Campaign length?

[gothicwigga]

I don't really care for multiplayer so would be spending the majority of my time playing playing the campaign. But before I buy the game I just wanted to ask how many hours roughly of playing would you guys say I can get out of the campaign? For example i got 40-45 hours or so from the Age of Mythology campaigns.

[Hezarfen]

It is conquest campaign, firstly you select a nation and start in a zone on world after that you can conquest other zones on the world earth... If you capture hostile capital, your hostile will be eliminated... Also there are 4-5 scenario campaigns, for example : alexander the great , napoleon etc. World campaign starts with first age and with information age it finish..

Example picture :

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120703035112/riseofnations/images/2/27/CTW_main.png

Sorry for my english...

[gothicwigga]

Sounds kind of like the Dark Crusade campaign then. Thanks for the info. Do the scenario campaigns coinside with the conquest campaign or are they seperate and you play them as and when you like?

[Raydell]

How much you can get out of RoN's campaigns depends on what sort of campaigns you're after. RoN doesn't have your typical linear mission-sequence-on-rails campaigns seen in most RTS games. It does have campaigns but they're a lot more freeform.

They put you on a map of the world or a continent with a certain historical (e.g. Alexander the Great's conquests, Napoleon, Cold War, etc) or random theme and give you some overall victory conditions you need to fulfill, historical or otherwise but it's up to you how you achieve that, what territory you attack, who you ally with, how you expand, etc.

I noticed you're playing Dawn of War Dark Crusade right now - RoN's campaigns are pretty similar to DC's territorial conquest mode so if you enjoy that, you'll probably like RoN too.

Some campaigns have scripted battles, tailored to the historical conflicts of the time and place (e.g. Vietnam or the Korean War in the Cold War campaign), but there are also random campaigns like the Entire World where you start with 1 territory and must conquer the world without any historical or scripted events.
The territories you conquer typically give you bonus resource flow, armies, action cards or a strategic currency that you can use to enhance your defenses, perform diplomacy or give yourself an edge in upcoming battles.


Conclusion and TLDR:

Personally, I find RoN's freeform territorial conquest campaigns a lot more engaging and replayable than most of the scripted mission sequences of other games. Already spent 117 hours playing mostly the random Entire World campaign (finished it about 4-5 times by now) and a few turns of the Cold War campaign and I'm still having fun while I get bored of the standard campaign formula of other games in typically less than 15-20 hours, rarely finishing most of them in one go (if ever).

Your mileage may vary of course. If you don't like campaigns without a strong story and a highly scripted direction, you may be disappointed, but if you think you could also enjoy a less scripted experience with more interactivity and freedom, you're going to love RoN.

[Raydell]

And to answer your last question, the campaigns are all separate, you choose when to play which one. Here's a screenshot of the campaign selection screen:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=308010073

[gothicwigga]

Thank you very much for the huge in depth reply, I think I'm going to go ahead and give it a chance. Thanks again!

[Raydell]

You're very welcome, hope you'll have fun with it!