different shapes and makes, al hail the strozzapreti

[@MINIMAN10000]

"This shit looked photorealistic when I saw it for the first time. I was thinking damn I wonder how crazy video games will be in the future" Thank goodness I'm not the only one impressed by destruction physics of buildings which still hold up to this day only to be disappointed but the reality that... they did it better 20 years ago.

[@Barbarossa97]

Look at trash like Iron... I even forgot the name of that trash woke Steampunk-RTS which was hyped a while ago. Looked worse than this.

[@ramm.c.8555]

​@@Barbarossa97Iron Harvest? What's wrong with that game?

[@fqertexirte3054]

​@@ramm.c.8555it felt pretty dull to play, they could make it better. And control was pretty bad

[@thescatologistcopromancer3936]

​@@Barbarossa97 "woke" lol child or geezer

[@Barbarossa97]

@@thescatologistcopromancer3936 both

[@asthyz3004]

Noticed when Giacomo fires his mech gun he slam his fist onto the fire button. He controls with levers, but the fire button is one he punches. Helps with steampunk feel.

[@Wintercat1]

Every time sseth showcases a game he personally loves the world takes another step back from the brink.

[@casedistorted]

Insert a comma kind cat person

[@ultimaxkom8728]

Longer edging.

[@the-letter_s]

heavenly rapture gets pushed back a day with every upload

[@Nen_niN]

@@ultimaxkom8728 Currently edging the end of the world. idk I'll probably be gooning soon. Might delete later.

[@konrad1916]

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, (1 Corinthians 15:1-4 RSV)

[@giacomopiccinini9157]

Giacomo here to reassure everyone that Sseth’s head canon is indeed what actually happened

[@Kokorocodon]

Thank god 🙏 you will be a dad, king.

[@Jack-rj4kd]

This dude knows, he’s Giacomo

[@skin3359]

thank you giacomo (real) may your pasta harvest be plentiful and the local sicillian horde be destroyed 🙏

[@fumarc4501]

At least yer head wasn’t crushed between Lenora’s thighs… right?

[@mr.ricochet8603]

I'm Italian and I can confirm that we MUST play this game in school as part of the History class curriculum, and we get graded on it.

[@DailyCorvid]

Grades range from 'A+' to 'Hanged for Treason'.

[@fuzzyhead878]

@@DailyCorvid Not bad, but I think the lowest grade should be "Tarpeian Rock".

[@PUNCHEDPUNCHEDPUNCHED]

Bless you Sseth for doing a better job at preserving "products of culture" than most companies

[@verikan4241]

As a Latin American who got this game by buying bootleg copies as we often did during those times. This game was so significant during my childhood and I still remember it fondly, specially the magnificent soundtrack. Thank you, Sseth.

[@dangernuzzles4568]

Same here. Shti was amazing.

[@rbzanatta]

Not even joking, I bought a copy of this game on a bootleg grey market in brazil, along with an impossibly original copy of SC Brood Wars back in 2007 or something.

[@xNealus]

Why would it be sold in Russian in Latin America? Or is that a fictional part?

[@kharrnivore]

Russians were the OG's in pirating PC games back then, found a lot of these in bootleg markets on my country, Paraguay

[@dangernuzzles4568]

@@xNealus As a Latin America who lived in that time period. People pirated games from russian sites and burned them into DVDs for sale back in the day where the internet was slow af and downloading games took ages.

[@Axehilt]

Always wish I'd got to work on this one (worked on the titles before/after ROL: Rise of Nations and AOE3: Asian Dynasties). Very important facts to know: * "Timonium" is the town where the developer worked. * There was a life-sized sticker of Giacomo on the company fridge. He held a donut. A dialog bubble said "buy more donuts". * One of the balance testers was fond of singing about Giacomo to the tune of Cocomo (by the Beach Boys).

[@mannmctrash]

I wish I could like your comment a hundred times over, just so Sseth would see it.

[@bruudwin]

oh? at the end of the games credits they have a band singing all sorts of songs about giacomo and the entire game's storyline. i wonder if that was them then XD

[@SpecShadow]

there's "my uncle from Nintendo" and then there's this kind of comment

[@Yusuke_Denton]

Way down in Giacomo!🎵

[@Mygg_Jeager]

LMFAO

[@MCSorry]

10:20 The juxtaposition of the VA for "He drew us out Giacomo" with Giacomo's calm and intense profile is absolutely cinematic.

[@Uberwenis]

Every part of this one is a masterpiece. I can't get over that he's actually called the Doge, or that Sseth got a pasta sponsor. That damn near broke me

[@Jack-rj4kd]

It’s like reversed Caesar, while people took his name as a imperial title, he took the imperial title as his name

[@AC-hj9tv]

The dog right

[@willphoenix5464]

@@AC-hj9tv Doge was the title of the elected lord of Venice back in the day

[@brainyskeletonofdoom7824]

They've played us for absolute fools! This isn't a fantasy setting, it's just a faithful retelling of the Years of Lead!!

[@luhso7552]

Doge Silvio Burlesconi is there too, I appreciate their attempt at historical accuracy

[@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi]

One of the BEST features of this game thats very hidden via a button on your keyboard you never press is that you can freely speed up or slow down time. Its SO GOOD in the campaign to skip boring parts of in general when playing PvE! SO many games sadly dont have this feature anymore, its the best QoL and saves so much time during boring phases

[@alessiosolar9781]

As an Italian, you have no idea how happy this content made me . I also vouch that every reference to italian culture made by Sseth in this video is perfectly accurate and totally part of our story

[@MrLightlike78]

idk man i audibly cringed at snapping the pasta XD NO italian, feral or not would such a thing

[@Raoul.]

Italy lore

[@Raoul.]

@@MrLightlike78 Fun fact: treason

[@Cynic_6489]

@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist8 repent deez nuts

[@DeltaTenNZ]

@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist8 Repent to the Flying Spaghetti Monster, "For the Flying Spaghetti Monster is good and his noodly appendeges endure forever, his faithful collander continues through all generations." Random book about Pasta 420:69

[@quinnholloway5400]

Ok I don't know if anyone will see this But apparently this game was going to be bigger at the end of the day with a 4th race and larger world map Though with the ideas they had, it feels like there could have been 6 races The cut races were the Kahan, Mongolians who had cities on massive Beasts of burden, Skald were Finnish with some Nordic and Slavic touches that lived in Ice Cities, and a final race of Beastial Giants called the Kragar which didn't get as far in concept as the others

[@Attaxalotl]

>Finnish with some Nordic and Slavic touches that lived in Ice Cities So Finnish

[@quinnholloway5400]

@@Attaxalotl Ye

[@quinnholloway5400]

​@@AttaxalotlI was quoting how it was described by TV tropes to be fair So yea, kinda awkward

[@ubertuna1]

DUDE THIS IS IT I PLAYED THIS GAME ON MY BUDDIES COMPUTER ON THE 4TH GRADE IVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT THANKYOU SSETH

[@BetaKrogoth]

This game was done so dirty. Legitimately an amazing game, really fun, imaginative and well thought out. Broke my heart that its not sold anywhere anymore. I still have my DVD version and a cherish it. Did not expect to see it featured ever again, thank you Sseth.

[@TheOrian34]

It's the kind of game that make you wonder if it was a fever dream because you can't seem to find anything about its existence again.

[@eeelorde9962]

​@@TheOrian34Once in a life time experince

[@ladeao1552]

Think I've still got my copy somewhere as well, decided to download it again a couple years back but it refused to let me play without updating and I'm pretty sure the servers are long gone.

[@D3adCl0wn]

@@TheOrian34 I've watched countless top 10 RTS videos and whatnot, but none have ever mentioned this gem of a game!

[@woaddragon]

Shoot, I didn't know it was rare

[@Minecraftingization]

Loved Rise of Nations to bits but this went totally under the radar for me

[@emilias12]

First time watching clip as it premiers 🎉

[@ltlpwl]

i was expecting a rise of nations knock-off when i first saw the notification lol. i didn't realize they actually made a spin-off title.

[@moritzbutz6045]

You loved it too much, for now it's destroyed

[@termitreter6545]

Yeah, Rise of Legends is very differention from RoN, it has little in common except the developer (and a tiny RoN headline), and the game went completely under the radar. Its actually a super fun RTS though, one of those really cool and creative strategy games that flooded the market in 2005 to 2008. You know, directly after which the RTS genre mostly died because that was too much quality and innovation at once.^^ Would recommend the game to any RTS-fan though, if you like Singleplayer campaigns.

[@KlausWulfenbach]

It doesn't help that Rise of Nations has been available for years on Steam but Legends never got a re-release.

[@dahkla9602]

I cannot describe the joy I have in seeing you cover this. For years I was borrowing character names from this game for various profiles and such cause I assumed this game would never see a large audience ever again and I always thought this universe was too cool to forget. My surprise when one of my fav youtubers also has fond childhood memories of playing this game is immeasurable.

[@fumarc4501]

Keep that flame burning.

[@jakemancill4766]

SO happy to see someone covering this ancient and hidden gem of a game. My story for obtaining my copy as a child was similar to yours, and the unique design of the 3 factions is something I will always admire.

[@eebro65]

ancient? Dude that was like yesterday ...

[@Elfcheg]

So basically no one bought this game properly. You either trade it for a pot with a local hobo or download it from pirate bay.

[@Bober909]

21:05 Don't forget the part where you get to drive her to the hospital and avoid pedestrians or getting stopped by the police for going too fast, I've loved that part.

[@Chronische]

Holy shit a deep cut, Sseth is truly gaming in the Clinton Years.

[@Yoiyoshi23]

My favourite part is where she was rush to the birthing room and we get to see her pushing out that potato upclose

[@ultimaxkom8728]

I too loves avoid missing the innocent pedestrian and the police car chase to the hospital.

[@Chronische]

@@spacepiratemyrna Think of the drama as she has to deal with cancer in her front-loaded anvils!

[@crowbarblue]

Just about to make this reply, God bless you!

[@rafindeed]

this bootleg game store is completely a true story. As someone living in one of those countries, the way he told the story makes me believe that is 100% legit

[@f.b.l.9813]

bootleg stores got some interesting gems, like finding a copy of GTA SA with built in Superman and Dragonball mods

[@spinyslasher6586]

Sadly they're dying nowadays cause everyone and their mother knows the glory of torrents (Fitgirl ftw btw).

[@Erick-tv8oq]

Those stores created 90% of gamers here in Brazil

[@perico17]

@@f.b.l.9813 I had a bootleg russian GTA: SA copy. Besides some model changes like the Mustang replaced by a Corsair, it had the NFS:U2 soundtrack which was amazing haha

[@SkyFireYZ]

I got a bootleg Starcraft + Broodwar but with all the units replaced with Gundams. The game crashed every time an archon gets made and locked one of the campaign missions

[@EineHauptmann]

As far as I can see, Rise of Legends has the best steampunk human faction in video games. The way the Mianans are pitted against magical desert people and Aztec alien overlords was also expertly done, but it would be awesome to see the game remastered for larger scale and better gameplay/cinematic visuals.

[@kruumlauf5272]

Is it just me, or does sseth sound way happier in this video than most of his others

[@PastificioCentoni]

It’s because of the pasta. You should follow the links and try it too.

[@TheJum]

He does sound a bit more chipper here, honestly. At least to my ears.

[@johanneschishaka9092]

As a Zimbabwean I love how often Sseth references my country,he probably references it more than Zimbabweans themselves

[@giovannicurotto5134]

Today I learned how you call the inhabitants of Zimbabwe

[@tristanvanderkleij8206]

Dutchy here, I still expect you to pay up for Rhodesia. Please forward this to your president, he's probably corrupt enough to pay us without having to tax all of you.

[@NO122221]

@@giovannicurotto5134 Zimbabeans(im sorry)

[@stojankovacic1524]

@@giovannicurotto5134 Actually you call them Zimbos. I'm not fucking kidding.

[@just._.bencreates]

@@stojankovacic1524 Definitely don't call anyone from Zim that😂

[@Dradeeus]

The one thing I remember most vividly about this game is that breaking the glass buildings was so satisfying because it was like throwing rocks at giant windows.

[@AzzRushman]

In Argentina we have a ton of bootlegs and piracy running about, but I have to respect how far the bootleg dudes went on Brazil. Most of them naturally evolved into great Mod developers.

[@porlearktuy4711]

One of my favorite RTS games growing up. I remember being blown away at how good the game looked (for the time) and how awesome the battles were. I spent many hours in multiplayer vs the AI on the hardest difficulties and having ginormous map wide land battle games that lasted 30+ minutes. I had an original 4 disk copy of the game but I lost it, then one day I decided to look around and ordered a copy of the game off Ebay. This is one of those things I never want to lose/forget as I get older. I really miss RTS like these.

[@Sandwich1414]

Absolutely loved Rise of Legends, this and Rise of Nations were two games that dominated my childhood

[@tiriltheblack492]

And both got under the rader, i loved it both geez those memories

[@chaoshunting5659]

I still love to load rise of nations up. as a kid I loved playing it with my pops.

[@spinyslasher6586]

@@tiriltheblack492 Rise of Nations didn't go under the radar, it sold way beyond expectations for an RTS game not made by Blizzard or Ensemble Studios.

[@dzello]

@@spinyslasher6586 Both sold way below what they should've considering they were amazing titles.

[@draxrdax7321]

Can only hope he will review Armies of Exigo or Submarine Titans at some point, loved those 2 RTS'es.

[@VashanShadow]

Never in a thousand years would I have imagined Sseth reviewing and endorsing a childhood favorite so obscure that it can't even be bought anymore. The absolute mad lad has made my day. ♥

[@souluss]

Black & White is not obscure at all, but it can't be bought. Digital dark matter progresses.

[@oscarlove4394]

@@souluss what do you mean with 'digital dark matter'? just games or media or software that becomes abandonware?

[@declanandrewbell]

"never in a thousand years" when its the only sort of game he ever reviews

[@tythanh4708]

ok

[@tlk889]

Yeah, unfortunately, a game doesnt' relaly need to be obscure to be abandoned. It just needs to have no investor value 😕

[@darlanvalente7790]

The moment he showed the image of a "bootleg videogame store" in latin america i imediately knew he was talking about a store in Brasil. And considering the price, you got scammed. Specialy in Rio.

[@nigeltan676]

It always feels special whenever Sseth reviews a game that only you and a few other fellow weirdos have played.

[@Loxim_]

As an Italian, I want to point out this game is completely canon and a faithful recreation of the Assedio delle Gambe di Lenora. Grazie all'onorevole Setto Zentacci for bringing superior Italian culture abroad.

[@PeachDragon_]

These fottuti anglo Saxons should remember that their third world countries only exist because of glorious italians and romans

[@mrwtfwhy]

é tutto storico. onesto.

[@behar225]

@@ecardecardian7839 Stolen by the Vatican and locked up in their vault

[@moonshifter0]

Italian.

[@higorlauer742]

@@ecardecardian7839 the roman empire happened

[@Meitti]

I really miss the mid 2000's RTS era where infantry came in squads and big mech units could send the tiny troops flying across the screen.

[@medalex195322]

You should try mods for Warhammer 40k Dawn of War 1 like Ultimate Apocalypse

[@shmekelfreckles8157]

Total War is still a thing

[@kevinmastron6700]

total war warhammer has some big units that splash little units around, if they fall far enough they're even insta-gibbed

[@AC-hj9tv]

​@@shmekelfreckles8157true

[@edgar7456]

​@@shmekelfreckles8157the new total wars suck

[@EmperorLionflame]

Fantastic game, wish they would make a remake/sequel. The depth and variety in each faction as well as the strong themes and asymmetric play styles always made the game feel dynamic and fresh to me.

[@jessewinter5119]

I can't believe you did a review on this. When I was 12 I asked my parents for Rise of Nations, and for Christmas they got me Rise of Legends thinking it was the same game. I still have that 16 year old disc in its box and its truly a treasure of mine. Not surprised its abandon ware. XD

[@moridmarin7891]

Its a absolute crime that this isn't available on GOG, had so many memories playing this when I was a kid. Good to see it get a spotlight again.

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

I imagine guys from GOG tried to make it available in their store but it is often loooong and laborious process. And often they get ignored by companies. Especially by American companies for some reason.

[@hazukichanx408]

@@kamilszadkowski8864 Average video game publisher: "Oh you'd like to use our IP for something? Bring back a cherished old game, make us more money? Nah, we're not interested. _Psssst, that's code for, 'we want more money'!_ Lots more. Like, all of the money, plus 30% more. Don't tell me that's impossible, we need the line on the graph to go up so our shareholders will be happy and not sell their shares. What were we talking about? Oh yeah, get out of my office, it's line-snorting time."

[@leslieandrews9208]

@@hazukichanx408 The funny thing is that they might not have the source code any more due to how old it is.

[@jeremyreese54]

Microsoft doesn't care. Please stay out of my ancient cd cases.

[@SketchyTinkerer]

If only there was a grey market site that catalogs MY games that were ABANDONed by their rights holders. If only that WARE true...

[@IronSquid501]

This is actually my favourite strategy game of all time. Glad it's getting the attention it deserves nearly twenty fuckin years later

[@mintw4241]

Yeah its always a jolt in the neck when mr obscure game mentions a game you used to adore

[@TankorSmash]

Man, when this came out I couldn't believe how disappointed I was. Rise of Nations was top tier amazing and this one had virtually none of the things I liked about it. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@IronSquid501]

@@TankorSmash it never should have had the Rise of Nations title honestly. Nothing like the original in any way

[@Wolftatze]

Its one of the best of its era, right there with Armies of Exigo. Shame I can't play both of them anymore on PC...

[@AlozarLorandul]

If only the game didn't have some horrible balancing and performance issues, and they didn't try to link it to rise of nations. It's a great idea for a game but it has some critical flaws, which is unfortunate. Saying this as a person who owns multiple copies on disc.

[@joao2271]

Injust really want to shout out Sseth's impecable ad timing, this man places his ads in the most perfect spots every time and I KNOW it goes unnoticed, but i just want you to know that I see what you are doing, and I appreciate it.

[@FrenchCandianJimmy-xf9jk]

Holy shit, I used to love this game when i was in high school. The player base was never that big and multiplayer died in 2009. I am so pleasantly surprised that you covered Rise of Legends. It wasn't a popular release back in the day, but it's a big part of my childhood. This video made my day, thanks dude.

[@arthurscortegagna1244]

As an Italian Brazilian i'm proud that both my nationalities would provide (by selling a pirated version) you with such a great and accurate experience.

[@Armando_S.]

Nunca imaginei achar outro br aqui

[@andremarins4454]

ok, 3

[@MrBaldwick]

Cursed backstory for a character

[@masafromhell]

@@Armando_S. Tem gente no mundo inteiro gozando do Ssethchi. Saludos desde Chile.

[@dogboy0912]

Girls: romantic 😍 Boys: shitpost 😍

[@TimeBucks]

Honestly one of my favorite games

[@m_graphics5]

👍🏻

[@IbrahimMohamed-lo5en]

Good

[@shuklaji05]

👍

[@YallappaAralikatti]

👍

[@sreerangamobiles3895]

Grate

[@FiksIIanzO]

This game is criminally underrated for the amount of fun I had playing it in my childhood. Thank you for bringing it to light

[@Harveell]

This game was amazing. I played it so much back then. It had balance issues, was a bit rough around the edges but it oozed with character and atmosphere. I loved it. Thank you for bringing it to light again ❤

[@jordannieland365]

If Sseth ever wrote an autobiography, it would be one of a single digit list of sources to ever contain the knowledge of whatever bootleg products that Sseth coincidentally owned existed to begin with. A modern Marion Stokes.

[@inanna8782]

wat

[@superkittykiller2000]

Either I just had a stroke, or you did. That shit makes no sense

[@Fang.1]

My dad pirated this and burned it to a CD when I was a kid. Still one of my favorite RTS games. The AI actually knows how to propose alliances in the skirmish mode. It's really cool to negotiate with them and have dynamic games where you don't really know who is gonna be an a-hole to you and who wants to be your buddy. Some will actually try to convince you to ally them.

[@tlk889]

This game was SO GOOD when I played it as a kid. I loved the story, the soundtrack, and the plto twists. I remember I was genuinely so surprised when the Doge died at the end of campaign 2. In my limited experience I first thought it was gonna be one big baddie per campaign, which surprised me for the first time when he escaped and destroyed Giacomo's hometown (that was so cool), and I was certain then that it was gonna be the Doge at the end of campaign 3, and yet it again it wasn't... It was so great, I have only good memories. To this day, I have Lenora's theme (lenora_long_amb.wav lol) in my music library and it pops in from time to time. The Giacomo's glass "upgrade" was also so cool to my edgy preteen eyes. I even made characters in my wanna-be writing like him. And when he sacrificed himself at the end, I felt like that's what true heroes should do. I can't really explain it properly, cause by narrative standards, the story isn't really that great, but it also isn't bad at all, and the twists were really well executed. The sacrifice was unexpected, but satisfying, although I remember being real sad for Giacomo not ending up with Lenora despite his sacrifice. Looking at it with a more mature mindset, I feel like this was probably the best end he could hope for, cause he was so driven by vengeance that who knows what he would do once he ran out of the obviously evil enemies. I feel so stupid for thiking like this 😅 I would say that, however unexpected, this game proved to be pretty influential in my formative years. I feel like I know what I'm gonna play when I get home after work lol And, of course, I had a huge kid crush on Lenora before I even knew what a crush was.

[@damaf6578]

Rise of Legends and AOM are the two childhood games ive played a bunch when i was younger and while AOM has some love out there still (RETOLD WHEN) goddamn bro youre the first to touch RoL that ive seen. This game is so, so nostalgic for me and i love it, and the way you covered it, the fucking references and shit were so relatable and i never thought id see someone make them and seeing the aom clips at the end, godd, i mean obviously theres others out there but ive never met someone who knew RoL much less both it and AOM i love htis video, thank you so much for making it

[@MagistrYoda9]

This game is a masterpiece for its time. The lore and mechanics are shockingly good. Played it to hell. Still my favourite game to this day. Sad it never got the fame it deserves. Hope for a remake some time

[@AlozarLorandul]

A remake would be dope. I do love this game but what Sseth neglected to mention is that it failed due to some pretty bad balancing and performance issues. Everything in this game looks like it animates at 10 fps. A remaster would fix all of that, I doubt it will ever happen.

[@SoulxWeaver]

Besides [obviously] C&C, rise of legends and the LotR RTS game were my absolute favorites as a kid

[@Snailing_Suika]

@@SoulxWeaver same and I would play a high quality remake of any of those

[@donkface8509]

God, this game actually sounds so dope to play. I say not only make a remake, make more of these, we need more of them today!

[@HelghastStalker]

@@AlozarLorandul Yeah, this game is one of those that would actually benefit from a remake in a more stable engine. Given the unique aesthetic and look, higher fidelity assets wouldn't hurt either.

[@Valtekken]

As an Italian, I certify this video as 100% accurate. I haven't even had time to watch it yet, but it's accurate.

[@RitariJorma]

Can you tell me which pasta has the juiciest marrow?

[@j22563]

I had no idea italians can communicate like human beings and without their hands.

[@BigBossXCV]

​@@j22563i like that everybody use hands when talking (especially Americans) but only the Italians are dumb when they do that. Ma fattela ficcare

[@jeremyreese54]

There is even an ad for a b2b Italian pasta company.

[@comradeurod9805]

​@@RitariJormaI'm not Italian, however, I can tell you that Farfalle and Pici do in fact have the juiciest pasta marrow inside them

[@juanchaso19]

The time dedicated to talking about this game is really appreciated, it was part of my childhood and at least for me it was a very good game (very good unit designs in my opinion). Sadly it was forgotten, only being remembered by those of us who played it and enjoyed it.

[@alexejalexejewitschsabljuk6985]

Your videos are awesome Ssethtzeentach. Please don't stop making them. ❤

[@GrigoryRechistov]

Fun fact: even if you knew Russian, the text in the installer wizard window would still have been nonsense to you. That is because the code page chosen for non-Unicode text was wrong (likely Western European instead of Cyrillic), so it showed wrong letters (mostly diacritics). This is a frequent problem for non-Unicode applications of the past.

[@doomdoctor6380]

I encounter the same issues whenever I install obscure vintage hentai games.

[@bleakoutput]

That's the joke.

[@stdcall]

the japs all use shift_jis though

[@sethott2770]

Sseth has blessed me again with a review of one of my favorite childhood games no one has heard of

[@minerkey682]

Ikr, it's criminal that it's never gotten a re-release on Steam

[@fumarc4501]

I heard of it and I’m pretty excited too.

[@cosmicfails2053]

I dont get why they didnt get a steam release when Rise of Nations got one

[@ireallycant4416]

bro exactly.. the one of those gold ol day of everyone's rts childhood games

[@lysergicheadcase]

One of my favorite things about this game and rise of nations is that you could upgrade your defensive settlements, and be absolutely stacked when you get attacked. So many novel, clever RTS ideas that were invented in this game, never used again, and are waiting to be rediscovered...

[@krispychipp5687]

KZbin's criminal mistake was not notifying me about this banger video despite having the bell on all videos. Love your videos man

[@Nolat885]

Timonium is named for the town in Maryland where Big Huge Games used to be. Same with some of the campaign maps; Padonia was the street some of the devs lived at iirc.

[@LegoOfMe]

Most based dev move: doxx yourself

[@CaiusIuliusCaesar97]

Padania is the plain in Italy where the Po river flows and Milan actually is.

[@WatanukiProductions]

Me and my friends used to play this game all the time! It was just insanely fun multiplayer, legitimately replaced Starcraft as my favorite RTS. This and SIns of a Solar Empire were really something special.

[@Ultrox007]

Stay tuned with MandaloreGaming - he's reviewing Sins soon.

[@NcrXnbi]

@@Ultrox007 The newest Sins 2? or good old Rebellion?

[@Dietrich_Kaufmann]

It still works for multiplayer using game ranger I got a video on it

[@Ultrox007]

@@NcrXnbi I believe Trinity but don't quote me on that. I just know "Sins of a Solar Empire" and "Myth 2" are his next uploads.

[@tatuira93]

Sins Rebellion is so fucking good.

[@doihavetobeg]

Ahhh, this brings me back... One of my favorite childhood games. You've earned this sub!

[@dylanherron3963]

Not gonna lie man, that montage at the end was... pretty damn epic! I've never played the game but remember it being on the shelf of the (very small) PC section at Gamestop when I was a kid.

[@ExaltedUriel]

I'm not an RTS autist but it's so cool seeing the cutscenes be a mix of modeled characters and pre-rendered backgrounds. Performance optimization is truly a lost art

[@trianqren127]

Now that you said it, obsession with RTS (or strategy games in general) should totally be considered an autism symptom. There's no way in hell a neurotypical person can enjoy this type of "games" voluntarily

[@Noperare]

Nowdays devs use high poly assets with 4K texture for every tree in the forest then wonder why the game is bellow 30 FPS

[@cosmicmuse2195]

​@@NoperareMostly because of "hardcore gamers" too hopped up on the smell of their own urine bottles whining any and every time graphics look worse than whatever the current expectation is.

[@AnMComm]

​@@cosmicmuse2195I literally saw a Reddit post complaining about the texture in Death Stranding Director's Cut looking to low-res... For a bunch of decor items no one would even see normally.

[@efu2046]

@@AnMComm Typical. Next, they're going to complain that real life is too low-res. Fucking hell

[@wojter322ify]

My god... 2006 release. This game looks stunning for that time. Kinda reminding me of ParaWorld, dinosaur-themed RTS, the game I hold dear in my heart despite it having its own flaws. Would love to see it covered in Sseth-style video. EDIT: Now that I look at this, maybe this is what Iron Harvest devs were trying to achieve.

[@EvilDoresh]

I also miss ParaWorld. And the early 2000s were bonkers. Remember that Devil May Cry 4 came out in 2008. Now the game had its issues, but the graphics _still_ look gorgeous to this day. Really all that seems to have changed in the last 10+ years is more shaders and lighting shenanigans or something. Also 4k textures cause everything to take up an order of magnitude more space.

[@godo2712]

blessed years where Gothic 3 looked like a pinnacle of super-realistic open world rpg

[@S59964]

Ah, ParaWorld. It was the first game I have bought from a legit gaming store. And the last.

[@skynotaname2229]

hmm not really, the games are really quite different

[@victorkreig6089]

Iron Harvest straight up copied this game yes

[@user-ns5xg9zf8g]

This was the game of my childhood. An amazing RTS with so many fun things. I wonder if people also remember some other great old RTS games, like Impossible Creatures or ParaWorld.

[@jackamu8702]

i dont know why but i use your videos whenever i wanna sleep. your voice is really soothing honestly.

[@Akapulko]

as a Serb, i am honored to have our flag featured in your video... this game looks unironically fun asf though

[@Mbeluba]

Serbia stronk!

[@annelisemeier283]

God is a serb

[@damian131313131313]

​@@annelisemeier283but Tesla is croatian.

[@selectionn]

serbs are gay and dark as the night

[@v1311v]

@@damian131313131313 🤡

[@minerkey682]

I hope this gets more people into Rise of Legends, its such a little-known classic and it's never gotten even a re-release on steam despite all the talent and work that went into it

[@fumarc4501]

A true shame, that is.

[@thedreamscripter4002]

I want to add, that the game has just magnificent soundtrack. It has one of the most beautiful game music I heard among all games I ever played, especially all Vinci's tracks. The example you can hear in the credit scene of the video

[@chunkygumby443]

Gracious for Sseth giving us such a graceful link during the premiere

[@Phantom-wn3uz]

sseth realmente teve a experiência da infância brasileira de comprar jogo pirata, ele já é basicamente um brasileiro honorário

[@Gab8riel]

Quando ele começou a descrever a experiência de ir numa loja de jogos piratas na América Latina, comecei a ter flashbacks da minha infância xD

[@Phantom-wn3uz]

@@Gab8riel mais tarde no vídeo ele ainda menciona que foi no rio e deu pra ter mais certeza ainda

[@elikyiael8740]

what's happening and why do i understand brazilian all of a sudden

[@Phantom-wn3uz]

@@elikyiael8740 the longer you spend near us the faster you turn into one of us, that's why you're starting to understand

[@indiano_taxista]

Que coisa maravilhosa

[@samuelcarter2624]

Update on the Pasta situation, I have registered a fake business and should be receiving 30 dollars worth of yummy authentic Gnocchi in about a week (as long as my Translate app worked appropriately)! Will keep you guys posted. Forza Fratelli d'Italia!

[@jarrodmckiernan6677]

This was one of my favorite games growing up, thx for covering it

[@antonysizekh143]

that was a fun trip down memory lane. I didn’t expect to remember so many things watching this, looks like RoL was pretty close to my heart as well

[@MegaSneetch]

This is still one of my favorite RTS games and it just has so many good features of the genre, it deserves a remaster so badly. Shout out to those of us that lost one of the discs so we couldn't traditionally reinstall it.

[@thorveim1174]

Heck its so beloved I remember some madmen recreated the whole game (skirmish) in the starcraft 2 editor (though its butt ugly)

[@kooznack4407]

Do you have the link? I can’t find a comment with it 😢

[@freedantheeternal]

The combination of the turn-based campaign map, being able to spawn in with units from the map, and various other elements of the RTS made me realize: This game is basically the precursor to what Divinity: Dragon Commander was trying to be.

[@armelior4610]

No gay marriage, cannabis legalization or goblin explosions though :D

[@marcst3199]

It reminds me on that one Dune game from 2001

[@chaosmonkey1595]

A LOT of rts games of the time had campaigns like this (either as Main campaign or side/Bonus campaign) : Rise of nations, Dawn of War Dark Crusade and Soulstorm, Universe at War, Star Wars Empire at War and probably a bunch of others.

[@EvilDoresh]

@@chaosmonkey1595 The Dawn of War campaigns are probably the closest analogue. Rise of Nations _did_ have modes with a world map, but that one wasn't quite as involved. Empire at War is actually real-time, and the campaign map is actually the main meat of the game

[@dccherrytrees7539]

I totally forgot that game's name, and I have been trying to find it for a long time Freed, thank you for cosmically positioning yourself in the right time and place to answer my question.

[@mr.nuggit6660]

I don’t know what I like most about Ssethzeentcah. His editing, His charming voice, the obscure games that he reviews for our entertainment.

[@buyfnmtyrj]

I remember playing this game with my brother on lan when i was 5, one of my dearest memories. Idk where he got it, probably it was a pirate copy, because in Russia at that time, the university professor's salary was about 8 dollars an hour in todays money, but still, even if we were not the richest, I was much happier then. The memories of my brother and i playing SCBW, Serious Sam, Rise of Nations, FlatOut and many more, still warm my heart. Thank you, Sseth, i will (eventually) find out your residential adress and send you the cleanest mephedrone from my local meth house, as a highest gratitude. Much love from Russia

[@Darkwarrior205]

Come membro della gilda degli spaghetti, apprezzo molto questo video chiaramente basato sulla storia Italiana. Grazie fratello Sseth 🤌 ma prima di andare vi lascio una perla di saggezza detta da un grande Leader. "Spaghetti are straight untill they get wet" Berlusconi.

[@mariopanipucci2528]

Che la sua anima resti in pace😔

[@HeroofMightandmagic1]

Pasta linguini, matador!!!

[@leozaz9402]

Presente! 🙋‍♂

[@reesinator]

Bongiorno, commendatori!

[@xDanilor]

Basato e Sseth-pillato

[@sonicstruggle7477]

Seth's description of the bootleg store is so spot-on. I have fond memories of walking through the bootleg bazaars, buying lots of games for less than 50 reais. That would be no more than ten dollars today.

[@brunokopte1347]

My favorite store also sold subbed animes. For those without good internet, it was wonderful. Stuff like Chrno Crusade, Elfen Lied, Fafner, RahXephon... Me and my brother had to pool our money and negotiate who bought which games and which animes.

[@MasonAC88]

So many good memories of this game. Thank you for the trip, friend. Now just looking for a good, physical copy to have of my own.

[@viorelush4187]

This is awesome! Thank you for saving this piece of history/childhood/ abandonware

[@caine_inu]

Holy shit you don't understand how much you've made my day. I remember playing Italian Simulator back in 2008. Now, I didn't speak any English whatsoever back then and neither did I have the time and energy to learn it. Fast-forward less then a decade, I eventually did it. When I kept getting flashbacks of games I used to play as a kid, I decided to search for this exact game, the problem was that I never saw the cover or the game-title of it since my dad was the one opening the game for me and setting the skirmish matches against the AI. All I remembered was the floating sand city and the goofy looking units defending it. It's been 12 whole years of me trying to find this God forsaken game and out of nowhere it pops up in my KZbin feed. The algorithm is finally healing itself.

[@NcrXnbi]

The mega units it's what I loved of this game. Specially the land leviathan, I still remember it's name for how fricking awesome that unit is. Like that spider from wild west movie.

[@Dietrich_Kaufmann]

I got a video on how to get it

[@scrungobeepis5443]

Sseth never fails to provide for us

[@johnyendrey5590]

Fun fact: While "Timonium" sounds like made up fantasy mineral, its actually the name of the town that the developers were located in. Thank you for highlighting this wonderful game Sseth. It means a lot.

[@KingOfMadCows]

I always thought it was a reference to Tiberium from Command and Conquer.

[@johnyendrey5590]

@@KingOfMadCows Nope. Timonium, Maryland. Its a real place, and where Big Huge Games was headquartered.

[@youmukonpaku3168]

that they named it after the home of their office is true, but that it's a glowing blue rock with magic plot powers and serving as the primary resource is also absolutely a Tiberium reference. It can be both.

[@johnyendrey5590]

@@youmukonpaku3168 Never played C&C so I wouldn't know.

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

@@johnyendrey5590 Ironically it's a small little town. :)

[@nexidava]

This game was a part of my childhood I just recently remembered. Lovely to see it's still remembered.

[@thomaspernorio346]

i actually still have the 4 physical disks you need to install this game, and they work! it really is a fun game. One thing you didn't actually bring up (until the very end) is how sick the music is! one thing about the respawning genies in the second campaign is that i have a distinct memory of farming them. Like every engagement would mean a new turn, which meant fresh output from your cities, which means you could build bigger cities or start teching up. Battaglion is my favorite hero, because in a game that has sieging as a core victory condition for most scenarios, he's just the best for the job. in the third campaign, where Giacomo has to choose between the vinci or alin to bring with him, i'd choose vinci because it meant i'd have Battaglion! also good eye catching Giacomo's last augmentation to his mech. of all the times i've played it, it never occurred to me he used the old moon god body. I thought he just fixed his mech but made it bigger and he happened to style it to the cuotl stuff.

[@lolstationvita5922]

I'm russian, and that's why I'm not surprised why Sseth found only a russian version of Rise of Legends. Let's say that RTS is still extremely popular genre in post-soviet gaming community. We are big fans of strategy games.

[@Tony-.]

Well, yea-yeah, and we also did not have legal publishers, and the pirates were suing other pirates because they pirated pirate "releases". Buka, for ex went bankrupt

[@EvoSwatch]

Never ever I have imagine someone would make a RoL video like this in 2023, thank you so much for the nostalgia trip of such a classic.

[@DeadlySkill15]

Congrats on the sponsor. I hope they continue sponsoring this business relationship as it truly benefits everyone

[@yoktherig]

I've played this game in my childhood, it surprised me to see a video about it. I still have the case and the dvd intact. One of the best game I've played. (And, me too as well, the explosion physics caught me haha )

[@michalaubrecht1512]

If, IF next coverage is CnC generals, I'll go insane. That game was part of my childhood, and having it be covered by this man will be an experience

[@chavzone]

I think he's content to leave it with the one UberDanger made in his style

[@whatiselephants]

can i have some shoooes

[@ashj8186]

He did teased some EDF gameplay in his DRG video so yeah its possible, either that or Age of Mythology.

[@BottomBunkArt]

How about CnC Renegade instead?

[@michalaubrecht1512]

@@ashj8186 one or other works for me, truth be told

[@R17inator]

Savescumming that Cuotl mission where you have to escort cargo ships and defend them from enemy fighters was so worth it back when I played through the campaign myself, when you manage to get all shipments safely to your base, you get the Cuotl super unit. Main strat for beating it is to immediately rush to air production and beating the enemy's fighter spam with your own.

[@rippachopper9607]

What is the Cuotl super unit? I don't remember ever completing that side objective so I wouldn't know.

[@zacksilverstone7642]

So... spam the spammer?

[@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi]

One of the BEST features of this game thats very hidden via a button on your keyboard you never press is that you can freely speed up or slow down time. Its SO GOOD in the campaign to skip boring parts of in general when playing PvE! SO many games sadly dont have this feature anymore, its the best QoL and saves so much time during boring phases

[@nottelling6598]

@@rippachopper9607 City Of Vengeance. You know that one unit he loved more than any other in the game? This is it's older brother who started lifting weights and never stopped, with some lasers slapped on for extra spite, an anti-city beam attack, and the ability to pause for a brief moment to FULLY HEAL (assuming your research level is high enough).

[@rippachopper9607]

@@nottelling6598 City of Vengeance is on some different type of bullshit, I'm pretty sure it has crush despite being a air unit and a ranged attack with the same damage output of a Leviathan that is mostly melee.

[@bcbitchkkv]

Holy shit, my favourite "reviewer" doing a video on my favourite non-mainstream nostalgia RTS?! ROL with it's giant population sizes, simple diplomacy, and very different races and heroes was SUCH a sweet game I even kept the CD up to this day, so I can still play it!

[@michalpiskorski9731]

Seth never disappoints:) and represents so many countries in his videos